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@eludom Ha. It’s a keeper. And very true.
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@ObsidianUrbex do you have more photos of this diner?
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@AnthonyBaker perfect
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@randyridenour mind letting me know what is your Darwin version with
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@randyridenour i think they are both OK. Per AI (which I take with a grain of salt) the darwin version in my Emacs for macOS is outdated though it is emacs 30.1 not from even a year ago. I used Plus previously, a few months ago they had an issue with the repository that prevented me from installing (something about commits)
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@brab
never heard of xattr, interesting. Will check it out. Thanks!
I should have checked on Librewolf’s site. It’s the first solution suggested. I even wrote about it myself, and forgot about it. I will update my original post. Thank you! -
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@jbaty only TWO notes apps…? Come on Jack… but that’s just Emacs. You’re still on Obsidian right? actively? and TW?
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@jbaty but since you’re “people I trust” I will let you do your thing and report back 😊
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@jbaty I think I’m kind of the opposite of you. My initial reaction to notes packages is that they need to drag me out of what I’m using kicking and screaming and I only check something new out if it’s popular around folks I trust or I’m not happy with what I have.
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@ner3y that’s what I kind of feel with the “feels like” temperature of -12…
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I am drafting a post about journalling (in general) aimed at folks that want to start… interesting coincidence. will give this a read!
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@jbaty still working?
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@MikeElgan This sucks. I used it as reference many times back when I had a column. Valuable resource.
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@eludom this is simple and affective, but read my post about it (it’s linked in this one) as the why I have this separation :)
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@jbaty you tried Zen and it’s Safari that makes you calm? :)
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@eludom that’s why it’s a teaser ;)
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@MikeElgan I actually prefer women in lead roles, especially in movies, books, and especially video games. Men are overall too flat of a characters, where women heroines need to rely on wit as well as their muscles and skill.
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@manton.org nicely written piece. Makes me think. Posting material for sure. Thanks for sharing
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@eludom oh yes, I forgot you need denote-org. There are a few more you might find useful (denote-consult perhaps). Don’t forget (add-hook ’dired-mode-hook #‘denote-dired-mode) if you don’t have it turned on :)
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@oantolin Yes, this is an important part of it. As I said, you made me consider a post about it, so here it is: taonaw.com/2026/01/2… hopefully it explains things a bit further… thanks for asking 😀
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@randyridenour I know this pain. Used to do the same thing and modify ODT files after the fact, and it’s too annoying and prone to mistakes.
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@adamsdesk It helps me write my stuff in Emacs org-mode, and not in Word, where I tear my eyebrows out (don’t have any hair left on my head), figuring out the ever-changing ribbon. It’s not just a great tool, it keeps me sane :D
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@oantolin In my mind, it doesn’t replace org, it’s just a natural way to write in org-mode (I write in org-mode). I understand you probably mean plain org files.
That’s a long answer I should probably post about… but in general, it just introduced (or reintroduced) plenty of things I was already doing but not consistently enough. When I write a note in Denote, I have the basic building blocks that remind me what I should include so I have a good technical document in front of me (that’s my usual usecase), completed with the right keywords, links, images, etc.
I had my own wiki org files before Denote, and it was messier, and finding things was harder. So it’s not really a replacement for “vanilla” org, more like an enhanced version. I hope this answers your question somehow at least.
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@randyridenour out of curiosity - what’s your use case?
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@oantolin of course. Well, I shouldn’t say it like that, it’s “of course” for me. I started out with vanilla Emacs and org-mode and did that for a couple of years until Denote came out. I much prefer the philosophy behind it over org roam, which I don’t like (I never jumped on that whole Zettelkasten thing).