mphasis though - this is
just a thought
:)
--
David Rogers
Ihor Radchenko writes:
David Rogers writes:
This setup seems to work so far. Does it look reasonable to
you?
Yes, but I may not be a reliable judge. I do not have a lot of
practical
experience with diary sexps other than when people report Org
mode bugs :)
Since it looks not-stupid to
Ihor Radchenko writes:
You don't need diary-float - it returns true/false whether
current DATE
fits the arguments.
Instead, you can make use of `calendar-nth-named-absday'.
For example,
<%%(and (= 245 (mf-days-from-easter))
(< (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian date)
(calen
Hello all
I'm using the Org agenda to show when certain church occasions
will happen. Mostly I've got them working correctly, after
"stealing" the method used in holidays.el for finding the date of
Easter, along with someone else's function that then uses that to
find the difference between E
Hello
I'm using Org-mode to organize readings and music for Christian
church services. These services are scheduled according to certain
holidays, and Emacs already "knows" all of the holidays that
matter for this discussion - they're viewable by selecting the
appropriate settings for the cal
itled “Hyperlinks”, shows
everything about links including links to your own files. You may
use Org-mode functions to help you create links, or you can type
them out by hand - the result is exactly the same, as long as
there are no typos of course.
--
David Rogers
Jean Louis writes:
* Ihor Radchenko [2020-11-23 17:18]:
:PROPERTIES:
:CREATED: [2020-11-23 Mon 18:42]
:ID: edebb3e7-e755-4ecc-a5e8-a3353a3f5fd0
:END:
Dear Jean Louis,
Your description of the database reminds me how org-roam
handles the
files - it also uses an external databas
Jean Louis writes:
* David Rogers [2020-11-15 01:44]:
Hello
After reading several of the responses to this, I’ve started to
wonder: Is
electric-indent-mode broken for everybody because it contains a
bug or
design flaw, or is electric-indent-mode working fine but simply
not suitable
for
” place to fix this problem?
--
David Rogers
TEC writes:
David Rogers writes:
IMO this can (and definitely should) be regarded as a purely
cosmetic problem,
to be resolved by purely cosmetic methods. I think the idea
that each table cell
is exactly one unit of information (and can’t be a collection
or array of units
of information
Ken Mankoff writes:
On 2020-11-03 at 00:24 -08, David Rogers
wrote...
I disagree (in principle, not just because it would be
difficult) with
the idea of “expanding beyond Emacs”. Org-mode benefits greatly
from
current and future Emacs development, and asking to standardize
“just
the parts
diculously overload
fontification and output formatting, than to sacrifice the main
logic of how tables currently work. I just don’t believe that it
could be worth it.
--
David Rogers
car’s acceleration.
--
David Rogers
e), arranged
in the order you choose. It’s under “Capturing column view” in the
manual. I seem not to keep the types of information that benefit
from it, but it’s there.
--
David Rogers
TEC writes:
Colin Baxter writes:
TEC writes:
- The site is now more mobile friendly, the navbar now has a
Why? How many users are installing org-mode on their 'phones -
smart or
otherwise?
Zero, I expect :P
There's at least one. :)
(This message coming to you from Gnus (and org-mo
Allen Li writes:
On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 6:16 PM David Rogers
wrote:
Hello
I've copied text from several different sources into an org
buffer, and now I find I have a large number of subtrees that
are
exactly the same. All headlines are at the top level, so there
are
no duplicat
Allen Li writes:
On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 6:16 PM David Rogers
wrote:
Hello
I've copied text from several different sources into an org
buffer, and now I find I have a large number of subtrees that
are
exactly the same. All headlines are at the top level, so there
are
no duplicat
Hello
I've copied text from several different sources into an org
buffer, and now I find I have a large number of subtrees that are
exactly the same. All headlines are at the top level, so there are
no duplicates at different levels from each other - but there
*are* some where the headline ma
On May 2, 2020 1:57:02 p.m. PDT, Samuel Wales wrote:
... you could
maybe color the one that is in the file itself differently, or keep
all looking equal status to the user.
In my situation it would certainly be fine to have only the canonical/original
subtree editable, as long as any edits to
Is there a method I can use to include the same subtree in several different
files, such that editing one instance of that subtree updates the others
automatically? I'm hoping to be able to view the full version of the subtree in
each of the files, without having to follow a link; if what I'm de
It's currently possible for me to create two meeting times, one from 8:00-10:00
tomorrow and the other from 9:00-11:00 tomorrow.
When both are mentioned in the same sentence, as above, it's easy to recognize
that the two meetings are probably incompatible. But org-mode allows agenda
items to b
Joseph Vidal-Rosset writes:
> 2013/10/1 Nick Dokos
>
> This all seems screwed-up in various mysterious and tangled ways.
