From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: emails written in Org Mode Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 11:08:27 +0800 Message-ID: <87iomym250.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87r41uwdiy.fsf@andrew.cmu.edu> <87pph8n40m.fsf@quasar.esben-stien.name> <87mwcckqru.fsf@quasar.esben-stien.name> <87mwcb36aj.fsf@andrew.cmu.edu> <874myjqwqn.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87r41nh20m.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52846) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7FaA-0004VJ-CW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 23:08:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7Fa4-0006VR-3q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 23:08:38 -0400 Received: from mail-pd0-f181.google.com ([209.85.192.181]:33019) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7Fa3-0006VH-Us for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 23:08:32 -0400 Received: by mail-pd0-f181.google.com with SMTP id v10so424745pde.12 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:08:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Joseph Vidal-Rosset's message of "Tue, 15 Jul 2014 16:16:28 +0200") 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: Joseph Vidal-Rosset Cc: Thorsten Jolitz , Alan Schmitt , "Liste-emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" , John Kitchin Joseph Vidal-Rosset writes: > Hello, > > This is very interesting indeed. But is there somewhere a good > tutorial to read or video to see ? It would be helpful for people who > want to use Gnus + Org-mode in optimal way. Someone asked me about a screencast recently, around the same time that I realized the README isn't actually very readable! Part of getting the package Elpa-ready will also be writing a proper Info manual. For the time being, the very basics of email tracking (though Gnorb does a lot more) would look like this: 1. Start by making a TODO which represents a message that you have to send. That could be using plain old capture on an incoming message you want to reply to. Or using gnorb-gnus-outgoing-do-todo on a message while you're composing it. Or just typing out a TODO. One way or the other, you want a TODO heading that contains a mailto link, or a bbdb link, or a gnus message link (or some combination thereof). 2. Call gnorb-org-handle-mail on that heading. You'll end up composing a message of some sort. 3. Send the message. You'll be taken back to the original TODO heading, and prompted to take a note or change the TODO state. For example, from EMAIL to WAIT. It's useful to enable state-change logging. 4. Wait for a reply. When you get it, Gnorb will know (I hope) that the reply is relevant to the original TODO, and will prompt you to call gnorb-gnus-incoming-do-todo on the message. Do that. 5. Again you'll be taken back to the TODO, and prompted to take a note or change the TODO state -- for example, from WAIT to REPLY. A link to the received message can (and should) be inserted into the state-change drawer. 6. Go back to step two, and repeat until your email conversation is done. What it boils down to is calling gnorb-org-handle-mail on your TODO heading, and gnorb-gnus-incoming-do-todo on received messages. Everything else is gravy. (But there's a lot of gravy!) The moment something doesn't work the way you like it, look at the customization options. Maybe what I need here is a diagram... Eric > 2014-07-15 16:11 GMT+02:00 Alan Schmitt < > alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org>: > > On 2014-07-15 02:57, Thorsten Jolitz writes: > > > Hadn't have the time to try Gnorb, but the combination of gnus& > org is > > definitely interesting for me. > > I highly recommend this library. I haven't scratched the surface, > but > one great "aha" moment was when I was reading in email in gnus > and saw > a message in the minibuffer about a relevant task from my todo > list. > > I mostly use it to track "waiting for" sent email: after sending > an > email, with one keystroke I can create a waiting for task with a > link to > the sent email. I also use it to create "reply to" tasks. > > Alan > > -- > OpenPGP Key ID : 040D0A3B4ED2E5C7