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Blog author here. Glad to see someone submitted this and you all liked it.

Recutils has MUCH more to offer beyond the basic intro I gave here. It has wonderful org-mode integration for you emacs people.

Here's a recfile of my read books for reference. I generated this from my Goodreads export csv and a few recutils calls: https://ttm.sh/Equ.rec

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Would you consider writing a second article into some of the more useful bits you could do with it?

Or maybe link some resources you found most helpful?

Thank you!

A tip: on accented characters such as Spanish names:

    setxkbmap us -option compose:rwin &

Then just press [Right windows key] + [' ] , [a] in order to type in an 'á'.

I think you're referring to my book data? It's all from Goodreads export, not hand entered. I love my compose key and will get around to cleaning this up.

You can also use an international layout that uses AltGr

I forgot the "us" switch. Now it will work fine.

I noticed the “Yeelong” mention in one of the examples. Do you happen to have a Lemote Yeelong? Always been on the lookout for one and would love to hear about it.

I don't, sadly. That is an example from the Recutils help docs, not my own personal collection.

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