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Org-mode is written in ELisp, so only Emacs can run the most full-featured version. There are some reimplementations in other languages that do not offer the full range of Org-mode, so you can evaluate them to see if they may fit your needs.

https://orgmode.org/tools.html

This page has a list of tools that work with or on org files. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses, and depending on your specific use case, you may be satisfied with pandoc or need to export to WordPress.

I have little experience with these, but they should give you a place to start, if any will be enough for your use case.

Keep in mind, these are third party, and are not supported by the Org-mode project. The latest changes may not work with these tools, and you don't get live programming in any of them.

https://orgmode.org/guide/Multi_002dstate-Workflow.html and then maybe I'd look into something like agenda or search or something which lists things in certain states only... (i.e. it's useful to think about org-mode sometimes as a nice db with queries etc)

(Sorry, for not being more detailed. Just a quick write up. Hope it gets you started.)

I knew I should have used DDG for just a bit longer: apparently what I'm after is called Macro Replacement (https://orgmode.org/manual/Macro-Replacement.html).

One thing I'm still curious about is whether Macro's can be defined at the subtree level.

I've kept extensive personal notes and todos in org for … 10+ years?

I've used various bug systems throughout that time … Bugzilla, MySQL's internal, Oracle's internal, multiple Jira instances…

You should not keep hidden, private data separately from another system.

The ticketing system you are using is probably the "System of Record", the "Single Point of Truth" for tickets, if not (one of) the single-most-important system in your enterprise.

Keeping things like "status", "notes" and "components" separate from that system is … somewhere near negligence.

If you think a ticket is in the "java" and "ui" components, that information /deserves to be in the ticket itself/!

(And, arguably, even super-ticketing-system personal planning information should also be kept in such systems, but I digress. I also note that I do not do this.)

As mentioned, org-jira or a work-alike is probably the best thing, here.

I would not recommend one-file-per-record. I think one ticket per heading is what you really want.

You can modify the workflow states in org, yes.

Org does have a :tags:syntax: you can use, and use to query/filter records.

> So, to help the next new guy who comes here I'm posting my org configuration complete with comments.

We generally have https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html for Org introduction. If you have any ideas how to improve the page, patches are welcome.

https://orgmode.org/manual/Template-expansion.html#Template-expansion

See ‘%^{PROP}p’ for interactively add the property.

Or do “:PROPERTIES:\n:CAPTURED: %U\n:END:”

Everything is just plain text, so tome stamps can go everywhere.

In general reading the manual is good practice (;

>Ideally I'd like to see a habit only today, and once finished, tomorrow. But not on every day in my agenda view.

The "habits" module works that way out-of-the-box (see https://orgmode.org/manual/Tracking-your-habits.html#Tracking-your-habits).

You can escape your brackets by using "entities": https://orgmode.org/manual/Special-symbols.html

It's a bit hard to find, but there's M-x org-entities-help which gives \lt and \rt.

I had the same problem in org-mode, recently found the solution in the faq on worg:

(setq-default org-catch-invisible-edits 'smart)

(setq org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree t)

(setq org-catch-invisible-edits 'smart)

Now it catches accidental deletion of folded subtrees.

https://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html

> With the ‘+1m’ cookie, the date shift will always be exactly one month. So if you have not paid the rent for three months, marking this entry DONE will still keep it as an overdue deadline. Depending on the task, this may not be the best way to handle it. For example, if you forgot to call your father for 3 weeks, it does not make sense to call him 3 times in a single day to make up for it. Finally, there are tasks like changing batteries which should always repeat a certain time after the last time you did it. For these tasks, Org mode has special repeaters ‘++’ and ‘.+’.

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/org/Repeated-tasks.html

Hi, nice! And thanks!

I'm also very interested in this functionality and, as a matter of fact, I have been using the one by u/cottasteel since he came up with it. It is really neat.

It has been proposed upstream (https://orgmode.org/list/CAGEgU=j+UJoWwoRKChkVxN5dmwbD4YaNTWdLS6Qgj57osZLRJA@mail.gmail.com/), but hasn't received the warmest of welcomes, due to the reliance on post-command-hook.

I haven't looked closely at your stab at it, but a couple things called my attention.

First, why not go with text properties, as cotasteel? I'm no expert here, but I'd presume that to be faster/cheaper than using org-element API, and considering it also uses post-command-hook that is something to ponder.

(I know what you'll answer: "no need to modify org-do-emphasis-faces". But, in this case, isn't it worth it?)

Second:

> When the cursor enters a fragment, org-appear temporarily disables jit-lock-mode in the current buffer.

That's a bummer... I don't understand why that would be needed, and it feels very wrong. I would not be surprised if it is not long until you find some undesirable side effects of the procedure.

I was just going to post a question similar to your iproblem.

Basically, you can just place an activestamp into your org heading which will show into your agenda.

