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Elvince: add category

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add category

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Use Org for Deft Files: type

2012-04-02T19:42:56Z

minor

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2012-04-02T15:54:40Z

Common Customization

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rearrange my last edit

2012-04-02T15:48:25Z

Helpful keybindings: typo

2012-04-02T15:47:51Z

Helpful keybindings

2012-04-02T14:56:06Z

Using Deft with Dropbox and SimpleNote

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	[[Category:Third Party Package]]		[[Category:Third Party Package]]
	[[Category:GTD]]		[[Category:GTD]]
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 === Use Org for Deft Files ===
-To use [[Org]] mode for you [[Deft]] files, add the following to your {{EmacsConfigFile}}: {{Snippet|(setq deft-text-mode 'org-mode)}}.
+To use [[Org]] mode for your [[Deft]] files, add the following to your {{EmacsConfigFile}}: {{Snippet|(setq deft-text-mode 'org-mode)}}.
 Then do '''one''' of the following:

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 }}
-'''Deft''' is an Emacs mode for quickly browsing, filtering, and editing directories of plain text notes, inspired by Notational Velocity. It was designed for increased productivity when writing and taking notes by making it fast and simple to find the right file at the right time and by automating many of the usual tasks such as creating new files and saving files.
+[[Deft]] is an Emacs mode for quickly browsing, filtering, and editing directories of plain text notes. It is inspired by the OS X app [http://notational.net/ Notational Velocity] (see also [http://brettterpstra.com/project/nvalt/ nvAlt]). Deft is designed for increased productivity when writing and taking notes, by making it fast and simple to find the right file at the right time
 == Basic setup ==

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	== Tutorial Pages ==		== Tutorial Pages ==

−	[[Category:Convenience]][[Category:Third Party Package]]	+	[[Category:Convenience]]
		+	[[Category:Third Party Package]]
		+	[[Category:GTD]]

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	== Tutorial Pages ==		== Tutorial Pages ==

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 == Common Customization ==
-* Bind deft to a single key for quick access to notes:
+You can bind deft to a single key for quick access to notes:
 {{Snippet|(global-set-key (kbd "<F8>") 'deft)}}

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 == Helpful keybindings ==
-* Bind deft to a single key for quick access to notes:
+In the {{Buffer|*Deft*}} buffer you can start typing to filter the list of notes.
-* In the {{Buffer|*Deft*}} buffer:
+; {{Keys|C-c C-c|deft-filter-clear}}
-** start typing to filter the list of notes
+: clear the filter
-** use {{Keys|C-c C-c|deft-filter-clear}} to clear the filter
+; {{Keys|C-c C-n|deft-new-file}}
-** use {{Keys|C-c C-n|deft-new-file}} to quickly create a new note
+: quickly create a new note
 == Common Customization ==
 === Use Org for Deft Files ===

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	== Helpful keybindings ==		== Helpful keybindings ==
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		+	* Bind deft to a single key for quick access to notes:
		+	{{Snippet\|(global-set-key (kbd "<F8>") 'deft)}}
		+
		+	* In the {{Buffer\|Deft}} buffer:
		+	** start typing to filter the list on notes
		+	** use {{Keys\|C-c C-c\|deft-filter-clear}} to clear the filter
		+	** use {{Keys\|C-c C-n\|deft-new-file}} to quickly create a new note

	== Common Customization ==		== Common Customization ==

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 * Configure Deft to use <tt>.org</tt> as the file extension:
 :{{Snippet|(setq deft-extension "org")}}
-* Associate Org mode with <tt>.txt</tt> files, or just with <tt>.txt</tt> files in a specific directory (e.g. {{Directory|notes}} as shown here})
+* Associate Org mode with <tt>.txt</tt> files, or just with <tt>.txt</tt> files in a specific directory (e.g. {{Directory|notes}} as shown here)
 :{{Snippet|(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("notes/.*[.]txt$" . org-mode))}}
 == See Also ==