Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:59:39 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc <FreeBSD@keyslapper.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: slightly OT - journal or project tracking app query Message-ID: <20040830175939.GC45984@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <413365EB.20108@mac.com> References: <20040830171500.GA45984@keyslapper.org> <413365EB.20108@mac.com>
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On 08/30/04 01:37 PM, Chuck Swiger sat at the `puter and typed: > 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. :-) Oh, don't I wish. :) > 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. Good idea. I'll check both options out and see which is more compatible with my gray matter. > [ ... ] > > 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 LOL. Yes, I always keep my HUMOR macro defined. I'll have to check this out. Only thing is I'm not crazy about the monolithic nature of emacs - I don't even have it installed. Vim isn't nearly so huge (yet). Thanks for the pointers. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ If you are smart enough to know that you're not smart enough to be an Engineer, then you're in Business.
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