However, what I was wondering, can we give a context to the activestamp similar to SCHEDULED or DEADLINE that will show up on the agenda something like:

Deadline: TODO task 1

Scheduled: TODO task 3

Do-Date: TODO task 3 (this refers to the date I want to work on)

You could add the :overline property to the various org-level-N faces.

https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-appearance.html

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Face-Attributes.html

When in doubt, always check out the manual. Here it states, that it's possible to use org-id module for strong links, using unique ID.

You first have to set org-id-link-to-org-use-id variable to t, then, whenever you capture link to Org header, it will automatically add the unique identifier to it's properties, which will be then used for links instead of the header content.

You might find some CLI alternative for Org, but there is a huge Org ecosystem that already has solutions many of problems you might think of. The before mentioned manual is also excellent source, which you should definitely check out before jumping to conclusions on what is possible and what isn't.

* TODO Check Mail

SCHEDULED: <2019-01-21 Mo 10:00 .+1d>

1. Create a TODO Task

2. Press C-c C-s

3. Select the date to start (shift and arrow keys)

4. Go behind the Day Symbol (Mo here)

5. Add Time

6. Add Repeating formula

+ . means if you fullfill the task it will count x days from now (no "." means the next time it will pop up in agenda is your scheduled day +x)

+ x is the value (here 1)

+ timesymbol (d - day; w - week; m - month; y - year)

Works also for Deadline (C-c C-d)

Here some Examples

<code>https://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html#Repeated-tasks</code>

Also add this to your Config file:

(setq org-log-done 'time) ; Log Time If Task is Done

Do M-x visible-modeand shows us the screenshot of what you see or simple copy paste the ascii text in your post.

It looks like a font lock issue.

Org escapes it's links. So the best way to insert links in to Org mode is not to copy-paste from browser, but with M-x org-store-link, bound to C-c C-l (see)

For math equations, I usually just insert some LaTeX:

https://orgmode.org/manual/LaTeX-fragments.html

It looks like you might be able to do the same

and use the LaTeX mhchecm package. I have not tried this, but it looks beautiful.

ftp://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/mhchem/mhchem.pdf

Sounds like org-publish is ideal for this. A cron job could run org-publish every-so-often, just be sure to put #+OPTIONS: todo:t tasks:t at the top of the file so it includes the status of all your TODOs. More info at the docs: https://orgmode.org/manual/Export-settings.html

You can use tildes.

https://orgmode.org/manual/Emphasis-and-monospace.html#Emphasis-and-monospace

> You can make words bold, /italic/, underlined, =verbatim= and ~code~, and, if you must, ‘+strike-through+’. Text in the code and verbatim string is not processed for Org mode specific syntax, it is exported verbatim.

I use Orgzly to take notes in org.

In the case I need to open an .org file not synced through Orgzly, I can open those as text files in any app I like (Google Docs, Moon Reader) via Total Commander.

It sounds like you want org-narrow-to-subtree and widen. You use the former to limit (narrow) the current view to the current subtree, and the latter to return to viewing the entire document. The standard key bindings are in the org manual https://orgmode.org/manual/Structure-Editing.html

Here's a recent discussion on prettify-symbols-alist

And here's how to write inline src code blocks

Mobileorg can be confusing. It doesn't work directly on the org files but it makes its own copy and you need to sync changes back to your org files. I've automated this sync with a cron job on a virtual private server.

There's also orgzly (http://www.orgzly.com) for Android which works directly on org files but not open source.

What you're looking for is called a dynamic block. See https://orgmode.org/manual/Dynamic-Blocks.html As well, org-ql provides dynamic blocks which, IMHO, are a bit easier to use.

I have reported a bug sometime ago which looks very much like what you describe: https://orgmode.org/list/[email protected]/

At the time, Carsten tried, but could not reproduce, so the report eventually fell to the background.

Not long ago, given some off-list discussion, I did try the EMC in the report again with Org mode version 9.4.5 (9.4.5-29-gc43041-elpaplus @ ~/.emacs.d/elpa/org-plus-contrib-20210426/) and GNU Emacs 27.2 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2021-03-25. As far as I know, the problem is still standing.

So, presuming it is indeed the same situation, this (and the original report) might provide the information requested by u/github-alphapapa and u/RichieHHam.

If you do think it is the same problem, perhaps you could chime in at the list too, so that this gets some current attention after so long.

This happens because you have a vertical bar between "TODO" and "DOING". Everything to the right of the first separator is considered a done state. You can read about in the manual here.

You might want to do something like "promote" the level-1 heading into a title by explicitly using the Title keyword. Then it would have the effect you want (provided you only had one title in the document, of course) and work well with everything else

https://orgmode.org/guide/Document-title.html

Welcome.

You may want to use separate files for each customer especially if you were to work on the file in front of them say during a meeting when you take notes and/or minutes. If you go this route look into deft which allow to navigate to your various files quickly.

