Tag Archives: Org-mode

Gavin Freeborn posted a video in which he argues that Org-mode is easy. The reason it’s easy, he says, is the same as I’ve often written: You don’t have to learn it all or even large parts of it to … Continue reading →

If you’re like me and want to do all your writing from within Org-mode, one problem you need to solve is how to write letters—especially professional letters. I use a LaTeX template and write the letter in LaTeX but mostly … Continue reading →

Charanjit Singh has an interesting post on extending org-mode to handle youtube links. His goal was two-fold: Have an Org link type for Youtube videos that opened the video in mpv instead of the browwser When exporting to HTML the … Continue reading →

Matt Young over at Code Thrasher describes his bespoke notetaking workflow based on Org-mode. Rather than depend on packages like Org-roam for things such as backlinks, Young implemented his own version that worked just the way he wanted. For example, … Continue reading →

Over at the Emacs subreddit, YakumoYoukai wonders why he should use Org-mode. He’s not some clueless n00b whining that it’s all too hard and why should he bother anyway. YakumoYoukai is a 30 year, dedicated, user of Emacs who doesn’t … Continue reading →

Over at TAONAW, JTR has a short post post on how his changing work duties—that now include more technical writing—has caused him to evolve his Emacs workflow. A lot of his work involves writing Knowledge Base articles that get added … Continue reading →

Jeremy Friesen over at Takes on Rules has an interesting post on using Org-mode for his workflow. The exact situation is a bit more complex but it’s best thought of a way of time tracking. Rather than use a packaged … Continue reading →

Chris Maiorana has an interesting video on using Emacs to level up on your writing. He was inspired by Jordan Peterson’s writing application essay.app. Maiorana realized that essay was pretty much like Org-mode except that it has a feature missing … Continue reading →

John D. Cook has another post in his series of posts discussing the use of Org mode in his professional duties as a consulting mathematician. This time he discusses the pros and cons of literate programming. He recounts the story … Continue reading →

Mario Jason Braganza has a useful post that considers moving a headline node from one org file to another. His use case is moving items from his TODO file to his current task file as he acts on TODO items. … Continue reading →