Tag Archives: Org-mode

An Emacs/Org-mode Setup for Writing

Bhalla Kunal over at expLog has an interesting post on his writing setup. It’s Emacs and Org-mode based but, interestingly, he says that the thing that helped his workflow the most was rotating his monitor so that he had more … Continue reading

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Polyglot Documents in Org-mode

The University of Oxford Software Engineering Research group (OxRSE) has an interesting post on how they use Org-mode to publish tutorial material with the examples in different programming languages. The idea is to present the concepts, which are language agnostic, … Continue reading

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Magit: The Emacs Killer App

Over at DistroTube, Derek Taylor has posted a video that makes the case that for many people, Magit is the killer app for Emacs. He thinks that’s especially true if you’re primarily a developer. I use Magit everyday all day … Continue reading

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Organizing Workflow with Notion (and Org-mode)

Ali Abdaal, whom I’ve written about several times before, is a physician in the UK. Starting back when he was still in medical school, he’s been posting YouTube videos on how he studies and organizes his life. If you’re into … Continue reading

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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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