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Ask HN: What is the vi/m equivalent of the Emacs “Org Mode”

1 points by CarolineW 11y ago

I've never used Emacs, but am pretty fluent in vim. I regularly see people sing the praises of "Org Mode" in Emacs, but rarely see a coherent explanation of what it is, or what it does. I've read around a bit, still not much the wiser, and would be interested in any HN-readers' recommendations for a vim equivalent. Anyone?

melling 11y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/2mqaym/which_plugin_for_vim_comes_close_to_orgmode_from/ https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/2mqaym/which_plugin_fo...
- CarolineW 11y ago
  Huh - somehow I missed that in my searches - thank you. I guess part of the problem is I've never seen it in action, and never seen a really good description of what it is and does. I'll hunt some more - thanks again.
  - melling 11y ago
    Org mode is simply a markdown language. You can use it on Github, for example. Any file that ends in .org will be rendered as org. README.org, for instance: http://github.com/melling/SwiftResources/blob/master/README.org http://github.com/melling/SwiftResources/blob/master/README....
qohen 11y ago
There are YouTube videos demonstrating what org-mode does, including this 18 minute one (many others in the side-bar): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgizHHd7nOo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgizHHd7nOo And, on Org-mode's Wikipedia page -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Org-mode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Org-mode -- there is this list of Vim plug-ins: Vim text editor (for Unix, Linux, Apple's OS X, MS Windows, Android, iOS...), which has plugins[39] with subsets of the Emacs Org-mode functionality: VimOrganizer - An Emacs Org-mode clone for Vim. vim-orgmode - Text outlining and task management for Vim based on Emacs Org-mode. VOoM - Outliner including an Org markup mode. vxfold.vim - Fold cycling similar to Emacs Org-mode. Another alternative is to use emulation layers such as Viper or Evil for Vi/Vim key bindings in Emacs.[40]*

1 points by CarolineW 11y ago

melling 11y ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/2mqaym/which_plugin_for_vim_comes_close_to_orgmode_from/ https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/2mqaym/which_plugin_fo...

CarolineW 11y ago
Huh - somehow I missed that in my searches - thank you. I guess part of the problem is I've never seen it in action, and never seen a really good description of what it is and does. I'll hunt some more - thanks again.
- melling 11y ago
  Org mode is simply a markdown language. You can use it on Github, for example. Any file that ends in .org will be rendered as org. README.org, for instance: http://github.com/melling/SwiftResources/blob/master/README.org http://github.com/melling/SwiftResources/blob/master/README....

qohen 11y ago

There are YouTube videos demonstrating what org-mode does, including this 18 minute one (many others in the side-bar): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgizHHd7nOo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgizHHd7nOo And, on Org-mode's Wikipedia page -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Org-mode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Org-mode -- there is this list of Vim plug-ins: Vim text editor (for Unix, Linux, Apple's OS X, MS Windows, Android, iOS...), which has plugins[39] with subsets of the Emacs Org-mode functionality: VimOrganizer - An Emacs Org-mode clone for Vim. vim-orgmode - Text outlining and task management for Vim based on Emacs Org-mode. VOoM - Outliner including an Org markup mode. vxfold.vim - Fold cycling similar to Emacs Org-mode. Another alternative is to use emulation layers such as Viper or Evil for Vi/Vim key bindings in Emacs.[40]*