From: sy1234 <sy1234@...>
Date: 2007-07-15T13:46:09+09:00
Subject: Re: snippets databases

Corey Jewett said the following on 07/14/2007 03:04 PM:
> Have you considered just setting up a blog (public or private). The 
> typical features therein would cover most of what you mentioned. Use 
> tags to help categorize and create refined searches. Comments to keep  
> notes, titles. The body could be your abstract + the code.
>
A blog might not be a bad idea.  Right now I've got some notes dumped 
into my wiki:
http://jrandomhacker.info/Ruby_code_snippets

But searchability goes _way_ down, unless I start using categories as 
tags.. but it's still messy unless I begin using namespaces and all 
sorts of other nonsense.  Basically my non-snippets efforts would get in 
the way.

But something specialized which could also do code highlighting or even 
some code execution like how Chris Pine's tutorial is set up -- that 
would be interesting.

Argh, I'm craving a hand-coded solution..

Ok, a blog is an interesting idea.  I'll note it.

> A second option might be to put your Abstract + Snippet up as a Pastie 
> and then file them with del.icio.us.
>
> If you're looking for software, there's four or five competing 
> organizers for Macs. Most have silly names I can't remember. Since I 
> don't use any of these products, don't consider this an endorsement, 
> but Yojimbo comes to mind.
My first impression was negative.  I think my main reasoning is the fact 
that someone else would own that setup.  Is there an easy way for me to 
back up my snippets database?

I'll write down a set of questions and check them off when I'm 
researching this as a solution.


Thanks for the tips..