* ?? While taking note, capture a note with reciprocal links to/from current location
@ 2012-02-12 3:54 lngndvs
2012-02-12 6:50 ` Russell Adams
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From: lngndvs @ 2012-02-12 3:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: org-mode
I am studying some text in an org file, some comments from a colleague
on a research project. I need to do a little google search about a
term (something that happens quite often). It would be convenient to
produce a note elsewhere, perhaps in a different file, or perhaps
under a different top-level heading in the same file, with a note to
the term where the cursor is (let's say I've selected it as the
region). I want to capture some notes, perhaps some quite copious
notes, and when done I would like reciprocal links to bind these
bits. Then I can take some good notes on the terms or the topic in
my colleague's notes, and return, and so forth.
I could do this, and it's not too difficult. However, it would be
*very* helpful to do this with one capture event. Does a facility
exist for this?
Let me say that I think it does, and it relates to the %a element of a
template. However, I would like permanent links, say of the
current region to the note resulting from the capture event, and vise
versa.
I thought of footnotes, but this footnote could end up being a whole
chapter, or a small section, in a report!
Thank you for any suggestions. I apologize in advance, because I'm
sure this is no challenge for the gurus on this list.
Alan Davis
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* Re: ?? While taking note, capture a note with reciprocal links to/from current location
2012-02-12 3:54 ?? While taking note, capture a note with reciprocal links to/from current location lngndvs
@ 2012-02-12 6:50 ` Russell Adams
2012-02-12 14:57 ` John Hendy
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Russell Adams @ 2012-02-12 6:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 07:54:03PM -0800, lngndvs@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I am studying some text in an org file, some comments from a colleague
> on a research project. I need to do a little google search about a
> term (something that happens quite often). It would be convenient to
> produce a note elsewhere, perhaps in a different file, or perhaps
> under a different top-level heading in the same file, with a note to
> the term where the cursor is (let's say I've selected it as the
> region). I want to capture some notes, perhaps some quite copious
> notes, and when done I would like reciprocal links to bind these
> bits. Then I can take some good notes on the terms or the topic in
> my colleague's notes, and return, and so forth.
>
> I could do this, and it's not too difficult. However, it would be
> *very* helpful to do this with one capture event. Does a facility
> exist for this?
>
> Let me say that I think it does, and it relates to the %a element of a
> template. However, I would like permanent links, say of the
> current region to the note resulting from the capture event, and vise
> versa.
>
> I thought of footnotes, but this footnote could end up being a whole
> chapter, or a small section, in a report!
>
> Thank you for any suggestions. I apologize in advance, because I'm
> sure this is no challenge for the gurus on this list.
>
> Alan Davis
>
>
Org-capture. It's a great feature, press a key and take a note to a
known location and the template can store date, time, and where you
were when the note occurred.
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* Re: ?? While taking note, capture a note with reciprocal links to/from current location
2012-02-12 6:50 ` Russell Adams
@ 2012-02-12 14:57 ` John Hendy
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: John Hendy @ 2012-02-12 14:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Russell Adams
<RLAdams@adamsinfoserv.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 07:54:03PM -0800, lngndvs@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> I am studying some text in an org file, some comments from a colleague
>> on a research project. I need to do a little google search about a
>> term (something that happens quite often). It would be convenient to
>> produce a note elsewhere, perhaps in a different file, or perhaps
>> under a different top-level heading in the same file, with a note to
>> the term where the cursor is (let's say I've selected it as the
>> region). I want to capture some notes, perhaps some quite copious
>> notes, and when done I would like reciprocal links to bind these
>> bits. Then I can take some good notes on the terms or the topic in
>> my colleague's notes, and return, and so forth.
>>
>> I could do this, and it's not too difficult. However, it would be
>> *very* helpful to do this with one capture event. Does a facility
>> exist for this?
>>
>> Let me say that I think it does, and it relates to the %a element of a
>> template. However, I would like permanent links, say of the
>> current region to the note resulting from the capture event, and vise
>> versa.
>>
>> I thought of footnotes, but this footnote could end up being a whole
>> chapter, or a small section, in a report!
>>
>> Thank you for any suggestions. I apologize in advance, because I'm
>> sure this is no challenge for the gurus on this list.
>>
>> Alan Davis
>>
>>
>
> Org-capture. It's a great feature, press a key and take a note to a
> known location and the template can store date, time, and where you
> were when the note occurred.
>
But he's also asking for "reciprocal links" (bi-directional, I take
it). This doesn't exist that I know of, though strangely it *just*
came up last week, though for refiling and creating a bi-directional
link. Pretty much the same idea. Send something new or existing to a
new location and have a two way link in both places.
-- http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg51480.html
John
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