Tag Archives: Org-mode

jouke hijlkema has published a nifty project that uses Org mode to draw flow charts. “Uses Org mode” means, in addition to the obvious, that the Org source tree reflects the diagram tree. The project is still new and development … Continue reading →

AbstProcDo, like me, is a terrible artist. Sometimes, though, we need to add a diagram to our documentation, report, or Blog post. I usually use Graphviz or, when I’m in Troff mode, Pic for this. But these aren’t the only … Continue reading →

Gavin Freeborn has a new video on 5 Reasons I Love Emacs Orgmode. Freeborn notes up front that Org is so big and has so much functionality that it can be intimidating. Rather than try to cover everything it does, … Continue reading →

Grant Rosson has an announcement on reddit about his new package org-side-tree. The idea is that you can have a sidebar that lists all the headings in an Org file. That doesn’t sound too exciting but you can use the … Continue reading →

James Dyer has an interesting post on using Gnuplot to plot data from Org tables. Gnuplot is my go to utility for plotting data but its syntax is, to put it mildly, convoluted and since I don’t use it all … Continue reading →

Denis Kyashif has a nice post on how he uses the Org mode agenda to handle his task management. He has two main requirements: It should be easy to add tasks to his task list. It should be easy to … Continue reading →

Charles Choi has published an interesting post on defining org agenda tasks. All Org users, I’m sure, are familiar with the Org Agenda that lists the Org headlines in each of the files in org-agenda-files and provides a link to … Continue reading →

Here’s a short tip for those of you who are mouseketeers as well as Emacs users. As regular readers know, I eschew the mouse as much as I can but others disagree. It is, after all, a matter of taste … Continue reading →

Charles Choi has another great post; this time it’s on Tuning Emacs to Write Prose in Org and Markdown. The post is about how he configures Emacs for writing prose. I agree with roughly half his suggestions but this is … Continue reading →

I’ve written about Álvaro Ramírez and his Emacs projects many times. He’s produced some impressive Emacs apps that many of us take advantage of. Like me, Ramírez is an Apple user and he has also written some iOS apps that … Continue reading →