Tag Archives: Org-mode

Roam Research

Posted on 2020-05-17 by jcs

Those of you who have been paying attention know that I’m embarking on a project to implement a Zettelkasten to organize my notes and ideas. My current plan is to base this on Jethro Kuan’s org-roam. Org-roam is an Emacs … Continue reading →

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Zetteldeft

Posted on 2020-05-11 by jcs

This is another entry in my series of posts on the idea of a Zettelkasten. Although I’ve mostly written about and am planning to use org-roam, that’s not the only possibility. Elias Storms built his own Zettelkasten by leveraging the … Continue reading →

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Zettelkasten Explained

Posted on 2020-05-09 by jcs

I’ve finished reading Sönke Ahrens’ How to Take Smart Notes and, as promised, I’ve started exploring Jethro Kuan’s Org-roam as a way of implementing my own Zettelkasten. I’ve downloaded and installed Org-roam and am currently going over the documentation. In … Continue reading →

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The Org Code Edit Buffer

Posted on 2020-04-26 by jcs

I use the Org-mode code editing buffer all the time either for adding some code to a post or for embedding a tweet or video. When I’m writing a blog post, I always have two windows displayed. On the left … Continue reading →

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Fifteen Reasons to Prefer Emacs

Posted on 2020-04-20 by jcs

Dominik Tarnowski gives us 15 reasons to use Emacs and says that VS Code has nothing on Emacs. He’s a Doom Emacs user but everything he says other than the particular keystrokes apply to any flavor. Another possible title for … Continue reading →

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A Workflow For Writing A Book

Posted on 2020-04-18 by jcs

Vladimir Keleshev has an interesting post that details his book writing process. It is, in a sense, low tech in that it uses very basic tools: Pandoc, Make, and Vim. He writes in Markdown and uses Pandoc to covert that … Continue reading →

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An Organizational Workflow

Posted on 2020-04-17 by jcs

Gregory J Stein has another interesting post on Emacs and Org Mode. This time it’s about how he leverages Org Mode to organize his life and workflow. It’s basically an update to his 2016 post on the same subject. This … Continue reading →

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Using Org Mode to Create LaTeX Documents

Posted on 2020-04-15 by jcs

Over at Opensource.com, Peter Prevos has a nice post on how to write LaTeX documents with Org mode. This is an advantage, he says, because it allows the writer to concentrate on the content of what they’re writing rather than … Continue reading →

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Date Ranges

Posted on 2020-04-09 by jcs

I may have written about this before but this tweet: In Org-mode you can easily calculate difference between timestamps: – use C-! to enter timestamps – Place “–” between them (to make it a range) – C-c C-y (bound to … Continue reading →

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An Annotated Bibliography with Org Mode

Posted on 2020-04-04 by jcs

Gregory Stein, over at Caches to Caches, has a great post on a novel application of Org Mode. Stein is an academic who reads a lot of papers. It’s important for a researcher to not only read the latest research … Continue reading →

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