Frequently Asked Questions

I (Protesilaos) answer some questions I have received or might get. It is assumed that you have read the rest of this manual: I will not go into the specifics of how Denote works.

• Why develop Denote when PACKAGE already exists?
• Why not rely exclusively on Org?
• Why care about Unix tools when you use Emacs?
• Why many small files instead of few large ones?
• Does Denote perform well at scale?
• I add TODOs to my notes; will many files slow down the Org agenda?
• I want to sort by last modified in Dired, why won’t Denote let me?
• How do you handle the last modified case?
• Why are some Org links opening outside Emacs?
• Speed up backlinks’ or query links’ buffer creation?
• Why do I get “Search failed with status 1” when I search for backlinks?
• Why do I get a double ‘#+title’ in Doom Emacs?