path: root/2022/info/rolodex-after.md

<!-- Automatically generated by emacsconf-publish-after-page -->


<a name="rolodex-mainVideo-transcript"></a>
# Transcript

[[!template new="1" text="""Hello, attendees of EmacsConf 2022!""" start="00:00:00.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The title of my talk is:""" start="00:00:06.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""&quot;Build a Zettelkasten with the Hyperbole Rolodex.&quot;""" start="00:00:08.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""My name is Ramin Honary.""" start="00:00:16.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I work as a software engineer""" start="00:00:17.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""writing apps for a small machine learning consultancy.""" start="00:00:19.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I have been using Emacs since roughly 2018""" start="00:00:22.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""after having switched from a workflow""" start="00:00:24.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""using Vim together with Screen/Tmux for over a decade.""" start="00:00:26.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Today I'd like to talk a bit about""" start="00:00:29.440" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the Hyperbole package for Emacs.""" start="00:00:31.440" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Others are presenting talks later today""" start="00:00:34.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""about Hyperbole as well,""" start="00:00:36.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""including some of the the authors and maintainers,""" start="00:00:37.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so I won't go into too much detail""" start="00:00:39.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""about how Hyperbole works.""" start="00:00:41.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Instead, I want to present""" start="00:00:43.560" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a more concrete use case for Hyperbole,""" start="00:00:45.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which is how to use it to facilitate""" start="00:00:46.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the Zettelkasten method.""" start="00:00:49.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Most Emacs users will probably be""" start="00:00:51.920" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""more familiar with Org Roam.""" start="00:00:53.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Org Roam may even be the first thing that comes to mind""" start="00:00:56.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""when you hear the word &quot;Zettelkasten.&quot;""" start="00:00:58.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""But personally, I use Hyperbole""" start="00:01:00.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""because I found it easier to get started with""" start="00:01:02.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""using it as an ideas database.""" start="00:01:05.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""All you need to do is install the Hyperbole package""" start="00:01:07.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(which is available on GNU-ELPA)""" start="00:01:09.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and then set a few customization options.""" start="00:01:11.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""There is nothing else you really need to do""" start="00:01:13.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to get started.""" start="00:01:15.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And also, Hyperbole works nicely with Org Mode.""" start="00:01:16.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So Hyperbole's built-in functionality""" start="00:01:19.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""can be used as a nice, light-weight alternative""" start="00:01:21.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to other Emacs Zettelkasten packages.""" start="00:01:24.920" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This talk is for people who are curious about""" start="00:01:28.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""getting started with the Zettelkasten method,""" start="00:01:30.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but are not ready to commit""" start="00:01:34.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to a more purpose-built solution like Org Roam.""" start="00:01:36.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""So the thing I'd like people""" start="00:01:41.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to take away from this presentation""" start="00:01:42.720" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is that the Hyperbole Emacs package""" start="00:01:44.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""provides you with a flat-file database called &quot;HyRolo&quot;""" start="00:01:46.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which you can use to store ideas.""" start="00:01:50.640" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Then you can use what Hyperbole calls &quot;buttons&quot;""" start="00:01:53.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(which are hyperlinks)""" start="00:01:56.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to execute arbitrary Emacs commands""" start="00:01:57.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and by inserting links into your database""" start="00:02:00.520" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that execute queries against the database itself.""" start="00:02:03.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""These query-action links serve as""" start="00:02:06.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a means to link ideas together,""" start="00:02:08.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""thus creating a functioning &quot;Zettelkasten.&quot;""" start="00:02:10.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""If this doesn't make sense to you,""" start="00:02:13.440" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'll explain what all of this means presently.""" start="00:02:15.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""So just a quick overview of what &quot;Zettelkasten&quot; is.""" start="00:02:19.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Note that most of what I say""" start="00:02:24.360" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""about the Zettelkasten method""" start="00:02:26.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""comes from a guy called Sascha Fast,""" start="00:02:27.360" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and his website: zettelkasten.de .""" start="00:02:29.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So a Zettelkasten is, in brief,""" start="00:02:33.120" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a database containing many nodes of interconnected ideas,""" start="00:02:35.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""each idea being a single quantity of knowledge""" start="00:02:38.