From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: [OT] How do you keep your reference data? Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:13:13 -0500 Message-ID: <87zl6v8yna.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> References: <1e5bcefd0911081424p12eb6fa9te57ff4cfeb83fcdd@mail.gmail.com> <87skcniyc9.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> <1e5bcefd0911090808h4d545be9x3d56131ef826092@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N7Wro-0002rd-PP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:13:20 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N7Wrk-0002pm-Q4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:13:20 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58576 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N7Wrk-0002pi-MM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:13:16 -0500 Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.72]:63374) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N7Wrk-0000Qp-EB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:13:16 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1e5bcefd0911090808h4d545be9x3d56131ef826092@mail.gmail.com> (Marcelo de Moraes Serpa's message of "Mon\, 9 Nov 2009 10\:08\:13 -0600") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Marcelo de Moraes Serpa Cc: Org Mode Marcelo de Moraes Serpa writes: > I liked your self-contained approach, and I will try implementing it > in my workflow. Org does not stop amazing me on how flexible it is :) > > However, the value of having a wiki is also great IMO. It has a > workflow similar to tomboy (each new org file acts as a new tomboy > note) I don't have to think too much when creating a wiki page (just > type TheNameOfTheSubject.org, save it and begin typing, they are in a > central location (a wiki folder) and they are a great place to > register knowledge data. > > I don't know, that might be because I used WikiDPad for a long time on > my Windows days and loved its approach (Two things that org lacks as a > wiki-system, which is a way to view the wiki in a tree format and > automatically create links based on files in the filesystem or > camelcase. Not big deal features, but something that could be > contributed as a org extension - I would do it if I had the elisp > knowledge to do so :)) I used to use a wiki ... but I personally prefer the org->HTML export sequence to a wiki. All of my documents are available in org-mode source. I don't have the need to have multiple users edit the same source (which is the whole point of a wiki IMO). Wiki's have other issues if they are world editable - like spam bots and other things which I just didn't want to deal with. I found the org-mode format with export at least as powerful as the wiki's I've used. If you community of people working on the same content where some of them don't use org-mode then a wiki probably makes sense. I just don't need it for my workflow. -Bernt