From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Lundin Subject: Re: Org-mode idea? Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:02:21 -0600 Message-ID: <877i7blgc2.fsf@fastmail.fm> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KzZD9-00084o-KR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:01:55 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KzZD7-00084S-9W for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:01:54 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43595 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KzZD7-00084P-62 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:01:53 -0500 Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:56161) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KzZD6-0000DC-K8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:01:53 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Manish's message of "Sat\, 8 Nov 2008 00\:35\:31 +0530") 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: Manish Cc: "Dennis Groves (CISG)" , "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" Manish writes: > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Dennis Groves (CISG) wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I am sort of new to org-mode; I have been using it for some time > > but since I am not a software engineer I am afraid I am not able > > to make use of all the capabilities nor do I fully understand them > > all... > > > > That said, in terms of life management; nothing even comes close > > to the power and utility of org-mode in my experience so I use it. > > > > Yep. +1 :) > > > I use org-mode for projects, exercise and fitness, and a daily > > task-diary. And I currently do this all in one big giant unwieldy > > file. > > FWIW, I currently split it mainly into personal.org and > my-current-employer.org. I've tried both big files and multiple small files, and I've found that big org-files provide the fastest access to my projects. Using narrow and agenda subtree views, it's easy to drill down to smaller views of particular projects. My files: personal.org, professional.org, notes.org (for random stuff I want to keep that's not related to a current project). > > > > I recently suffered a loss of data on my main computer. And as > > such I really want to get my data into a git repository and have > > that backed up regularly. Yes, version control is the way to go. I, alas, am still stuck in Subversion world, but it's actually a fairly good solution to keep home directories in sync on multiple computers. Matt