From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: Add TODO from external app? Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:31:12 +0200 Message-ID: <87lhv5w76q.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51691) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WaT1w-0000aK-AG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:49:57 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WaT1n-0008Ij-6g for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:49:48 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-x230.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::230]:35341) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WaT1n-0008II-0J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:49:39 -0400 Received: by mail-we0-f176.google.com with SMTP id x48so10956148wes.21 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 09:49:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Lawrence Bottorff's message of "Tue, 1 Apr 2014 10:41:16 -0500") 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: Lawrence Bottorff Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Lawrence, Lawrence Bottorff writes: > I've seen various things for interacting with org mode from external > apps. I found org-protocol, as well as a Mutt-to-org mode article. > Per the tittle, I want to be able to add new TODO items from, say, an > email or a PHP-based web page form. Is this just brute force external > file manipulation, i.e., e.g., my PHP code would simply open a .org > file and concatenate a properly formatted TODO line . . . or are > there more sophisticated ways of talking to emacs/org-mode from > without? I'm aware of such sophisticated ways, so for now simply open a .org file and write to it. -- Bastien