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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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Post by throwanem »

cygned wrote: post #8

I write lectures for university in org-mode. The PDF export (org -> LaTeX -> PDF) with org-beamer and a theme makes it a nice looking presentation. I can check into Git, can copy and paste layouts, have a great search and don't have to leave the keyboard (which over time has actually become quite a big deal for me). Just wished Preview would show thumbnails in the TouchBar.

For those uninterested in getting into a LaTeX presentation tool, there's also a package [1] supporting export from org-mode to Reveal.js presentations. I've found it to work quite well, and to be much more convenient than any more GUI-focused tool.

[1] https://github.com/yjwen/org-reveal

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by morbidhawk »

_jal wrote: post #35
morbidhawk wrote: post #32

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I stopped using org-mode for a time after having invested a lot of time in learning all the cool stuff you can do because I felt like it was overkill and I was trying to do too much with it and organizing everything was becoming a chore. If you look at all it can do, it has so many capabilities (outlining, gtd, wiki, blogging, ebook publishing, presentations, time tracking, etc). Recently, I came back to it just to u…

Not sure if it is the same thing, but I find myself sometimes procrastinating by noodling with software features. It isn't the fault of org-mode (or any other software), it is mine, for not being disciplined enough. "Distraction free" apps don't work, because I frequently need to switch windows a lot and need some fancy features. Really, the answer for me is to work on staying focused. (Perhaps a lobotomy would help.…

Yes I've done this a lot too. Emacs is the perfect environment for doing this too, but it really isn't too blame. I also have a problem wasting too much time on reddit and HN. If I put all this time I've been spending reading forum comments into instead reading really high quality content material (maybe books, wikipedia, or even good source code) I'd probably be a lot more skilled than I am. But, yeah the problem is me, and I agree looking to software (like discract-free apps) to solve the problem for me is counter-productive

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by jesse_m »

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.

The only thing I can't stand is that you can schedule things and deadlines but no alarms or notifications go off.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by davidrupp »

amackera wrote: post #36

Every time I see something about org-mode posted, I get mad FOMO and decide to re-dedicate my life to learning emacs and everything it has to offer. Then a little while later I inevitably drift back to vim. It's getting to the point where I need to just ignore cool stuff like this post in order to get on with my life.

alias vi=emacs

I added this to my bash profile when I got serious about learning emacs. I was not a vi power user by any stretch, but it had been my default for years. I much prefer emacs now.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by desireco42 »

For all those who are coming from Vim and experience FOMO... I learned Emacs, it is fantastic editor. Org mode, it is nice, I tried to use it several times, it is a little bit overengineered, but very smart. I wasn't as awestruck with it.

I find whole Emacs ecosystem slow. After I type, things are slowly happening one, by one. Org Mode, especially coming from Vim is not that impressive, I do respect history of it.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by matt-noonan »

Steeeve wrote: post #53
Y_Y wrote: post #9

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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.

Oh, but you can! Check out ein-mode: https://tkf.github.io/emacs-ipython-notebook/

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by zeveb »

badminton1 wrote: post #17
dredmorbius wrote: post #13

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Would that be this? https://jupyter.org/ (Your comment could be substantially improved by pointing to the source, and perhaps explaining why the tool is preferable, in your view.)

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.

I can't really compare the learning curves of Jupyter 7 org-mode, but I think org-mode's learning curve can be very easy (a lot of people make the mistake of trying to do everything all at once, rather than just using the things they need as they need them — I've been guilty of this in the past), and since org-mode just operates on simple text files it's extraordinarily easy to share documents.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by dfrey »

itamarst wrote: post #46
amackera wrote: post #36

Every time I see something about org-mode posted, I get mad FOMO and decide to re-dedicate my life to learning emacs and everything it has to offer. Then a little while later I inevitably drift back to vim. It's getting to the point where I need to just ignore cool stuff like this post in order to get on with my life.

Try http://spacemacs.org with Evil mode - vi keybindings, all the power of emacs, and emacs pre-configured to work well out of the box.

spacemacs is all of the power of vim and emacs with all of the complexity of vim and emacs. Having said that, it's what I'm using for writing code now.

Re: Emacs org-mode examples and cookbook

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Post by taude »

i used to use org-mode a lot back in the day, but I lost my emacs config, and since then haven't really gone back. I always have a fond memory of organizing my tech life with org-mode, though. It was truly ahead of its time, but I feel there's better tools for the job now, that specialize in doing each of the many things org-mode does, but better.

Some alternatives I used off and on for a bit: * NValt * Respose Notes * Evernote * Plain Tasks for Sublime Text https://github.com/aziz/PlainTasks * Workflowy * Other web-based/mobile optimized tools

It's still a great tool for managing a single dev's work life, especially if using emacs, but I've found more modern tools, with collaboration built in, pretty formatting for non-techies, etc. a little more flexible.

(I also dare to say that I'm on Microsoft OneNote these days, mostly because I work in a multi-platform environment.)

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