Emacs @lemmy.ml 🅱🅴🅿🅿🅸 @sh.itjust.works 1 yr. ago

Learning to use Org-roam

Hey guys, I think I get the basic idea, but I have a few questions..

How do I just open up a note to check it out? I can see just opening the file regularly, but having each file start with a long sting of numbers leads me to think there's some nicer, easier way.
How do I go about having multiple "networks" one for work and one for home, etc. Do I just use folders?

Thanks guys!

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You can use org-roam-node-find which (maybe depending on your default completion framework, I use doom emacs btw. so some things are preset) let you type substrings of the actual title of the node to find it.

This is a bit complicated, because there is no built-in way for having distinct buckets in Org-roam. But you can set directory-local variables in .dir-locals.el to achieve this.

For example, put this inside the file /home/username/work/.dir-locals.el:

;; -*- mode: emacs-lisp; -*- ((nil . ((org-roam-directory . "/home/username/work") (org-roam-db-location . "/home/username/work/org-roam.db"))))

Whenever Emacs opens a file inside the work directory, it will load and apply any variables in this file. Therefore you first must open a file inside the folder to access this files; open a file outside the directory to access the default ones.
- Thanks for the help! Would I be better off just having all work and other stuff together then? Or is it worth the hassle to use a work dir?
  
  Check this out: https://codeberg.org/tekakutli/neuralnomicon
  
  I came across this guy who came up with a way to share some of his org-roam notes, and the strategy he uses could apply to your work situation. He keeps everything in one org-roam database, but for the notes he's sharing with the general public:
  
  He stores them in a separate directory neuralnomicon/nodes.
  
  He tags them as neuralnomicon.
Welcome to org-roam!

For opening a file, you can use M-x org-roam-node-find. You can then either create a new node or visit an existing one.

The manual has some info about having multiple directories. It's not super smooth, but it does work: https://www.orgroam.com/manual.html#How-do-I-have-more-than-one-Org_002droam-directory_003f