How do I setup up my workflow?

[zetashift]

So, I'm new to orgmode, as well as nvim-orgmode. I used linking heavily in my LogSeq setup, and was wondering how I should get started.

Currently I have the following nvim-orgmode setup:

local org_path = function(path)
  local org_directory = '~/self'
  return ('%s/%s'):format(org_directory, path)
end

local orgmode_config = {
  org_agenda_files = org_path '**/*',
  org_default_notes_file = org_path 'refile.org',
  org_hide_emphasis_markers = true,
  org_agenda_text_search_extra_files = { 'agenda-archives' },
  org_agenda_start_on_weekday = false,
  org_startup_indented = true,
  org_log_into_drawer = 'LOGBOOK',
  org_todo_keywords = { 'TODO(t)', 'PROGRESS(p)', '|', 'DONE(d)', 'REJECTED(r)' },
  org_capture_templates = {
    t = {
      description = 'Refile',
      template = '* TODO %?\nDEADLINE: %T',
    },
    w = {
      description = 'Todo',
      template = '* TODO %?\nDEADLINE: %T',
      target = org_path 'todos.org',
    },
    j = {
      description = 'Journal',
      template = '* %?',
      target = org_path 'journal.org',
      datetree = { reversed = true },
    },
  },
  mappings = {
    prefix = '<leader>n',
  },
}

return {
  'nvim-orgmode/orgmode',
  event = 'VeryLazy',
  dependencies = {
    { 'nvim-orgmode/org-bullets.nvim' },
  },
  ft = { 'org', 'orgagenda' },
  config = function()
    require('orgmode').setup(orgmode_config)
  end,
}

However this is quite different from org-roam.nvims setup. My questions are:

• Can I set org-roam.nvim as a dependency and things will just work?
• I installed org-roam.nvim without my config, and saw that there was heavy usage of daily note in separate files. I currently prefer using a single journal.org file and a datetree. Does roam play well with this? Or should I switch over to separate files.

Thank you for this cool project!

[chipsenkbeil]

Hey there! The dailies extension makes use of separate files named by date. So if you want date functionality with org roam then you'd need to switch to its structure.

However, the standard org roam nodes can be placed at file or heading level. So, you could leverage capture to create your journal entries, and add a properties drawer underneath with an ID. Then roam would be able to treat them as nodes.

* My Entry on May 18, 2024
   :PROPERTIES:
   :ID: abc
   :END:
* My Entry on May 19, 2024
   :PROPERTIES:
   :ID: def
   :END:

Keep in mind calendar features or anything from dailies wouldn't work here.

[zetashift]

Thank you! Since I like the calendar feature, I'll keep the structure of dailies. I liked the easy browsing of a list of days in the journal.org setup, but it's not that pressing.

The lazy.nvim config in the end looks like this:

return {
  {
    'nvim-orgmode/orgmode',
    event = 'VeryLazy',
    dependencies = {
      { 'nvim-orgmode/org-bullets.nvim' },
    },
    ft = { 'org', 'orgagenda' },
    config = function()
      require('orgmode').setup(orgmode_config)
    end,
  },
  {
    'chipsenkbeil/org-roam.nvim',
    tag = '0.1.0',
    config = function()
      require('org-roam').setup {
        directory = org_path '',
      }
    end,
  },
}

EDIT: I should probably pin orgmode as well.

[chipsenkbeil]

Yeah, tag orgmode to 0.3.4 and add it as a dependency to org roam to make sure they load it the correct order.

[zetashift]

That would bring it to:

return {
  {
    'nvim-orgmode/orgmode',
    event = 'VeryLazy',
    tag = '0.3.4',
    dependencies = {
      { 'nvim-orgmode/org-bullets.nvim' },
    },
    ft = { 'org', 'orgagenda' },
    config = function()
      require('orgmode').setup(orgmode_config)
    end,
  },
  {
    'chipsenkbeil/org-roam.nvim',
    tag = '0.1.0',
    dependencies = {
      {
        'nvim-orgmode/orgmode',
      },
    },
    config = function()
      require('org-roam').setup {
        directory = org_path '',
      }
    end,
  },
}

[chipsenkbeil]

I don't know how lazy works, regarding whether it matters or not to specify the tag in the dependencies section as well. Otherwise, seems like it works fine! This should create a daily directory within ~/self since you set the roam directory to be the same as your org directory.