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howm: Write fragmentarily and read collectively.

Howm is a note-taking tool on Emacs. It is similar to emacs-wiki.el; you can enjoy hyperlinks and full-text search easily. It is not similar to emacs-wiki.el; it can be combined with any format.

Quick start, Download (snapshot: / git )
Introduction by Leah Neukirchen (thx!)
Detailed English & Russian tutorials by Andrei Sukhovskii (thx!)
Tips, Bug reports & discussions
old tutorial, old mailing list (may be broken. archives)

The following screenshot illustrates the Howm linking system:

screen shot

(Colorscheme: Modus themes.)

Hyperlinks

goto link: file name or keyword

      >>> ~/BabyloniaWave.txt
      >>> highway planet

come-from link: If you write
```
      <<< crystal star cluster
```
in file A, all strings 'crystal star cluster' in other files are automatically linked to A.

Full-text search

Everything is based on full-text search (grep); the above 'links' are shortcuts to grep.
Write fragmentarily and read collectively; you can concatenate all matched notes into a single buffer.

No conversion

You can keep your favorite style. :-)

text file and free format
implemented as a minor mode; can be combined with other modes.

Todo list with magic sorting

Reminder: sinks slowly.
Todo: floats slowly.
Deadline: floats rapidly when the date is approaching.

Manual installation

'./configure', 'make', and 'make install'. Files are installed to /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/howm/ and /usr/local/share/howm/.
Write below in your .emacs.
```
        (require 'howm)
      
```

If you see 'cannot open load file' error, put this before the above description.

        (add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/howm/")

(Optional) When howm runs too slow, try 'M-x customize-group RET howm-efficiency RET'. In particular, the below settings will be necessary for heavy users.

        (setq howm-view-use-grep t)  ;; use external grep
        (setq howm-menu-refresh-after-save nil)
        (setq howm-menu-expiry-hours 6)  ;; cache menu N hours
        (setq howm-menu-file "0000-00-00-000000.txt")  ;; don't *search*

Customization

For customization, try 'M-x customize-group RET howm RET'.

Update from old version

1.5.0 to 1.5.1

The incremental search is enabled by default. See M-x customize-group RET howm-iigrep RET. This feature only works if M-x customize-variable RET howm-view-use-grep RET is set to "On".
Added links. (English & Russian tutorials, introduction video)
Fixed several minor bugs.

1.4.8 to 1.5.0

"u" key (uniq) in summary buffer is now togglable. You can hit "u" again to cancel "uniq".
If you are interested in the incremental search, try M-x customize-group RET howm-iigrep RET and set howm-iigrep-show-what. It will be turned on by default in the next release.

(older changes)

Contact

My email address is written at the beginning of source files.