Hi folks! Long-time org-mode user here, new to org-roam. I really like what this tool is all about and where it’s going! So I am trying to figure out how and when to use: org-roam links which function a lot like tags #+ROAM_TAGS Standard org-mode tags Let me pitch a scenario… I have been (poo…

So I learned that Deft can really help with the searching problem; entering, for instance, “trip_ideas california” in Deft will get me what I’m after (assuming I have a page with a title of “Trip Ideas”). But the remaining questions still stand. Thanks!

[image] jgoerzen: What I’d like is to be able to construct a query to show me the notes that have ALL the given tags, as I can with regular org-mode with C-c a m (eg, C-c a m, then enter “california tripideas” and I’d have a match.) Not available yet, but I intend to build a sophisticated que…

[image] jgoerzen: But none of them really answer my fundamental question, which is: what is the point of an org-roam tag when every org-roam page already acts like one (and we have org-mode tags)? If the answer to this question isn’t already in the docs, it should be. It allows you to type n…

Hi @bruce , Thanks for the reply, but no, not really… I mean, why not link a note to a page named “bib” in this example? Why would I set a bib tag instead of linking them all to “bib”? It seems, actually, that tags are somewhat less useful because there’s no automatic display as with the backlin…

[image] jgoerzen: Thanks for the reply, but no, not really… I mean, why not link a note to a page named “bib” in this example? Why would I set a bib tag instead of linking them all to “bib”? See jethro’s example. You can’t do that with standard org-roam-links.

I don’t see an example from him?

Sorry; in another thread. See here: [image] How to use ROAM_TAGS and/or tags? Troubleshooting If you have tags, they should show up in the minibuffer completions as such: [image] allowing you to filter for them.

Thanks for your thoughts and that link! So in my example case here, assuming we ignore the Deft option, perhaps I would use tags for things like tripideas, california, etc. I guess the distinction is in the interface: tags can be combined and filtered with C-c n f and Helm, while non-tags require …

Also, how about more topical tags? Eg, history, politics, safety? Should they be tags or pages?

[image] jgoerzen: Also, how about more topical tags? Eg, history, politics, safety? Should they be tags or pages? Everyone’s personal use case is going to be slightly different, but generally things like “history” and “politics” are waaaaay too broad to be stand alone pages. You should also c…

Tags, and links, and tags, oh my

Troubleshooting

bruce May 27, 2020, 9:56pm 8

Sorry; in another thread.

See here:

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Tags, and links, and tags, oh my

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