[TxMt] Re: a request on GTDalt bundle: flexible input

[Mark Smith]

On 9 Nov 2006, at 10:31, Piero D'Ancona wrote:

> Mark Eli Kalderon <eli at ...> 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.