Ben Maughan has posted the fourth episode in his Org Mode Basics series. This time he talks about formatting the text in Org buffers and adding executable source code blocks to your Org file.
The Org markup language is very similar (in spirit) to Markdown but is a bit richer. If you’re not already familiar with Org markup, take a look at Maughan’s post to see the basic markup and what the results look like. As Maughan says, you can also include blocks of LaTeX right in your document if you need to. Small pieces of LaTeX can merely be added to the file without any special markup other than the LaTeX.
Although Maughan hasn’t mentioned it yet, you can also add HTML for those files you plan on exporting to HTML. Maughan will be discussing exporting Org files in a subsequent post.
As I said before, if you’re new to Org Mode, these posts are an excellent way to get up to speed. They’re short, easily digestible pieces that add to what’s come before. Even if you’re a long time Org user they’re worth reading; you may learn something new.