Earlier this week I wrote about the Deft package for Emacs. Deft is a note taking facility by Jason Blevens modeled on Notational Velocity. I opined at the time that while Deft provides a simple, lightweight note-taking mode, it doesn’t offer anything that can’t be done with org-capture and an Org file.
It turns out that djcb over at emacs-fu disagrees. Although he, like me, is an avid Org mode user, he likes Deft for taking quick notes. I still don’t see the point and neither did some of his commenters, but djcb replies that although he uses org-capture for things like appointments and todo-items, he prefers to take longer, more free-form notes with Deft. He’s a man who obviously knows what he’s talking about so I agree when he says, “For now, just give it a try (as I do), and see if it sticks…”.
For those of you that want to take that advice, be sure to read his post on quick note-taking with deft and org-mode for some pointers on setting up Deft to work seamlessly with Org. If you find that integrating Deft and Org mode brings definite benefits, be sure to leave a comment for the rest of us.