[Orgmode] [BABEL] help adding a language, please?

Hi guys, Org-mode newbie, here. I'd like to add newlisp to the list of languages that babel supports. I got ob-template.el and replaced all occurrences of "template" with "newlisp." When I try to execute a code block, it fails, looking for "inf-newlisp." That's "inferior-mode," right? Can I

[Orgmode] word count checklist?

Hey guys, is it possible to to define a number of words and have a checklist-type progress-monitor (/ or %) tell you how close you are to reaching the number? Just curious--it would come in handy... -- -tom ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use

[Orgmode] questions about links

Hi guys, Ok, if I make "foo" a link: blah blah [[foo]] blah it will pop over to "foo" elsewhere in the buffer. (This is a tangent, but I see carets in the documentation, like "" , but they don't seem to be needed-- the link finds "foo" just fine) Can I make [[foo]] link to all the foos in the

[Orgmode] questions about links

(resent, sorry) Hi guys, Ok, if I make "foo" a link: blah blah [[foo]] blah it will pop over to "foo" elsewhere in the buffer. (This is a tangent, but I see carets in the documentation, like "" , but they don't seem to be needed-- the link finds "foo" just fine) Can I make [[foo]] link to all

[O] conceptual TODO help?

Hi guys, I have a few questions about todo states. I have these keywords defined: #+TODO: Do Doing DoBy DoLater | Did DidNot DidNever #+TAGS: @Beverly(y) @Bionca(a) I'd like to have a better understanding of the TODO sequence for any given task, assignment, or project. The states Do and Did are

[O] plain text best practice?

howdy guys, I want to use org-mode for writing documents that don't necessarily have very many headings or sub-headings. I could do: * Chapter One lots of text * Chapter Two lots more text or: * Chapter One - lots of text * Chapter Two - lots more text or: * Chapter One ** paragraph 1

[O] Stupid questions. this time: org-protocol

Hey guys, Maybe there can be a subject-line label just for me: [O:sq] because I have a million of them. I really don't want to clutter up the list, though. I haven't used org-protocol yet. I've been staying away from it because it uses emacsclient, and my experience has caused me to dislike emacs

[O] freeplane exporter too?

hey guys, would the new freemind exporter be able to handle files created with freeplane, or would there have to be a freeplane exporter too? Freeplane files and Freemind files are similar, but not the same. Just something to consider... -- -tom

[O] zip for odt export under windows

Hi guys, I need to use the odt exporter on a windows box, and i read in an archived post that I need to install infozip. Infozip seems to be unavailable. How have others configured for export? thanks! -- signature to baby: "doobywoobybooboo" :-)

[O] speedbar tweaks or alternatives?

Hi guys, I recently discovered that the speedbar can be used to navigate headings in my org files. It doesn't seem to work very well. The speedbar won't refresh, and it won't show more than two heading levels. Can anyone suggest customizations to make it work, or alternatives that do the same t

[O] a quick tag question

Hi guys, if I have a buffer with the option #+tags: atag and then tag a headline with that tag, shouldn't I see the headline when I call (org-tags-view) ? I don't. I'm sure I'm missing something simple... -- signature on the edge: "wheee!" :-)

[O] couple questions about simple todo

Hi guys, Pardon the baby-level questions. With a file that looks like this: #+startup: align nologdone showall #+todo: next doing finished * All to Do ** [2015-08-11 Tue] [1/1] *** finished iron the cat How can I enter the date stamp so that it is neither active nor inactive? I don't want a l

Re: [O] couple questions about simple todo

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 05:37:59PM +0100, Eric S Fraga wrote: > From the manual: > > "The vertical bar separates the TODO keywords (states that _need > action_) from the DONE states (which need _no further action_)." > I'll go ahead and throw the bar in there. The last todo state is s

Re: [O] couple questions about simple todo

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:27:29AM +0800, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > > My take on what you've shown here is that you've got it a bit backwards. > Apologies if you've tried many things and you settled on this on > purpose, but it looks like you're trying to organize the Org file to > look like the Ag

Re: [O] couple questions about simple todo

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 12:45:23PM +0800, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > scraw...@gmail.com writes: > > > So I can avoid looking at all that? > > Sure, in principle you don't need that stuff at all! It depends on what > you're using Org for, but if you're really trying to start simple and > build up, t

[O] todo autochange to done

Hey guys, In the manual, section 5.5, there is a function shown that would allow a "TODO entry to automatically change to DONE when all children are done". Here it is: ;> (defun org-summary-todo (n-done n-not-done) "Switch entry to DONE when all subentries are done, to TODO otherwise." (l

Re: [O] todo autochange to done

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 11:39:24PM -0500, Matt Lundin wrote: > Check the quote character before org-after-todo-statistics-hook and > org-summary-todo: it should be ' not ’. Ahha! I have the pdf version of the org manual and pasted from it. Thanks! -- signature angry: "gr" :-)

Re: [O] todo autochange to done

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 08:05:06AM -0500, scraw...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 11:39:24PM -0500, Matt Lundin wrote: > > > Check the quote character before org-after-todo-statistics-hook and > > org-summary-todo: it should be ' not ’. > > Ahha! I have the pdf version of the org manu

Re: [O] todo autochange to done

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 08:14:31AM -0500, scraw...@gmail.com wrote: > > I spoke too soon. the version in my .emacs is ok, the one I posted here (from > the pdf) isn't... Never mind. Sorry for the noise. -- signature mischievous: "heh, heh, heh" :-)

[O] students, classes, assignments...

Hey guys, What's an efficient way to keep track of students, classes, and assignments? I'm using org now, but I don't want to admit how badly I'm abusing it to make my *cough* system work. How about something like this: a file per student with Classwork, Homework, and Assessment headings, maybe

Re: [O] students, classes, assignments...

On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 06:13:00AM -0400, John Kitchin wrote: > It depends a lot on what you want to be able to do. Do you need reports > of what is completed? aggregated grades, etc... > > Here is what I do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRUCiF2MwP4 > > Here is a talk I gave last year on using

[O] begging table formula help

Hi Guys, I might actually have a working, almost sane system that I can understand and work with. May I beg some help? | Student | Assgn Points | Points Earned | Possible | Achieved | Percentage | |-+--+---+--+--+| | Barney |

Re: [O] begging table formula help

On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 12:20:05PM -0400, John Kitchin wrote: > I assume you want to calculate the Points Earned and Percentage columns? > > | Student | Assgn Points | Points Earned | Possible | Achieved | Percentage | > |-+--+---+--+--+|