From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Borkowski Subject: Re: org-mode for knowledge management Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:54:03 +0200 Message-ID: <87oatkkdes.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33918) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XcNXE-0005xH-5j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:54:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XcNX9-00051M-6z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:54:16 -0400 Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([2001:808:114:2::50]:51991) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XcNX9-000514-0M for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:54:11 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D6CA5B84B for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:54:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id cRhUcyIHe+bY for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:54:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (111-128.echostar.pl [213.156.111.128]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EC31F5B846 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:54:08 +0200 (CEST) In-reply-to: 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 On 2014-10-10, at 00:17, Louis wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been using org-mode for a variety of purposes for a few years. I f= ind=20 > that it suffers from the same problem that other such tools do. The=20 > problem is me. I can't remember week to week how I may have classified=20 > some scrap of information. Did I drop it into notes/someproduct.org or = was=20 > it procedures/someprocess.org? > > While working through this, I've used #+INDEX: Topic!subtopic which hel= ps=20 > but is not sufficiently granular. > > I'm thinking about approaches using properties or drawers. Has any of y= ou=20 > done something like this, or done something similar that I've not=20 > considered? Did you consider a /totally opposite/ approach? I'm currently reorganizing my org files (I had about 15 of them) so that I will be able to cut them down to =E2=89=88 half that value. The fewer, the bette= r. And grep is your friend. (I haven't yet got accustomed to C-c a s, but it's really good.) Also, if English is not your native language, consider making notes in English. Whether you like it or not, it has one huge advantage: it's /simple/. Almost no inflections, so grepping English texts is /much/ easier than, say, Polish (we have /a lot/ of inflections). (In this regard, Esperanto is even better, though personally I'm not fluent enough in it to make my notes in Esperanto comfortably.) > Thanks in advance, > > Your rapidly graying, Louis Hth, --=20 Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Adam Mickiewicz University