To time stamp your notes you could have a look into org-capture templates and create one to add to a data tree. This will result in your notes being added to structure based on date/time. An advantage of templates is that you can standardise the format of the notes for all your customers which might make it easier if you have to manipulate the notes etc. at a later stage.

When it comes to TODOs you could keep them all in one file or separate files (perhaps keep TODOs for a customer in the same file as their notes file). Either way you can then use org-agenda to view all these TODOs whether in one file or many.

For screenshots you could use org-download as already mentioned. You could use org-capture here again if you wanted to capture parts of a webpage etc.

Happy to help with any of this if not clear or you get stuck.

Officially, Markdown's syntax does not support tables. The Org export manual also states as such.

Sites like Reddit and Github actually use their own flavors of Markdown with additional special syntax for table support.

You can diff two arbitrary blocks using :var, and present the result as a diff using :wrap SRC diff.

#+NAME: before #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE before foobar #+END_EXAMPLE

#+NAME: after #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE after foobar #+END_EXAMPLE

#+BEGIN_SRC sh :results verbatim :exports results :var in=before :var out=after :wrap SRC diff echo "$in" >before echo "$out" >after diff -u before after rm -f before after #+END_SRC

#+RESULTS: #+BEGIN_SRC diff --- before 2018-11-10 11:28:23.305493993 +0100 +++ after 2018-11-10 11:28:23.305493993 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -before +after foobar

#+END_SRC

Using :export results ensures that the diffing code is not exported. Note that this example will fail if you remove the rm call. That's because diff's exit code is non-zero when a difference is found and babel doesn't like that.

I don't know about canonical, but you can apply actions like adding and removing tags in bulk from the agenda view: https://orgmode.org/manual/Agenda-commands.html#index-remote-editing_002c-bulk_002c-from-agenda. For example: Filter by "old_tag", * to select all, B to start bulk action, + to add "new_tag". * and B again, then - to remove "old_tag".

If you're going to do this regularly, you could write a function that replaces old_tag with new_tag and call that with f as a bulk action.

Org manual:

"Setting UNNUMBERED property to non-nil disables numbering of a heading. Since subheadings inherit from this property, it affects their numbering, too."

Essentially, it will use * version of the section command for that heading.

Does your boss have an android or iphone? There are apps that read orgmode files for both, which can synchronize through dropbox so you and your boss can make updates at the same time.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orgzly&hl=en

http://appsonthemove.com/blog/2017/05/25/borg/

As well as the Elisp internals mentioned in the other comment, there's an Elisp introduction as well, which is a lighter read. I found that very useful: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eintr/

It's probably also in the Emacs info manuals, but I find viewing on the web is easier.

You can use the diary functions for this (https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Sexp-Diary-Entries.html) - e.g. to be reminded for seven days before an event:

%%(diary-remind '(org-anniversary 1968 9 28) -7) Naomi Watts birthday (%d years)

I think you are running afoul of a conflation of Tab and C-i. Org mode is binding S-Tab , which is conflicting with your binding for C-S-i.

According to The Emacs Manual:

In ASCII, C-i and TAB are the same character. If the terminal can distinguish between them, Emacs conveys the distinction to Lisp programs by representing the former as the integer 9, and the latter as the symbol tab.

Most of the time, it’s not useful to distinguish the two. So normally local-function-key-map (see Translation Keymaps) is set up to map tab into 9. Thus, a key binding for character code 9(the character C-i) also applies to tab. Likewise for the other symbols in this group. The function read-charlikewise converts these events into characters.

Possible workaround given on Stack Overflow. I haven't tried it however.

I wanted to do something similar and found nothing "simple" (as in, an option in org-publish-project-alist). The way I started doing it (I did not find the time to finish it yet) is creating an export function which will find out if the file has to be exported before redirecting the call to the original export function (or not).

For example, you could use this answer to access a file-level property which could indicate the "state" of your org-roam file, like #+ORG_PUBLISHING_STATE.

Then you could filter out all the files which have this property to "drafts", before calling the "real" export function with funcall.

This way, you can also add the property in your org-capture template for org-roam, so that any new note is a draft unless you change it.

Yes, the documentation says that it cannot encrypt :PROPERTIES: values however I've noticed if those are nested inside another heading they get encrypted as well. https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/org/org_002dcrypt.html

This won't be encrypted:

GMAIL :crypt:

:PROPERTIES:

But this seems to work:

Passwords :crypt:

** GMAIL

:PROPERTIES:

What you would need to do is advise the original function.

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Advice-combinators.html#Advice-combinators

You're looking for the :override combinator in this case.

Bear in mind this will override the function wherever it is called, so it can have unintended consequences outside of your use case. A better solution would be to temporarily rebind the function with cl-letf when you need to so that the global version still works as other callers assume it does.

I'm not the best person to help because I haven't done this, but I think you can add states to your TODO.

