From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Clemente Subject: Re: org-mode for knowledge management Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 22:46:58 +0700 Message-ID: <87siiwc4gd.wl-n142857@gmail.com> References: <87oatkkdes.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI-EPG 1.14.7 - "Harue") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59233) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XccPP-0008PM-Tz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:47:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XccPJ-0002AK-Tk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:47:11 -0400 Received: from mail-pd0-x231.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c02::231]:58520) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XccPJ-0002AB-MW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:47:05 -0400 Received: by mail-pd0-f177.google.com with SMTP id v10so1816540pde.8 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 08:47:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87oatkkdes.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> 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: Marcin Borkowski Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > > > > 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 = > > some scrap of information. Did I drop it into notes/someproduct.org or = was=20 > > it procedures/someprocess.org? 1. Every information should have a single location, not two. Mix sections f= ast if you detect repetitions. Use links extensively (C-c l) to connect one= header with another, specially after you get lost once. Don't bother too m= uch about finding the right place at the first time, you'll eventually reor= der or move headers to the correct place. 2. Use global search (C-a /), you can use regular expressions there. No nee= d to use grep. 3. Use the package =E2=80=9Ehelm=E2=80=9C to get fast access to all headers= or to a subsection of headers (e.g. the ones you tag). E.g. I use <<>> to give important sections a title. After 1 key you start typing some l= etters, select with cursors, press ENTER and go to the header. >=20 > 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.) >=20 And I thought I was the only one taking notes in Esperanto! >700 Kb of my= notes are in Esperanto. Sometimes I invent new words which later I don't f= ind by searching, but after I do, I add the new variants of the title. It's= great for defining strange concepts. Inflections are a minor problem in most languages, just use partial searc= h or regexp (e.g. in Polish use =E2=80=9Es=C5=82ow=E2=80=9C instead of =E2= =80=9Es=C5=82owo=E2=80=9C, =E2=80=9Enast=C4=99pn.*=E2=80=9C etc.) and you'l= l find everything. If you want inflection-free languages you'll need Indone= sian, Chinese, =E2=80=A6=20 But I wouldn't force taking notes in a language you don't like, just use = the ones you like. (=E2=80=9Ethe ones=E2=80=9C, in plural). =C4=9Cis! =20 Daniel