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Re: Org Mode for Emacs – Your Life in Plain Text

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Post by HelloNurse »

jsrjenkins wrote: post #61
pqhwan wrote: post #50

I learned VI before Emacs, and by the time I heard about Org Mode, I had developed a way of using Vim similarly; in a nutshell, I write in a clang file (usually named control.c), and (mis)use syntax highlighting on things like switch statement, comments, TODOs and code folding to add structure (screenshot: http://imgur.com/kqrEahz ). I did most of my coding in C in college, got into the habit of writing pseudocode in…

Organizing one's work is a bit different for each person, and since you have done a lot of work in C, certainly vi and clang files are more your /modus operandi/. However for those of us with LISP backgrounds, Emacs is definitely more suitable. What you gain with org-mode is quite a bit: Org-bable which allows you to write outlines with blocks of text that can call external scripts. This is a bit like a Mathematica w…

Last evening I set up org-babel integration with Ditaa and Graphviz. Seeing diagrams inline in the document is extremely convenient. Next time: PlantUML, and maybe HTML export tests.

Re: Org Mode for Emacs – Your Life in Plain Text

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Post by pzone »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #36
catnaroek wrote: post #27

Emacs has been my text editor of choice for quite a while already, and I'm pretty happy with it. But I've never seen the point to org-mode. What's the benefit over simply using a physical notebook to take notes and keep track of my schedule?

That's not the question for org-mode - that's the question of using digital vs. physical for note taking. And the answer probably depends on person. For me, I went through everything. I've been switching around between paper and digital. I did GTD on paper, did Bullet Journal, and on the computer side I went through Workflowy, OneNote, using Outlook for tasks and some other things too. I eventually gravitated towards…

Yeah. Comparing org-mode to handwritten notes? You can grep through your notes, quickly refile, integrate with other software, use hyperlinks, and synchronize over multiple devices. But the same is true of onenote or evernote.

Re: Org Mode for Emacs – Your Life in Plain Text

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Post by midgetjones »

Uberphallus wrote: post #68
preek wrote: post #31

I've switched to Emacs after 14 years of Vim (with the required evangelism^^). Initially it was because of Clojure, but then I tried org-mode. Now my GTD Setup (formerly Things.app), Notes for everything (formerly Evernote), Time Tracking (formerly Minco), Pomodoro Technique as well as writing slide decks (I'm a part time lecturer, so I do that a lot) are _all_ within org-mode. And not, because it's hipster, but beca…

For anyone trying not to make the same terrible mistake, you have vim-orgmode: https://github.com/jceb/vim-orgmode

Or for anyone that is more open-minded, yet worried about the learning curve of switching from vim to emacs: http://spacemacs.org/

Re: Org Mode for Emacs – Your Life in Plain Text

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Post by preek »

MarcScott wrote: post #66
rys wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How did you handle importing binary data you had in Evernote into org-mode? I've got a bunch of PDFs, images and other non-text data in my Evernote workbooks that I'd need to take care of.

I used to keep lots of stuff in Evernote, and when I switched to org-mode, I did an HTML export from Evernote and then wrote an awful Python script to convert the HTML to org-mode. I'm pretty sure all the binary data appears as links in the exported html.

Would you be so kind as to share this Python script? I'd be happy to give it a shot^^

Re: Org Mode for Emacs – Your Life in Plain Text

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Post by sz4kerto »

_lbaq wrote: post #42
mmel wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used orgmode for a while before importing them all into Microsoft OneNote, haven't looked back

I took my OneNote stuff into OrgMode because I think there is a higher risk of OneNote being an unreadable format in the future and/or the service being turned off.

OneNote stores the notebooks in simple files -- sharing is done through Onedrive. It's very-very unlikely that suddenly and without warning Microsoft 1) encodes your notebooks in some unreadable format 2) stops the service.