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(about a paragraph)""" start="00:02:40.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and linked to other related ideas.""" start="00:02:42.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Also, let me quickly mention""" start="00:02:46.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that there are actually many tools I use""" start="00:02:47.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that assist me with the zettelkasten method:""" start="00:02:49.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Hyperbole for hyperlinks;""" start="00:02:51.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Embark for general text editing;""" start="00:02:53.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Org Mode for markup;""" start="00:02:56.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Dired for managing large sets of files;""" start="00:02:57.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Consult, Vertico, Orderless, Marginalia;""" start="00:02:59.440" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for interactive search through directories and documents;""" start="00:03:01.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and Magit for revision control,""" start="00:03:04.520" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and syncing my database of ideas""" start="00:03:06.360" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""across a few of my computers.""" start="00:03:08.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Each of these tools provides some unique functionality,""" start="00:03:10.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but today I will be focusing mostly on Hyperbole""" start="00:03:12.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and how it is especially useful""" start="00:03:15.440" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for the task of linking information together""" start="00:03:17.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which is the most important aspect""" start="00:03:19.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of the Zettelkasten methodology.""" start="00:03:21.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""And now I'll briefly go over what Hyperbole is.""" start="00:03:25.360" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""At it's core, Hyperbole is a simple markup language""" start="00:03:28.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""specifically designed to markup hyperlinks.""" start="00:03:31.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Now, a hyperlink usually is only able to jump to""" start="00:03:34.520" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""ordinary URLs and file paths.""" start="00:03:38.440" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Hyperbole extends the function of a hyperlink to provide""" start="00:03:40.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a simple human-readable markup""" start="00:03:44.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for executing Emacs commands (called &quot;button actions&quot;)""" start="00:03:46.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and then, on top of this core functionality,""" start="00:03:49.640" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a few mini applications""" start="00:03:52.360" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for example &quot;HyRolo&quot; and &quot;Koutline&quot;,""" start="00:03:53.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""have been built to make Hyperbole more generally useful""" start="00:03:56.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""as a personal information management tool.""" start="00:04:00.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""&quot;HyRolo&quot; is the feature that I use as my Zettelkasten,""" start="00:04:03.520" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and in particular, the HyRolo search feature""" start="00:04:07.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in combination with""" start="00:04:11.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the usual Hyperbole hyperlink markup language.""" start="00:04:12.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So let me just quote the Hyperbole manual:""" start="00:04:16.720" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""&quot;Hyperbole includes HyRolo for convenient management of""" start="00:04:19.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""hierarchical, record-oriented information.""" start="00:04:24.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Most often, this is used for contact management""" start="00:04:27.440" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but it can quickly be adapted to most any""" start="00:04:30.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""record-oriented lookup task requiring fast retrieval.&quot;""" start="00:04:33.520" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So in other words, for example,""" start="00:04:37.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it can be used to run search queries""" start="00:04:38.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""across the full set of nodes in a set of Org-Mode files.""" start="00:04:41.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This means we can use an Org-Mode file""" start="00:04:44.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""as a flat-file database""" start="00:04:47.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in which entries in the database can be linked together.""" start="00:04:49.640" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This, in essence, is a what a Zettelkasten is.""" start="00:04:52.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""HyRolo needs almost no configuration,""" start="00:04:55.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""even if you are using it""" start="00:04:58.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for the purpose of Zettelkasten,""" start="00:05:00.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but you should at least make sure""" start="00:05:01.720" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you set the location of the database""" start="00:05:03.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in your Emacs config file, using the Customize system""" start="00:05:05.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or however you prefer to configure your Emacs.""" start="00:05:08.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I use &quot;use-package&quot;, and on this slide I have here""" start="00:05:10.360" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""an abridged version of what my &quot;init.el&quot; file""" start="00:05:13.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""looks like for the Hyperbole package.""" start="00:05:15.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""A few relevant environment variables are set:""" start="00:05:18.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the &quot;hyrolo-file-list&quot; variable""" start="00:05:21.