Re: [O] emails written in Org Mode

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Joseph Vidal-Rosset <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello,
>
> This is very interesting indeed. But is there somewhere a good
> tutorial to read or video to see ? It would be helpful for people who
> want to use Gnus + Org-mode in optimal way.

Someone asked me about a screencast recently, around the same time that
I realized the README isn't actually very readable! Part of getting the
package Elpa-ready will also be writing a proper Info manual.

For the time being, the very basics of email tracking (though Gnorb does
a lot more) would look like this:

1. Start by making a TODO which represents a message that you have to
   send. That could be using plain old capture on an incoming message
   you want to reply to. Or using gnorb-gnus-outgoing-do-todo on a
   message while you're composing it. Or just typing out a TODO. One way
   or the other, you want a TODO heading that contains a mailto link, or
   a bbdb link, or a gnus message link (or some combination thereof).

2. Call gnorb-org-handle-mail on that heading. You'll end up composing a
   message of some sort.

3. Send the message. You'll be taken back to the original TODO heading,
   and prompted to take a note or change the TODO state. For example,
   from EMAIL to WAIT. It's useful to enable state-change logging.

4. Wait for a reply. When you get it, Gnorb will know (I hope) that the
   reply is relevant to the original TODO, and will prompt you to call
   gnorb-gnus-incoming-do-todo on the message. Do that.

5. Again you'll be taken back to the TODO, and prompted to take a note
   or change the TODO state -- for example, from WAIT to REPLY. A link
   to the received message can (and should) be inserted into the
   state-change drawer.

6. Go back to step two, and repeat until your email conversation is
   done.

What it boils down to is calling gnorb-org-handle-mail on your TODO
heading, and gnorb-gnus-incoming-do-todo on received messages.
Everything else is gravy. (But there's a lot of gravy!)

The moment something doesn't work the way you like it, look at the
customization options.

Maybe what I need here is a diagram...

Eric

> 2014-07-15 16:11 GMT+02:00 Alan Schmitt <
> address@hidden>:
>
>     On 2014-07-15 02:57, Thorsten Jolitz <address@hidden> writes:
>    
>     > Hadn't have the time to try Gnorb, but the combination of gnus&
>     org is
>     > definitely interesting for me.
>    
>     I highly recommend this library. I haven't scratched the surface,
>     but
>     one great "aha" moment was when I was reading in email in gnus
>     and saw
>     a message in the minibuffer about a relevant task from my todo
>     list.
>    
>     I mostly use it to track "waiting for" sent email: after sending
>     an
>     email, with one keystroke I can create a waiting for task with a
>     link to
>     the sent email. I also use it to create "reply to" tasks.
>    
>     Alan
>    
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