From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 30 17:38:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C31A716A4CE for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:38:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out003.verizon.net (out003pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55BE643D54 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:38:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from [192.168.1.3] ([68.160.193.218]) by out003.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20040830173814.YPUZ26805.out003.verizon.net@[192.168.1.3]> for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:38:14 -0500 Message-ID: <413365EB.20108@mac.com> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:37:47 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger Organization: The Courts of Chaos User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <20040830171500.GA45984@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <20040830171500.GA45984@keyslapper.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out003.verizon.net from [68.160.193.218] at Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:38:14 -0500 Subject: Re: slightly OT - journal or project tracking app query X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:38:15 -0000 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. :-) 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. [ ... ] > 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 -- -Chuck