From ff518d86cf4eabbcb1603596d836ce28cee7367b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sacha Chua Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 21:23:56 -0500 Subject: updates --- 2025/info/gmail-after.md | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) (limited to '2025/info/gmail-after.md') diff --git a/2025/info/gmail-after.md b/2025/info/gmail-after.md index cd1b0cb3..59dde44d 100644 --- a/2025/info/gmail-after.md +++ b/2025/info/gmail-after.md @@ -602,17 +602,19 @@

Q&A transcript (unedited)

-[[!template text="""I first of all want to address the feedback.""" start="00:00:00.000" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] + +
[[!template new="1" text="""Feedback: Consider using similar background (dark-only / light-only) throughout to help with eye strain.""" start="00:00:00.000" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I first of all want to address the feedback.""" start="00:00:00.000" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You're absolutely right. I should have stuck to one theme.""" start="00:00:02.220" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Unfortunately, I was using vanilla Emacs""" start="00:00:06.100" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and not my own config.""" start="00:00:09.100" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So to show that it can work, apologies for that.""" start="00:00:10.300" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I will keep that in mind the next time I do such a demo.""" start="00:00:13.460" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""The first question, I mean, the feedback was considered""" start="00:00:18.420" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""using similar background dark only""" start="00:00:21.540" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""or light only throughout the help,""" start="00:00:23.820" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""throughout the help with iStream.""" start="00:00:25.420" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""The question, the first question is,""" start="00:00:29.860" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""using similar background, dark only""" start="00:00:21.540" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""or light only throughout""" start="00:00:23.820" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to help with eye strain.""" start="00:00:25.420" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] + +
[[!template new="1" text="""Q: Should I know all my contact's email addresses by heart? Or is some kind of contact list?""" start="00:00:29.860" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The question, the first question is,""" start="00:00:29.860" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""should I know all my contact email address by heart""" start="00:00:31.820" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or is some kind of contact list?""" start="00:00:35.420" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Unfortunately, right now, this is just to get started.""" start="00:00:38.500" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] @@ -621,33 +623,36 @@ [[!template text="""I will write this down for myself as a feature request.""" start="00:00:47.620" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I will make sure that all contacts""" start="00:00:51.340" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or some kind of tab support is present for email addresses.""" start="00:00:53.780" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""I do not use the org system for replying so much.""" start="00:00:58.420" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""I do not use the Org system for replying so much.""" start="00:00:58.420" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I use it for knowing the context.""" start="00:01:03.660" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So I don't really reply using the org mode itself to reply.""" start="00:01:06.260" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So I did not focus on that feature. But this is doable.""" start="00:01:12.020" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""We can certainly add a tab support""" start="00:01:16.020" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""for any contacts that you may have, org contacts.""" start="00:01:18.740" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""for any contacts that you may have, org-contacts.""" start="00:01:18.740" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Or I don't know if there's any other package that does that.""" start="00:01:24.620" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So if it is, let me know.""" start="00:01:28.060" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Org contacts is what comes to my mind.""" start="00:01:29.700" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""The second question is, what would it take""" start="00:01:33.900" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""to use the org pieces of this with?""" start="00:01:36.740" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""offline IMAP or other non Gmail mail setups.""" start="00:01:40.140" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""I use fast mail.""" start="00:01:45.020" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] + +
