Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2021-01-17 Thread Ihor Radchenko
Christopher Miles writes: > I think this is possible through read last note text in logbook, then display > it > in headline through text-property overlay. > > That's what I did in this package > [[https://github.com/stardiviner/org-link-beautify]] > > Should not be that hard to implement it.

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2021-01-17 Thread Christopher Miles
I think this is possible through read last note text in logbook, then display it in headline through text-property overlay. That's what I did in this package [[https://github.com/stardiviner/org-link-beautify]] Should not be that hard to implement it. Ihor Radchenko writes: > Over the years

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-09-14 Thread Eric Abrahamsen
Nicolas Goaziou writes: > Hello, > > Ihor Radchenko writes: > >> I did not know this and I cannot find any reference about such behaviour >> in manual (info:org#Markup for Rich Contents). > > You can find it looking for "line break" in the index. It points there: > (info "(org) Paragraphs"). >

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-09-13 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Hello, Ihor Radchenko writes: > I did not know this and I cannot find any reference about such behaviour > in manual (info:org#Markup for Rich Contents). You can find it looking for "line break" in the index. It points there: (info "(org) Paragraphs"). >>> However, it is unused it unordered

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-09-10 Thread Ihor Radchenko
>> You are right. I missed that \\ is also a newline for LaTeX export. > > It is a line break in any export back-end. I did not know this and I cannot find any reference about such behaviour in manual (info:org#Markup for Rich Contents). >> However, it is unused it unordered lists. We might

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-09-09 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Hello, Ihor Radchenko writes: > You are right. I missed that \\ is also a newline for LaTeX export. It is a line break in any export back-end. > Another possibility is re-purposing counter definition from ordered > lists. Currently the "\\[@[0-9]+\\]" is used to force item number in > ordered

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-09-06 Thread Eric Abrahamsen
Ihor Radchenko writes: >> Everyone has their own workflows, but I think the way you are approaching >> this problem is "wrong". > > I think I need to elaborate on the use-cases more then. > > I am well aware about the concept of NEXT actions, GTD, projects, and > using categories to bring task

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-09-05 Thread Ihor Radchenko
> Everyone has their own workflows, but I think the way you are approaching > this problem is "wrong". I think I need to elaborate on the use-cases more then. I am well aware about the concept of NEXT actions, GTD, projects, and using categories to bring task context in agenda. However, the

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-09-05 Thread Allen Li
On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 6:42 AM Ihor Radchenko wrote: > > Over the years of using Org I often have a need to add a short note > about how to proceed with some task: > > * REVIEW check again, subscribe | sindresorhus/awesome:  Awesome > lists about all kinds of interesting topics :BOOKMARK:

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-09-04 Thread Ihor Radchenko
> However, writing an item > with a line break at the end of its first line is not necessarily > a note. You are right. I missed that \\ is also a newline for LaTeX export. Another possibility is re-purposing counter definition from ordered lists. Currently the "\\[@[0-9]+\\]" is used to force

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-09-03 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Hello, Ihor Radchenko writes: > I may miss something, but it does not look [for me] any more specific > in comparison with headline format: > > - headline :: "^\*+ .+$" > - first line of note :: "^[ \t]*-.+$" I do see a big difference, tho. Starting a line with an asterisk followed by a

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-09-01 Thread Ihor Radchenko
>> - \\ >> > > This is not specific enough to be considered as syntax. The risk of > false positive is too high. This is the reason why notes were never > considered as syntactically meaningful so far. I may miss something, but it does not look [for me] any more specific in comparison with

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-08-31 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Hello, Ihor Radchenko writes: > Instead of linking to the function, we can define the format used by > `org-add-note' as a formal format for notes. Currently `org-add-note' > uses the following format: > > - \\ > This is not specific enough to be considered as syntax. The risk of false

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-08-31 Thread Ihor Radchenko
> Make it easier perhaps -- once the tool has been changed to the new > syntax. But you might break current usage. And not everyone using such > tools has coding skills to make those tools work again. > Prof. Kitchin kindly gifted me with some code for a flash card learning > system. That code

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-08-31 Thread Julius Müller
Am 31.08.20 um 04:26 schrieb Ihor Radchenko: > I would not call defining syntax for notes "a syntax change". Rather > addition to syntax. Since there was no formal definition of notes in the > past, introducing formal syntax for notes should not break any existing > tool. If anything, it should

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-08-30 Thread Ihor Radchenko
> I wouldn't dismiss plain text insertion too easily, either. It also > includes external tools. What happens if an external tool automatically > insert notes? > > The feature you are requesting could make sense if notes had a clear > syntax. This would bring some interesting features, too

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-08-30 Thread Eric Abrahamsen
Nicolas Goaziou writes: > Ihor Radchenko writes: > >> I feel that my understand of "note" in context of org is different from >> yours. Is there a formal definition of "note" in org? > > As I stated in my first post a few hours ago: > >Notes are mostly free-form; there is no syntax

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-08-30 Thread Ihor Radchenko
> Again, on a given document, you can only guess what is the "last note". > This is not reliable enough to extend the syntax. I feel that my understand of "note" in context of org is different from yours. Is there a formal definition of "note" in org? If no, there is indeed no reliable way to

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-08-30 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Ihor Radchenko writes: > I feel that my understand of "note" in context of org is different from > yours. Is there a formal definition of "note" in org? As I stated in my first post a few hours ago: Notes are mostly free-form; there is no syntax describing them. > However, we can formalise

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-08-30 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Ihor Radchenko writes: > I was mainly referring to org-add-note. The last note taken with > org-add-note can be found quite reliably. > > I am using the following code saving the last note into :SUMMARY: > property upon exiting the note buffer. Though it may be an overkill, not > sure how easy

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-08-30 Thread Ihor Radchenko
> Notes are free-form; there is no syntax describing them. Org cannot tell > what is a "note". As a consequence, pointing to "the last note taken" is > not reliable, syntax wise. > Of course, under some assumptions (e.g., notes setup is fixed, you never > write notes by hand, ...), you could

Re: [feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-08-30 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Hello, Ihor Radchenko writes: > Over the years of using Org I often have a need to add a short note > about how to proceed with some task: > > * REVIEW check again, subscribe | sindresorhus/awesome:  Awesome lists > about all kinds of interesting topics :BOOKMARK: > :PROPERTIES: >

[feature request] A new cookie type [!] showing the last note taken

2020-08-29 Thread Ihor Radchenko
Over the years of using Org I often have a need to add a short note about how to proceed with some task: * REVIEW check again, subscribe | sindresorhus/awesome:  Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics :BOOKMARK: :PROPERTIES: :CREATED: [2020-03-15 Sun 18:59] :Source: