Re: Tutorial for Emacs Diary Mode for use as a Journal?

[Phillip Lord]

>>>>> "Raymond" == Raymond Zeitler <rayz@phonon.com> writes:

  Raymond> I'm a fan of Emacs 21.2 (running under Windows) and
  Raymond> interested in keeping a personal journal.  I was wondering
  Raymond> if there are others who use Emacs to compose and read their
  Raymond> journals.

  Raymond> I'm aware of calendar mode and the diary facility, but I'm
  Raymond> not comfortable with it.  For instance, when I invoke "C-u
  Raymond> i b" to insert a block diary entry, I can easily create the
  Raymond> entry on the current date.  But then when I invoke "d" on
  Raymond> that date to view the diary entry, I get only the first
  Raymond> line of text.  (I have auto-fill-mode turned on when
  Raymond> visiting the diary file.)

  Raymond> I'm sure there are other programs out there for journal
  Raymond> writers, but what could be better than Emacs?  Besides, I
  Raymond> like the fact that ~/diary is plain text.

  Raymond> Thanks in advance for any ideas or recommendations you can
  Raymond> give me.

  Raymond> For my real email addy, replace rayz with rzeitler.




record-mode. 

It's on sourceforge I think. 


Phil