Using Howm in Emacs for Notes and Tasks

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• Homepage: https://kaorahi.github.io/howm/
• Unofficial manual: https://github.com/Emacs101/howm-manual/blob/main/Howm_tutorial_eng.pdf

Look into these features:

• Creating notes
• The home screen
• Linking notes
• Searching for notes
• Creating tasks, especially with deadlines
• General workflow tips

(use-package howm
  :ensure t
  :init
  (setq howm-directory "~/Howm")
  (setq howm-home-directory howm-directory)
  (setq howm-file-name-format "%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S.md")
  (setq howm-view-title-header "#")
  ;; This binding is only needed if you want to use Howm in Org files!
  (setq howm-prefix (kbd "C-c ;"))
  :bind*
  ;; Conveniently open the Howm menu with "C-c ; ;".
  ("C-c ; ;" . howm-menu))