Re: [O] Seeking advice on structuring my org-mode file
* Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl wrote: Hi all, Hi! I have an Org-mode file with notes concerning a large project connected with teaching at my university. One of the headlines is dedicated to one particular course, where I am part of a group developing a concept of this course. So, one subheadline is devoted to that. Yet another (subsub)headline is a list if my proposals of things that should be covered during that course, and now it needs 3 more levels down. Summing it up: I have 5 levels of headlines and now I need a sixth one. So, my question is: what are good practices of other Org-moders? Do you push such a monster to an external file and just include a link to it? Or do you just live with 6-level structure (which is a bit cumbersome, since I sometimes want to copy a part of this document to an email)? Or maybe there's yet another way of handling this? So I assume you've got this: - project.org - courseX - covered topics (unsure about this one; not necessary) - topic 1 - task related to topic 1 Either you are OK with this level of headings (I would not care) or you have many different possibilities. 1. Additional Org-mode file(s): see other answers 2. Usage of flat hierarchy - project.org - non-educational - courseX - courseX notes 3. Usage of tags - project.org - X:non-educational: - course material:courseX: - course topics :courseX: - course notes :courseX: Or you can use a combination of these methods or additional methods which do not come to my mind for now. -- mail|git|SVN|photos|postings|SMS|phonecalls|RSS|CSV|XML to Org-mode: get Memacs from https://github.com/novoid/Memacs https://github.com/novoid/extract_pdf_annotations_to_orgmode + more on github
Re: [O] Seeking advice on structuring my org-mode file
Matt, this is very useful! I agree with you, I also tend to create several org-mode files for a project that is becoming too large. For example, I keep a separate org-file for each paper or report, another with notes, another with analysis (with R code blocks), etc. One issue is that I use lots of TODO statemens in my files, and when org-mode files multiply it starts to become difficult to keep the agenda files list updated. To do this I use this snippet that I found somewhere (I do not remember exactly where). This includes all org-files in a specific directory (in my case my Documents directory) in the agenda files list. #+begin_src lisp ;;-- ;; Load org agenda files ;;-- ; Do not add agenda files by hand (add-hook 'org-mode-hook (lambda () (org-defkey org-mode-map \C-c['undefined) (org-defkey org-mode-map \C-c]'undefined)) 'append) (load-library find-lisp) (add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook (lambda () (setq org-agenda-files (find-lisp-find-files /home/julian/Documents \.org$)) )) #+end_src With this I can create org-files to my heart's content and I know that all TODOs statements will show up in the agenda. All the best, Julian -- Julian Mariano Burgos, PhD Hafrannsóknastofnunin/Marine Research Institute Skúlagata 4, 121 Reykjavík, Iceland Sími/Telephone : +354-5752037 Bréfsími/Telefax: +354-5752001 Netfang/Email: jul...@hafro.is Matt Lundin writes: Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl writes: I have an Org-mode file with notes concerning a large project connected with teaching at my university. One of the headlines is dedicated to one particular course, where I am part of a group developing a concept of this course. So, one subheadline is devoted to that. Yet another (subsub)headline is a list if my proposals of things that should be covered during that course, and now it needs 3 more levels down. Summing it up: I have 5 levels of headlines and now I need a sixth one. So, my question is: what are good practices of other Org-moders? Do you push such a monster to an external file and just include a link to it? If a file grows to large, I simply create a new one. In this instance, I would recommend creating a separate file for each course. Below you'll find a very hackish helper function that I use to generate a new file from a headline. It leaves a link to the new file in the original location. Best, Matt --8---cut here---start-8--- (defun my-org-file-from-headline (file) (interactive (list (completing-read File: (mapcar 'file-name-nondirectory (file-expand-wildcards ~/org/*.org)) nil nil))) (unless (string-match \\.org$ file) (error Not an org file)) (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (unless (org-at-heading-p) (error Not on a headline))) (let* ((exists (file-exists-p file)) (ftags (append (list (file-name-sans-extension file)) (mapcar 'substring-no-properties org-file-tags))) (headline (nth 4 (org-heading-components))) (org-archive-reversed-order t) (org-archive-location (concat file ::)) (org-archive-save-context-info nil)) (org-archive-subtree) (save-excursion (insert * [[file: file ][ file ]] - headline \n)) (find-file file) (goto-char (point-min)) (save-excursion (if (re-search-forward #\\+FILETAGS:\\(.