See This post. The items after the | represent failed or canceled states, I think.

However, have you considered inverting your thinking? I ask because the psychology literature suggests that it's easier to motivate yourself to accomplish positive tasks. So "Don't eat cake today" would be habit.

The way I implement this in my own life is through the Don't Break the Chain method.

I actually have a huge calendar on my wall and it works great. I used a web-app that I wrote myself at one point but that grew tedious. I'm thinking of programming something into org-mode, but I find a physical habit calendar is far more effective.

I took the "full detail" logo currently seen on https://orgmode.org, and then from that progressively deleted and modified parts of it to obtain a sequence of simplified versions. I can't say I'm a graphic artist, but I've got a bit of experience with Inkscape and for simple drawings, I find that works well :) Thanks for the kind words.

Very easy actually, if one uses the diary sexp:

* Event <%%(memq (calendar-day-of-week date) '(1 2 3 4 5))>

Where 1 is Monday.

One possible issue is these dates don't play nicely with Org repeating mechanism i.e. ".+" "++" pushing things into the future stuff. Read more about it in the bottom of Org Info.

https://orgmode.org/manual/Checkboxes.html

You need to --> Set the property ‘COOKIE_DATA’ to either ‘checkbox’ or ‘todo’ to resolve this issue.

TODO Organize party [2/7] :PROPERTIES: :COOKIE_DATA: recursive checkbox :END:
[ ] call people [1/2]
- [ ] Peter
- [X] Sarah
[ ] Sam
[X] order food
[ ] think about what music to play
[ ] talk to the neighbors

Hi, I answered here but realized it's not what you're asking so let me try again. I'm now assuming you need latex-based output (thesis).

CSL styles are new and open-source format (XML) to represent citation styles. Unfortunately, it's not really related to latex. So the domain of the problem is not really emacs or orgmode.

Quick googling shows you this stackexchange answer in which pandoc is being used to generate a final PDF file from a latex file using a given CSL file, so you need an external tool, or passing the csl flag to pandoc through orgmode somehow.

Another possible way is using the library I recommended (citeproc-org) which can use CSL styles because it usually works with web-based formats (markdown, HTML) but I saw in the documentation there is a way to use it for Latex, maybe worth a try.

If you just want to experiment with more citation styles in latex, you can start using biblatex which is the next generation of bibtex and has more options and styles. The syntax is a bit different, here are some examples biblatex styles. It can be configured with org-ref easily.

Good luck!

In Doom Emacs with evil keybindings,SPC m t is mapped to org-todo (relevant line in Doom Emacs source) and should give the option to change the TODO state using the relevant keybindings (a small buffer pops up at the bottom of the screen). I've used it for a while, and haven't had any issues with it.

Calling that function (either with M-x or just evaluating the elisp function) does the same. u/rameshgg87, try one of these methods. If that doesn't work, then use SPC h b b (which shows all current keybindings) to see whether SPC m t is still mapped to org-todo. You could also try the default emacs keybinding: C-c C-t which also calls org-todo

The behavior you're describing is supposed to happen with <S-right> , not SPC m t

In general, in elisp, any time you need to need to type a literal \ in a string, you type \\. So the manual says it correctly. Else some reading %\\1 in the manual, and knowing that the \ need to be escaped in strings, might try to type %\\\\1 :)

For example, note the use of \ everywhere in this node of elisp manual: Regexp Special.

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I write my blog content in Org mode, and export that to front-matter + Markdown using <code>ox-hugo</code> (that whole website's content is exported from a single Org mode file.) that Hugo picks up and converts to HTML.

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I use Org mode for what I think it's good at, writing and organizing my content. Org mode provides a much richer syntax for writing than Markdown.
Then I use Hugo to leverage what it's good at: HTML templates and speed! My whole web site, with new and old posts, tags and categories pages, RSS and Atom feeds, fetching of all the comments from webmention.io, parsing of data from TOML/YAML/.. to HTML, and much more happens in a matter of single digit seconds.

And that time cuts down to around a second for live previews. So I C-s in my Emacs frame, the post auto-exports to Markdown, Hugo converts that to HTML, all in a second or two.

I have been thinking about the same issue and so far have come up with two potential solutions (though I have not tested either one).

Use multiple org-roam directories, as outlined in the FAQ section of the org-roam docs.
Use nested folders. Put non-confidential notes in your main org-roam directory, then for confidential notes use (say) "work" and "personal" subdirectories, each linked to its own repo.

The first solution treats each directory as a separate collection of files, which it sounds like is not quite what you want. The second solution requires nested repos, which I understand are supported by git, and would treat all notes as a single collection. That is the one I am likely to pursue first. But as I said, I have not yet tested either.

Are you aware of orgzly? I think it's Android only

Edit: never mind, I think you're in the Apple ecosystem. I'll leave this up just in case it helps someone else at some point in the future.

