From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Filippo A. Salustri" Subject: A couple of suggestions Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 18:49:21 -0500 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1911482332==" Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58426 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pc50t-00074b-KH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:49:34 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pc50m-0008Hs-6H for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:49:25 -0500 Received: from mail-ww0-f49.google.com ([74.125.82.49]:34810) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pc50m-0008HR-23 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:49:24 -0500 Received: by wwb17 with SMTP id 17so19598518wwb.30 for ; Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:49:22 -0800 (PST) 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --===============1911482332== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6d508eb1c511104997280f1 --0016e6d508eb1c511104997280f1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi all, I'm just getting into orgmode, and I'm finding it quite a revelation. Compliments to all its developers. I have thought of a couple of ideas. I wanted to bounce them off the community before thinking about trying to implement them myself (I used to be pretty good with lisp, a thousand years ago). 1. A bit more structure to page layout. In particular I was thinking of this: a. one file per day b. date and journal name at top c. a right "sidebar" of sorts that contains tags, dates, etc for the item to its left. This amounts to basically a tabular page arrangement, and each "item" gets a row. 2. A vi-esque data entry mode No offence, but I've always found emacs-y key bindings to be incredibly unintuitive compared to, say, vi/vim. The idea would be to rebind all keys on top of something like, but not necessarily identical to, vi-mode. I find that there are two "thinking styles" when I'm using org-mode: organizing and gathering. When "gathering," I'm mostly in emacs mode cuz it's mostly entering data with little editing except for corrections to spelling etc. When "organizing," I'm doing little data entry, and mostly moving stuff around, adding dates, changing task status etc. In organizing mode, it's a pain for me to do the Cu-Cc-Cwhatever thing, so I think it could be useful to people to have a choice of having a simpler keystroke set available. Comments? Ideas? Wild, hysterical laughter? Cheers. Fil -- Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 Fax: 416/979-5265 Email: salustri@ryerson.ca http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/ --0016e6d508eb1c511104997280f1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all,
I'm just getting into orgmode, and I'm finding it quite= a revelation. =A0Compliments to all its developers.
I have thoug= ht of a couple of ideas. =A0I wanted to bounce them off the community befor= e thinking about trying to implement them myself (I used to be pretty good = with lisp, a thousand years ago).

1. A bit more structure to page layout.
In pa= rticular I was thinking of this:
a. one file per day
b.= date and journal name at top
c. a right "sidebar" of s= orts that contains tags, dates, etc for the item to its left. =A0This amoun= ts to basically a tabular page arrangement, and each "item" gets = a row.

2. A vi-esque data entry mode
No offence, but= I've always found emacs-y key bindings to be incredibly unintuitive co= mpared to, say, vi/vim.
The idea would be to rebind all keys on t= op of something like, but not necessarily identical to, vi-mode.
I find that there are two "thinking styles" when I'm usi= ng org-mode: organizing and gathering. =A0When "gathering," I'= ;m mostly in emacs mode cuz it's mostly entering data with little editi= ng except for corrections to spelling etc. =A0When "organizing," = I'm doing little data entry, and mostly moving stuff around, adding dat= es, changing task status etc.
In organizing mode, it's a pain for me to do the Cu-Cc-Cwhatever t= hing, so I think it could be useful to people to have a choice of having a = simpler keystroke set available.

Comments? =A0Idea= s? =A0Wild, hysterical laughter?

Cheers.
Fil

--
Filip= po A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
R= yerson University
350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON
M5B 2K3, Canada
Tel= : 416/979-5000 ext 7749
Fax: 416/979-5265
Email: salustri= @ryerson.ca
http://deseng= .ryerson.ca/~fil/
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