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""selects where to find Rolo database files""" start="00:05:23.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for the purpose of search. I have it set""" start="00:05:26.920" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to just the Zettelkasten flat file database.""" start="00:05:29.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And I also set &quot;hyrolo-date-format&quot; variable.""" start="00:05:31.920" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Each database entry has a time stamp, and""" start="00:05:35.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I use the time stamp as a unique ID""" start="00:05:37.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for each entry (that is, each idea node)""" start="00:05:40.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in the database.""" start="00:05:43.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Finally, before I get into the actual demo,""" start="00:05:44.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""let me quickly explain""" start="00:05:48.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the Hyperbole mini-buffer menu system.""" start="00:05:49.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Mini-buffer menus in Hyperbole work just like""" start="00:05:51.560" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in an ordinary GUI,""" start="00:05:54.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""except you typically enter into the mini-buffer menu""" start="00:05:55.560" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with a key binding instead of a mouse click.""" start="00:05:58.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""To open the Hyperbole menu,""" start="00:06:01.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you use the Hyperbole universal leader key""" start="00:06:03.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that's C-h h, which by the way,""" start="00:06:06.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""this rebinds the &quot;view-hello-file&quot; command,""" start="00:06:09.520" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which is a command that probably most people never use.""" start="00:06:13.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So all Hyperbole menu key sequences begin with C-h h.""" start="00:06:15.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Please remember this:""" start="00:06:20.920" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""as I explain how to do things,""" start="00:06:23.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""please don't worry too much""" start="00:06:25.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""about the key sequences I use""" start="00:06:26.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to perform certain actions.""" start="00:06:28.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Really, I am just navigating""" start="00:06:30.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the Hyperbole mini-buffer menus.""" start="00:06:32.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It is a very discoverable and fluid user interface.""" start="00:06:33.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Anyway, now that we have configured our Rolo database,""" start="00:06:37.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""let's see how we enter new ideas into the database.""" start="00:06:42.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And I will start with an empty database,""" start="00:06:45.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""then I'll switch over to a more complete database""" start="00:06:48.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that I prepared for this demo. So...""" start="00:06:53.640" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""first we type the Hyperbole universal leader key C-h h,""" start="00:06:57.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and then, you can see the menus down here""" start="00:07:04.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we type &quot;r&quot; for &quot;Rolo&quot; and &quot;a&quot; for &quot;add&quot;.""" start="00:07:08.920" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""That's C-h h r a to enter a new idea.""" start="00:07:15.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And this command is available globally so,""" start="00:07:19.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""much like with the &quot;org-capture&quot; feature in Org-Mode,""" start="00:07:23.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you can run this command at any time,""" start="00:07:26.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""at the very moment you want to enter an idea.""" start="00:07:28.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""First we are prompted for an entry title,""" start="00:07:32.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and if you were using HyRolo as a contact list,""" start="00:07:36.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""this is where you would enter the person's name.""" start="00:07:38.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I am using it as a Zettelkasten,""" start="00:07:40.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so I instead enter a title for my idea.""" start="00:07:43.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'll just type in...""" start="00:07:45.440" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and as soon as I press enter after this prompt,""" start="00:07:46.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""my Zettelkasten org file is opened,""" start="00:07:53.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a new entry with the timestamp is created,""" start="00:07:56.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and the cursor is placed at this entry""" start="00:08:02.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""ready for me to enter the body text of the idea.""" start="00:08:06.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'll type that in...""" start="00:08:09.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Now I save the &quot;idea&quot; file (C-x C-s)""" start="00:08:14.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and switch back to what I was working on before""" start="00:08:18.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with the usual C-x 0 (delete-window) command.""" start="00:08:20.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Next, I'd like to talk about""" start="00:08:23.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the HyRolo database search feature,""" start="00:08:26.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which is very useful.""" start="00:08:28.720" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The HyRolo search feature uses""" start="00:08:30.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""only Emacs built-in functions""" start="00:08:33.720" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and there is no indexing""" start="00:08:35.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""as with tools like &quot;mlocate&quot; or Org-Roam.""" start="00:08:36.