Orgzly http://www.orgzly.com/ is the best org mode app for Android right now. It's missing a few features but it's pretty slick. If your doing it for fun definitely make something. if you want to help people use org mode on thier phone contribute to orgzly

I use Syncthing for synchronizing the files between my laptop and my android phone every time we are connected to the same LAN. Then Orgzly will sync the notebooks with those in a given directory inside my phone.

This setups works fantastic.

You can view all TODO entries, including ones with no date, by pressing t in the org-agenda dispatcher. See global TODO list in the manual.

Thanks, being specific helps. :)

> To be a bit more specific, in hopes there are solutions to my woes with it ... There are some flaws / bugs. (1) Full-width Unicode characters (like ←) in the heading break the alignment, and the columns become crooked, which is an eyesore.

If you can reproduce that on the latest Org version, it would be good to report that bug. It might not be hard to fix.

> (2) It is very slow, switching from tree view to column view takes 3-4 seconds, and so does for example widening a column.

How large of a file are you using it on? How many entries with how many properties each? Maybe you could narrow to a subtree first to help with that.

> (3) It sometimes gets "stuck", as in, trying to switch back to tree view does nothing, and the only remedy I've figured out is to restart Emacs.

This manual page says how to exit: https://orgmode.org/manual/Using-column-view.html#Using-column-view If somehow that doesn't work, you shouldn't have to exit Emacs--at most, you should be able to kill the buffer and find the file again.

I was just thinking about a similar issue myself about 2 hours ago!

I think https://orgmode.org/manual/Include-Files.html should help.

Looks like it should be possible by e.g. including the source block in an own heading, then selecting the file+heading with #+include: while also including :only-contents t.

Although I cannot confirm since I haven't tried that specific scenario.

Let me know if that helps!

Is this what you are looking for?

The short answer is no, see link and another link.

As far as I know, you can create this automatically when you export the org to HTML or a similar file, depending on the export options you have at the head of the file (red more about export dispatcher). I don't think that's how org's meant to work though.

Org is based on headers. It's a dynamic text file. If you can move away from the idea of a TOC at the head of the file and embrace headers, you should be fine. You see, instead of having the TOC and then the headers below, you should have only the headers, which are folded, and because of that they create an index or a TOC anyway.

The headers can be sorted alphabetically (look into org-sort). I'm not sure how you can do this automatically, but even if there's no built in option, I'm sure there's a way to automate the process with elisp in a few lines of codes (someone here might post it, I'm not sure myself)

On my wiki for example, I have a similar structure. Even though it's alphabetical (once I sorted it out once, it's easy to enter a new header manually in the right place, but that's me), I barely use it. I simply search for what I need and Emacs' strong feature narrow down the search to what I need within seconds.

Speaking of narrowing, if you have a big file, you might find C-x n s (org-narrow-to-subtree) useful. It will narrow down to the header your own and its sub-headers. Don't forget you can change the keys to bring these up so you can create a real quick workflow for yourself based on your needs. Hope this helps!

todo: mine meeting: meeting notes item: something that's not a todo action item: someone owes me something perf note: something someone said that's nice or an achievement that I want to be sure to include in the next perf review cycle.

(setq org-capture-templates
      ;; Explaination of values here: 
      ;; https://orgmode.org/manual/Template-elements.html#Template-elements 
      `(("t" "Todo" entry (file+olp+datetree "~/Dropbox/docs/eng-log.org" "Engineering Worklog") "**** TODO %?\n%a" :tree-type week)
        ("m" "Meeting" entry (file+olp+datetree "~/Dropbox/docs/eng-log.org" "Engineering Worklog") "**** %?\n%t" :tree-type week)
        ("i" "Item" entry (file+olp+datetree "~/Dropbox/docs/eng-log.org" "Engineering Worklog") "**** %?\n%a" :tree-type week)
        ("a" "Action item" entry (file+olp+datetree "~/Dropbox/docs/eng-log.org" "Engineering Worklog") "* WAITING %?\n:PROPERTIES:\n:WAITING_ON: %^{Who owns this?}\n:END:\n %i %U %a" :tree-type week)
        ("p" "Perf Note" entry (file+olp+datetree "~/Dropbox/docs/eng-log.org" "Engineering Worklog") "* %? :perf:\n\n %i %U" :tree-type week)
        ))

Are you sure you used Yasnippet for this? Using the '<s' + TAB expansion was the Org easy template structure which has been superseded by the structured template available under C-c C-, by default. To get back the easy template expansion you need to enable the org-tempo module. See here.

Oh. I suppose you could change the number of priority levels? I set mine to E but I suppose you could go as far down in ASCII as you want? https://orgmode.org/manual/Priorities.html

Do you really need to manually order 20 items in an agenda? Maybe you could come up with a better system.

