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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1614892326; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references:list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post:dkim-signature; bh=EBLfIc6OcD3/wJ5IzGj0scHZzgpGx2+LMZzE1OI4G7U=; b=BIZ/Nv5M2cQgVtb8w3mgVwGOGsOJDjj2R0JPOtH5LI5VBbbgKcjicsgdckoZii3lHL9uSh 8yrGIVRpTRp8THbceGfzC4Yj3ny50QtuHiYYt1MlW+rTUbIzFZL8JvNpzOSUcCM6hz/GyO FWEKVpTd6Ru3O0VyKYO+MtlqiRTRTG0em05Fe+JrpvUCuWoxRuDSzm/x8fQUQrrGK3/6s7 UKBB3d3RS383UnOJjtzazCclTnN3YUj36jK3jjZNFIL5gUvZGWe7NK69nnQMPr8XcU/9mQ qUr2NC8JGFPDENuei+G4WFnYGC1c7L0WbTpsTOzgEUzkGw9bmux/x1YvFcNlNw== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1614892326; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=PIYVX7VaH2/q282+lsRC/S7tcQofBGiEZDdPsVe+aGKlN+I6htd9WG2KPf5T5oz3fN5H2h VppQehSey0FD9hKFThu2u9XKc2sTRatnqYcgijR7i2R/2LThwcAh4gIkoiEvZguZuudtuH I3vk8vVXO4JPlFxWYvgZsVbQmdu2ZEhcd3RRrr5z5wbkP51vnI8JZ+iPymFA6SrickSQfc BhlFgiI5aKZztw2x4Edxn+zGxi0lqkifVdrZtSkXJ6dhhXZ3IPPwQALimBvgq7Dn9StSPh jcEcI3cIXgXr2XDstWLrkHLKV1avWlLAh38WwGg8AYN/LxVwCAy6pUUf2t+QJg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=TkspBX4G; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -3.06 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=TkspBX4G; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=emacs-orgmode-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 6DF171CB91 X-Spam-Score: -3.06 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: 6nkBSpGdG+Z4 trs> [smaller files] My agenda is not cluttered. it is not clear to me why more smaller files and shallower trees in the outline would improve the agenda. sounds good though. tim> naming convention ... to determine what is included this is also what i do. org-agenda-files is just set at startup according to basename pattern. On 3/4/21, Tim Cross wrote: > > TRS-80 writes: > >> On 2021-03-03 16:59, Samuel Wales wrote: >> I have come to similar conclusion about "don't let org files get too >> big." Besides agenda speed, I think it is just easier to >> conceptualize things when each file covers only a limited scope, trees >> are more shallow, etc. >> >> So, lately (last year or more), I have been trying a "many small (up >> to perhaps medium)" instead of "few big" files approach (along with >> some custom tooling) and it has been working /a lot/ better for me. I >> really feel on top of things for the first time in a long time. My >> agenda is not cluttered. I can focus on important things, while not >> losing track of the rest, etc. >> > > I agree with this. I have a similar approach. I consider the file system > and org files to be the initial 'structure' and have many smaller files > rather than a couple of very large ones. Only a subset of files play a > role in the agenda (I'm still experimenting with two different > approaches for this - one uses a couple of functions which can > dynamically change the agenda list and the other uses a naming > convention which is used as the basis of a search to determine what is > included in the agenda. Final rsult will likely be a combination). > > My use pattern also constantly evolves as my requirements and priorities > change. It is and probably always will be, a work in progress! > > -- > Tim Cross > > -- The Kafka Pandemic Please learn what misopathy is. https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com/2013/10/why-some-diseases-are-wronged.html