Time has come to release a new version of Brainiac. The whole configuration file has been almost completly restructured, cleaned up and properly commented. So I will declare this to be version 2.0.

Following changes have been made:

• READ.md has been extended to explain the installation and usage.
• Readability improvements:
  • All colors decisions are now left to Modus themes, we only change typografy, e.g. underline the PROG tasks to encode work in progress.
  • Multiple Org elements were restyled, e.g. ellipsis, tags etc., to improve scanability in large documents.
  • Added the configuration for fixed and variable pitch fonts. You may set the font family to your liking.
  • Packages org-bullets, org-appear and diminish introduced.
  • Priority cookies are removed after the task is closed, to remove visual clutter.
  • When saving, the tags will be aligned automatically.
• Added number of matches to isearch.
• Repeaters are now visible in the agenda.
• When jumping to items from the agenda, automatic narrow is done to improve focus.
• Capture from anywhere is now implemented by a custom script based on org-protocol.
• Many, many small tweaks, fixes and changes.

Get the new release from here.

Enjoy and keep hacking!

Hello everyone!

I have been using the Brainiac intensively over the last months and made some changes to the configuration along the way. Get your update here or from Codeberg.

Improvements:

• Added journal.org to the list of refile targets.
• Reduced the width of comment, source, etc. boxes in brainiac.css.
• The attached items are now visibly listed in the drawer of the headline.
• Minor changes in the configuration, e.g. increase of idle time etc.

New things:

• Added org-crypt to the config, so that sensitive information can be encrypted if storing files on public servers.
• To integrate Brainiac into your system menu, I propose the following: copy brainiac.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications and brainiac.svg to ~/.local/share/icons.
• I added basic AI support by using a customized ollama-buddy-mini and running models locally with ollama. Although I previously stated that Brainiac would not have AI, the chosen combination presents a nice compromise between functionality and privacy.
• I also introduced the abbrev-mode as a template storage for some useful org templates and as a mechanism for storing AI prompts for future usage.
• In order to consolidate important functions and keystrokes, I configured a menu which can be reached by pressing C-c b using transient.