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Org-mode reference card [pdf]

153 points by lordofuniverse 9y ago

aaronchall 9y ago
I like this card, but orgmode is on 9.0.8 - would be great if it could be updated.
- alexilliamson 9y ago
  Do you have an example or two of changed since since 7.8.11? As someone who started using org-mode at the end of last week, I'd like to make an informed decision on whether or not to go ahead and tattoo this to my forearms, or whether I should wait for an updated version.
  - throwanem 9y ago
    Org's interface is very stable. I've been using it since version 6 (Emacs 23, ca. 2009), and the next key binding that changes out from under me will be the first. Go ahead and get the tattoo; you won't be needing to get it lasered off any time soon. :)
    - aaronchall 9y ago
      They could at least update the declared version if nothing has changed...
_e 9y ago
I was really hoping that http://orgmode.org/orgcard.org http://orgmode.org/orgcard.org (replacing the .pdf with .org) existed so I didn't have to reinvent the wheel. I did find http://orgmode.org/worg/orgcard.html http://orgmode.org/worg/orgcard.html though.
- rjzzleep 9y ago
  it does, you just typoed it http://orgmode.org/worg/orgcard.org http://orgmode.org/worg/orgcard.org but the reference file is this: http://orgmode.org/orgcard.txt http://orgmode.org/orgcard.txt
_e 9y ago
If you want to create your own reference card for any software with org-mode then you will find this useful: https://github.com/fniessen/refcard-org-mode https://github.com/fniessen/refcard-org-mode
paultopia 9y ago
I keep trying to get into org mode, and it never gets a hold of me. Would love to hear what amazing things folks are doing with org mode that can't be achieved, e.g., with markdown.
- tangue 9y ago
  Here's mine : Clocking my time on some kind of loose todolist and generate the corresponding invoice directly
- deleted 9y ago
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- vim-guru 9y ago
  That list would be never-ending, but the thing that really makes it for me is the way you can do literate programming. On the other hand, I can rarely use it because my colleagues don't use Emacs
  - mickael-kerjean 9y ago
    There's a guys who wrote an integration with trello for the todo feature. It's working great :) Sure you have to pull and push manually but still it's awesome
- funkaster 9y ago
  for me it's the ability to publish my blog to a static set of html files (and have pretty-printed source code). The other thing I love is the agenda: having a set of files spread apart (I keep 3: personal, work, random) and add todos in there as part of free text, and be able to keep track of them in a centralized place is priceless. I also use those files as a journal, tagging them and searching later is very easy and a great way to document things (for personal purposes).
- freshhawk 9y ago
  For me it's the editor tools. Keeping my projects/todos/etc in a text file that is organized outliner style is really good, the org specific editor commands makes changing that file easy. Having the agenda view (calendar) generated, having sparse trees, having spreadsheet like tools, having precise and intuitive folding behaviour make it great. I don't care at all about the whole org->html pipeline. Who cares. It's not very good and it isn't better than markdown. I get that if you are already in the org world it's nice, but it's not the reason to get into that world.
ferdterguson 9y ago
I would pay actual dollars for an org-mode spacemacs reference
- _e 9y ago
  https://ontologicalblog.com/spacemacs-cheat-sheet-1/ https://ontologicalblog.com/spacemacs-cheat-sheet-1/
partycoder 9y ago
How do you get your information out of orgmode, e.g: for sharing/collaborating with other people? I find this to be very important as I do it often in Asana.
- dredmorbius 9y ago
  It's a textfile. Much of it can be converted to other forms, including PDFs or HTML.
- sn9 9y ago
  You can convert org-mode documents into LaTeX, html, txt files, etc. pretty easily from within Emacs. The org mode docs explains it. Takes all of 3 seconds when you know how to do it.
- vim-guru 9y ago
  Since you mention Asana your probably interested in the task-management side of org-mode. I know people simply check the documents into version-control. Whenever you've done a pull, your task-list has been updated as well. I know someone also made an integration for Asana, but I'm not sure how stable it is
wcummings 9y ago
M-x describe-mode

