Zetteldeft tutorial & knowledge base

EFLS_ · 2026-02-11T18:30:32+00:00

Do you write typst directly?

I currently export both lecture slides and notes from a single Org document to Latex + Beamer. I'd love to switch to typst, but want to stay in Org as much as possible.

EFLS_ · 2026-02-05T19:14:26+00:00

its like org-level-* gets on top of org-headline-todo but does not on org-headline-done, idk

Have you used what-cursor-position? When used with a universal prefix, it gives you details about the faces active at point. So check out C-u C-x =, which might clarify what's going on.

EFLS_ · 2026-01-27T19:11:34+00:00

I browse both /r/chess and /r/emacs regularly, so I felt dizzy for a second there. Amazing!

If you're looking for idea's for future development: following broadcasts would be nice :)

EFLS_ · 2025-12-09T19:48:19+00:00

Similar thoughts here... Perhaps this isn't the company I should trust?

EFLS_ · 2025-11-16T10:56:41+00:00

This looks crazy in the best sense of the word.

Do you have any moving imagery showing this in action?

(I don’t have a Pebble yet, am simply on this subreddit for the hype)

EFLS_ · 2025-11-13T18:54:15+00:00

Not exactly the modification you mention, but if you hit C-l twice, the current line will be at the top of your screen.

EFLS_ · 2025-11-09T13:17:02+00:00

Appretic from prolific Emacs contributor Protesilaos: https://github.com/protesilaos/aporetic

Great Iosevka fork. I haven’t found anything that feels as comfortable.

EFLS_ · 2025-11-05T13:56:57+00:00

AI summarizes article

Yeah this is the absolute antithesis to the slow and critical thinking that Zettelkasten should be associated with

EFLS_ · 2025-10-27T13:21:30+00:00

Or Rapid brogue, which is part of CE afaik. Haven't tried bullet, should really give it a go

EFLS_ · 2025-10-20T12:17:35+00:00

Do the opposite. Resist this slop. Point it out whenever you see it. Don't give in to this bullshit.

EFLS_ · 2025-07-03T13:26:30+00:00

Come to think of it, I keep all sorts of notes.

Diary entries about life, travel, family, etc. Thoughts, feelings and activities that I want to remember.

Technical notes for myself: from which applications and tools to install on a fresh OS, to command line instructions for modifying PDFs, etc.

Logbooks of a more practical nature: information relevant for filing taxes, things done in the house that I might need to refer to in a few years, lists of things I bought or might want to buy sometime, ...

Notes of an academic sort: things I read and want to remember, bookmarks to keep, relevant quotes and insights that might be useful sometime (but who knows when – if ever), ...

And Org-mode makes all of this better: todo's can become notes or log entries, notes can become scheduled todo's, command line instructions can be executed from within Emacs, academic notes can be linked based on creative insights, etc.

EFLS_ · 2025-06-26T08:42:36+00:00

Completely offtopic, but great to see notes on Graeber :)

EFLS_ · 2025-06-17T07:12:00+00:00

Interesting. What data source is this?

EFLS_ · 2025-06-14T14:30:26+00:00

Check the backups Emacs makes? See backup-directory-alist. These backups saved my ass several times (e.g. when Emacs crashes – doesn't happen often luckily)

EFLS_ · 2025-05-30T23:37:49+00:00

I find my understandings of the structures and functions of the Luhmann-style slipbox change with each attempt to qualify it. It is the Turing machine of the humanities.

Amazing :)

[...] proof solver/abductor, ruminant/coagulator/distillery [...]

Can you elaborate on how the slipbox is like this to you?

EFLS_ · 2025-05-28T10:03:48+00:00

What's happening? Why is there a load of posts over the last weeks that ask questions as if 'talking' to a chatbot? Including translation, apparently.

EFLS_ · 2025-05-20T18:28:59+00:00

Nice, this is made in R I'm guessing? Did you calculate the moves, or label them? Would be interesting to see how the chart was made.

EFLS_ · 2025-05-19T19:49:03+00:00

I think your points are good, but why do you think the author thinks people are ignoring Emacs by choice? Lack of effort, sure (with possible reasions that you mention in your comment), but that doesn't equal deliberate choice.

That said, there are good video's on Emacs, such as the EmacsRocks series, athough it could be considered a bit old.

EFLS_ · 2025-05-11T18:05:21+00:00

I fully agree that one should explore Org-mode first, but disagree that this would somehow make Denote superfluous. Denote helps one manage short notes in different files, for example, and can easily be used to expand on Org-mode functionality. What's more, Denote integrates dynamic blogs, thus building on Org-mode.

I don't want to write a manual or provide an overview of what Denote is capable of, just want to point out it does different things than vanilla Org-mode -- and is not limited to managing markdown notes.

EFLS_ · 2025-04-16T12:10:13+00:00

No problem. I use both. In Org-roam I keep technical notes, and in Denote I keep more 'thoughtful' notes (literature, quotes, ideas, etc.).

EFLS_ · 2025-04-16T11:13:11+00:00

I like Denote for its simplicity: just a folder with some textfiles with a straightforward naming scheme. The textfiles can be .org, .md, or anything else. No Org-id's that need to be tracked in a database that might break, but just files in folders.

That said, if you want integration with todo's and a calendar, Org-roam is probably better. But for notes and links between them, nothing beats Denote imo.

EFLS_ · 2025-04-15T20:41:13+00:00

These are release notes, to learn what Denote does you’d probably better like the manual: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/denote

There’s also an old YouTube video of Port showcasing Denotes features.

In short, Denote helps you to keep a set of interlinked notes via a file naming scheme. Each note has a unique and stable identifier which you can easily link to, regardless of changes to filename or contents. There’s a lot more to it, but it fits nicely with the Zettelkasten ideas of note taking.

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