Tag Archives: Org-mode

Oscar Perpiñán Lamigueiro is writing a book. Lots of people do that, of course, but Lamigueiro is doing it with Org Mode. Just the other day, I wrote that Emacs is multifaceted and Lamigueiro demonstrates another of those facets and … Continue reading →

Regular Irreal readers know that I’m always talking up Org Mode and urging people to try it out. Many Org Mode users say they switched to Emacs just to get Org Mode. One of the things about Org Mode is … Continue reading →

Today I ran across a tweet that recommends the use of variable-pitch-mode when writing prose instead of code: #emacs tip: when writing prose instead of code toggle M-x variable-pitch-mode for proportional fonts. It's amazing how much it helps. — The … Continue reading →

Some time ago1, I noticed that the Org footnote mechanism was not working correctly. As with similar footnote facilities, you add a footnote by marking where you want the footnote to appear in the text and then adding a paragraph … Continue reading →

In my Org Mode and Broken Links post I wrote about a problem with the way that Org 8 handles HTML links. If you want to know how great the Emacs Org Mode community is, read the comments to that … Continue reading →

As a couple of you have pointed out to me recently, HTML links in my posts are sometimes getting broken. That happens when the link has a parameter specified with a question mark and equal sign. For example, here’s a … Continue reading →

As regular readers know, Irreal posts begin as Org Mode files that are subsequently published to WordPress with org2blog. This works very well for me but not everyone wants to run WordPress. For those of you who want to build … Continue reading →

Everyone who’s hung around Irreal for a while knows that I’m a big fan of Org mode and that I use it to, among other things, write all my blog posts. One of the really nice things about it is … Continue reading →

I just stumbled across this video by Bastien Guerry on Org Mode. It’s a couple of years old but is an excellent introduction to Org Mode and pretty much up to date. If you’re wondering what Org Mode is all … Continue reading →