From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: Re: [bug] org-store-link on gnus message fails Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:48:57 +0000 Message-ID: <87aaj3dg5i.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <87wrmaz0ip.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87bp3moyua.fsf@member.fsf.org> <878vypzxa7.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <80ipxtmc55.fsf@missioncriticalit.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45333 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PdgWn-0001Bs-5c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:05:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PdgWl-00022u-Rj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:05:04 -0500 Received: from vscani-e.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.33]:63909) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PdgWl-00022p-Gy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:05:03 -0500 In-Reply-To: <80ipxtmc55.fsf@missioncriticalit.com> (=?utf-8?Q?=22S=C3=A9b?= =?utf-8?Q?astien?= Vauban"'s message of "Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:38:30 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?Q?S=C3=A9bastien?= Vauban Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org S=C3=A9bastien Vauban writes: > Hi Eric, > > Eric S Fraga wrote: >> Tassilo Horn writes: >>> this patch should do the trick. I think the issue was a malformed Date: >>> header that couldn't be converted to a timestamp. >> >> Actually, I am curious about this. What is the point of extracting the d= ate >> in any case? It's used to store link properties but I don't understand w= here >> these properties can be used? I'm asking in case I'm missing a useful >> functionality I hadn't thought of... > > Well, I often (now) keep extracts of mail in my Org buffers. Via a capture > template[1], these get a TODO keyword, a SCHEDULED date (by default, set = to > today), a link to the Gnus message (or http link to Gmane) and the date o= f the > mail. > > Why keeping the date of the original mail? Because it's interested to se= e, > when scanning which emails I still have to answer on, when they've been > issued -- without having to follow on the link. > > It is an indication of the age of the mail, that could serve as well for > sorting the subtrees (if I'm not wrong -- I don't use that feature but...= ). > > Does this answer your question? Seb, it does indeed. Many thanks, and also for the emacs lisp code that shows how to use the extra link information. I wouldn't need to use this information in the way you do because my capture template for task creation, which is usually what I do as a result of emails, is based on a date tree... but it's still very useful to see other ways of handling the information overflow we have! Thanks again, eric --=20 : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 23.2.1 : using Org-mode version 7.4 (release_7.4.174.g163cd)