Deft -- easy note taking for Emacs

Re:Deft -- easy note taking for Emacs by matthewsnyder on Saturday September 10, 2011 @07:52PM (#2982820)

Thank you so much for this. This immediately replaced my usage of org-velocity. I used this function to convert my (10,000 line) velocity.org file into separate files for Deft:

  (defun generate-files-from-velocity (buffername)
    (save-excursion
      (switch-to-buffer buffername)
      (org-map-entries (lambda ()
                         (progn
                           (org-mark-subtree)
                           (if (and (= 1 (org-outline-level)) (org-export-get-title-from-subtree))
                               (let* ((title (downcase (org-export-get-title-from-subtree)))
                                      (filename (replace-regexp-in-string " " "-" (concat title ".org"))))
                                 (append-to-file (region-beginning) (region-end) (concat "~/Documents/Org/Notes/" filename)))))))))
  
  (generate-files-from-velocity "velocity.org")

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Re:Deft -- easy note taking for Emacs by basman on Saturday September 10, 2011 @08:03PM (#2982841)

I haven't used either of these, but they seem to fill a useful niche. What do you find are the pros and cons of deft vs. org-velocity?

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Re:Deft -- easy note taking for Emacs by matthewsnyder on Saturday September 10, 2011 @09:04PM (#2982923)

The advantage for me is entirely in terms of separating notes into separate files; something that Deft does and org-velocity isn't really built for. I was planning on implementing something like that for org-velocity, but with the arrival of Deft I no longer have to.

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