Hello Worg, the Org-Mode Community

> The page you're reading is part of Worg, a section of the Org-mode web site that is written by a volunteer community of Org-mode fans: Worg sources are hosted here.

It includes tutorials, ideas, code snippets, etc., shared to make your introduction and customization of Org-mode as easy as possible. Worg is maintained by a group of Worg contributors, and maybe you.

Re: Hello Worg, the Org-Mode Community

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Post by dig1 » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 7:46 PM UTC

sointeresting wrote: post #2

Well I have absolutely no idea what worg is.

The details are here [1]; the OP should probably add a clearer explanation.

[1] https://orgmode.org/worg/worg-about.html - Worg is a collaborative knowledge database about Org (Emacs org-mode).

Re: Hello Worg, the Org-Mode Community

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Post by xannabxlle » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 8:39 PM UTC

sointeresting wrote: post #2

Well I have absolutely no idea what worg is.

Yeah I had to CTRL-F Worg until I found the about link. Super confusing why they chose to link something else.

Re: Hello Worg, the Org-Mode Community

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Post by xannabxlle » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 8:39 PM UTC

Well despite the website being ambiguous about Worg until finding the about page, I support the project. I just hope it isn't as obtuse in its actualy tutorials.

Re: Hello Worg, the Org-Mode Community

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Post by shadowgovt » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 9:22 PM UTC

dig1 wrote: post #5

sointeresting wrote: post #2

Well I have absolutely no idea what worg is.

The details are here [1]; the OP should probably add a clearer explanation. [1] https://orgmode.org/worg/worg-about.html - Worg is a collaborative knowledge database about Org (Emacs org-mode).

How does that differ from the rest of orgmode.org? Is worg a wiki?

Re: Hello Worg, the Org-Mode Community

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Post by ordu » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 9:55 PM UTC

So many good words, but they all miss the crucial point: you can't write a parser for org-mode. So elisp interpreted is needed to run the lisp code that defines it. It means that org-mode can be good while you are using it from emacs, and it sucks for anything else.

I use markdown now, because you have a lot of tools to deal with markdown, while all tools for org-mode are bound to emacs. Which is perfectly fits the emacs philosophy of emacs being an operating system, but it is not for me. It was fun 20 years ago, but now when I'm thinking of tinkering with emacs configuration for hours to get anything done, I feel an impulse to run away.

Re: Hello Worg, the Org-Mode Community

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Post by jcgrillo » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 10:02 PM UTC

ordu wrote: post #9

So many good words, but they all miss the crucial point: you can't write a parser for org-mode. So elisp interpreted is needed to run the lisp code that defines it. It means that org-mode can be good while you are using it from emacs, and it sucks for anything else. I use markdown now, because you have a lot of tools to deal with markdown, while all tools for org-mode are bound to emacs. Which is perfectly fits the e…

I also don't use org-mode anymore, but sometimes I really do miss org-babel-tangle. In contexts where doctests aren't available it can be really helpful for making sure code listings actually work.