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

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post #10

It's always good to see Org mode flagged up (though it gets a surprising amount of love on HN). I use Org more or less constantly, and I'll take this opportunity to note an Org-related observation that I've been mulling over for a bit. It's apropos of nothing, but then so was this submission :) The observation has to do with how new Org users get to know the system. The whole thing can seem pretty daunting, especiall…

> Stay in the Agenda, and if you must look at a file, do it with on the headline (followed by "o" when you're done)

I've been using Org for several years, but I never knew about the SPC/o combination in the Agenda (I recently discovered TAB). Thanks for sharing that!

Another great agenda feature is bulk editing. Mark entries with `m`, and then use `B` to act on them. Bulk refiling is really handy! Scatter is a neat feature too.

Also, I've come to really like indirect buffers (`org-tree-to-indirect-buffer`). You might also find this useful:

    (defun ap/org-agenda-goto-heading-in-indirect-buffer (&optional switch-to)
      "Go to the current agenda headline in an indirect buffer. If SWITCH-TO is non-nil, close the org-agenda window."
      (interactive)
      (if switch-to
          (org-agenda-switch-to)
        (org-agenda-goto))
      (org-tree-to-indirect-buffer)

      ;; Put the non-indirect buffer at the bottom of the prev-buffers
      ;; list so it won't be selected when the indirect buffer is killed
      (set-window-prev-buffers nil (append (cdr (window-prev-buffers))
                                           (car (window-prev-buffers)))))

    (defun ap/org-agenda-switch-to-heading-in-indirect-buffer ()
      (interactive)
      (ap/org-agenda-goto-heading-in-indirect-buffer t))

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

#212
post #144

I have written an org-mode replacement that addresses some of the key challenges (hard to learn, awkward) while keeping some key benefits (efficient from keyboard, extremely flexible), and adding huge flexibility in what can be done: http://onemodel.org It is a personal organizer, and the beginning of a platform to change how individuals (or mankind) manage knowledge overall. (Now with an improved web site.) Feedback…

Looks interesting, but Java is a turn-off for me. Even more of a turn-off for me is storing data in Postgres. Postgres is great, but one of the primary benefits of Org is that it stores data in plain-text. I can get data out of my Org files on any platform with any program that can view text files. To get data out of a Postgres file...is orders of magnitude more complicated. But it looks interesting. I'd recommend pu…

Just saw your reply. The app has export (& import) features to convert anything to (or from) an indented plain-text outline.

Thanks for the suggestion. There are screen shots under "about" then "what it is today" then "screen shots". I should probably put them on the top in a side frame or such.

The FAQs have in them somewhere, links to a discussion of a more detailed comparison with org-mode.

I could use web design input, maybe via lists or at the site.

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