*\\)$ nil t) (progn (save-match-data (setq ftags (mapconcat 'identity (org-uniquify (append ftags (split-string (substring-no-properties (match-string 1) ))) (replace-match (concat #+FILETAGS: ftags))) (insert #+FILETAGS: (mapconcat 'identity ftags ) \n)) (goto-char (point-min)) (unless (re-search-forward #\\+CATEGORY:\\(.*\\)$ nil t) (insert #+CATEGORY: (file-name-sans-extension file) \n)) (goto-char (point-min)) (when (re-search-forward ^Archived entries from file.+\n nil t) (replace-match (write-file file)) --8---cut here---end---8---
[O] Seeking advice on structuring my org-mode file
Hi all, I have an Org-mode file with notes concerning a large project connected with teaching at my university. One of the headlines is dedicated to one particular course, where I am part of a group developing a concept of this course. So, one subheadline is devoted to that. Yet another (subsub)headline is a list if my proposals of things that should be covered during that course, and now it needs 3 more levels down. Summing it up: I have 5 levels of headlines and now I need a sixth one. So, my question is: what are good practices of other Org-moders? Do you push such a monster to an external file and just include a link to it? Or do you just live with 6-level structure (which is a bit cumbersome, since I sometimes want to copy a part of this document to an email)? Or maybe there's yet another way of handling this? Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Adam Mickiewicz University
Re: [O] Seeking advice on structuring my org-mode file
Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl writes: I have an Org-mode file with notes concerning a large project connected with teaching at my university. One of the headlines is dedicated to one particular course, where I am part of a group developing a concept of this course. So, one subheadline is devoted to that. Yet another (subsub)headline is a list if my proposals of things that should be covered during that course, and now it needs 3 more levels down. Summing it up: I have 5 levels of headlines and now I need a sixth one. So, my question is: what are good practices of other Org-moders? Do you push such a monster to an external file and just include a link to it? If a file grows to large, I simply create a new one. In this instance, I would recommend creating a separate file for each course. Below you'll find a very hackish helper function that I use to generate a new file from a headline. It leaves a link to the new file in the original location. Best, Matt --8---cut here---start-8--- (defun my-org-file-from-headline (file) (interactive (list (completing-read File: (mapcar 'file-name-nondirectory (file-expand-wildcards ~/org/*.org)) nil nil))) (unless (string-match \\.org$ file) (error Not an org file)) (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (unless (org-at-heading-p) (error Not on a headline))) (let* ((exists (file-exists-p file)) (ftags (append (list (file-name-sans-extension file)) (mapcar 'substring-no-properties org-file-tags))) (headline (nth 4 (org-heading-components))) (org-archive-reversed-order t) (org-archive-location (concat file ::)) (org-archive-save-context-info nil)) (org-archive-subtree) (save-excursion (insert * [[file: file ][ file ]] - headline \n)) (find-file file) (goto-char (point-min)) (save-excursion (if (re-search-forward #\\+FILETAGS:\\(.*\\)$ nil t) (progn (save-match-data (setq ftags (mapconcat 'identity (org-uniquify (append ftags (split-string (substring-no-properties (match-string 1) ))) (replace-match (concat #+FILETAGS: ftags))) (insert #+FILETAGS: (mapconcat 'identity ftags ) \n)) (goto-char (point-min)) (unless (re-search-forward #\\+CATEGORY:\\(.*\\)$ nil t) (insert #+CATEGORY: (file-name-sans-extension file) \n)) (goto-char (point-min)) (when (re-search-forward ^Archived entries from file.+\n nil t) (replace-match (write-file file)) --8---cut here---end---8---
