From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Samuel Wales Subject: Re: org-mode for knowledge management Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 22:17:27 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87oatkkdes.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> <87siiwc4gd.wl-n142857@gmail.com> <87fvevgvv9.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <871tqc3d2j.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87lhokd5ii.wl-n142857@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59077) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XdY0h-0000yS-2q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2014 01:17:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XdY0f-0004EL-SR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2014 01:17:31 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-x233.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::233]:65077) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XdY0f-0004EB-LN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2014 01:17:29 -0400 Received: by mail-la0-f51.google.com with SMTP id ge10so5957547lab.24 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 22:17:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87lhokd5ii.wl-n142857@gmail.com> 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: Daniel Clemente Cc: Eric Abrahamsen , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org (defun alpha-org-what-links-here () "Show all links that point to the current node. Also show the node itself. This makes id links quasi-bidirectional." (interactive) (let ((org-agenda-files (alpha-org-all-org-files :archive t :text-search-extra t)) ;; turn off redundancy ;; fixme probably going to be redone org-agenda-text-search-extra-files) (org-search-view nil (org-entry-get nil "ID" t)))) On 10/12/14, Daniel Clemente wrote: > El Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:42:28 +0800 Eric Abrahamsen va escriure: >> > >> > This is the bit I'm not sure about... >> > >> > * project_a >> > ** experiment about blah :proj_name:theme: >> > [2014-10-11] >> > >> > Did x, y, and z today. Will analyze results tomorrow. >> > >> > [2014-10-12] >> > >> > Wow. Interesting finding. This will help a lot and may be relevant to >> > future projects! >> > >> =E2=80=A6 >> >> Perhaps both links and tags are what you're after then: you could leave >> a link to the general finding inside "experiment about blah" (to remind >> yourself you took that note), but also use the tags to open Agendas on >> both project and theme, so you can see all the relevant information in >> one place. >> > > >> > * project_a >> > ** experiment about blah :proj_name:theme: > > I think it's crazy to use topics as tags. How many topics/themes are > there? Wikipedia counts many million. Names of topic are very subjective. > Topics are often mixed, split apart, refined, renamed, grouped in > supertopics, =E2=80=A6 > In org it's easy to remodel hierarchical headers but it's not easy to > remodel tags (much less, hierarchical tags). > > So rather than: > > ** some construction :plastics_engineering: > > > I would have: > > Engineering.org: > * Plastics > * Houses > * =E2=80=A6 > > > I understand you use tags and =E2=80=9Etag search=E2=80=9C to be able t= o look for bits of > a particular topic in a file which is not related to the topic. > It would be better to have a tag that in addition links to a particular > tree. With that you'd have the freedom of tagging anything and the > flexibility of headers. > > Some brainstorming about how to link tags with headers: Two options: > > 1) There is a main tag in a header, and the other tags link to it (with C= -c > C-o you navigate to the main tag). > > proj1.org: > ** some construction :plastics_engineering: > > Engineering.org: :<<>>: > * Plastics > * Houses > * =E2=80=A6 > > > 2) You use links and you ask for backlinks > > proj1.org: > ** some construction [link to P] > > Engineering.org: > * Plastics > :ID: 1231212311122 > * Houses > * =E2=80=A6 > > And then=E2=80=A6 a key to *search for links to a header* (=E2=80=9Ebackl= inks=E2=80=9C). Can org do > this now?. > E.g. you go to =E2=80=9EPlastics=E2=80=9C and you search =E2=80=9Eall the= backlinks found in > proj1.org=E2=80=9C. Then you have the generic knowledge and in addition a= ll the bits > of specific knowledge about that topic. > > > Maybe this is already possible=E2=80=A6 Whether it's useful, I don't know= . > > --=20 The Kafka Pandemic: http://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com The disease DOES progress. MANY people have died from it. And ANYBODY can get it. Denmark: free Karina Hansen NOW.