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So far, I have not had any trouble with efficiency.""" start="00:08:38.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I don't know if at some point in the future,""" start="00:08:41.440" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it will start slowing down.""" start="00:08:42.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Emacs built-in search functionality""" start="00:08:44.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is already pretty efficient as it is.""" start="00:08:46.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""It could also be that I am in the habit""" start="00:08:47.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of storing larger bodies of text in separate files,""" start="00:08:50.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and not in the flat file database.""" start="00:08:55.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Anyway, you can search""" start="00:08:57.560" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""by regex, by string, or by words.""" start="00:08:59.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I personally find the string search""" start="00:09:02.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to be the most useful.""" start="00:09:03.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The difference between word search and string search""" start="00:09:04.720" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is that string search provides""" start="00:09:07.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""logical query operators like AND, OR, XOR, and NOT.""" start="00:09:09.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Once you run a search query,""" start="00:09:12.120" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a &quot;*HyRolo*&quot; buffer is opened""" start="00:09:14.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with the query's results.""" start="00:09:16.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And this is a read-only-mode buffer""" start="00:09:18.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with a few useful single-key action bindings""" start="00:09:20.440" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for navigating the list of results""" start="00:09:23.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which I will now demonstrate.""" start="00:09:25.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""By the way, I have now switched over""" start="00:09:27.120" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to a larger example Rolo database that I have created""" start="00:09:31.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to demonstrate more of the HyRolo features.""" start="00:09:34.640" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The HyRolo search is available""" start="00:09:36.560" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in the Hyperbole mini-buffer menu""" start="00:09:39.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so it is always available to you.""" start="00:09:40.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Start with the Hyperbole universal leader key C-h h""" start="00:09:42.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""then &quot;r&quot; for Rolo and &quot;s&quot; for search. That is C-h h r s.""" start="00:09:46.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Now we are prompted for a search string:""" start="00:09:53.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I type in &quot;Alice Abelton&quot;, and when I press enter,""" start="00:09:56.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the search results pop up""" start="00:10:02.520" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and the number of results is printed in the mini-buffer.""" start="00:10:04.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""We could also enter a search expression""" start="00:10:06.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""similar to a Lisp S-expression""" start="00:10:09.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with logical operators like AND or NOT,""" start="00:10:12.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but you would not need to quote the search terms.""" start="00:10:14.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So, for example (C-h h r s), I could write""" start="00:10:19.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""&quot;(and university character)&quot; within parentheses""" start="00:10:24.520" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and this would find entries""" start="00:10:30.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that only contain both of the words""" start="00:10:31.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""&quot;university&quot; and &quot;character&quot;.""" start="00:10:33.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""For the most part, I only really ever use""" start="00:10:35.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the ordinary string search without logical operators.""" start="00:10:39.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So as you can see, a search result buffer""" start="00:10:41.720" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""called &quot;*HyRolo*&quot; has popped up""" start="00:10:44.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with all of the matching entries.""" start="00:10:47.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And the search results buffer is a read-only buffer""" start="00:10:48.360" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with several useful navigation key bindings:""" start="00:10:51.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I can press &quot;o&quot; to switch to &quot;overview&quot; mode,""" start="00:10:54.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which shows all of the headings, but no content.""" start="00:11:01.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This would include subheadings""" start="00:11:03.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with like 2 stars in front of it or 3 stars""" start="00:11:05.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I can press &quot;a&quot; to switch to &quot;show all mode&quot;""" start="00:11:07.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which shows all of the content under each heading.""" start="00:11:12.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""If I know I am looking for a keyword""" start="00:11:14.560" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in a top-level heading,""" start="00:11:17.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I can press &quot;t&quot; to switch to the &quot;top-level&quot; view mode""" start="00:11:18.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which shows only the top-level headings.""" start="00:11:22.640" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""As is always the case""" start="00:11:25.440" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with the Emacs default key bindings,""" start="00:11:27.120" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""&quot;n&quot; and &quot;p&quot; move the cursor down and up lines,""" start="00:11:28.