Jude DaShiell <jdash...@shellworld.net> writes: > I tried an experiment and am glad I didn't save its results! Results > are that you actually have to indent otherwise, all you have in the file > are the headlines once org-mode sees the file. I have a newly installed > debian system on the first sata drive I used and I'm using org-mode to > log the extras I install on the system as well as configuration changes > I make as they happen.
I don't want to argue you out of org-mode. ;-) But for logging additional packages, you might look at tasksel(8). If you create a description file of your packages, you can use this with tasksel, when you set up a new system. e.g. /usr/local/share/tasksel/local.desc: Task: kids Section: user Description: Applications for kids. Packages: list gcompris tuxpaint Task: development Section: user Description: Development tools Tools needed for software development. Packages: list emacs23 emacs23-common-non-dfsg bbdb emacs-goodies-el yasnippet git gcc g++ gdb gdb-doc Task: net Section: user Description: Packages for networking and internet. Packages: list xul-ext-noscript xul-ext-cookie-monster dovecot-imapd fetchmail And logging configuration changes could be done with git(1). If you checkin the base configuration in /etc, /var/lib/... you can always see changes you made with "git status" and "git diff". > > On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >> * aptitude install emacs -r >> get emacs text editor. >> * aptitude install emacs -r >> get emacs text editor. Regards, Olaf