Org mode capture template for creating Howm TODOs

My use of Howm has continued to grow organically. In other words, I don’t set out to use Howm, it just happens :). One of Howm’s unique features is its TODO implementation: ...

February 24, 2025 Â· 311 words

I think I have to go back to Mu4e

I “settled” on using notmuch for my email, but now I’m reconsidering that decision. Notmuch is great, but using it forces me to have two email stores. One is IMAP (via Fastmail). The other is my local notmuch database. Mbsync keeps things kind of synced, but it’s really only a few flags. Notmuch doesn’t delete or move email on the server. This means I’m managing, for example, my Inbox, in two places....

February 19, 2025 Â· 239 words

An improvement to org-goto from James Dyer

I hesitate to use org-goto in my Org mode files because I find the UI for it to be confusing. In a recent post, Streamlining Navigation in Org-Mode using an adapted org-goto, James Dyer makes some nifty improvements. The TL;DR is this: (setq org-goto-interface 'outline-path-completionp) (setq org-outline-path-complete-in-steps nil) Now, the target list is a simple completion window showing the entire outline.

February 5, 2025 Â· 61 words

Vanilla to Doom to Vanilla

I’d been happily using Doom Emacs until just over a month ago, when I decided to start from scratch again. ...

January 17, 2025 Â· 163 words

Reduce & Simplify - Redux 2025

I like the idea of building my own Emacs config, so I set Doom aside and (re)built my own configuration (mostly) from scratch.

December 31, 2024 Â· 375 words

Emacs from scratch once again

I like the idea of building my own Emacs config, so I set Doom aside and (re)built my own configuration (mostly) from scratch.

December 14, 2024 Â· 400 words

Adding an ID property to Org-mode files in directory

I wanted to add an :ID: property to several hundred files, but only if one didn’t already exist. I cheated and asked ChatGPT for help. It helped.

November 10, 2024 Â· 530 words

A Doom Emacs status update after several days

I’ve been back in Doom Emacs for a few days. This is how it’s going.

November 5, 2024 Â· 471 words

Diving back into Org-roam

I am experimenting with using Org-roam again for my notes.

October 30, 2024 Â· 475 words

Tweaks to my Dired config in Emacs

Listing directories first and hiding file details by default in Dired

September 17, 2024 Â· 359 words