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so I can navigate the cursor downward""" start="00:11:32.360" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to an entry that looks interesting.""" start="00:11:34.520" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I can press &quot;s&quot; to show the content""" start="00:11:37.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of that particular entry.""" start="00:11:40.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I can press &quot;h&quot; to hide the entry again.""" start="00:11:41.520" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And I can press &quot;e&quot; or M-RET on the entry heading""" start="00:11:44.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to &quot;edit&quot; that heading (that entry),""" start="00:11:49.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which will open the Org-Mode file,""" start="00:11:53.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that is, the Zettelkasten database file""" start="00:11:56.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with the cursor at this particular entry.""" start="00:11:59.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Be warned that editing an entry creates a new timestamp,""" start="00:12:01.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which I do not need, and there is currently""" start="00:12:07.640" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""no way to avoid this behavior.""" start="00:12:10.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I work around this by simply using the undo command""" start="00:12:12.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which removes the unwanted timestamp.""" start="00:12:15.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And so that is how I use the HyRolo search functionality.""" start="00:12:20.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Now... since the most important aspect of Zettelkasten""" start="00:12:25.560" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is linking ideas in the database,""" start="00:12:32.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""how do we actually make this work in HyRolo?""" start="00:12:33.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So this is the secret sauce of Hyperbole,""" start="00:12:37.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and the key take-away""" start="00:12:40.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for this presentation (as I said earlier).""" start="00:12:41.120" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Hyperbole provides markup syntax""" start="00:12:43.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for executing arbitrary Emacs commands""" start="00:12:46.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so you can link HyRolo entries together""" start="00:12:50.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""using the HyRolo search function.""" start="00:12:53.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Let me demonstrate this now.""" start="00:12:56.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I am back in my example HyRolo database,""" start="00:12:58.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and if you take a closer look""" start="00:13:03.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you can see some of the hyperlinks""" start="00:13:06.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that I already created""" start="00:13:11.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with the angle-round bracket syntax.""" start="00:13:13.120" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Now with the cursor inside of these brackets,""" start="00:13:15.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I can press M-RET to &quot;click&quot; on this link.""" start="00:13:19.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""As you can see, the search query""" start="00:13:23.440" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""corresponding to this hyperlink here has executed""" start="00:13:27.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and popped up the &quot;*HyRolo*&quot; search results buffer.""" start="00:13:32.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""There is only one linked entry,""" start="00:13:34.920" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but the list of ideas that are produced""" start="00:13:38.720" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""by the search query in this buffer here""" start="00:13:41.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""are the list of all of the other ideas""" start="00:13:43.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that are related to this hyperlink""" start="00:13:45.640" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that we just clicked on here.""" start="00:13:47.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(Let me get rid of the other window...)""" start="00:13:49.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Now from within this &quot;*HyRolo*&quot; buffer,""" start="00:13:52.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I can navigate to another hyperlink...""" start="00:13:55.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and clicking on that updates the &quot;*HyRolo*&quot; buffer""" start="00:13:57.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with new results again.""" start="00:14:03.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I can just keep navigating through""" start="00:14:04.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""all the Zettelkasten entries in this way.""" start="00:14:10.120" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""And so this is it.""" start="00:14:13.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This is my simple but effective Zettelkasten,""" start="00:14:18.640" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""constructed entirely with the functionality""" start="00:14:22.720" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""already built-in to Hyperbole.""" start="00:14:25.120" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""In the remaining time,""" start="00:14:26.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'd like to talk about how Hyperbole hyperlinks work,""" start="00:14:32.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""because it's slightly different""" start="00:14:37.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""from how hyperlinks work in Org Mode""" start="00:14:38.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""or with the Emacs clickable text properties.""" start="00:14:40.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The easiest way to create a hyperlink button""" start="00:14:49.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that runs an Emacs command""" start="00:14:52.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is simply to type the Emacs command as an S-expression,""" start="00:14:55.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but with angle brackets instead of parentheses.""" start="00:14:59.