[[!template new="1" text="""Q: What would it take to use the org pieces of this with, e.g., offlineimap or other non-Gmail mail setups?""" start="00:01:33.900" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The second question is: "What would it take""" start="00:01:33.900" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to use the Org pieces of this with""" start="00:01:36.740" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""OfflineIMAP or other non-Gmail mail setups?""" start="00:01:40.140" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""(I use Fastmail.)"""" start="00:01:45.020" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Currently, I use only Gmail because that's my workflow""" start="00:01:46.060" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""and it works with a Gmail API.""" start="00:01:52.780" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""So which means the Python script that goes along with it""" start="00:01:58.020" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and it works with a Gmail API,""" start="00:01:52.780" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""which means the Python script that goes along with it""" start="00:01:58.020" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""only works with Gmail and no other system for now.""" start="00:02:00.860" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""This is the current package.""" start="00:02:05.180" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""However, yes, I will note this down.""" start="00:02:06.940" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I don't know what it will take""" start="00:02:09.460" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""to include this offline IMAP setup""" start="00:02:12.060" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""to include this OfflineIMAP setup""" start="00:02:12.060" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""or any other non-Gmail setup.""" start="00:02:16.380" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Let me tinker with it and find out what it will involve.""" start="00:02:18.500" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So give me some time, maybe I will get to it.""" start="00:02:23.140" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Sorry, sorry. Oops. Okay. Okay. May I continue?""" start="00:02:30.020" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""Hi, Bella. Yes, please. Sorry for the confusion.""" start="00:02:43.740" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""Hi, Amin. All right. So the next one is,""" start="00:02:46.740" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Hi, Bala. Yes, please. Sorry for the confusion.""" start="00:02:43.740" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""Hi, Amin. All right.""" start="00:02:46.740" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] + +
[[!template new="1" text="""Q: Do you worry about sending some info to a wrong person? Due to some unseen technical issues, for example, due to memory overflow.""" start="00:02:50.764" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So the next one is,""" start="00:02:50.764" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""do you worry about sending some info to a wrong person""" start="00:02:53.180" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""due to some unseen technical issues,""" start="00:02:56.940" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""for example, due to memory overflow?""" start="00:02:58.900" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] @@ -673,7 +678,8 @@ [[!template text="""Let me think about that.""" start="00:04:04.620" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So, I've not paid attention to that,""" start="00:04:07.020" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""but I'll take your point.""" start="00:04:09.397" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""The next one, you should say what org-gmail is""" start="00:04:11.105" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] + +
[[!template new="1" text="""Comment: You should say what org-gmail is and is not, goals and non goals "which in this case is more helpful" to help people get their head around this.""" start="00:04:11.105" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The next one, you should say what org-gmail is""" start="00:04:11.105" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and not its goals and non-goals,""" start="00:04:17.540" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""which in this case is more helpful""" start="00:04:20.220" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to help people get their head around this.""" start="00:04:22.020" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] @@ -681,8 +687,8 @@ [[!template text="""but not your GitHub page. Okay, great.""" start="00:04:26.380" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Okay, so I will definitely take""" start="00:04:28.860" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the information from the slides""" start="00:04:30.580" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""and give it to, I mean, put it back into my readme.""" start="00:04:33.780" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""It's been a while since I updated ReadMe,""" start="00:04:38.500" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""and give it to, I mean, put it back into my README.""" start="00:04:33.780" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] +[[!template text="""It's been a while since I updated README,""" start="00:04:38.500" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and you're absolutely right.""" start="00:04:40.180" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""It probably doesn't say why you need org email.""" start="00:04:42.180" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So that would be definitely something that I can do.""" start="00:04:45.780" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] @@ -703,7 +709,8 @@ [[!template text="""and the history on my org agenda.""" start="00:05:32.660" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That's one of the reasons why I built this package.""" start="00:05:35.100" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And I hope that answers that.""" start="00:05:37.260" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template text="""There is one more saying, how does it handle attachments?""" start="00:05:43.700" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] + +
[[!template new="1" text="""Q: How does it handle attachments? If it doesn't, do you have a plan to add this feature?""" start="00:05:43.700" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""There is one more saying, how does it handle attachments?""" start="00:05:43.700" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""If it doesn't, do you have a plan to add this feature?""" start="00:05:49.460" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Attachments is a bit tricky for me right now""" start="00:05:52.820" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""because I don't understand org-attach so well.""" start="00:05:55.860" video="qanda-gmail" id="subtitle"]] -- cgit v1.2.3