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howm: Write fragmentarily and read collectively.

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

(Title bar? See rich-title.)

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.

Install

'./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.howm")  ;; don't *search*

Update from old version

1.3.7 to 1.3.8

highlight late deadlines. small bug fix, etc.

1.3.6 to 1.3.7

Maintenance release (internal cleaning). The variable howm-list-normalizer is obsolete now. Use howm-normalizer instead:

(Case 0) What is howm-list-normalizer? I don't know it at all. --- You need to do nothing. :-)
(Case 1) I've set it in M-x customize-variable. --- M-x customize-variable howm-list-normalizer RET and select Off. Then M-x customize-variable howm-normalizer RET and select the corresponding item again.
(Case 2) I've written (setq howm-list-normalizer 'howm-view-sort-by-XXX) in my .emacs. --- Rewrite it to (setq howm-normalizer 'howm-sort-items-by-XXX).
(Case 3) I've written (setq howm-list-normalizer ...my_original_elisp...). --- Modify it correspondingly with the below change.
- Old (howm-list-normalizer): Specify a function that sorts and REDISPLAYS CURRENT items.
- New (howm-normalizer): Specify a function that RETURNS the sorted list of items for the GIVEN/h2>
  - './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.howm")  ;; don't *search*
      
```
  Update from old version
  
  1.3.7 to 1.3.8
  
  highlight late deadlines. small bug fix, etc.
  
  1.3.6 to 1.3.7
  
  Maintenance release (internal cleaning). The variable howm-list-normalizer is obsolete now. Use howm-normalizer instead:
  - (Case 0) What is howm-list-normalizer? I don't know it at all. --- You need to do nothing. :-)
  - (Case 1) I've set it in M-x customize-variable. --- M-x customize-variable howm-list-normalizer RET and select Off. Then M-x customize-variable howm-normalizer RET and select the corresponding item again.
  - (Case 2) I've written (setq howm-list-normalizer 'howm-view-sort-by-XXX) in my .emacs. --- Rewrite it to (setq howm-normalizer 'howm-sort-items-by-XXX).
  - (Case 3) I've written (setq howm-list-normalizer ...my_original_elisp...). --- Modify it correspondingly with the below change.
    - Old (howm-list-normalizer): Specify a function that sorts and REDISPLAYS CURRENT items.
    - New (howm-normalizer): Specify a function that RETURNS the sorted list of items for the GIVEN/h2>
      - './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