Re: slightly OT - journal or project tracking app query

From: Louis LeBlanc (FreeBSD_at_keyslapper.org)
Date: 08/30/04

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    On 08/30/04 01:37 PM, Chuck Swiger sat at the `puter and typed:
    > Louis LeBlanc wrote:
    > [ ... ]
    > > As many of you know, it's very easy to get a complex system set up and
    > > then promptly forget how you did it. Many people solve this problem
    > > by an unorthodox method known as "Documentation". Many of the people
    > > I've come behind have been woefully unfamiliar with this practice, and
    > > I'm the one left with the shovel.
    >
    > When you are in a hole, the first rule is to stop digging. :-)

    Oh, don't I wish. :)

    > I've found that placing machine configuration information into a CVS
    > repository, possibly with something like a file called /etc/motd, or
    > /etc/ChangeLog, or something which is updated to describe what the machine is
    > doing, serves the purpose. Having a copy of `pkg_info` is useful, too.

    Good idea. I'll check both options out and see which is more
    compatible with my gray matter.

    > [ ... ]
    > > Well, I've been looking for a decent journaling app, and can't find
    > > anything in the ports flagged by the word "journal".
    > >
    > > I don't need a big fancy project application, but something that can
    > > be easily paged or collated by day or project would be fantastic. In
    > > a perfect world, said app would work with an external editor, or use
    > > Vim-ish key bindings. Failing the existence of such an application,
    > > I'll have to devise my own organizational method and just go with vim
    > > until I can work something useful out.
    >
    > How about changelog mode in Emacs?
    >
    > "Change Log mode:
    > Major mode for editing change logs; like Indented Text Mode.
    > Prevents numeric backups and sets `left-margin' to 8 and `fill-column' to 74.
    > New log entries are usually made with M-x add-change-log-entry or C-x 4 a.
    > Each entry behaves as a paragraph, and the entries for one day as a page.
    > Runs `change-log-mode-hook'.
    > ^L
    > auto-fill-function minor mode (indicator Fill):
    > Automatically break line at a previous space, in insertion of text."
    >
    > #ifdef HUMOR
    > Obligatory vi-bashing: I hear that Emacs even offers the vi-impaired a
    > compatibility mode called vim.
    > #endif

    LOL. Yes, I always keep my HUMOR macro defined.

    I'll have to check this out. Only thing is I'm not crazy about the
    monolithic nature of emacs - I don't even have it installed. Vim
    isn't nearly so huge (yet).

    Thanks for the pointers.

    Lou 

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