On 2014-10-29 15:34, Robert Horn <rjh...@alum.mit.edu> writes: > Jay Iyer writes: > >> If there are use cases out there, it might be worth collecting them and >> then thinking about how to support them better. If there aren't, maybe >> it should be thrown out. > > It's most definitely useful. I'm not sure what you think would be > "better". I make extensive use of date tree for maintaining various log > book journals. I've got various capture templates set up so that the > two characters: F* <char> take me to the right file and date tree. I > type in the note, then C-c C-c takes me back where I had been > previously. The template capures the date and time for the note, plus > other context information per the template. This creates very nice time > tagged logs.
I also use datetrees regularly. I have this in my capture templates:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq org-capture-templates
(quote
("o" "Old Journal" entry (file+datetree+prompt "diary-runx.org")
"* %i%?")
("O" "Old Journal with link" entry (file+datetree+prompt
"diary-runx.org")
"* %i%?\n%a")
("j" "Journal" entry (file+datetree "diary-runx.org")
"* %?\nEntered on %U\n %i")
("J" "Journal with link" entry (file+datetree "diary-runx.org")
"* %?\nEntered on %U\n %i\n %a")))
#+end_src
Typical usage for a trivial topic: I watch a movie that I like, I write
a quick review in movies.org, I mark the title of the movie, and capture
with 'J'. It gives me an entry with the highlighted title and a link to
the review.
Less trivial usage: as a meeting start, I start a capture with 'j', and
C-u C-c C-c to jump to the diary file where I can take notes.
Alan
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