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Org as a Word Processor

144 points by lelf 11y ago

melling 11y ago
Sublime and vim have org support. I have them listed in my notes: https://github.com/melling/EditorNotes/blob/master/org-mode.org https://github.com/melling/EditorNotes/blob/master/org-mode.... I have an Atom package listed too but I'm not sure how good it is.
- Derbasti 11y ago
  While impressive, these only scratch the surface of what org-mode can do. For example, they lack the spreadsheet, the time tracker, the agenda, and the export framework. Still, even just supporting the basic syntax is useful.
  - Lio 11y ago
    For the export framework, is there something that Org-mode supplies that Pandoc wouldn't? Vim (and I would expect the others also) has good support for Pandoc.
    - Derbasti 11y ago
      LOADS! Time tracking, calendars, spreadsheets, tagging and searching, ...
sndean 11y ago
Somewhat related: I was amazed how easy it is to make a good looking pdf with code snippets from LaTeX in Org-mode. It makes it look like you've spent a lot of time on it.. http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-LaTeX.html http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-L...
mumphster 11y ago
Definitely check out spacemacs [0] for some really great org-mode defaults after adding the org-mode layer [1]. This has been my go to editor on windows/linux/osx for quite a few months now and its great. [0] https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs [1] https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/tree/master/layers/org https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/tree/master/layers/org
- evanriley 11y ago
  In general how do you feel about spacemacs in the long term? I've been looking to learn emacs and spacemacs looks like a great starting point, but after awhile would you look to creating an emacs config specifically for you, or does spacemacs leave enough freedom to do what you want after you've gotten used to everything?
  - adamkruszewski 11y ago
    It leaves a lot of freedom. I have even redefined some spacemacs internal functions to suit my needs (but I don't recommend doing that, spacemacs is heavily developed and they shuffle/refactor things all the time).
    - evanriley 11y ago
      Sounds good, thanks!
  - bigmanwalter 11y ago
    Spacemacs uses a "layers" feature which sort of groups together different packages from all over the emacs ecosystem into somewhat cohesive all-inclusive-packages. Things like layers for specific languages which would include syntax hilighting, code completion, snippets, etc... Generally, this makes things super convenient for you. It takes a fraction of the effort and research to get a new language or feature going. It also means that if you need something different from the defaults, it's another thing to learn how to modify a layer to suit your needs (not as simple as I had hoped). Also, if the package you want isn't available as a layer, you have to create your own custom layer for it. This gets you trying to think about organizing your packages, which while maybe useful, can be a big time sink too. Using it for about 3 months now, it's quickly become my go-to editor. I'm very happy with the defaults provided by spacemacs layers, and haven't yet felt the need to modify them much. I did look into it once and got scared away. All the customizations I've made are in regard to Emacs defaults themselves, and fit nicely into my .spacemacs file. Learning emacs and vim from decades old documentation is quite a journey. Keep an eye out for Stackoverflow answers. They tend to be the most up to date and relevant.

144 points by lelf 11y ago

Sublime and vim have org support. I have them listed in my notes: https://github.com/melling/EditorNotes/blob/master/org-mode.org https://github.com/melling/EditorNotes/blob/master/org-mode.... I have an Atom package listed too but I'm not sure how good it is.

Derbasti 11y ago
While impressive, these only scratch the surface of what org-mode can do. For example, they lack the spreadsheet, the time tracker, the agenda, and the export framework. Still, even just supporting the basic syntax is useful.
- Lio 11y ago
  For the export framework, is there something that Org-mode supplies that Pandoc wouldn't? Vim (and I would expect the others also) has good support for Pandoc.
  - Derbasti 11y ago
    LOADS! Time tracking, calendars, spreadsheets, tagging and searching, ...

sndean 11y ago

Somewhat related: I was amazed how easy it is to make a good looking pdf with code snippets from LaTeX in Org-mode. It makes it look like you've spent a lot of time on it.. http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-LaTeX.html http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-L...

mumphster 11y ago

Definitely check out spacemacs [0] for some really great org-mode defaults after adding the org-mode layer [1]. This has been my go to editor on windows/linux/osx for quite a few months now and its great. [0] https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs [1] https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/tree/master/layers/org https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/tree/master/layers/org

evanriley 11y ago
In general how do you feel about spacemacs in the long term? I've been looking to learn emacs and spacemacs looks like a great starting point, but after awhile would you look to creating an emacs config specifically for you, or does spacemacs leave enough freedom to do what you want after you've gotten used to everything?
- adamkruszewski 11y ago
  It leaves a lot of freedom. I have even redefined some spacemacs internal functions to suit my needs (but I don't recommend doing that, spacemacs is heavily developed and they shuffle/refactor things all the time).
  - evanriley 11y ago
    Sounds good, thanks!
- bigmanwalter 11y ago
  Spacemacs uses a "layers" feature which sort of groups together different packages from all over the emacs ecosystem into somewhat cohesive all-inclusive-packages. Things like layers for specific languages which would include syntax hilighting, code completion, snippets, etc... Generally, this makes things super convenient for you. It takes a fraction of the effort and research to get a new language or feature going. It also means that if you need something different from the defaults, it's another thing to learn how to modify a layer to suit your needs (not as simple as I had hoped). Also, if the package you want isn't available as a layer, you have to create your own custom layer for it. This gets you trying to think about organizing your packages, which while maybe useful, can be a big time sink too. Using it for about 3 months now, it's quickly become my go-to editor. I'm very happy with the defaults provided by spacemacs layers, and haven't yet felt the need to modify them much. I did look into it once and got scared away. All the customizations I've made are in regard to Emacs defaults themselves, and fit nicely into my .spacemacs file. Learning emacs and vim from decades old documentation is quite a journey. Keep an eye out for Stackoverflow answers. They tend to be the most up to date and relevant.