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From: Meng Weng Wong <mengwong@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: org-mode as a logging target
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 15:37:13 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+r+iyjw9wN7JycJ8SSZutpfksip_7sCdrcQ50Eb6LDTUAJXqw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

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I've been enjoying a featherweight alternative to log levels, made possible
by org-mode.

Try this the next time you write a little throwaway command-line utility
script:

Step 1: Add asterisks to the front of your printf traces.

Step 2: Tee your STDOUT / STDERR to a file named log.org

Step 3: Open the log file in org-mode.

Step 4: Rejoice!

Optional: You can tail the logfile with M-x auto-revert-mode.

This illustration uses a Github scraper as an example:
https://github.com/mengwong/git-scrape
https://twitter.com/mengwong/status/1274236595109982208

This is no substitute for real structured logging, of course :)

That is all.

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             reply	other threads:[~2020-06-21 15:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-20  7:37 Meng Weng Wong [this message]
2020-06-21 19:09 ` org-mode as a logging target Diego Zamboni
2020-06-21 19:25   ` Russell Adams

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