So after my struggles getting this setup going I’m really enjoying this setup.
Thought I’d post here as there is quite a bit of intersectionality between the emacs, Arch, Steamdeck, Nix and Mechboards communities.
Spec as follows:
- Steamdeck (LCD);
- SteamOS 3.5 Preview (Arch based and compatible with Nix packages);
- Emacs 29 (via Nix package);
- DooM config + some tweaks of my own; and
- Corne Light v2 with random DSA caps.
Ambitions for this setup are:
- Better emacs-fu (thanks to everyone here with their help so far);
- RGB underglow on the keyboard for 90s vibes;
- Printed keycaps in jazzy colours;
- Better keymap (maybe Miryoku or something with homerow mods)
I’ll do my best to explain.
I have given work presentations using org / reveal.js, and taken conference notes in org, but in a nutshell I find OneNote just easier to use and more flexible in a Windows / knowledge work environment:
I have 3 or so years experience using org (daily on Android, weekly in emacs), and 5+ with OneNote. I learned OneNote when I learned GTD, and org came later.
So I do have greater experience with OneNote, and find it does much of what org does (tags, todo / calendar tasks). A lot of the features are comparable.
I heavily use “find tags” in OneNote, to find todo, awaiting etc tasks from among my projects and find that an effective tag-based search. It’s not an org-agenda replacement, but
In my work environment OneNote does a few things out the box my current org setup doesnt:
Is installed by default on pretty much any knowledge workers work machine, no admin requests etc required;
Integrates with O365, so I can:
Accepts any input and will display it WYSWIG. So I can treat each project as a page, and dump documents in there (either embedded or “printed”), screenshots, diagrams etc, in whatever way I need to - and even scribble all over that with diagrams, arrows etc using a windows ink pen. All the while using tags to give context to items;
as a result of the above, OneNote allows a note to be very flexibly formatted. Many of mine are 2 columns:
That said I’ve had WSLg a week or so now, and that level of integration between emacs and Windows is really nice, so things might change.
I hope that helps explain - if I’m doing things in ON that org could do for me with a setup change I’m all for learning how