I’ve been following two Emacs/Org tutorial video series from Mike Zamansky and Rainer König. Both series are being updated regularly and worth following by all Emacs and Org mode users.
Zamansky added three more videos to his Using Emacs Series. These are a great set of videos aimed mostly at n00bs but useful for more experienced Emacsers too. For example, his tutorial on swiper convinced me to give it a try.
His new videos cover autocompletion, themes, and keeping your Emacs configuration in an Org file. I’ve written about the last topic myself but Zamansky covers it well and shows how to get the boot strapping set up.
As usual, Zamansky approaches the material from his own workflow point-of-view so he discusses why he likes or dislikes the packages he talks about and why he chose the configuration he uses. The code is available on the individual video web pages and on GitHub.
König has completed another week of videos in his excellent OrgMode Tutorial series. He’s been sticking to his one-video-per-workday schedule so there’s five new videos this week. They are:
- Ordered tasks
- Timers
- Clocking
- Column view
- Effort estimates
I thought I understood clocking pretty well but I learned a whole bunch of new things from the last three videos.
I’ve already written about his Timers video; that was material I knew nothing about. I’m sure you’ll learn something new too. I can’t say enough about this series. If you’re an Org mode user you must watch them. Actually, even if you’re not an Org mode user you should watch them. Afterwards you’ll probably be an Org mode user and your life will be easier.