Migrating my current work flow to org-mode

From: Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Migrating my current work flow to org-mode
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 17:53:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTimbJ+ptBW9UUrkEvOaPvCtr+m_EpHxVdKyz8qim@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

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Hello,

During the last few days I have learned about org-mode and I'm starting to
plan how to change my current work flow to org-mode. My current work flow is
as follows:

* At the beginning of every new day I create a horizontal line and a time
stamp.
* I use mediawiki == headers == for headers and * for bulleted items.

Here is the typical view for two days:

-----------------------------------------
Monday 2010-11-08 09:49

Worked: 8:00-17:15

== Done/Todo ==

* Add parameter somewhere so that energy graphs take into account that only
part of the panel receives radiation. Do this in run_specific_site.py.
* Teach Alex about python.

== Meeting with Alex and Betty ==

* Todo: run simulation for Tumbaktu.
:
-----------------------------------------
Tuesday 2010-11-09 8:31

Worked: 8:17-

== Engine changes ==

* All these will be changed to vector<Matrix>  M[panel*2]
** ground_collect_matrix Ok
** sky_diffuse_matrix Ok
** sky_beam_matrix Ok
----------------------------------------------

So now I am trying to figure out how to map this into org-mode. Here are
some observations and questions:

   - The horizontal rule is ok in paragraph mode.
   - The timestamp is ok by doing C-c .
   - But the "worked line" doesn't work if I try to use "C-c C-x TAB" as it
   complains "Before first headline". I could turn the row into a header or
   just insert plain text. Is there a more elegant solution? I don't want to
   have the "worked" line indexed. Note that the "worked" line is used at the
   end of the month to summarize the amount of work hours.
   - Is there any way of separating headers from items? I like the
   non-symmetry of the "==" syntax for headers and "*" for items, but I guess I
   can get used to that.
   - At my previous work place I used the same notebook file for more than
   10years(!) of notes, and needless to say it got to be very big (around 100k
   lines). Can org-mode handle that size files?
   - How can I customize the exported HTML? E.g. I don't like the table of
   contents or the numbering of headers.

But alltogether org-mode looks great! I'm looking forward to use it both on
my desktop and in emacs on my N900.

Thanks,
Dov

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