So, I think I start to understand why I always fail to use Org-mode, or any other software made for the same goal.
Until now, I wanted to use it to track and plan all my tasks. Including tasks I don't want to do but have to. So, every time I used it, it remind me of all the boring stuff I don't want to do. It result as my brain prefer to avoid using it and be focus on something else.
When I was using Org-mode, I finished by being freeze: I don't do the tasks I don't want to, and because of that, I was feeling that I didn't deserve to do what I wanted to. In the end, I was doing nothing because of that.
And I also tried to use Org-mode during period of time where I have a lot of work to do, where mistake was not possible for me. In these times, I can't experiment new things. I need to rely on thing that I have already used and have proven it worked for me, even if it's less efficient than Org-mode.
So, what to do now ?
I start to use Org-mode to track only, no planing. I mark only the tasks I want to do. Like that, I will be very happy to use it.
When I took the habit to use Org-mode, I will start to time my tasks. It will help me with my inability to represent time in my head.
Then I will start to introduce task I don't want to. Maybe with a counter. If I have more than 3 tasks per week, I have the right to push the rest of them to next week.
And finally, I will maybe introduce planing.
But for each step, I will wait to take some habits.
I passively read the #Emacs subreddit but I have zero desire to be on reddit. Often I come across questions I think I know the answer to and can only hope someone else answers it (and most of the time someone does it).
How would you run create a long process (rsync for example), create a temporary buffer in split for it, tail the output to the buffer so it’s up to date; then if the process exists success close the buffer? Preferably the emacs should not lock the whole time.
My #emacs discovery for today is dired-omit-mode. It hides less interesting files (object files, backups etc). There are a few options to tweak what you want hidden.
The default binding is C-x M-o but I've also put it on just M-o in my config so that I can toggle it quickly.
If I execute them, I get what I want.
But when part of the init.el they seem to get reset.
If I include them towards the top of the init.el,
I can notice the larger font and then it "disappears".
Today I learned and practiced using Pikchr. Pikchr is a low-level diagram markup language. This is my second attempt at it and I think it clicked this time.
The program is available is a single function library and a CLI that emits SVG.
#emacs#logseq anyone have a working setup with logseq (in orgdown) and #orgroam playing nice in logseq's folder (orgroam dailies in 'journals', etc)? Currently my vault is a mix of org and md but I'm hoping to at least get the org files recognized while I work on converting the md (or figure out #mdroam). I tried playing with org-logseq but even though I'm matching correctly on its grep for the folder and I have title properties I couldn't get it working after a good attempt. #askfedi
@adamchainz For my own use I just modified the django-harlequin package to not use harlequin, but 🥁 #emacs 😆 . It works quite well for sqlite with emacs sqlite-mode and should work for postgresql with pgmacs as well.
How was your weekend? I love a rainy weekend in the Pacific Northwest corner of America, as it relieves my guilt of doing what I want to do ... staying inside. I read a little, wrote a little, hacked a little ... even played a classic #videogame from the 90s (Curse of Monkey Island on #ScummVM).
I also did a little math. Yeah, been thinking of taking the "Yes, and.." dice mechanics used for luck rolls in #rpg games (not sure who came up with it first), and fusing it with Mythic GM Emulator's Fate Chart, popular with the #solorpg crowd. Since I'm always playing with my notes written in #emacs on the screen, I hacked it in #lisp. Shared the details in case anyone wanted to do something similar in their favorite programming language.