Yes could be. For next week W7 for example, try:

first tag one project/heading with "what_report"
then tag the number of the week "when_W7" (at this stage, if you want to report the status of the project in 3 weeks, you can already tag "when_W10"
extract those reporting elements using the following command (refer to https://orgmode.org/manual/Matching-tags-and-properties.html): (org-tags-view nil "+when_W7+what_report")
Then C-x C-w (org-agenda-write) ref to https://orgmode.org/manual/Exporting-Agenda-Views.html

Then you'll see how to change this for the following weeks. Good luck.

There is a doc page that states: "The templates are expanded in the order given here:" and then lists all the expansion prompts. I didn't see any other info on it. https://orgmode.org/manual/Template-expansion.html#Template-expansion

Condolences for your loss, I would take a look at the recurring tasks help section that gives an explanation how to setup recurring events.

https://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html

Thanks! I was more curious if it was possible to add a unique classname per header, rather than define the styles themselves. After reading the documentation here with a more discriminating eye, I found my answer.

There's a :PROPERTY: field available :HTML_HEADLINE_CLASS: that allows me to do unique classnames.

Why don’t you use plain org-agenda views?

For #1, for example, you could do M-x org-agenda T and then IN-PROGRESS.

https://orgmode.org/manual/Global-TODO-list.html#Global-TODO-list

In general, org-super-agenda will just act on whatever org-agenda gives it.

If you call the global TODO list through org-agenda with the value you’ve assigned to org-super-agenda-groups you should be able to see all your tasks sorted the way you want.

Then you might prefer checkboxes (https://orgmode.org/manual/Checkboxes.html#Checkboxes) for the individual tasks. The main reason I rarely use them is that they're not shown in the agenda AFIAK. That's the beauty of orgmode: there's more than one way to do it and you can adapt it to your needs.

I am not exactly sure as I don't use Anaconda, but org-babel source blocks can take an optional :session, which might be what you're missing. https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/intro.html#org068d37d

Is there a way you can start a python repl inside of emacs that uses your Anaconda environment?

With pyenv, I was able to get this to work using pyenv-mode-set to choose the pyenv environment, and then run-python to start a python process. That opened a buffer called *Python* that looks like an IPython repl, and it was using the pyenv environment I had specified.

Then, in an org file, declare the source block like this...

#+BEGIN_SRC python :session Python ... #+END_SRC

Note the asterisks in the buffer name should be omitted in the session name.

The closest to what you want is to have different sets of states for the TODO items, here you can read how to set it properly. I would recommend reading the whole section of TODO items, as it is very informative.

In addition to searching all text within an org-mode flat file using org-search-view, it is also possible to search a specific property drawer with org-tags-view -- see the Advanced Searching section of the manual: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/advanced-searching.html

The official documentation is here (and is built-in to Emacs as well): https://orgmode.org/manual/The-Spreadsheet.html It's thorough, but it's not always easy to find what you're looking for in it, so you have to dig and read carefully.

> I am trying to get the sum of numbers in a row in an Org-Table, but have it only update as numbers are added, instead it updates every time I add new data, or C-c C-c

I don't understand exactly what you mean here.

It looks like you might be able to configure it with org-agenda-custom-commands. This page leads me to believe that

tags-todo “-backlog”

might do the trick.

https://orgmode.org/manual/Storing-searches.html#Storing-searches

Despite the admonition on the effort estimate page, I can't get org-agenda-columns-add-appointments-to-effort-sum to automatically add effort to appointments. The appointment duration will appear as effort in column view only when I set effort manually, with C-c C-x e.

I can only assume I'm formatting the appointments incorrectly. Does anyone know how to format appointments so the effort is calculated automatically? An example of my formatting and configuration follows.

weekly-test.org:

** TODO Scrum SCHEDULED: <2019-06-28 Fri 10:00-10:15 +1w>

~/.emacs:

;; save off vars (setq xxx-org-columns-default-format org-columns-default-format) (setq xxx-org-agenda-columns-add-appointments-to-effort-sum org-agenda-columns-add-appointments-to-effort-sum)

;; set vars (setq org-columns-default-format "%30ITEM %TODO %SCHEDULED %6Effort{:}") (setq org-agenda-columns-add-appointments-to-effort-sum t)

;; do stuff, see effort entry for Scrum is empty. (org-agenda) (org-agenda-columns)

;; restore previous values (setq org-columns-default-format xxx-org-columns-default-format) (setq org-agenda-columns-add-appointments-to-effort-sum xxx-org-agenda-columns-add-appointments-to-effort-sum)

How do you use this metadata once you have it? Org has hierarchical tags: https://orgmode.org/manual/Tag-hierarchy.html and effort estimates (time based, not energy based): https://orgmode.org/manual/Effort-estimates.html

It's in the part of the manual dealing with org-habits: https://orgmode.org/manual/Tracking-your-habits.html

It should probably be discussed in the basic repeated task section, but I'm not sure how useful it is without the org-habits heat map (without the habits heatmap the agenda can only tell you that a task is due, not that it will also be late three days from now).

