Re: records-mode ?

[Tim X]

Xavier Maillard <xma@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Is there anybody *still* using records-mode as note taking tool
> with GNU Emacs ? If so, where can I find the 2.0 branch I already
> saw 1 or 2 years ago ?
>
> By the way, is notes-mode (yet another note taking mode) a good
> candidate too ? In what the differ ? What I am looking for is
> something as simple as:
>
> 1. free form notes taking mode
> 2. quick search
> 3. no setup if possible
> 4. not too many features (I want to concentrate in the note
>    taking and not in the note tweaking/customising/whatever)
> 5. still maintained so that I can report
>    bugs/fixes/patches/requests
>
> After having tried Org Mode, Muse, Howm (a little) they are
> really good package but too feature full and none offer a good
> indexing system to retrieve informations quickly and easily
> (except by adding links here and there).
>

Both org mode and planner mode use a stand-alone utility called
remember. I think this might meet your needs. You can configure it
fairly easily to do some pretty useful stuff. I've seen examples of
usinig it to jsut keep notes in a notes file.

Tim


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