> Is
> there somebody with emacs experience nearby who could help you? If
> not,
> I would go back to the beginning: start with a default emacs
> insta
Suvayu Ali writes:
> Hi Joseph,
>
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 09:22:02AM +0200, Joseph Vidal-Rosset wrote:
>>
>> Example: I am presently mainly interested to see if it is possible to use
>> gnus to write a scientific letter with all conveniences of texlive. Of
>> course I can open a tex file with
Suvayu Ali writes:
> Hello Gijs,
>
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 01:54:40PM +0200, Gijs Hillenius wrote:
>> I have a really wee suggestion for a change in the documentation that
>> comes with Org-mode version 7.9.3f and in Org 8.1 (on the web)
>>
>> In chapter 12.5 on Html export there is this secti
Alan L Tyree writes:
> ... I am now senior enough to insist that the editor edit my files
> directly.
That single sentence really answers the question pretty effectively! The
whole explanation does make perfect sense, though.
I admit that the entire structure of the work-flow is not something I
Jambunathan K writes:
> Jambunathan K writes:
>
>>> I have (I think) got them to agree to accept plain text, but I would
>>> like to make it just as plain as possible.
>>
>> Oh, Ok. Looks like there is "exchange of ideas" between the author and
>> publisher...
>
> In lighter vein and tongue-in-
Alan L Tyree writes:
> G'day,
>
> I am the author of a legal text of about 700 pages. I currently have
> the book in LaTeX using the memoir class. A couple of macros define
> special indexes for a Table of Cases and a Table of Statutes. I would
> like to move the whole thing to Org to make it eas
Samuel Wales writes:
> Provided? Given?
I agree that this kind of simple thing looks like a better
idea. However, it would also be nice to be able to call it some name
where a person who encounters the software capability but doesn't yet
know what it's for will understand what it's for just fro
John Hendy writes:
> That was [mostly] a joke. I'm actually not clear from the text above
> what is desired. The description says "no leading indent and blank
> line between," but the example text shows non-indent on first
> paragraph, indent on second (which would void the page-span concern),
>
Nicolas Goaziou writes:
> I'm clearly no Agenda specialist. I thought a DEADLINE would end
> a repeated event already. If it's not the case, does it make sense to
> implement it too?
I consider DEADLINE, in our context, to mean "when my finished work will
be needed", and therefore "when to start
"Nick M. Daly" writes:
> Hi Bastien, thanks for the prompt reply.
>
> Bastien writes:
>
>>> When exported into an agenda, the consolidated org agenda would read:
>>>
>>> Friday 19 April 2013
>>> customer: 09:00-09:30 Scheduled: TODO Meeting with Pete
>>
>> The problem is: what would
Ingmar Meissner writes:
> Hi,
>
> it seems to me that "org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift" is not working
> correct with org-mode 8.0. Usually i could specify a time shift, but
> not anymore. Did i miss something?
Hi Ingmar
I had the same problem; it's not a bug, it still works, just the default
Karl Voit writes:
> Unfortunately, my Android Emacs segfaults now (can't test it)
There is a known segfault related to having the font size set too
large. I forget how to fix it because I haven't been using Android Emacs
lately, but try setting the font smaller in whatever way you can.
--
Davi
rai...@krugs.de (Rainer M. Krug) writes:
> One question about the font: Can I use it under Linux as well? And how
> can I install it then?
Yes you can use it.
1. Download font
2. Place font in ~/.fonts/ (you may create this directory if you don't
already have it.)
(3. Stop & start Emacs? Can't
"Jorge A. Alfaro Murillo" writes:
> I think entries of the form
> %%(org-class 2013 1 7 2013 4 27 2) 12:00pm-01:15pm TITLE
> show up on MobileOrg.
>
> I have org-mobile-agendas set up to 'default and they do for me.
Thank you! I'll try this.
> Also the synchronization with Google Calendar is qu
Bastien writes:
> Hi David,
>
> David Rogers writes:
>
>> I like to use org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift (C-c C-x c) fairly
>> frequently in some of my Org-mode files. Lately, it seems to have
>> changed its function so that it creates only an exact clone, and doe
Hi everyone
I like to use org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift (C-c C-x c) fairly
frequently in some of my Org-mode files. Lately, it seems to have
changed its function so that it creates only an exact clone, and doesn't
prompt me for the time shift. Can other people reproduce this on a
fairly recent
Marcin Borkowski writes:
> Dnia 2013-04-07, o godz. 14:16:54
> David Rogers napisał(a):
>> I have felt the same way. Is the reason it's not already done (and the
>> pitfall for you if you take on a project like this) that "re-write
>> major ch
Marcin Borkowski writes:
> the key seems to be "too hard to use efficiently"... I am afraid that
> MobileOrg for Android) is indeed much more difficult to use than the
> Emacs version. The strength of Org is that it is easy to use (and
> efficient in terms of keystrokes etc.).
>
> I am just won
Samuel Wales writes:
> In HTML this works. In ASCII it makes one paragraph.
>
> #+begin_quote
> a.
>
> a.
> #+end_quote
Does it help to add a line, as follows?
#+OPTIONS: \n:t
#+begin_quote
a.
a.
#+end_quote
--
David
Jambunathan K writes:
> I offer to take over maintainership of Org.
