[mistahenry]

For the never-ending text file for todos and work journal, I've found great success with org-mode, especially since deadlines automatically end up in my calendar with org-agenda. The outline format of org-mode is quite nice and it took all of 1 day to learn the key commands for making / manipulating the outline, creating links, and cycling through TODO states (using Doom emacs made the start super easy since I already know vi and didn't have to also learn the text editing commands).

I've also found the concept of an "inbox" from the Zettelkasten method very helpful. Anytime something comes up that's not yet in my system, I add it to the inbox for later processing (org-capture on my computer, and beorg on my phone). This way, note entry doesn't require a full context switch. I then just make sure to regularly drain my inbox.

I don't use emacs currently for anything but org-mode but I'm far happier with this than I was with a never ending `.md` file.

[sudhirkhanger]

How does one hide completed tasks from org mode?

[merlincorey]

Like many things in Software the question is why do you want to hide them?

One way to do it is to archive[0] it which will move it into a local _archive file.

Another way which I'm currently using is to periodically manually archive tasks into a tree of folders and files by date then category (and sometimes subcategory) which allows me to publish an HTML or PDF file of everything from say 2023 for a particular client.

[0] https://orgmode.org/manual/Archiving.html

[setopt]

    (setopt org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done t)

[Forge36]

Archive is an option, it'll move the heading and children into a new file. Agenda can also find and filter by state.

Perhaps to clarify: hide from where?

[bloopernova]

In org-journal, opening a new daily or weekly file only moves uncompleted tasks. It leaves completed tasks in the previous file.