Hello and thank you for reading this. I’m starting my journey to study Emacs, and I’m interested in turning Emacs in my IDE (mainly C, C++, JavaScript, Rust, and Python, etc…) and taking notes. Could you please give me your best suggestion on how to accomplish my goals? Thank you once more, and have a wonderful day/night.

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  • Kwisacks@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Org mode is freaking awesome. Initially when I started with emacs for coding I was still using Notion and a few other organization/note apps. I’m fully Org and Org-Roam now and not only do I vastly prefer it, I now own all my data, and it is all in plaintext.

    How do yo deal with mobile?

    • timmymayes@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I’m testing a couple of outlets here. I tend to be a very computer centric person so I’ve got my pc on at home and can step to it for quick check ins and at the office I’m on my PC. I sync everything with Sync thing and am looking to do git updates monthly.

      I do have orgzly setup which I’m testing but my config is so specialized I don’t think this is the route I’ll be going full time.

      For time tracking activities not when I’m not near a PC I will track time on tasks via an app and then add/update the task at home.

      I was a bullet journaler for a while so I’ve been essentially doing a minimalistic mirroring of my tasks via a notebook I take with me. I also have an Ipad with apple pencil I use for hand written notes that I use. I’m sort of stuck on this point for a few reasons:

      1. I love the feel of pen on paper. Its just a better experience than the ipad even though that is pretty good.
      2. I like digital access and tools. Search text, highlight and rearange. Have a bunch of color coding at my finger tips etc.
      3. I do enjoy the art apps on ipad as well. When I do a napkin sketch for a game design having a diagram I can drop into an org file is kind of where I’d like to go rather than a photo of a hand written one.
      4. Because I do love my ipad and working on the go I am considering this setup: Mobile Emacs

      So for now mobile usage is in the air but it also isn’t a lynchpin for me. I’m torn for various reasons between analog and digital handwriting. Mobile workstation with the newer model iPad has some really interesting implications too.