Org right now is making quick progress, important improvements, and has
a lot of enthusiastic and useful contributors. When a maintainer
decision needs to be made, there is usually a satisfactory result. (Not
to say there are no
Sanjib Sikder writes:
> Hi,
>
> What I am trying to achieve is an 'ordinary' heading, which is not in the
> beginning of the document but somewhere in the middle of the document,
> before a particular level one heading of a tree. At present the 'ordinary'
> heading gets hidden in the previous tre
Nick Dokos writes:
> Yep, I told you I use ISO almost exlusively :-)
(slightly) off-topic: What settings can I tweak to make sure that ISO
dates are used everywhere in Emacs and Org? (everywhere that's practical,
I mean)
--
Thanks
David
Hi everyone.
I'm using org-mode from ELPA.
1. Which require statements should and should not be in my init file?
2. Are there any easy tests I can do to make sure everything is working
properly? M-x org-version is giving me a good answer, just wondering
about anything else.
--
Thanks
Dav
Dieter Wilhelm writes:
> Hi list,
>
> I just took up again the Gnus newsreader!
> Formerly I used it in conjunction with bbdb.
>
> It would be nice if I had the
> possibility to (re)use my contacts
> from gmail.
>
> What do you advise, what is already
> usable and what is the way ahead,
> still b
Hi all
The second example at
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#org-class
is not correct as shown.
It appears to me that it is only missing the < and > signs in the
appropriate places, but I can't be sure. When I add those signs then the
example seems to work for me. I'd appreciate it if some
Gour writes:
> Hello,
>
> I've decided to use Gnus for my mail news (converted my present setup
> to Maildirs served by locally running dovecot, but need some time to
> setup Gnus) and wonder what do you recommend for keeping my contacts?
>
> Besides keeping contacts just as Gnus addressbook, I'
Nicolas Goaziou writes:
> David Rogers writes:
>
>>> David Rogers writes:
>>>
>>>> My plain-text notes, however, often contain single newlines, which I'd
>>>> like to retain. The new ASCII exporter converts them to spaces. If I put
&g
Nicolas Goaziou writes:
> Hello,
>
> David Rogers writes:
>
>> My plain-text notes, however, often contain single newlines, which I'd
>> like to retain. The new ASCII exporter converts them to spaces. If I put
>> double newlines in the original, then the e
Nicolas Goaziou writes:
> Hello,
>
> David Rogers writes:
>
>> My plain-text notes, however, often contain single newlines, which I'd
>> like to retain. The new ASCII exporter converts them to spaces. If I put
>> double newlines in the original, then the e
Hi all
Trying out the new exporter... for my (very basic) purposes it is
working fine - except one detail I can't find an answer to. I frequently
have to make structured lists and email them to the office. I make each
list as a table in an Org subtree, with some notes (always just plain
text) abov
Ivan Andrus writes:
> On Dec 7, 2012, at 9:50 AM, David Rogers wrote:
>> And how about fantasy-but-would-be-really-useful features? Nearly unlimited.
>>
>> - Fully-functioning, practical Org-mode & Gnus & Emacs on a touch screen
>
> Would Emacs be Emacs with
da...@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
> How many of y'all have changed the default priorities from 'A', 'B', and
> 'C' to something else.
>
> I've changed mine to '1' - '5', which showed up a bug in MobileOrg, and
> I'm curious why no one else has seen this.
>
> Am I the only one that doesn't l
brian powell writes:
> So, again, seriously, this thread is misnamed. "What can't you do in
> Emacs/OrgMode?" What can't it be used for?--this should be the thread!
>
> I'd really like to know. Every week or two, something comes off my very
> tiny list, which is just about empty.
Seriously s
"Axel E. Retif" writes:
> What about starting with a quote by Dr. Stefan Vollmar:
>
>
>
> It's difficult to say what exactly Emacs' Org-mode will do for you;
> it's easier to list all things it doesn't do
I'm not SO sure that it's difficult. Let me try:
Org-mode is a set of processors tha
On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:38:41 + (UTC)
Memnon Anon wrote:
> Avner Moshkovitz writes:
> > I looked for an equivalent to this in org-mode but couldn't find a
> > way to customize the heading definition.
> >
> > Is there a way to do so?
>
> AFAIK, the * is a fixed part of the org syntax and is
Eric Abrahamsen writes:
> I'm starting another novel translation, and want to keep track of
> progress in org (I've blown too many deadlines in the past). I've been
> looking at the habits functionality, but it doesn't quite match what I
> want, and I'm looking for a little advice here. I'd like
t - I
can sync manually if needed. (MobileOrg the obvious choice? or
something else?)
3. In all of this, I want to maximize use of org-mode/gnus/emacs and
associated tools, and minimize use of other tools.
Thanks for any thoughts or advice on how this might be done.
--
David Rogers
Nick Dokos writes:
Can ConTeXt handle a LaTeX program?
No it can't, not that I'm aware of anyway. While
both LaTeX and ConTeXt inherit from plain TeX,
and therefore look somewhat similar cosmetically,
they don't work the same. (e.g. ConTeXt does not
use LaTeX packages, the .tex files diff
"Alan E. Davis" writes:
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charset=ISO-8859-1
I've been using org-mode for a few years. My agenda is
cluttered with tasks that are weeks and even months past due. I
am "this close" to declaring "orgmode bankruptcy" and starting
from s
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