From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: Organizing by time or by subject and an idea Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:00:14 +0000 Message-ID: <87pqea6bfl.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <87obtxb491.wl%max@openchat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:55174) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RpGTL-0004Rt-Ef for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:45:56 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RpGTK-0005LG-Ad for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:45:55 -0500 Received: from vscani-d2.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.133]:43608) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RpGTK-0005Gz-6X for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:45:54 -0500 Received: from dip057.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk ([128.40.228.156] helo=localhost) by vscani-d.ucl.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RpGSn-0001f3-UG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:45:24 +0000 In-Reply-To: <87obtxb491.wl%max@openchat.com> (Max Mikhanosha's message of "Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:59:38 -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: emacs-orgmode Max Mikhanosha writes: > At Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:04:51 -0600, > John Hendy wrote: [...] > Generally I think the way to tackle this is to take advantage that you > are working with plain text and not with Word document, and use > standard Emacs/Unix tools for working with text. Agreed! > Some ideas: > > Before updating each project, cut-n-paste it into the new > revision.. Org mode makes it easy to cut-n-paste trees, for myself > duplicating a headline is simply pressing Y then P over a folded > headline (viper/vimpulse user) Is it not easier to simply make use of any of the revision control systems (git, mercurial, svn, even RCS) that are out there? You can easily tag a particular revision based on milestones and then see diffs between the current content and any previous version. In terms of the original questions, I use a combination of hierarchical structure that is filled in as a project develops, with revision control to allow me to see progress, together with a log based recording of activities (e.g. meetings, deliverables delivered, issues raised). That is, I mix both of the approaches mentioned by John in his initial email. The key, as John has already stated, is to record everything! With emacs, I can usually pull out what I want *if* the information was recorded in the first place. Finally, tags can be very useful for quick searching as well. -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.90.1 : using Org-mode version 7.8.03 (release_7.8.03.192.g32af)