Emacs Org-mode - a system for note-taking and project planning

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Strong rec baddox · 2011-04 · on “Grokking Org-mode and putting it in charge”

It's funny. I've been using Emacs as my sole editor for about 8 months now, but I still haven't been able to reach enlightenment with org-mode. I have it installed, and I occasionally use it for todo lists, but I guess I'm just not good enough with it to see its value. I think the main stumbling block is the documentation (as with most things Emacs). There needs to be some use cases or something. Even the enthusiastic bloggers never seen to give concrete examples. The best advertisement for org-mode I've seen is this long Google Tech Talk: [this video]

Strong rec BeetleB · 2020-09 · on “Toward a “modern” Emacs”

First, the proper way would be to use the appropriate mode for LaTeX (auctex). It has a keybinding. I don't use that mode, though, do I can't tell you how to set it up. I use org-mode, which lets you embed LaTeX formulae. I use this often, but surprisingly am not seeing anything in my Emacs config for this, so it may work out of the box. You do need some packages installed on your machine (dvipng, latex, etc). I already had them installed, so for me it was a simple matter of the keybinding: C-c C-x C-l Details from the manual: [LINK] Perhaps a friendlier guide: [LINK] If you're not familiar with org-mode, it is highly recommended. Its learning curve is quite shallow. I'm sure there are tutor

Recommends aduric · 2009-07 · on “HN: I just started my own company, any recommended task management software?”

If you're familiar with Emacs you can use Org-mode. There's actually a pretty good video from its creator that shows you the main features: [this video]

Recommends RMPR · 2020-12 · on “Measuring "efficiency" in document prepration: Microsoft Word vs. LaTex”

Actually you can use org-mode without that much of a learning curve (at least in its basic form). Just pick an Emacs distribution (doom, spacemacs, ...) which come with pretty handy defaults, create an org-file and that's it. I use org-mode myself and didn't take the time to "learn" Emacs. This Google talk[0] was pretty handy to get familiar with org. 0: [this video]

Recommends emporas · 2024-03 · on “Scientists rename genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates (2020)”

One good solution rather than Excel is org-mode. See the original Google talk by org-mode creator [1]. At some point 30 minutes or so, he explains how to use org-mode as a spreadsheet. Not so powerful as Excel, even though missing features might be trivially added. I haven't tried it myself but i want to really dive into it's functionality. Org-mode is really great at many things, spreadsheets might as well be one more. [1] [this video]

Cites pietrofmaggi · 2010-08 · on “OmniFocus v Things – Mac / iPad / iPhone”

What do you use on the iPad? On my iPod touch I use mobileOrg ( [LINK] ) with Dropbox sync and it works very well. And using emacs+org-mode on my Mac (or Windows or *nix) machine I have all my stuff in text files (with a backup on dropbox). And org-mode can do a lot more: Emacs Org-mode - a system for note-taking and project planning Google Tech Talks [this video]

Cites rndn · 2015-01 · on “Ask HN: How do you manage/organize information and knowledge in your life?”

Org-mode is a really good replacement for MediaWiki. You can manage links, tables and lists all with simple and reliable text files with .org suffix in Emacs. [this video]

Cites otalp · 2017-01 · on “Paper is the real 'killer app'”

I never liked all the multitude of list making apps - Evernote, Todoist, Omnifocus, etc. I prefer org-mode[1] on emacs. It's simple, flexible, distraction free and for some reason reminds me of writing on paper. You get the simplicity, while also making it as powerful as you want. 1- [this video]