Tag Archives: Org-mode

Org Covers 90% of Blogger’s Life

Stormrider has an interesting and inspiring post in which he says that 90% of his life is handled by Org-mode. Stormrider is a technical writer and occasional programmer. As such, he is a perfect example of someone who can benefit … Continue reading

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Some Org Table Examples

John Herrlin has another nice post. This time it’s on using Org-mode tables. Like his post on Org source blocks, he concentrates on examples of how he, himself, uses Org tables. Both of his posts take, I think, an intermediate … Continue reading

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Org Source Blocks

One of the great things about Emacs is Org-mode. One of the great things about Org-mode is source blocks. They enable literate programming, of course, but are also a great way of taking notes with code examples and a really … Continue reading

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Using an ODT Style Sheet With Org Mode

Over at the Emacs Notes blog there’s an interesting tutorial on how to style ODT output when exporting from Org-mode. The tutorial uses the “problem” of producing a manuscript for a novel. That’s a good example because literary publishers like … Continue reading

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Org Table Export

Here’s an interesting tip from John D. Cook’s TeX and Typography Twitter feed: You can export an org-mode table as LaTeX with the Emacs command org-table-export. — TeX and Typography (@TeXtip) June 12, 2020 The idea is that you can … Continue reading

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Consistent Documents Redux

Just a quickie today. Recently, someone tweeted a link to Mike Hamrick’s terrific video on making consistent documents with Emacs and Org-mode. I’ve written about the video before but having rewatched it, I decided that it was worth revisiting. There’s … Continue reading

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A Handwriting Font

Sacha Chua has perpetrated a truly wonderful hack. She’s built a font based on her handwriting. She’s using it for blog post titles and a few other places on her website, so take a look there to see what it … Continue reading

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Summarizing Class Notes

Matheus Augusto da Silva has an interesting video that details how he uses Emacs and Org-mode to write summaries of his class notes. After a class, he likes to write a half page summary of his notes. He finds that … Continue reading

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An Org Refile Workflow

Yiming Chen has an interesting post on his org-refile workflow. Before you read his post, though, you should (re)read Aaron Bieber’s Organizing Notes With Refile that I wrote about back in 2018. Bieber’s post gives you the background you need … Continue reading

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Advanced Usage of the Org Agenda

A great deal of my Emacs tube time is spent displaying the Org agenda. My use of the agenda is probably not standard: I use it mainly as a portal into my log type entries. There are some TODO entries … Continue reading

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