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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , 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=1614809211; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post:dkim-signature; bh=rw/ejcJzQcflVkwNJC3FUtXWvpEuM72Ql3blUhgOOqk=; b=Uc1vrSUrMwpTkBILxevGr83CNZ8bA910rq/lXa4FSq6uBp7v+cwfkfJcph+G4ICQLwYdrB 6CI1IaM4B+/j6wdbijPuQb7HrPRsVHmWxMl5Squ9o+UckXJQG0KgCO9H1+O+RB8iQuYIEm dm1TwC+j0m91JqWVSRZFpDryC3ux5Pho+s3v6xP9AN8Sco3HIsqURiqU7n+rOHsFZXTkAg h8OSZNfiUmSvpbGCHpJv4L+J/IJKVfizjrj8RVhjBnodvQNWRVjNgtMnvcLHAselkuKh5V W8PzHlJEKLMEWX1nokIzP6OdNgtLszPvhgxeLxWvx4rS+0JqmvIjTFafy8IMyg== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1614809211; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=RWga5Vjvh3xgB5iACf+QPtZGSVc8tMjNxzXBxc6/tDRPFCfjlezvA4v+qWTJqgEoPqV74W m1PtPOuSGFja87u8FK2i5uxXWPKwzFjLZZzl8LDMYXDltYIfC6Grv5X/JS5Qx55b7g1zpE BWzUwnrLUBVDPnglutOpKCeT5bhKKai8lgOJtXQwlkOdHZ0JBpgdIvApAyb2rSrdJOIZ+t MWuL9jJ3yvSZH4G50GsyHZuKX7ExFXnxlaT07EwBTI2IUXb+We6ecNPvBvyAJo3crq+5id rofHu0PTMbFuS4cZVU4nypPAxednqxdxTghwGp4END4i2XJbgyJGbbnEngs54A== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx2.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b="q45j/aWX"; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx2.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: aspmx2.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b="q45j/aWX"; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx2.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: 0C7301B53F X-Spam-Score: -3.06 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: CzMZJzemOQxZ along lines of reducing logbook entries, i often want to reduce org files, and i wonder if anybody already had the same desire. here are some random ideas. my org files are so large i might have written this list a few times.... 1) list links to duplicate headlines 2) list links to duplicate body text 3) list links to duplicate entries 4) list links to duplicate entries, body text, or headlines using fuzzy matching - suppose you captured an email slightly differently a few times 5) show in agenda the biggest few tasks so you can go to them and reduce them or doneify them 6) (waves hands) git magic to find old entries that might be stale 7) show in agenda the tasks with biggest logbook drawers so you can go to them and reduce them 8) find similar body text that are in distant subtrees that might be candidates for refactoring using org-id linking 9) show in agenda deepest olpath levels 10) indicate deep, shallow, text-filled, etc. top levels 11) show in agenda entries with most children 12) archive logbook drawer entries older than 1 year - get rid of drawer if empty - put the drawer entries into a logbook drawer in a new task, with a similar header, that then gets doneified. then that gets archived when you archive stuff. 13) operate on lines matching a pattern - e.g. "* [2021-02-17 Wed 20:35] whatever" lines might be insubstantial notes that do not need to clutter the inactive timestamp display in the agenda and thus should be moved to a target location with query - that target location would presumably not be in an agenda file 14) function to lint all agenda files 15) reduce false positives in lint well, idk if htese are good ideas. just thought maybe we could form a cult of "don't let org files get too big". -- The Kafka Pandemic Please learn what misopathy is. https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com/2013/10/why-some-diseases-are-wronged.html