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Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by dredmorbius »

nextos wrote: post #18
dredmorbius wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An even better Android client for org-mode: 1. Install the Termux app. 2. Install the Termux API app. 3. Install the Termux api CLI tools via apt. You now have access to clipboard. 4. Install Emacs within termux. Termux offers an apt-based package management system, and a substantial, though partial, set of Debian-based packages. (592 packages as I write this -- a full Debian archive is >60k packages now.) There are…

This is a great setup. However, on a small screen phone without a physical keyboard I tend to prefer a touch-based application. I rarely make any edits to my org files, but I often want to have a quick look.

Fair enough, though a larger tablet (8-10") and bluetooth keyboard makes for an excellent mobile platform.

IMO the phone form-factor is too small for any really effective use, and a dedicated dumbphone, or more stationary use of IP-based voice comms is generally a preferred option.

I've almost completely abandoned voice comms, as it happens.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by jordskott »

baby wrote: post #15

Every time I try to get into org-mode, I just don't get where to start and how to do things. So I end up going back to Sublime text, creating markdown files to take my notes, works well.

The beauty of orgmode is that you don't need to learn everything to start using it, actually, you can just start with your typical workflow and look for stuff as you need.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by nextos »

dredmorbius wrote: post #21
nextos wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a great setup. However, on a small screen phone without a physical keyboard I tend to prefer a touch-based application. I rarely make any edits to my org files, but I often want to have a quick look.

Fair enough, though a larger tablet (8-10") and bluetooth keyboard makes for an excellent mobile platform. IMO the phone form-factor is too small for any really effective use, and a dedicated dumbphone, or more stationary use of IP-based voice comms is generally a preferred option. I've almost completely abandoned voice comms, as it happens.

On a tablet, as you said, there's no contest. The termux setup you suggest is superior.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by badminton1 »

leblancfg wrote: post #19
badminton1 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of the things in the article are supported. You can format text and tables via Markdown, add MathJax equations, etc. Then you can write down code, evaluate it, and it can evaluate to images as well... charts and such. You can optionally export the resulting document to HTML and share it in static form, or just share a link to the notebook. In addition, github supports Jupyter notebooks.

Both serve a similar purpose, but are not exactly equivalent. I use Org to take notes and write prose. I guess Jupiter could be extended enough to support many features that Org provides... I guess it boils down to having a hierarchical vs sequential document as the base form, really.

Both are for taking notes (therefore the name Jupyter notebook).

Jupyter may already be more featured than org-mode through the kernels it embeds. e.g: SageMath alone is gigantic.

Then, if you don't enjoy the web interface you can use it within emacs if so you prefer.

https://github.com/millejoh/emacs-ipython-notebook

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by username223 »

baby wrote: post #15

Every time I try to get into org-mode, I just don't get where to start and how to do things. So I end up going back to Sublime text, creating markdown files to take my notes, works well.

I wouldn't start with this cookbook, which seems to be a laundry list of all the extremely hairy things you can do with Org. Think of it as an outliner with simple tables and spreadsheets: starting a line with "*"s makes it an outline heading, and "| something | like | this |" is a row in a table. That's how I've used it for years, despite being aware that it can do all sorts of other semi-related stuff. Don't venture down the rabbit hole of complexity unless you want to.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by Jtsummers »

baby wrote: post #15

Every time I try to get into org-mode, I just don't get where to start and how to do things. So I end up going back to Sublime text, creating markdown files to take my notes, works well.

I started with simple outlines. Then started using `TODO` and similar states to track tasks and projects, along with checklists. There's a ton that I never use, I'm honestly only using the following 95% of the time:

  * Headline 1 [1/2]
  ** TODO Headline 2 [2/4]                   :tag1:tag2:
    - [ ] Some incomplete task
    - [X] Some other task
    - [ ] [[http://example.com][Only this part shows]]
    - [X] C-c C-c will toggle the state
  ** DONE Headline 3
  ** Some code in this one                    :code:
    #+BEGIN_SRC elisp
      (defun some-function (foo)
         ...)
    #+END_SRC
But when I want more, it's there, and I can extend it. I toyed around with, but didn't complete, having rust code snippets exported to temp files that would be compiled with the output pushed back into the buffer, for example. Just stole the org-babel code for handling C and tweaked it. I made custom states for handling my org file which contains my ledger file (ledger-cli user) so it more clearly matches my workflow. Same with links to JIRA entries at work, and creating a task management workflow that matched the way my work hours get billed and tracked by management.

OTOH, if Sublime and markdown works for you, keep using it. Nothing beats a functioning tool, in the end.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by lima »

username223 wrote: post #25
baby wrote: post #15

Every time I try to get into org-mode, I just don't get where to start and how to do things. So I end up going back to Sublime text, creating markdown files to take my notes, works well.

I wouldn't start with this cookbook, which seems to be a laundry list of all the extremely hairy things you can do with Org. Think of it as an outliner with simple tables and spreadsheets: starting a line with "*"s makes it an outline heading, and "| something | like | this |" is a row in a table. That's how I've used it for years, despite being aware that it can do all sorts of other semi-related stuff. Don't ventur…

Exactly. Just use org-mode like you use your markdown files, and add additional features as you need them.

You don't need 90% of those massively complicated setups that you get when you Google "org mode tutorial".

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by j7ake »

nextos wrote: post #4

It's worth noting a great Android client for org-mode has been recently open sourced: http://www.orgzly.com/ https://github.com/orgzly https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/com.orgzly It was a little annoyance we did not have anything as good as this before.

Thanks for this! I've been using orgmode on my computer but used Google keep instead because lack of Android capabilities.

I still use orgmode for tracking my time by clocking tasks. Unfortunately this Android app doesn't seem to provide this option.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by fosco »

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http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HsxJcXa...

I have gotten into org-mode a few months ago, simply amazing.

Edit: I see why I have been downvoted, but here is the error message I received.

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