org-special-block-extras VS GitJournal

Emphasis syntax is currently fixed. There is https://github.com/alhassy/org-special-block-extras/ though. And there were discussions about custom markup elements.

You may also take a look at https://github.com/alhassy/org-special-block-extras

I've been using org-special-block-extras to insert special blocks in org-mode which I then export to PDF through LaTeX, things such as margin notes or colored blocks.

This, among other things, is part of the v4 release of org-special-block-extras ---sadly I haven't yet gotten around to making a proper changelog or updating existing docs.

I opened an issue on github btw.

This is very similar to org-special-block-extras' doc feature, where one "documents" something in an associated file and the documentation is shown in a tooltip in Emacs and in a tooltip in HTML export and in a glossary in LaTeX export. But yours seems to be much more sophisticated by linking implicitly, whereas this requires an explicit link. Way to go ;-)

I'm excited to announced that version 2 of org-special-block-extras is out :-)

Thanks for the links tdehaeze :-) When I replied to you earlier, it didn't occur to me to just actually use the `defblock` mechanism to do what you wanted. A ~3line implementation that works well for me can be found here: https://github.com/alhassy/org-special-block-extras#Installation-Instructions. All the best!

It crossed my mind to do a daily Jupyter notebook but I typically don’t need them to be interactive code. The closest solution that I’ve found looks like: GitJournal does anyone have experience with this or other solutions?

GitJournal comes to mind, "Mobile first Markdown Notes integrated with Git".

https://github.com/GitJournal/GitJournal

Recent HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31914003

See this gem too - https://gitjournal.io/

If you are working with text files and git, gitjournal works well for me. It defaults to Markdown, but if you just edit in raw mode, you can do anything in the text file.

I've been searching for a while for something that would let me simply publish from my phone. I actually saw GitJournal in the Play store a couple of times, but I assumed it would only use GitHub to back up its own proprietary file format and so be useful.

There are plenty of desktop/mobile apps for working with markdown. (I've been using Notable (desktop) and GitJournal (mobile ) for an Evernote-like experience.) And markdown is often extended with support for internal links like a wiki, attachments, diagramming (see Mermaid), and easy export to other formats like HTML.

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