Tag Archives: Org-mode

Writing Academic Papers With Org-mode

Wouter Spekkink has an interesting post on his workflow for writing academic papers using Emacs and Org-mode. It’s a long post because he wrote it for several different audiences. He starts with what Emacs and Org-mode are and why someone … Continue reading

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Calc Formulae in the Minibuffer

Tony Aldon has another quick video up that considers using Org-mode table formulae in the minibuffer. It’s a nice way of trying out a formula or even using them to make calculations and inserting the results into the current buffer. … Continue reading

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See the Underlying Org Entry for an Agenda Item

Here’s a quick tip that I just learned about from Tory Anderson: TIL about org-agenda-entry-text-mode to see the underlying entries behind your agenda notes. This #emacs #EducationalMistype brought to you by learning Dvorak keyboard. — (webdev “Tory”) (@Endless_WebDev) July 12, … Continue reading

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Debugging Field Formulae in Org Tables

Tony Aldon has another video up in his Inside Emacs series. This one considers the debugging of field formulae in Org tables. If you’ve ever used a formula in an Org table, you’ve probably encountered an error where instead of … Continue reading

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An Org Setup

Over at Mt. Solitary, Clinton Boys has a post on his Org-mode setup. In it he describes how he uses Org-mode to manage all his writing and the rest of his life. His basic layout is to divide his content … Continue reading

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Markup Languages Compared

There are several popular light weight markup languages for producing printed or displayed typeset output. I use “light weight” to distinguish them from heavy duty markup languages such as TeX, LaTeX, or Troff. One thing they all have in common … Continue reading

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Org 9.4.6 Released

Bastien has announced that Org-mode 9.4.6 has been released. It’s a bug release and is planned to be the last release before version 9.5. The easiest way to get it is from Org ELPA.

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Nick Higham’s Blogging Workflow

Nick Higham is a working mathematician so his blog has a heavy mathematical content and that means that he’s very concerned with integrating LaTeX into his workflow. Fortunately, that’s pretty easy because he writes his posts in org-mode and publishes … Continue reading

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Using Org-capture With Org-drill

I saw a pointer to this New York Emacs Meetup talk from 2016. It’s about how Josh Moller-Mara uses org-drill and org-capture together to learn Chinese. Most of us don’t need to learn Chinese, of course, but we all do … Continue reading

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Bastien on Using TODO Lists Efficiently

Bastien Guerry, longtime maintainer and advocate for Org-mode, has a few thoughts on using TODO list efficiently. His thoughts are distilled from 15 years of using Org to keep his TODO list and schedule his tasks. The chief challenge, he … Continue reading

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