Re: Org Mode for Emacs – Your Life in Plain Text

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Post by [deleted] »

Uberphallus wrote: post #68
preek wrote: post #31

I've switched to Emacs after 14 years of Vim (with the required evangelism^^). Initially it was because of Clojure, but then I tried org-mode. Now my GTD Setup (formerly Things.app), Notes for everything (formerly Evernote), Time Tracking (formerly Minco), Pomodoro Technique as well as writing slide decks (I'm a part time lecturer, so I do that a lot) are _all_ within org-mode. And not, because it's hipster, but beca…

For anyone trying not to make the same terrible mistake, you have vim-orgmode: https://github.com/jceb/vim-orgmode

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Re: Org Mode for Emacs – Your Life in Plain Text

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Post by atemerev »

amasad wrote: post #67
atemerev wrote: post #62

Tried to switch to vim/Emacs repeatedly for more than 10 years, never understood the reason of cryptic commands and shortcuts, that was OK 25 years ago, but since then, keyboards got, say, _arrow keys_. Alt-F is "forward one word"? OK, can be memorized, but there is Alt-right arrow for everything else, much more intuitive. UI matters. Shortcuts and their relationships are part of the UI, and it's horrible for Emacs.…

Arrow keys are the worst ergonomically. You need to be able to stay as close as possible to the home position. When my RSI got really bad I noticed how bad it can be to keep reaching for the arrow keys.

I don't feel uncomfortable when reaching for the arrow keys with my right hand.

But I _do_ feel very uncomfortable when I press wrong navigation key in Vim (was it h or j? My fingers don't _feel_ it), and it's really uncomfortable reaching for Ctrl for anything in Emacs, especially Ctrl-B — now _this_ is RSI-prone).

Re: Org Mode for Emacs – Your Life in Plain Text

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Post by atemerev »

chm wrote: post #63
atemerev wrote: post #62

Tried to switch to vim/Emacs repeatedly for more than 10 years, never understood the reason of cryptic commands and shortcuts, that was OK 25 years ago, but since then, keyboards got, say, _arrow keys_. Alt-F is "forward one word"? OK, can be memorized, but there is Alt-right arrow for everything else, much more intuitive. UI matters. Shortcuts and their relationships are part of the UI, and it's horrible for Emacs.…

Vim and Emacs are two different beasts. My personal setup is using Spacemacs, after having my own clumsy customization on both Vim and Emacs. So now I use Emacs with Vim keybindings. Spacemacs has been suggested many many times in similar threads. I also suggest you give it a try, as its keybindings are very user friendly and documentation is good. And per your specific example: Vim has a great system to move around…

I tried repeatedly for many years and still couldn't adapt. And I easily adapted to, say, blind typing.

Re: Org Mode for Emacs – Your Life in Plain Text

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Post by eggy »

sz4kerto wrote: post #75
_lbaq wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I took my OneNote stuff into OrgMode because I think there is a higher risk of OneNote being an unreadable format in the future and/or the service being turned off.

OneNote stores the notebooks in simple files -- sharing is done through Onedrive. It's very-very unlikely that suddenly and without warning Microsoft 1) encodes your notebooks in some unreadable format 2) stops the service.

I am no stranger to Emacs or Org-mode, but with an iPad, Sony touch notebook, and an Android phone, I like using my pen inputs for quick drawings or notes vs. simply typing in Org-mode. Org-mode and Emacs are very cool though, once you use them for a while, but I usually stay in Emacs and fool around too much with tons of other stuff!

Re: Org Mode for Emacs – Your Life in Plain Text

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Post by [deleted] »

chm wrote: post #63
atemerev wrote: post #62

Tried to switch to vim/Emacs repeatedly for more than 10 years, never understood the reason of cryptic commands and shortcuts, that was OK 25 years ago, but since then, keyboards got, say, _arrow keys_. Alt-F is "forward one word"? OK, can be memorized, but there is Alt-right arrow for everything else, much more intuitive. UI matters. Shortcuts and their relationships are part of the UI, and it's horrible for Emacs.…

Vim and Emacs are two different beasts. My personal setup is using Spacemacs, after having my own clumsy customization on both Vim and Emacs. So now I use Emacs with Vim keybindings. Spacemacs has been suggested many many times in similar threads. I also suggest you give it a try, as its keybindings are very user friendly and documentation is good. And per your specific example: Vim has a great system to move around…

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