Maybe use the noweb syntax instead?

#+name: foo #+begin_src conf 12345 #+end_src

#+name: bar #+begin_src conf abcde #+end_src

#+begin_src conf :tangle ~/test.conf :noweb yes setting1 <<foo>> setting2 <<bar>> #+end_src

Another approach using SRC blocks as input, and noweb syntax for importing them.

#+NAME: before #+BEGIN_SRC c int i = 2; int j = 3; #+END_SRC

#+NAME: after #+BEGIN_SRC c int i = 1; int j = 3; #+END_SRC

#+BEGIN_SRC sh :results verbatim :exports results :noweb yes :wrap SRC diff cat >before <<'EOF' <<before>> EOF cat >after <<'EOF' <<after>> EOF diff -u before after rm -f before after #+END_SRC

#+RESULTS: #+BEGIN_SRC diff --- before 2018-11-10 21:53:05.315173828 +0100 +++ after 2018-11-10 21:53:05.315173828 +0100 @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -int i = 2; +int i = 1; int j = 3; #+END_SRC

If you use Org priorities (#A, #B, #C), you can use keyboard shortcuts to set and change them. https://orgmode.org/manual/Priorities.html

I vaguely remember coming across a tool for reporting task statistics based on priorities or something like that, but I'm on mobile and can't dig it up right now. Maybe someone can chime in!

In the agenda view, you can select several items and then postpone all of them at once.

Check for bulk actions in the manual.

Use m to mark entries, then B for bulk action, then s to change the schedule time. Use a relative value to shift them all, such as ++20d.

I was just checking some docs today to learn more about org-clock..., so I believe you may want org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c or C-c C-c keystroke, which will normalize a timestamp under the cursor:

https://orgmode.org/manual/Creating-timestamps.html

> With my current theme (which comes - it seems - from the GTK settings) I only see the last asteriks. The ones before are not visible but I can mark them.

org-hide-leading-stars governs that.

AFIK, there is no easy and convenient solution. You want to stick with emacs+org-mode as much as others want to stick with MS Word and Notepad. It will be nice if we have a GUI editor that can at least understand org-mode file structure and font-face syntax, while preserving all information that it doesn't understand. This is unfinished work here: https://sourceforge.net/p/notepad-plus/discussion/482781/thread/de0990f5/

For now, I am afraid that you have to do a round-trip using pandoc: org-file -> Ms Word -> org-file. However, I tried pandoc to convert a text-only MS Word document to org-file, some headings got converted incorrectly.

Dates that are written in square bracket don't show up in the agenda. They are also called inactive timestamps.

e.g. [2021-06-15 Thu]--[2022-12-11 Thu]

That's described in the org manual for Creating Timestamps.

Short version:

remove ":session" and it should work.

Long version:

Read on session in the org-babel manual: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/intro.html

You can get the result of a session by having the value returned:

#+begin_src python :session
"hello!"
#+end_src

or more in line with intended usage:

#+begin_src python :session
x="hello!"
#+end_src

Some text...

#+begin_src python :session
x
#+end_src

You may also consider publishing (https://orgmode.org/manual/Site-map.html). It provides more options for blog export. Also, there is a number of solutions extending built-in publishing options like https://github.com/kaushalmodi/ox-hugo/

AFAIK, the text is kind of hard-coded in org-html-toc function. You may do a hacky workaround by altering table of contents entry in org-export-dictionary and using a custom language. Alternatively, you can open a feature request in Org mailing list (see https://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html) or even submit a patch. Patches are suggestions are always welcome!

I found the documentation that you were talking about. Indeed user-defined tags are lowercase, however I noticed the properties should be upcase, the first letter I mean.

https://orgmode.org/manual/Conventions.html

> Unfortunately my elisp skills are not good enough to write a patch myself. Is there any other way I can submit a feature request (I haven't used mailing lists before)?

Just drop an email to the mailing list address in https://orgmode.org/ The same email is used for bug reports, feature requests, patches, etc Our mailing list is quite lax in terms of rules - just keep things kind.

Note that this patch should be fairly easy. You will just need to edit the function directly in Org source, but use a variable instead of hard-coded function. We can assist you in the process if you encounter any troubles.

If you haven't seen it yet, there's now an org mode "compact guide": https://orgmode.org/orgguide.pdf This is a much shortened version of the org manual that gives you an overview of all the elements of the core system. What I'd recommend doing is reading that, then delving into the full manual to learn more about particular aspects of org that intrigue you. (For example, if you're interested in timekeeping and time tracking/reporting, the compact guide lets you know those features exist, and you can go to the full manual to learn more.)