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""If you were looking closely,""" start="00:15:03.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you probably already saw a hyperlink of this form,""" start="00:15:05.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""an angle-bracketed Emacs command.""" start="00:15:08.640" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This hyperlink simply calls""" start="00:15:10.560" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the &quot;hyrolo-fgrep&quot; function with this string argument.""" start="00:15:13.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and so clicking on this button""" start="00:15:18.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is equivalent to running a HyRolo search""" start="00:15:20.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with the C-h h r s key sequence.""" start="00:15:23.120" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""As you can see, clicking on it""" start="00:15:27.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""produced the search results""" start="00:15:31.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for entries associated with that string query.""" start="00:15:32.920" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""It's also possible to label an action""" start="00:15:35.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with a so-called &quot;implicit link&quot;,""" start="00:15:41.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and that's this angle-and-square bracketed notation.""" start="00:15:43.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""If I click on this button,""" start="00:15:47.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it will activate this action""" start="00:15:52.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""to the right of the colon separator,""" start="00:15:54.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and there are the relevant search results""" start="00:16:01.360" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""from that string query.""" start="00:16:03.640" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""Finally, there are &quot;explicit links&quot;,""" start="00:16:04.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which I find to be especially useful""" start="00:16:09.120" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for the Zettelkasten method.""" start="00:16:11.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I've already shown an example""" start="00:16:12.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""of using an explicit link before.""" start="00:16:15.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""What makes explicit links so useful is, firstly,""" start="00:16:17.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that the button works with just the label alone.""" start="00:16:20.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""There is no need to write an S-expression or anything.""" start="00:16:23.920" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You can write the link label""" start="00:16:26.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""inline with the body text of the idea.""" start="00:16:28.920" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(For example, like this.)""" start="00:16:31.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Explicit links are identified by their label,""" start="00:16:34.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so they are especially good for""" start="00:16:39.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the names of people and places.""" start="00:16:40.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""By the way, this Zettelkasten database is for""" start="00:16:43.120" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a fictional story I started writing""" start="00:16:46.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for the purpose of demonstrating HyRolo""" start="00:16:47.920" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""in this presentation, and I had so much fun writing it""" start="00:16:50.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that I may actually continue developing this story.""" start="00:16:52.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Anyway, let's create a new explicit link""" start="00:16:55.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and a new idea entry for a character in the story.""" start="00:16:58.640" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So suppose I want to create a new idea node entry""" start="00:17:01.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for this fictional character here,""" start="00:17:10.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and I'll also want to link this entry to that node.""" start="00:17:11.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Since hyperlinks are just string search,""" start="00:17:15.360" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""we don't actually need to have""" start="00:17:17.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""an entry in the database for this character.""" start="00:17:19.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The worst that can happen is that the hyperlink""" start="00:17:22.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""executes a search that returns no results.""" start="00:17:24.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So it's OK to create the hyperlink""" start="00:17:27.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""before we have an actual entry for this person.""" start="00:17:29.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(I'll just M-w copy the name.)""" start="00:17:31.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Now I use the universal Hyperbole leader key C-h h,""" start="00:17:36.720" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and then &quot;e&quot; for &quot;explicit links&quot;""" start="00:17:40.920" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and &quot;c&quot; for &quot;create&quot;. That's C-h h e c.""" start="00:17:44.520" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We are prompted for an entry label""" start="00:17:49.360" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but it defaults to the text highlighted by the region,""" start="00:17:52.640" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so I just press enter.""" start="00:17:56.120" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Now it prompts for a button type,""" start="00:17:57.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so I select &quot;hyrolo-fgrep&quot;""" start="00:18:00.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(and there's Orderless helping me go faster),""" start="00:18:03.120" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and since &quot;hyrolo-fgrep&quot; requires""" start="00:18:06.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""a string argument for the search query,""" start="00:18:10.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I am prompted for the query string.""" start="00:18:12.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'll type in &quot;character:&quot;, (yank &quot;Kerri Katz's&quot; name)""" start="00:18:14.