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Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Org-mode is one of those things that I regret not learning about when I used Emacs full-time. I've had a few friends now show me how it's completely changed their workflow, but since it's not terribly popular in Vim-land (though I am aware there is a port to Vim), I haven't really had a chance to really learn it.

Check out http://spacemacs.org/ . Adding the org layer is a one-liner: 'org' in dotspacemacs-configuration-layers.

I've actually used Spacemacs, but the problem with all these "recreate your Vim setup in another editor" things is that you end up having to redo your entire config. I've had years of custom key-rebindings and tweaks to my `.vimrc` that I don't really feel like redoing for something else.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can jupyter do tables and diagrams followed by code snippets in multiple languages?

Yes. You can use cell magic to change the language for each cell and you can display HTML/latex output inline or just mix computations in with markdown. The only problem is that the editor is just a text box with annoying bracket matching instead of Emacs.

I really want to like Jupyter. But taking notes or working through things in a textbox element just doesn't cut it.

If I could build my notebooks in emacs...

But then org mode has most of the same functionality.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

#54
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is a very well known project, I didn't feel the need to introduce it. You can see some demos here: https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter/wiki/A-gallery-of-interes... It's free/open source and can embed lots of different technologies: https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter/wiki/Jupyter-kernels I think Jupyter is very powerful, the learning curve is lower, and you can share your documents in an easy way if you need to.

It is very well known as IPython which is now on referring to the kernel of (Interactive Python). Project Jupyter is the name for the Notebook and it has access to many different kernels and is language agnostic now. Your comment is condescending and not very informative.

> Your comment is condescending.

No, it's really not. Please assume good faith.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

#55

Looks great but I personally prefer to take notes with jupyter notebook. For TODO lists I prefer Asana, since it will send you e-mails/push notifications, and has a website + mobile app.

You can do both: http://millejoh.github.io/emacs-ipython-notebook/

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

#56
post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is a very well known project, I didn't feel the need to introduce it. You can see some demos here: https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter/wiki/A-gallery-of-interes... It's free/open source and can embed lots of different technologies: https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter/wiki/Jupyter-kernels I think Jupyter is very powerful, the learning curve is lower, and you can share your documents in an easy way if you need to.

It is very well known as IPython which is now on referring to the kernel of (Interactive Python). Project Jupyter is the name for the Notebook and it has access to many different kernels and is language agnostic now. Your comment is condescending and not very informative.

Its official name has been Jupyter for a while now (3 years), since IPython was decoupled from the notebook.

Please do not use ad-hominem.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

#57

I tried to get into org mode and even ordered the printed manual, but it was just too much configuration work and shortcut memorizing, to be honest. Maybe another time. For now I've reverted to using an Action Day Planner [1] and Leuchtturm1917 [2] notebooks with numbered pages for notes, and I'm fairly happy with this system. In hindsight, given the many things I've tried, email + pencil&paper is still hard to beat.…

They're for different kinds of work, really. I use a Leuchtturm1917 with a nice fountain pen for deep thinking and analysis, and org-mode for running notes while doing work.

org-mode is very deep, and you shouldn't try to learn it all at once. Start off small in a way that you find it useful, then start adding in features as you need. There's no need to use all, or even many, of the features for most use cases.

But it's nice to have them when needed.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

#58
Question I've found myself running into with org-mode. How do you use it to collaborate and share notes with others?

I work in a Windows shop (Microsoft data platform partner), and most of my coworkers don't even know what emacs is. I can always export my own notes to HTML or similar for others to consume, but most of my coworkers are using OneNote. I prefer org-mode to OneNote, but for convenience I use OneNote since we can collaborate better.

I didn't find anything that can ingest and spit out OneNote compatible notebooks when I looked.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

#59
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've found this series of videos on YouTube to be a very good introduction. The speaker starts with very basic concepts and builds on them in each successive video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQS06Qjnkcc&list=PLVtKhBrRV_...

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

#60
I have been a heavy user of Emacs for six years or so.

However, I never really got into org-mode. I use it for some simple notes and lists, but I never export them into any different format. If I want to produce a well-formatted PDF, I directly write LaTeX with the help of some very nice Emacs modes. For online documents I feel that some sort of Markdown is often the most practical choice. So far, in my experience there was little overlap in between these use cases for the same documents.

This cookbook, however, is a very nice resource. Maybe one of these tricks will convince me to use org-mode more productively at some point.

I thought org-mode would be useful for personal task management, but I find it to offer way to many intricate options for that. The restricted feature set of Wunderlist is actually better for me, and having all lists always fully available on any device and the web is extremely useful.

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