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Taking Notes with denote

Fleeting notes

Create a org capture for fleeting/permanent notes. *Organize fleeting notes once per week. Fleeting notes get into inbox.org

Snippet

;; Fleeting notes
(use-package org
  :after
  denote
  :bind
  (("C-c c" . org-capture)
   ("C-c l" . org-store-link))
  :custom
  (org-default-notes-file ews-inbox-file)
  (org-capture-bookmark nil)
  ;; Capture templates
  (org-capture-templates
   '(("f" "Fleeting note" item
      (file+headline org-default-notes-file "Notes")
      "- %?")
     ("p" "Permanent note" plain
      (file denote-last-path)
      #'denote-org-capture
      :no-save t
      :immediate-finish nil
      :kill-buffer t
      :jump-to-captured t)
     ("t" "New task" entry
      (file+headline org-default-notes-file "Tasks")
      "* TODO %i%?"))))

How to organize your inbox.org

The weekly process involves reviewing these entries and either:

Undertaking the actions Move the actions to your calendar Convert the fleeting note to a permananet note. Trashing the fleeting note.