Tag Archives: Org-mode

Org Mode 9.3.2

Posted on 2020-01-28 by jcs

Bastien writes that Org Mode 9.3.2 has been released. It’s a bug release so no new features but if you are experiencing problems with Org, you should consider upgrading. Even if you aren’t seeing problems, it’s probably a good idea … Continue reading →

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Karl Voit on Starting to Use Org-mode

Posted on 2020-01-22 by jcs

Karl Voit has a nice post in his Using Org Mode Features series. It’s advice on how to start using Org-mode. Org-mode is large and complicated and can seem intimidating. That leads many people to start with someone else’s configuration. … Continue reading →

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Using Org-mode To Capture and Report Git Commits

Posted on 2020-01-15 by jcs

Like most developers, Andrea Richiardi has a certain amount of logging and reporting he has to do to document his work. One such item is a report on the commits he’s made while working on various tickets. He wants to … Continue reading →

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Adding System Notifications to Your Org Agenda

Posted on 2020-01-04 by jcs

If you’re a Unix/Linux/MacOS user, chances are you have one or more cron jobs set up to handle routine maintenance chores. Cron jobs are an extraordinarily useful tool to make a lot of busy work disappear. Still, sometimes things go … Continue reading →

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Org Mode 9.3.1

Posted on 2019-12-27 by jcs

Batien writes that he’s released Org 9.3.1. It’s a bug fix so you should probably update if you’re having any problems with Org 9.3. I updated yesterday and haven’t had any problems. Of course, that’s a study of \(n=1\) so … Continue reading →

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Building a Personal Knowledge Base

Posted on 2019-12-12 by jcs

I’m a big believer in collecting and storing information: in building a personal knowledge base if you like. I do this, of course, with Org-mode but that’s not the only possibility. Sung Cho has a nice post in which he … Continue reading →

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Org 9.3

Posted on 2019-12-04 by jcs

Bastien Guerry has announced the release of Org-mode 9.3 I just released #emacs #orgmode 9.3. This is a new version with new features and some incompatible changes: please read the Changelog carefully: https://t.co/W2c3ifoFtr As usual, thanks to the amazingly sustainable … Continue reading →

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Scimax and Reproducibility

Posted on 2019-11-25 by jcs

The College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon has an interesting article on their Web site about John Kitchin and his work on Scimax. I’ve written about Scimax several times (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) so longtime Irreal readers … Continue reading →

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Generating Technical Documents with Org-mode

Posted on 2019-11-17 by jcs

Mike Hamrick has put up an excellent video on using Emacs and Org-mode to publish nice looking and consistent technical documents. In preparing a document, Hamrick uses literate programming and—although he doesn’t mention it—reproducible research techniques. That’s important, because as … Continue reading →

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Zamansky 61: Org-msg

Posted on 2019-11-16 by jcs

Mike Zamansky has another video up in his Using Emacs Series. This time he looks at writing mu4e emails in Org-mode. Like me, he mostly wants to send plain text emails but sometimes he’d like to send tables, source code, … Continue reading →

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