From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Florian Beck Subject: Re: Valid use cases for lists? Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 23:02:07 +0200 Message-ID: <87fv3f3sc0.fsf@sophokles.streitblatt.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39800) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZSAav-0008TE-In for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:08:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZSAas-0005cR-8P for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:08:25 -0400 Received: from mo6-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de ([2a01:238:20a:202:5300::7]:23547) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZSAar-0005cI-UT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:08:22 -0400 Received: from sophocles (ip-77-24-233-84.web.vodafone.de [77.24.233.84]) by smtp.strato.de (RZmta 37.9 DYNA|AUTH) with ESMTPSA id w02457r7JL29qiV (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (curve secp521r1 with 521 ECDH bits, eq. 15360 bits RSA)) (Client did not present a certificate) for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2015 23:02:09 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Chris Patti's message of "Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:32:22 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > Can anyone give me an example of when it's a good idea to use lists > rather than headlines? Headlines often are too heavy for my taste. My reading notes as well as my notes for writing usually do not have a title. (You might think it good practice to come up with a title, but my experiments tell me otherwise.) Headlines are too noisy, both on screen and when exporting. > when you use them, and then try to use pretty much any > other Org feature on them (marking them as a TODO item, tagging, etc.) > it doesn't work because lists aren't meant to be used that way. True, but there are ways around that: - Instead of tagging, write the keywords after the item (use custom links or hooks to supress exporting) - Use visual-line-mode and search with multi occur. - use =#+TODO:= instead of todo keywords (and use multi occur). - To uniquely id items, add timestamps (and use multi occur). - Write a function to refile items (my hack is a bit idiosyncratic so I don't share it here, but it should be pretty straighforward using =(org-refile t)= to get the location). -- Florian Beck