Tag Archives: Org-mode

Org Tutorial Videos

Rainer König is producing a series of video tutorials on Org mode. Each video is typically short—less than 10 minutes—and addresses a specific aspect of Org. If you’re looking for an easy introduction to Org mode, this is what you … Continue reading

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Copying Formatted Org Text to Other Apps

John Kitchin, who does a lot—most?—of his writing in Org mode sometimes wants to copy and paste Org text into other applications such as Word or the mail app. He wants more than just doing a verbatim copy, he wants … Continue reading

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Keeping a Logbook or Journal

I ended yesterday’s post by noting that if you maintain a daily journal or log of your activities, you can get a timesheet for free. But what if you aren’t maintaining a log or journal? This I've used #orgmode for … Continue reading

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Using Org as a Timesheet

The other day I saw this tweet #Emacs org-mode is perfect for time sheets: ":block month-1 :step day". All time spent on all tasks last month, broken down by day. — Colin Woodbury (@fosskers) June 1, 2016 and thought it … Continue reading

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Reproducible Research for R

Continuing with yesterday’s theme of reproducible research, I’d like to point to this resource for reproducible research. I’ve written about this before but I just came across this tweet Finally good detailed instructions for R and org-mode #emacs #spacemacs #orgmode … Continue reading

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A Complete Example of Reproducible Research with Org

Those of you who frequent Irreal know that I’m a big believer in reproducible research and that I’m particularly fascinated with how Org mode can be leveraged to produce it. In the past, I’ve pointed out some small examples of … Continue reading

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Project Planning with Org Mode

Peter J. Jones has a really useful post on how he uses Org mode to do project planning. In his post he demonstrates some features of Org mode that you might not be familiar with. Chief among these is column … Continue reading

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Writing Leanpub Books with Org Mode

As most of you know, I’ve moved almost all my writing chores to Org mode so I’m always on the lookout for new writing workflows that leverage Org. I particularly enjoy posts about using Org mode to write books. Lakshmi … Continue reading

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Org Clocking and Idle Time

Marcin Borkowski (mbork) posts some useful information on Org mode clocking that I didn’t know. If you’re tracking your time on a task with Org mode clocking, it’s easy to forget to stop the clock when you finish or get … Continue reading

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Running Unit Test with Org Mode

Frédérick Giasson has a nice post in which he describes how he uses Org mode to run unit tests on his code. Actually, his goal is to combine the writing, documentation, and testing of his code in a single document … Continue reading

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