The other thing I'd recommend is keeping the menu bar on and just diving in to org, relying on the org menu a lot at first. That's how I learned (and how I generally learn most emacs modes). Many/most of the major org features are accessible at least partially through the menu. Eventually you get tired of using the menu bar for everything and start to switch over to keystrokes for things you use often (which are also shown in the menu). Then you're off to the races.

If some aspect of org doesn't seem to work the way you think it should, use the customize menu item in emacs to search to see if there's an option you can set. Usually there is. For example, if you'd like org to act like a traditional outliner where subitems are indented, you might want to set "org indent" mode to on by default.

Also, typically you'll want natural word wrapping in org buffers. You can turn this on by turning on visual-line mode in the emacs menus. It's okay to turn this on manually at first, before you learn how to have it on by default.

As u/SasukeUchiha231 has already pointed out, this generally works but you should tread with care. Additionally, if indentation levels of your code matter (e.g. in Python) or if, for some reason, the order of your prose differs from the order in which the snippets shall appear in the tangled document you can use org-noweb.

Example:

Description of function skeleton (prose) …

#+BEGIN_SRC python :tangle ./myFunction.py :noweb yes

  import pandas as pd
  import os

  def myFunction(spam, eggs)
    for i in range(spam):
      &lt;&lt;loopCode&gt;&gt;

    &lt;&lt;returnStatement&gt;&gt;

#+END_SRC

Description of return statement (prose) …

#+BEGIN_SRC python :tangle no :noweb-ref returnStatement

return eggs

#+END_SRC

Description of loop code (prose) …

#+BEGIN_SRC python :tangle no :noweb-ref loopCode

eggs * eggs - 7

#+END_SRC

According to https://orgmode.org/manual/Template-elements.html

>target

Specification of where the captured item should be placed. In Org files, targets usually define a node. Entries will become children of this node. Other types will be added to the table or list in the body of this node. Most target specifications contain a file name. If that file name is the empty string, it defaults to org-default-notes-file. A file can also be given as a variable or as a function called with no argument. When an absolute path is not specified for a target, it is taken as relative to org-directory.

I am no elisp expert, but it seems that the path passed for file+olp+datetree is expanded by org-capture-expand-file (both defined in the org-capture.el file), which can call a function without arguments if it encounters one.

> the content of the headings can be discarded > is there a way to export this to HTML, OpenOffice, or ASCII, without the heading content?

Just remove all headings and export the document for example to html?

(defun remove-headings () (interactive) (save-excursion (goto-char 1) (while (re-search-forward org-heading-regexp nil t) (delete-region (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position)))))

This sounds like what org-habit is designed to handle:

https://orgmode.org/manual/Tracking-your-habits.html

I personally have added SHELVED and BLOCKED keywords to my todo rotation to represent items which I should revisit but at an unspecified date, and TODO items which require someone else to do work first

Check this to programatically insert content to your files with capture templates: https://orgmode.org/manual/Capture.html

And about time stamps: https://orgmode.org/manual/Dates-and-Times.html

Active time stamps are shown in the agenda when the file is part of the agenda file list. To show inactive time stamps as well, press [.

What has been working quite well for me (but involved a fair amount of setup...) is something like this:

I self-host a nextcloud instance
I use webdav/caldav (and org-caldav) to sync todos between Nextcloud and org files
In my browser/elsewhere I make use of org-protocol to trigger captures
On the phone I use https://tasks.org/ to take new items or work with todos through the caldav interface (but that's android, guessing something similar exists for Apple stuff)
I sync org files between my machines with syncthing. It's fast, it's not fussy and works well on the phone too if needed

There's still some things I have not finished but by and large this setups allows me to keep an eye on things (so far).

Hmm, it doesn't cycle for me. When pressing "t" it shows the mini-buffer with choices. I suspect this is because I've set up fast access to the TODO states.

I'd be happy to! I've never submitted patches before: do these instructions adequately describe what I should do to suggest changes to Org manual, or something else?

I set up mine using my gnupg configuration. There is an gpg-agent that intercepts any password request for my key and provides the password (for a limited time that you can configure). This should be useful for that: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/encrypting-files.html

I am unable to reproduce the problem starting from emacs -Q. This may be something to do with your config. You may try to follow https://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html and report the bug to Org mailing list if you experience the problem with clean configuration. If it is just something to do with your personal config, you may refer to config bisection section of https://open.tube/videos/watch/4d819114-43bf-42df-af94-f94fc53dd0d9

Not sure if I understood you correctly (from what I understood, you need conditional exporting). If that's what it is, org allows you to selectivly export drawers or tags, so you can set your bibliography accordingly.

More: https://orgmode.org/manual/Export-Settings.html

I don't know how complex your Taskmamagement is. But if it's simple task management (Todo list with the option to add some text to each entry on a subpage) you're after and only the synching is a problem, you could have a look at "Joplin" https://joplinapp.org It also allows you to select an external editor on your pc, if you don't like the internal one, I think.

Sorry, I'm on mobile and don't know how to control the formatting properly.

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