Tag Archives: Org-mode

Marcin Borkowski has a useful reminder on how to easily assign a formula to an Org table cell or column. If you use the Org spreadsheet functionality, take a look.

I’ve written several posts that celebrate Org mode for its ability to document various tasks in a literate way, execute the code, and gather the results. The nice thing about this process is that you have everything together: Documentation of … Continue reading →

Mike Zamansky has the latest video in his Using Emacs Series up. This time it’s about leveraging Pandoc to deal with document interchange. I’ve written about Pandoc before but usually in the context of converting an Org document to some … Continue reading →

As regular readers know, I’m a big fan of keeping an engineering notebook. I have an Org file named journal.org that most of my day-to-day notes go into but for larger, sustained projects I like to start a dedicated project … Continue reading →

In yesterday’s post, I discussed Karl Voit’s love letter to Org mode and how he’s come to depend on it for personal information management. Articles about Org mode almost always make the point that Org documents are plain text and … Continue reading →

Karl Voit has a lovely paean to Org mode in which he recounts his journey to Org in a years-long quest to organize his life and maintain a knowledge database. I’m sympathetic. I started with a Rolodex and a pocket … Continue reading →

An exception to my all-things-in-Emacs rule is my calendar. I do keep an Org mode agenda for things like projects and tasks to be done but for doctor’s appointments and the like I use the the macOS calendar app—actually Fantastical … Continue reading →

As part of Org Mode’s migration to a new server, its ELPA repository has also moved. It used to be part of the GNU ELPA repository but is no longer housed there. Instead, Org now has its own repository. If … Continue reading →

Way back in 2014, I posted about Eric Neilsen’s excellent Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook. I recently came across a reference to it and was reminded what a great resource it is. It’s easy to browse through and just read … Continue reading →

Over at the Linux Journal, Joey Bernard has a nice article on John Kitchin’s scimax. I’ve written about scimax before but for those who came in late, it’s a collection of Emacs and Org mode tools to make using reproducible … Continue reading →