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The easiest thing to do is to install a variant of emacs on your machine (aquamacs is fine but stuck at version 23 of emacs). It probably comes with org alread
by reeses 14y ago
The easiest thing to do is to install a variant of emacs on your machine (aquamacs is fine but stuck at version 23 of emacs). It probably comes with org already at this point.
I assume the things you'll want to track are facts and tasks. You'll want to capture as quickly as possible for later organization.
It really is as simple as typing to get started. Then you can go back later and re-organize your notes, tasks, etc. according to whichever system you prefer.
Some tutorials that seem to be well-paced for org newbies are available at http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/ http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/.
http://sachachua.com/blog/2008/01/outlining-your-notes-with-org/ http://sachachua.com/blog/2008/01/outlining-your-notes-with-... (old, but you probably want the basics to get hooked first :-))
http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html (includes a good guide to the state of tasks, among lots of other things to orgify just about every aspect of your existence)
- brvs 14y agoI like using homebrew (http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/ http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/) to install emacs. To install a GUI version it's "brew install emacs --cocoa".
- reeses 14y agoThat's my preference as well, but integrating it with your app launcher of choice (among other things) can be a little more challenging. The alias in /Applications is a particular pain if you try to use Alfred or Spotlight, but maybe Quicksilver works fine. You only need to open emacs on startup anyway. :-)
- quiesce 13y agoThe quite stable nightly builds of Aquamacs 3 are based upon emacs 24 and available here: http://aquamacs.org/nightlies.shtml http://aquamacs.org/nightlies.shtml