slightly OT - journal or project tracking app query

[Louis LeBlanc]

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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