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   andyc (andyc@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 02:28:19 JST andyc

   I use emacs and org but sometimes I just want to make one or more quick notes. Sometimes it's genuinely a disposable, transient thought so I viewed org-capture as overkill. Sometimes, I might want to remember what I jotted down and extend it the next day.

   I tended to use the scratch buffer and then save (if necessary) to '~/tmp/xxx.txt'. This was clearly sub-optimal.

   The built-in #Emacs remember package is much better. Can't believe I've only just discovered it.

   https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/remember.html

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     Ihor Radchenko (yantar92) (yantar92@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Dec-2024 02:28:17 JST Ihor Radchenko (yantar92)

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     @andyc Fun fact: org-capture started as a fork of remember.el

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     Ihor Radchenko (yantar92) (yantar92@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 18:51:18 JST Ihor Radchenko (yantar92)

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     • clacke

     @clacke @andyc remember.el lets you add plain text into files from a quick popup window.

     org-capture.el adds options on where exactly to put your input into files and adds templates for notes.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 18:51:19 JST clacke

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     • Ihor Radchenko (yantar92)
     @yantar92 @andyc I'll look at what org-capture and remember do. Could someone give a one-liner compare and contrast?