I like this card, but orgmode is on 9.0.8 - would be great if it could be updated.

alexilliamson 9y ago
Do you have an example or two of changed since since 7.8.11? As someone who started using org-mode at the end of last week, I'd like to make an informed decision on whether or not to go ahead and tattoo this to my forearms, or whether I should wait for an updated version.
- throwanem 9y ago
  Org's interface is very stable. I've been using it since version 6 (Emacs 23, ca. 2009), and the next key binding that changes out from under me will be the first. Go ahead and get the tattoo; you won't be needing to get it lasered off any time soon. :)
  - aaronchall 9y ago
    They could at least update the declared version if nothing has changed...

_e 9y ago

I was really hoping that http://orgmode.org/orgcard.org http://orgmode.org/orgcard.org (replacing the .pdf with .org) existed so I didn't have to reinvent the wheel. I did find http://orgmode.org/worg/orgcard.html http://orgmode.org/worg/orgcard.html though.

rjzzleep 9y ago
it does, you just typoed it http://orgmode.org/worg/orgcard.org http://orgmode.org/worg/orgcard.org but the reference file is this: http://orgmode.org/orgcard.txt http://orgmode.org/orgcard.txt

_e 9y ago

If you want to create your own reference card for any software with org-mode then you will find this useful: https://github.com/fniessen/refcard-org-mode https://github.com/fniessen/refcard-org-mode

paultopia 9y ago

I keep trying to get into org mode, and it never gets a hold of me. Would love to hear what amazing things folks are doing with org mode that can't be achieved, e.g., with markdown.

tangue 9y ago
Here's mine : Clocking my time on some kind of loose todolist and generate the corresponding invoice directly
deleted 9y ago
[deleted]
vim-guru 9y ago
That list would be never-ending, but the thing that really makes it for me is the way you can do literate programming. On the other hand, I can rarely use it because my colleagues don't use Emacs
- mickael-kerjean 9y ago
  There's a guys who wrote an integration with trello for the todo feature. It's working great :) Sure you have to pull and push manually but still it's awesome
funkaster 9y ago
for me it's the ability to publish my blog to a static set of html files (and have pretty-printed source code). The other thing I love is the agenda: having a set of files spread apart (I keep 3: personal, work, random) and add todos in there as part of free text, and be able to keep track of them in a centralized place is priceless. I also use those files as a journal, tagging them and searching later is very easy and a great way to document things (for personal purposes).
freshhawk 9y ago
For me it's the editor tools. Keeping my projects/todos/etc in a text file that is organized outliner style is really good, the org specific editor commands makes changing that file easy. Having the agenda view (calendar) generated, having sparse trees, having spreadsheet like tools, having precise and intuitive folding behaviour make it great. I don't care at all about the whole org->html pipeline. Who cares. It's not very good and it isn't better than markdown. I get that if you are already in the org world it's nice, but it's not the reason to get into that world.

ferdterguson 9y ago

I would pay actual dollars for an org-mode spacemacs reference

_e 9y ago
https://ontologicalblog.com/spacemacs-cheat-sheet-1/ https://ontologicalblog.com/spacemacs-cheat-sheet-1/

partycoder 9y ago

How do you get your information out of orgmode, e.g: for sharing/collaborating with other people? I find this to be very important as I do it often in Asana.

dredmorbius 9y ago
It's a textfile. Much of it can be converted to other forms, including PDFs or HTML.
sn9 9y ago
You can convert org-mode documents into LaTeX, html, txt files, etc. pretty easily from within Emacs. The org mode docs explains it. Takes all of 3 seconds when you know how to do it.
vim-guru 9y ago
Since you mention Asana your probably interested in the task-management side of org-mode. I know people simply check the documents into version-control. Whenever you've done a pull, your task-list has been updated as well. I know someone also made an integration for Asana, but I'm not sure how stable it is

wcummings 9y ago

M-x describe-mode