Eric MacAdie has an update to his previous post on his frequent Emacs commands. This post takes a look at his frequent Org mode commands.
As with Emacs proper, MacAdie has an idiosyncratic method of dealing with Org. Rather than use the key chord shortcuts, he does most things with the command names. It seemed to me that his discussion was the first time I’d ever seen the name of some of those commands.
The process seems to work for him so, of course, I have no objection to it. It’s just another way you can work with Emacs in a way that’s most comfortable to you.
The post itself is a useful introduction to Org. It’s often said that you shouldn’t try to learn all of Org out of the box. Rather, start by learning how to do a couple of things that are immediately useful to you. That’s pretty much the way MacAdie approached learning Org.
One nice thing about his post is that he discusses how to handle recurring events. You can specify that an event should appear in your agenda repeatedly every day/week/month/year but the control is actually a bit finer than that. Take a look at his post or the Org manual for the details.
My other takeaway from his post is that I’d much rather learn the key chord shortcuts than try to remember the actual commands.