Tag Archives: Org-mode

Capture Web Pages as an Org Structure

The other day, I wrote about using lynx to capture a Web page as text. Later, No Thanks had another, better, suggestion @arghwhy Nice! fetch HTML into its #OrgMode structure, not just text. Thanks. — Mike Sample (@mikesample) November 12, … Continue reading

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Org Ellipsis

It’s a bit silly, I suppose, but I really like this. It really does make things less cluttered.

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Note Taking While Learning a Language

Nickolas Lanasa has a tip that should be obvious but may not be: Org-mode Inline code snippets that you can evaluate in #emacs are so helpful when learning a new programming language. #notetaking — Nickolas Lanasa (@nicklanasa) October 21, 2015 … Continue reading

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Video on Using Org Mode for Your Init File 2

Two weeks ago, I wrote about Daniel Mai’s video on writing your Emacs configuration as an Org file. He showed how to organize your configuration in a literate programming way. Now he has a second video that ties everything together … Continue reading

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Emacs for Writers

Regular readers know I’m fascinated by the stories of professional writers who use Emacs. I’ve written in the past about Vernor Vinge, Tony Ballantyne, Randall Wood, Urpo Lankinen, and some non-prose writers who use Emacs for their writing. Now Jay … Continue reading

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Org Basics V

Ben Maughan has posted the last in his series of Org mode basics posts, Org Basics V. The final episode covers exporting. In the previous posts, Maughan showed the basics of Org markup and data manipulation for writing structured notes. … Continue reading

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Org Radio Buttons

John Kitchin has another great trick: how to implement radio buttons in Org mode. The idea is to take a normal Org checklist and arrange it so that only one item can be checked at a time. In other words, … Continue reading

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Video on Using Org Mode for Your Init File

Daniel Mai has a nice video on how he uses Org mode to organize his Emacs init file. I’ve written about this before but some of you may prefer, or at least enjoy, watching a video on the subject. This … Continue reading

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Some Org Agenda Tips

Marcin Borkowski (mbork), who’s been posting several great articles lately, has a nice offering with A few org-agenda hacks. It’s a short list of some of the ways he’s tweaked Org’s agenda view to better suit his needs. As Borkowski … Continue reading

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Sacha’s Guide to Managing Tasks with Org Mode

The ever awesome Sacha Chua has an excellent Baby Steps Guide to Managing Your Tasks with Org. It’s still a work in progress but even in its unfinished state it’s a really useful guide for getting started with Org mode. … Continue reading

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