I just read an article titled "Get Organized with Emacs Org-mode" that might be along the lines of what you're looking for - or even if I'm totally mistaken about what you're looking for, perhaps the article would at least be a starting point for further digging. I've not used Emacs myself, but I know it's available for Windows and many other operating systems -- more info at GNU Emacs Website

Article is by Abhijeet Chavan and Published in Linux Journal, December 2007. The article is online but presently only for LJ subscribers.

To give some flavor, article sub-sections are titled as follows:

• Getting Started with Org-mode

• Outlining and Writing

• Outline Structure

• Plain Lists

• Hyperlinks

• Tables

• Tags

• Work Flow and To-Do Lists

• Priorities

• Timestamps

• Tag Searches

• Agenda Views

• Exporting and Publishing

Article Quotations:

• from near the beginning which I particularly appreciated, and which probably prompted me to keep reading the rest of the article:

... I find that plain text... enables me to think better and focus on my ideas, without the distractions of a word processor. (p. 78)

• from the conclusion

[Emacs Org-mode] also can be used to implement David Allen's "Getting Things Done" method for personal productivity. (p. 82)

Related Links

• Emacs for Windows FAQ

• FTP Download Site - Emacs for Windows

• Org-Mode website

Quotation from Org-Mode's web front page:

Org - an Emacs Mode for Notes and Project Planning

Org-mode is a mode for keeping notes, maintaining ToDo lists, and doing project planning with a fast and effective plain-text system.

Org-mode develops organizational tasks around NOTES files that contain information about projects as plain text. Org-mode is implemented on top of outline-mode, which makes it possible to keep the content of large files well structured. Visibility cycling and structure editing help to work with the tree. Tables are easily created with a built-in table editor. Org-mode supports ToDo items, deadlines, time stamps, and scheduling. It dynamically compiles entries into an agenda. Plain text URL-like links connect to websites, emails, Usenet messages, BBDB entries, and any files related to the projects. For printing and sharing of notes, an Org-mode file can be exported as a structured ASCII file, HTML, and LaTeX.