Web bookmarks in ORG?

Web bookmarks in ORG?

[Angel de Vicente]

Hi,

Is there anyone using ORG for keeping web bookmarks? Basically I'm
looking at Delicious-like functionality, where I just put tags to web
addresses and I can search the bookmarks either for their name or with
tags. 

I have looked at webjump and w3m but they seem to keep old-fashioned
ways for organizing the bookmark file. I just thought that perhaps this
could be done with Org. Any ideas?

Thanks,
-- 
Ángel de Vicente
http://angel-de-vicente.blogspot.com/

Re: Web bookmarks in ORG?

[Jambunathan K]

> Hi,
>
> Is there anyone using ORG for keeping web bookmarks? Basically I'm
> looking at Delicious-like functionality, where I just put tags to web
> addresses and I can search the bookmarks either for their name or with
> tags. 

Look at quickurl. I have been using it for quite sometime now. This is
not Org related.

You can also search for org-protocol + org-capture + firefox and you
will be able to see some solutions that fit your needs.

> I have looked at webjump and w3m but they seem to keep old-fashioned
> ways for organizing the bookmark file. I just thought that perhaps this
> could be done with Org. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,

-- 

Re: Web bookmarks in ORG?

[Masashi Miyamura]

Hello Ángel,

> Is there anyone using ORG for keeping web bookmarks? Basically I'm
> looking at Delicious-like functionality, where I just put tags to web
> addresses and I can search the bookmarks either for their name or with
> tags.

That is the idea I organize my bookmarks.

You might be interested in the followings:
  - http://orgmode.org/manual/Capture.html#Capture
  - http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-protocol.html

In short, I make a bookmark in Firefox via org-protocol.

Hope this help.

--
Masashi Miyamura
  http://saira.mimamu.net

Re: Web bookmarks in ORG?

[Jason Dunsmore]

Angel de Vicente <angelv@iac.es> writes:

> Is there anyone using ORG for keeping web bookmarks? Basically I'm
> looking at Delicious-like functionality, where I just put tags to web
> addresses and I can search the bookmarks either for their name or with
> tags.

For a while, I was keeping an Org file with bookmarks organized
del.icio.us-style, eg:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* [[http://url1.com][Title1]] :tag1:tag2:tag3:

Notes...

* [[http://url2.com][Title2]] :tag1:tag2:tag3:

Notes...

* ...
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

But then I started incorporating the links into the body of my notes (I
keep a "notebook" directory with an Org file for each broad subject and
Org headings/subheadings for more granular organization).  I found the
web links much more useful in the context of my notes, so I stopped
using the del.icio.us-style format.

Regards,
Jason

Re: Web bookmarks in ORG?

[Angel de Vicente]

Hi,

Jason Dunsmore <emacs-orgmode@dunsmor.com> writes:

> Angel de Vicente <angelv@iac.es> writes:
>
>> Is there anyone using ORG for keeping web bookmarks? Basically I'm
>> looking at Delicious-like functionality, where I just put tags to web
>> addresses and I can search the bookmarks either for their name or with
>> tags.
>
> For a while, I was keeping an Org file with bookmarks organized
> del.icio.us-style, eg:
>
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> * [[http://url1.com][Title1]] :tag1:tag2:tag3:
>
> Notes...
>
> * [[http://url2.com][Title2]] :tag1:tag2:tag3:
>
> Notes...
>
> * ...
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I guess I was looking for something a bit more automatic... I would like
to have at least two of the delicious functionalities:

1) to get automatic category suggestion (or at least to get them
completed when pressing TAB or similar), and

2) a nice way to look for all the bookmarks that are in category X

I was looking to have it done perhaps with BBDB, instead, but I wouldn't
like to get a mess when writing mails. 

I'm open to suggestions,
-- 
Ángel de Vicente
http://angel-de-vicente.blogspot.com/

Re: Web bookmarks in ORG?

[Angel de Vicente]

Hi,

Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> writes:

>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there anyone using ORG for keeping web bookmarks? Basically I'm
>> looking at Delicious-like functionality, where I just put tags to web
>> addresses and I can search the bookmarks either for their name or with
>> tags. 
>
> Look at quickurl. I have been using it for quite sometime now. This is
> not Org related.

Thanks, but I'm specifically looking for a way to organize bookmarks
with tags for easy storing/searching, and as far as I can tell, quickurl
does not provide anything in that respect?

Cheers,
-- 
Ángel de Vicente
http://angel-de-vicente.blogspot.com/

Re: Web bookmarks in ORG?

[Bastien]

Hi Angel,

maybe you can have a look at GNU recutils:

  http://www.gnu.org/s/recutils/

I'd be curious to know if recutils has been used to store
and manage bookmarks, but I think it's a natural fit.

We had some discussion with the author, Jose E. Marchesi, 
who is an this list -- and recutils/org integration is not
impossible either.

HTH,

-- 
 Bastien

Re: Web bookmarks in ORG?

[Angel de Vicente]

Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:

> Hi Angel,
>
> maybe you can have a look at GNU recutils:
>
>   http://www.gnu.org/s/recutils/
>
> I'd be curious to know if recutils has been used to store
> and manage bookmarks, but I think it's a natural fit.
>
> We had some discussion with the author, Jose E. Marchesi, 
> who is an this list -- and recutils/org integration is not
> impossible either.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm very busy right now, so I didn't look at
this, but I will certainly come back to it, and report back. (There was
also a Emacs Database, EDB, which I never used, but which perhaps could
also be used, but I'm not sure if that is still maintained...)

Cheers,
-- 
Ángel de Vicente
http://angel-de-vicente.blogspot.com/

Re: Web bookmarks in ORG?

[Bastien]

Hi Angel,

Angel de Vicente <angelv@iac.es> writes:

> Thanks for the suggestion. I'm very busy right now, so I didn't look at
> this, but I will certainly come back to it, and report back. (There was
> also a Emacs Database, EDB, which I never used, but which perhaps could
> also be used, but I'm not sure if that is still maintained...)

Great -- let us know about your progress, it can boost any org/recutils
gateway.

Thanks,

-- 
 Bastien

Re: Web bookmarks in ORG?

[joakim]

Angel de Vicente <angelv@iac.es> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Is there anyone using ORG for keeping web bookmarks? Basically I'm
> looking at Delicious-like functionality, where I just put tags to web
> addresses and I can search the bookmarks either for their name or with
> tags. 
>
> I have looked at webjump and w3m but they seem to keep old-fashioned
> ways for organizing the bookmark file. I just thought that perhaps this
> could be done with Org. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,

Im also interested in this for my webkit embedded in emacs project.
(bzr co bzr+ssh://jave@bzr.savannah.gnu.org/emacs/xwidget/)

Currently I just use urls in org files and open them with c-o. It works
well for links you seldomly use because its easier to find them by
context than by name.

-- 
Joakim Verona