Org mode 9.0 released
I love Org mostly for its ability to link to stuff. In my mind it's the big feature that sets it apart from using, say, a separate application to do my task management. For instance:
- When I'm reading email (in emacs), I can quickly create a TODO that links back to the current email I'm reading (most of my TODOs, in fact, link to an email, so this is very useful),
- For my org file where I keep notes about the servers I'm running, I might link to a specific line on a remote apache config,
- For a bug report I might link to a specific git commit in a project to look at later
Any TODO that is important gets scheduled, so that it is linked to from the agenda view. In this way it's very hard for me to lose track of anything, despite most of my work communication happening through email. In fact I now prefer email over using something like Basecamp, because org makes it easier for me to manage!
Reading through the list of changes, I am very happy that I moved away from org mode.
- New syntax for export blocks
- org-file-apps no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
- Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
- Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
So in other words, for the classes I teach every two years, I can forget about being able to open up my previous files and have them just work. This was a constant battle and is pretty much unique to org mode.
I really recommend everyone to try it. The power of org mode lies in its simplicity. No fancy gui, not too many features but allows creating and extending. When you need to be productive you need a simple tool so you do not spend your time being busy instead of working
I've tried to use org mode several times. Its functionality is truly great, but having to use emacs to use it is too much of a hurdle for me. I struggle to remember all the emacs key combinations, so in the end I just give up and revert to text files.
It would be great if someone ported org mode out of emacs. I've tried the Sublime Text org mode package[0] but it's still too bare to be useful. Does anyone know of an alternative way to use it?
I'm a fan of using org mode files on Github. Hopefully, Github continues to expand org support:
https://github.com/melling/ios_topics/blob/master/README.org
https://github.com/melling/ComputerLanguages
https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/README...
What are Org users doing for mobile access? Using the phone to ssh to an emacs? Using mobile org? I also saw an Org plugin for an iOS editor. How do you keep it synched?
I need tasklists to be accessible on the phone.
anyone have any good introduction tutorials for
1. org agenda integration into their todo lists 2. babel mode? i'd love to integrate code into some of study guides for interviews
love emacs, but i never feel like im using more than 1% of org mode's potential.
Anyone have any org-mode config settings that they've found invaluable? I finally have my normal emacs config mostly working how I want it, so why not go in and add more stuff to it with org-mode!
More and more I keep wanting to try emacs or vim, because nothing else seems to work as far as productivity. I've tried Evernote and a bunch of other applications, nothing seems to be useful (to me). I always stick to my notepads of paper and pens, that may never change.
I do mostly front end work, so the tools I'm constantly in is in iTerm 2, Adobe products, Mail, Sublime, and Transmit for SFTP.
Would there be any benefit of spending time learning these? Where does one even begin?
The most crucial thing for me is the inheritance of org-block face by src-blocks. Now finally I'm once again able to use fixed-width font for all codes and variable-width font for all normal notes, which greatly optimizes the reading experience. This has been an issue since org 8.2.1
The page doesn't show the changes for 9.0 for me yet.
Here is a link to the git repository of the org-file containing those changes:
Curiously to try it!
> New option org-attach-commit
> When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in a git repository.
Anyone knows if it would work with org-store-link in magit? That would be handy.
I don't know how I've never heard of it, but now I know what are those .org files. Can anyone explain what's big win with org vs say markdown?