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and there we are, the link has been created, and""" start="00:18:21.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(let me just get rid of the # character)""" start="00:18:26.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I can try it out.""" start="00:18:31.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""There's no search results. That's fine.""" start="00:18:32.720" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""We haven't created an idea entry yet""" start="00:18:36.200" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for this character now.""" start="00:18:38.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""So let's go ahead and do that now.""" start="00:18:40.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""If we remember how to create a new idea,""" start="00:18:43.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it's C-h h r a, and then I type &quot;character:&quot;""" start="00:18:45.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and then yank the name again.""" start="00:18:52.360" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Now a new node has been created,""" start="00:18:56.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and I can start describing this character.""" start="00:18:58.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Notice that I like to precede my characters""" start="00:19:04.360" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""with the keyword &quot;character:&quot; colon.""" start="00:19:08.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""This technique helps me to create hyperlinks""" start="00:19:11.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""using more descriptive search queries""" start="00:19:14.920" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that return fewer but more useful search results.""" start="00:19:17.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""And finally, I can create an explicit link""" start="00:19:19.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""from this character back to""" start="00:19:23.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the other character (her boyfriend).""" start="00:19:26.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I just type in &quot;<(Bertrand Becket)>&quot;,""" start="00:19:28.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and this explicit link has already been created""" start="00:19:31.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so I don't need to create it again. It just works.""" start="00:19:37.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Hyperbole identifies buttons by their label,""" start="00:19:39.680" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so as long as an explicit link button with that label""" start="00:19:41.880" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""has been created before,""" start="00:19:44.720" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I just can type in the button with markup by hand,""" start="00:19:46.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and then I can just use it.""" start="00:19:51.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Now I am back to the search results""" start="00:19:53.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for the boyfriend character.""" start="00:19:57.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I hope you can see how minimal but useful""" start="00:19:59.320" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is this particular Zettelkasten technique I have""" start="00:20:04.160" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""that uses this &quot;HyRolo&quot;.""" start="00:20:07.760" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""I should also make clear that Hyperbole explicit links""" start="00:20:10.560" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""are encoded in a separate file in the same directory""" start="00:20:19.360" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""as the Zettelkasten flat-file database.""" start="00:20:22.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(So, let's go back to that and C-x C-f &quot;.hypb&quot;).""" start="00:20:24.280" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""You should not edit this file by hand,""" start="00:20:37.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""but it is human readable,""" start="00:20:41.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""so it works well with Git""" start="00:20:43.600" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and other revision control systems.""" start="00:20:45.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Whenever an explicit link is activated,""" start="00:20:47.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""it consults this file and runs the associated action,""" start="00:20:49.560" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""which, in the Zettelkasten use case,""" start="00:20:52.560" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""will always be to run a HyRolo search query.""" start="00:20:55.840" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""The advantage of keeping a separate table of links""" start="00:20:58.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""is that you can edit the link action""" start="00:21:02.040" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""(that is, the search query) in just one place,""" start="00:21:03.920" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""and the updated button action works everywhere""" start="00:21:07.000" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""without having to change any other files.""" start="00:21:10.560" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template new="1" text="""So, that is all for today.""" start="00:21:12.480" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Thank you so much for listening to my talk.""" start="00:21:18.400" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""I'll be available for questions""" start="00:21:20.520" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""for the next 20 minutes or so.""" start="00:21:23.080" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""If there are any questions that I cannot answer,""" start="00:21:24.920" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""you will have a chance to ask""" start="00:21:27.960" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""the author of Hyperbole himself, Bob Weiner,""" start="00:21:29.440" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""later today after his presentation.""" start="00:21:31.800" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]
[[!template text="""Thanks for your attention!""" start="00:21:34.240" video="mainVideo-rolodex" id="subtitle"]]



Captioner: ramin

Questions or comments? Please e-mail [ramin.honary@gmail.com](mailto:ramin.honary@gmail.com?subject=Comment%20for%20EmacsConf%202022%20rolodex%3A%20Build%20a%20Zettelkasten%20with%20the%20Hyperbole%20Rolodex)


<!-- End of emacsconf-publish-after-page -->