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Another vote for .org files. http://orgmode.org/ http://orgmode.org/ Of course not being an emacs user may make editing org mode files a little difficult. How

Another vote for .org files. http://orgmode.org/ http://orgmode.org/ Of course not being an emacs user may make editing org mode files a little difficult. However, any system will do as long as its consistent. If not org-mode; txt2tags, markdown, etc can also serve in a pinch. I think plain text is the de-facto universal format. There's also no restriction on presentation and interface. Your choice of tools are pretty wide open with plain text.

josephkern 15y ago
Orgmode also has an amazing extension babel, which allows Literate Programming (or just inserting code snippets). Using the #+BEGIN_SRC <mode-name> tag will also allow you to edit any code snippet in its own major mode.
- Estragon 15y ago
  Not working for me. What version of org-mode?
  - TeMPOraL 15y ago
    #+begin_src lisp (defun botsbuildbots () (botsbuildbots)) #+end_src Try moving your point to (defun... and pressing << C-c ' >>. It should work with org-mode bundled in Emacs 23; if not, you can get the newest version from http://orgmode.org http://orgmode.org. With org-babel enabled, you can actually run this code, or use it in literate-programming style to write programs.
    - pietrofmaggi 15y ago
      One think that you can do in the latest orgmode, is to write code snippets in the org documents, extract the code, compile it (if needed, like for C code), run it, and insert the result back into the org document. This is really nice for writing code example.
cksk 15y ago
org-mode alone makes it worth dropping any other text editor in favor of Emacs. It's that good. It's that impressive. Really.
- eropple 15y ago
  Vimwiki does an essentially equivalent thing, and there are numerous other tools for other environments. Your favored tool is really not that special. Sorry. =) (Me, I just use Dropbox and vimwiki, and occasionally push it to a private Hg repo on BitBucket.)
  - xyzzyz 15y ago
    Have you actually used org-mode to say that these are "essentially equivalent", or do you just say this because your favored tool cannot possibly be worse than someone else's favored tool? From what I've seen, vim people generally are not really interested in creating enormous extensions as the emacs people are, so if they actually created something similar in power and complexity, I would be really surprised and impressed.
  - subsection1h 15y ago
    Your favored tool is really not that special. Sorry. =) Vimwiki isn't in the same league as Org mode. Sorry. For example, how can I create and edit spreadsheets using Vimwiki? Read the entire manual to understand Org mode's power. It has no equivalent that I know of, and I searched thoroughly before giving up and learning Emacs. http://orgmode.org/manual/ http://orgmode.org/manual/
    - eropple 15y ago
      I've read it. Hell, I've used it, before I discarded emacs. Perhaps I should amend it with "unless you want to bend one tool to do the job of the others". Which I guess is half the point of emacs in general, so I apologize and retract my statement--it's quite special.
- greyfade 15y ago
  Sorry, I can't. I've tried, but I can't quite grok Emacs. I tried to for org-mode, because I need just such a tool. But after using VimOrganizer and looking at vim-orgmode (both of which claim to be replacements), I'd just as soon settle for something else.
aklemm 15y ago
What is the best way to use/access information from org-mode using a smart phone (iPhone, specifically, but Android solutions will be interesting to know too)?
- owenmarshall 15y ago
  Check out MobileOrg (http://mobileorg.ncogni.to/ http://mobileorg.ncogni.to/) You can point it to an .org file on Dropbox or on your own server.
  - johnpaulett 15y ago
    +1 on MobileOrg. There is an Android port (https://github.com/matburt/mobileorg-android/wiki/ https://github.com/matburt/mobileorg-android/wiki/) that is nearly identical to the iOS version as far as I can tell from using them both.

josephkern 15y ago

Orgmode also has an amazing extension babel, which allows Literate Programming (or just inserting code snippets). Using the #+BEGIN_SRC <mode-name> tag will also allow you to edit any code snippet in its own major mode.

Estragon 15y ago
Not working for me. What version of org-mode?
- TeMPOraL 15y ago
  #+begin_src lisp (defun botsbuildbots () (botsbuildbots)) #+end_src Try moving your point to (defun... and pressing << C-c ' >>. It should work with org-mode bundled in Emacs 23; if not, you can get the newest version from http://orgmode.org http://orgmode.org. With org-babel enabled, you can actually run this code, or use it in literate-programming style to write programs.
  - pietrofmaggi 15y ago
    One think that you can do in the latest orgmode, is to write code snippets in the org documents, extract the code, compile it (if needed, like for C code), run it, and insert the result back into the org document. This is really nice for writing code example.

cksk 15y ago

org-mode alone makes it worth dropping any other text editor in favor of Emacs. It's that good. It's that impressive. Really.

eropple 15y ago
Vimwiki does an essentially equivalent thing, and there are numerous other tools for other environments. Your favored tool is really not that special. Sorry. =) (Me, I just use Dropbox and vimwiki, and occasionally push it to a private Hg repo on BitBucket.)
- xyzzyz 15y ago
  Have you actually used org-mode to say that these are "essentially equivalent", or do you just say this because your favored tool cannot possibly be worse than someone else's favored tool? From what I've seen, vim people generally are not really interested in creating enormous extensions as the emacs people are, so if they actually created something similar in power and complexity, I would be really surprised and impressed.
- subsection1h 15y ago
  Your favored tool is really not that special. Sorry. =) Vimwiki isn't in the same league as Org mode. Sorry. For example, how can I create and edit spreadsheets using Vimwiki? Read the entire manual to understand Org mode's power. It has no equivalent that I know of, and I searched thoroughly before giving up and learning Emacs. http://orgmode.org/manual/ http://orgmode.org/manual/
  - eropple 15y ago
    I've read it. Hell, I've used it, before I discarded emacs. Perhaps I should amend it with "unless you want to bend one tool to do the job of the others". Which I guess is half the point of emacs in general, so I apologize and retract my statement--it's quite special.
greyfade 15y ago
Sorry, I can't. I've tried, but I can't quite grok Emacs. I tried to for org-mode, because I need just such a tool. But after using VimOrganizer and looking at vim-orgmode (both of which claim to be replacements), I'd just as soon settle for something else.

aklemm 15y ago

What is the best way to use/access information from org-mode using a smart phone (iPhone, specifically, but Android solutions will be interesting to know too)?

owenmarshall 15y ago
Check out MobileOrg (http://mobileorg.ncogni.to/ http://mobileorg.ncogni.to/) You can point it to an .org file on Dropbox or on your own server.
- johnpaulett 15y ago
  +1 on MobileOrg. There is an Android port (https://github.com/matburt/mobileorg-android/wiki/ https://github.com/matburt/mobileorg-android/wiki/) that is nearly identical to the iOS version as far as I can tell from using them both.