howm: Write fragmentarily and read collectively.
Howm is a note-taking tool on Emacs. It is similar to emacs-wiki.el; you can enjoy hyperlinks and full-text search easily. It is not similar to emacs-wiki.el; it can be combined with any format.
- Home
- Introduction by Leah Neukirchen (thx!)
- Detailed English & Russian tutorials by Andrei Sukhovskii (thx!)
The following screenshot illustrates the Howm linking system:
(Colorscheme: Modus themes.)
Quick start
If you're using a recent version of Emacs and have enabled the MELPA community package repository, you can simply place the following in your ~/.config/emacs/init.el configuration file and restart Emacs:
(use-package howm
:ensure t)After that, you can press e.g. C-c , , to open the main menu, C-c , a to see a list of all your notes, or C-c , c to capture a new note from anywhere. See the documentation links above for more detailed instructions on how to use Howm.
By default, notes are stored in plaintext *.txt format in the folder ~/howm. However, it is possible to write notes in markdown-mode (must be installed separately) and save these files elsewhere. Below is a simple example:
(use-package howm
:ensure t
:init
;; Where to store the files?
(setq howm-directory "~/Documents/Howm")
(setq howm-home-directory howm-directory)
;; What format to use for the files?
(setq howm-file-name-format "%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S.md")
(setq howm-view-title-header "#"))Alternatively, if you prefer integrating with e.g. Org-mode (just replace C-c , with C-c ; in Howm's documentation):
(use-package howm
:ensure t
:init
;; Where to store the files?
(setq howm-directory "~/Documents/Howm")
(setq howm-home-directory howm-directory)
;; What format to use for the files?
(setq howm-file-name-format "%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S.org")
(setq howm-view-title-header "*")
(setq howm-dtime-format "<%Y-%m-%d %a %H:%M>")
;; Avoid conflicts with Org-mode by changing Howm's prefix from "C-c ,".
(setq howm-prefix (kbd "C-c ;"))
:bind*
;; Conveniently open the Howm menu with "C-c ; ;".
("C-c ; ;" . howm-menu))