On 9 Nov 2006, at 14:52, Mark Smith wrote:
On 9 Nov 2006, at 10:31, Piero D'Ancona wrote:
Mark Eli Kalderon <eli@...> writes:
On 8 Nov 2006, at 23:44, Piero D'Ancona wrote:
Wouldn't it be nicer if anything which is not contained in a project...end pair would simply be ignored, so that the file could be used in a more flexible way?
Use a URL in a note. Create a note with control-{. Create a link with control-N, give a brief description, replace the 'http://' with 'file://' followed by the file path of a text file containing your notes. When in the note, control-L will open the links in the note. Your text file with your notes will open. Best, Mark
Thank you, but this is not a solution for me. Of course I can keep projects and notes in different files, my request was exactly about the possibility to have them in the same text file. My project files are at the same time logs of the work already done in a certain area, a collection of background information, and the place where I think about new actions.
Put them in a separate file in the same project ?
Specifically, put *all* of the .gtd files in a single folder reference inside a .tmproj container e.g.:
_INBOX.txt GTDAlt/ myFirstGTDfile.gtd mySecondGTDfile.gtd etc.gtd Code/ whatever.css foo.rb index.php etc.html Drafts/ myDraft.markdown Meetings/ bigProject2006-11-09.markdown etc/
As you can see, this has a particular advantage that might persuade you to give up the notion of having everhing pertaining to a project in a single file: you can use different syntaxes for different aspects of the project: .gtd for your actions, .markdown for meeting notes ?, the appropriate syntax for each of your code files etc and the GTDAlt bundle still works from anywhere within the .tmproj container.
You propose to create a net of inter-related files which I feel would be more difficult to maintain for me
no more difficult to maintain than any other single folder of files.
(and would make more difficult to use a different text editor if I need to)
well, that's true, but GTDalt only works in TextMate.
mark.
Piero, I don't know how to do what you want or even if it is possible, but let me second Mark's suggestion here---it really is more efficient to have complex info broken up into different files. TextMate's projects make it easy to keep on top of them. I do something similar. Within the context of a project I found it actually *easier* to maintain. Though of course there are always costs to changing workflow but these are minor and temporary. Sorry not to be of more help. All the best, Mark