From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bob Newell Subject: Re: Scatter-gather idea Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2017 10:12:36 -1000 Message-ID: <87d1cvga4r.fsf@bobnewell.net> References: <87o9wgf376.fsf@bobnewell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58149) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cuPO7-00029K-Oa for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2017 16:12:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cuPO4-0005fy-LR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2017 16:12:43 -0400 Received: from mail-pf0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c00::233]:36236) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cuPO4-0005fK-DJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Apr 2017 16:12:40 -0400 Received: by mail-pf0-x233.google.com with SMTP id o126so18093075pfb.3 for ; Sat, 01 Apr 2017 13:12:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (udp226603uds.hawaiiantel.net. [72.235.47.4]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q23sm17487968pfg.63.2017.04.01.13.12.37 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 01 Apr 2017 13:12:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (John Kitchin's message of "Sat, 01 Apr 2017 18:41:21 +0000") 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" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Thanks for the feedback. As to the question, what is scatter-gather? -- It's the idea of gathering up scattered pieces of text and consolidating them in another place, whether elsewhere in the same buffer or in another file. Using tags would work, and I've done something similar in my home-brew code for a fiction writing environment (I gather scattered comment blocks). So would non-visible marks, although when brainstorming you may want visible indicators of selected headlines. Something like '** ! headine' doesn't really destroy org syntax in any way, but it does add extra text to a headline (of course, so does a tag). I'll certainly look at the suggested alternatives, especially helm. In any case I'll think this through quite a bit more before developing a prototype. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i * Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux *