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Re: Org Mode Release 8.0

#11

Post by reeses »

rodly wrote: post #9

I'm interested in using org-mode to take notes in class. Anyone have any resources for getting started? I'm using latest OSX.

The easiest thing to do is to install a variant of emacs on your machine (aquamacs is fine but stuck at version 23 of emacs). It probably comes with org already at this point.

I assume the things you'll want to track are facts and tasks. You'll want to capture as quickly as possible for later organization.

It really is as simple as typing to get started. Then you can go back later and re-organize your notes, tasks, etc. according to whichever system you prefer.

Some tutorials that seem to be well-paced for org newbies are available at http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/.

http://sachachua.com/blog/2008/01/outlining-your-notes-with-... (old, but you probably want the basics to get hooked first :-))

http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html (includes a good guide to the state of tasks, among lots of other things to orgify just about every aspect of your existence)

Re: Org Mode Release 8.0

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Post by brvs »

reeses wrote: post #11
rodly wrote: post #9

I'm interested in using org-mode to take notes in class. Anyone have any resources for getting started? I'm using latest OSX.

The easiest thing to do is to install a variant of emacs on your machine (aquamacs is fine but stuck at version 23 of emacs). It probably comes with org already at this point. I assume the things you'll want to track are facts and tasks. You'll want to capture as quickly as possible for later organization. It really is as simple as typing to get started. Then you can go back later and re-organize your notes, tasks, e…

I like using homebrew (http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/) to install emacs.

To install a GUI version it's "brew install emacs --cocoa".

Re: Org Mode Release 8.0

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Post by reeses »

brvs wrote: post #12
reeses wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The easiest thing to do is to install a variant of emacs on your machine (aquamacs is fine but stuck at version 23 of emacs). It probably comes with org already at this point. I assume the things you'll want to track are facts and tasks. You'll want to capture as quickly as possible for later organization. It really is as simple as typing to get started. Then you can go back later and re-organize your notes, tasks, e…

I like using homebrew ( http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/ ) to install emacs. To install a GUI version it's "brew install emacs --cocoa".

That's my preference as well, but integrating it with your app launcher of choice (among other things) can be a little more challenging. The alias in /Applications is a particular pain if you try to use Alfred or Spotlight, but maybe Quicksilver works fine. You only need to open emacs on startup anyway. :-)

Re: Org Mode Release 8.0

#14

Post by virtualmic »

jazzychad wrote: post #3

I love org-mode. I have never found an online todo-list or task manager that I like to use... but plain-text lists fit my mental model perfectly. org-mode is plain text on steroids... also the clocking abilities while doing tasks is incredible.

Yup, me too. I use it exclusively to manage all my ongoing projects, whether related to programming or not. The way it handles contexts (I do it via tags), ToDo keywords, numerous custom agenda views, is just plain awesome!

Just the other day I was thinking of a good web front, which can be made for org files which are in Dropbox or something. Then, when on a computer with emacs, those files can be edited via emacs and otherwise, via the web app. This would also help in bringing other non emacs people on the orgmode wagon.

Re: Org Mode Release 8.0

#15

Post by quiesce »

reeses wrote: post #11
rodly wrote: post #9

I'm interested in using org-mode to take notes in class. Anyone have any resources for getting started? I'm using latest OSX.

The easiest thing to do is to install a variant of emacs on your machine (aquamacs is fine but stuck at version 23 of emacs). It probably comes with org already at this point. I assume the things you'll want to track are facts and tasks. You'll want to capture as quickly as possible for later organization. It really is as simple as typing to get started. Then you can go back later and re-organize your notes, tasks, e…

The quite stable nightly builds of Aquamacs 3 are based upon emacs 24 and available here: http://aquamacs.org/nightlies.shtml

Re: Org Mode Release 8.0

#16

Post by mkhattab »

rodly wrote: post #9

I'm interested in using org-mode to take notes in class. Anyone have any resources for getting started? I'm using latest OSX.

Just download Emacs from here: http://emacsformacosx.com

Org-mode is perfect for taking notes in class, especially if it's a programming class. In that case, you could use Org-Babel[1].

[1]: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/

Re: Org Mode Release 8.0

#17

Post by lispython »

If you find Org-mode hard/complicate to use, you could skip the agenda and export function, they are the most difficult part in Org-mode. But if you only use Org-mode to keep/organize notes or make outlines, it is a perfect tool.

Some other application could handle the agenda part and integrate with your OS better, like Omnifocus etc.

But the user experience of MobileOrg (the mobile client of Org-mode) is not very well, it may be the only weak point I could see.

Re: Org Mode Release 8.0

#18

Post by pilooch »

Working with people who use org-mode to schedule and sort their daily professional activities with it when you're not is... quite an interesting experience.

I remember this guy popping up every time on the channel right at 3:00pm sharp, as planned. Another dev used to say 'org-mode tells me that I need to talk to you now'.

For the semi-unsupervised messy crowd out there, I thought I would give a pointer to Basket intead, http://basket.kde.org/ Less powerful than org though!

Re: Org Mode Release 8.0

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Post by DigitalJack »

kindahero wrote: post #5

Org is very active, high profile project, the number of changes from previous major release are just amazing. git diff release_7.01 release_8.0 --stat [snip] 352 files changed, 119010 insertions(+), 80849 deletions(-)

Org has 352+ files? I plead ignorance, but that strikes me as absurd.

Re: Org Mode Release 8.0

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Post by inox »

virtualmic wrote: post #14
jazzychad wrote: post #3

I love org-mode. I have never found an online todo-list or task manager that I like to use... but plain-text lists fit my mental model perfectly. org-mode is plain text on steroids... also the clocking abilities while doing tasks is incredible.

Yup, me too. I use it exclusively to manage all my ongoing projects, whether related to programming or not. The way it handles contexts (I do it via tags), ToDo keywords, numerous custom agenda views, is just plain awesome! Just the other day I was thinking of a good web front, which can be made for org files which are in Dropbox or something. Then, when on a computer with emacs, those files can be edited via emacs a…

this! an online editor would be so great
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