Questions tagged [org-mode]
is an Emacs major mode for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists, planning projects, and authoring documents with a fast and effective plain-text system. Because Org mode is a vast subject area, other tags must accompany the `org-mode` tag.
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Display Pillow image object in Babel Org Mode directly without saving into a file?
I wonder if there is any way for Babel in Org Mode to display images (from libraries like Pillow or matplotlib) "directly" without saving them into a file:
#+begin_src python
from PIL import ...
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How to bind org-agenda-undo to C-z when cua-mode is enabled?
By default, C-_ runs the command undo (found in global-map). It also runs org-agenda-undo when in Agenda view.
As I use cua-mode, I undo changes with C-z. My issue is that it doesn't work in Agenda ...
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Can org-mode show a table of occurrences, percentages, or histogram-like data?
Let's say we have a table with a column like this:
|---|
| S |
| K |
| K |
| K |
| R |
| S |
| K |
| R |
| R |
| K |
Can org mode calculate and report some kind of table of occurrences or percentages ...
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org-mode automatically indent after return in plain lists
I would like to create a plain list like this:
blablabla
- bla
- bla
- bla
But if I just click return, it shows as
blablabla
- bla
- bla
- bla
That is, each time I click return in a list, ...
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How do deal with hierarchical notes?
I like to keep notes for all my contacts, but also want to avoid "namespace pollution" when using org-roam-node-find. If I have 500 contacts I would rather they all live under a contacts ...
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Pass default value to org-set-property
The documentation says:
(org-set-property PROPERTY VALUE)
When called interactively, this will prompt for a property name, offering
completion on existing and default properties. And then it will ...
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org-insert-todo-subheading-respect-content
There is no org-insert-todo-subheading-respect-content, but there is a org-insert-todo-heading-respect-content.
Why?
Also, if describe-function could show the source of that function, then maybe I ...
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Org-mode: No images to display inline
I am trying to display images in org files. I have used links such as
[[file:~/path/to/image.png]]
When I click on the link, it gives me another buffer in which there are only symbols. When I put the ...
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Exclude parts of the org-mode content based on export filetype
I work with org-reveal for presentations and export to LaTeX based PDF for handouts.
I use SVG for the graphs in the reveal-presentation for better scaling and I want those to be ignored when ...
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split every single org headline in a org file to separate md/org files
I want to be able to create a function that splits or exports every single headline in a org mode file (recursively) into a separate file.
Ideally that would be a .md file but I can also live with a ...
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more org-preview-latex-fragment issues on mac
I must have messed up my .spacemacs file, latex preview in org mode is no longer working. My config is below. It seems to be a path problem. The output when I attempt to preview is:
../../../../....
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how to use link path to set the background face?
I would like to use a custom link, i.e. [[h:blue][blue highlighted text]], to create highlighted text. The background color of the highlighted text is specified by the path. I have
(org-link-set-...
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How can I split top org headlines into a org file to separate md/org files? [duplicate]
I want to be able to create a function that splits or exports only top headlines starting with * in a org mode file (recursively) into a separate file.
* Title_of_Heading_1
Text 1
** Sub-...
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org-mode: specifying a hyperlink target as regex and jumping directly to match?
The documentation of a Fortran code, being done in org-mode, is intended to
be done in such a way that changing the Fortran source code to be documented
should be kept at a minimum.
There is the ...
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Open file in orgmode with external application. Check if file exists and create file from template if necessary
I want to create a file with org-open-at-point from a template if that file does not exist. If it exists, I want to open it in an external app.
In org-mode, file-links are created by [[file:path-to-...
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How to show headings with no or missing TODO keyword
I have an org file where all headings must have a TODO keyword.
I would like to search for any headings that do not have a TODO keyword.
I can do that manually of course by scrolling thru the file.
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Retrieving a view of org-mode tasks completed within a range and that have a non-nil property
How can I retrieve, over an elisp list of files list-of-files, a view of all org-mode headers that (i) were CLOSED in between start and end such that (ii) these headers have a property P defined (that ...
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How can I wrap the main text of a document around a table when exporting from Org to Latex?
I have a long, skinny table that's likely going to end up spanning multiple pages that I'm using the longtable environment for. I want to have this placed on the left-hand side of my document, and to ...
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org-mode headings renders markdown link syntax of inner code block, how to prevent it from happening?
I am using Doom Emacs with bundled org-mode and markdown-mode.
I have org-mode text snippet like this:
*** test
**** http://example.com
**** block
#+begin_src
http://example.com/
#+end_src
**** ...
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Emacs org-mode error in empo tags
I'm using emacs with org mode tempo tags,
based on this questions and answers
Q and A 1
Q and A 2
I get the feeling that I need to require org-tempo, but I get the following error:
Debugger entered-...
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How can I change color of quoted text in org mode?
When I use #+BEGIN_QUOTE.. #+END_QUOTE text in between always shown as white.
Example output:
Related: how to markup a quotation?
Is it possible to change color of the quoted text such as to dimmer ...
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How to conveniently insert a clock entry?
Sometimes I want to add a clock entry for something I did after it was already done. For example I may want to add an entry CLOCK: [2017-01-28 Sa 09:35]--[2017-01-28 Sa 10:12] => 0:37 at 10:30.
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How to display the list of all #+NAME properties is org-mode document?
It must be something obvious but I cannot find information on
this issue.
When reftex-mode is enabled, I can type ~C-c )~
and for the following piece of code
\begin{equation}
2x=4
\label{Eq:A}
\end{...
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Create an org-agenda-custom-commands using org-agenda-filter
Org-mode newbie here.
I use the org-agenda-filter pretty heavily as part of my daily agenda workflow. I have a tag for "Work" related TODO items and repeat this operation several times a day:...
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Error when attempting to insert "standard skipping condition" with custom agenda
I am trying configure a custom agenda view with multiple blocks.
For one of the blocks, I want to skip items that have are scheduled or have a deadline in order to find "unscheduled" items (...
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Is it possible to org-export a subset of a document?
LaTeX has a convenient \includeonly command. By writing in the preamble
\includeonly{ch02}
it's possible to typeset a subset of a document.
\begin{document}
\include{ch01}
\include{ch02}
\include{...
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org-super-agenda - Item Isn't Added to Agenda But can be Found Using org-ql
I am using Emacs 28.2 with Spacemacs. I've been a happy org-super-agenda user for a few years now but I haven't really made many changes.
Recently I wanted to start tracking todo's with new keywords, ...
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Spacemacs org-mode python session plotting problem
I have been using org-mode with R in Spacemacs for a while now with no issue.
I'm moving my workflow from R to Python.
Jupyter notebooks (EIN) works great, but I prefer org-mode:
Normal (non-...
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How can I use a keyword in the LATEX_HEADER?
I have this .org-file (let’s call it letter.org):
#+AUTHOR: Me
#+SENDER: hu-berlin-letter-example
#+SUBJECT: Short description
#+LANG: de
#+ADDRESSEE: my adress
#+SETUPFILE: org-setupfile.org
Thank ...
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Defining default line-wrapping for a specific file
I use org files to write prose and I want to have line-wrapping enabled in those files by default. If possible, I don't want to enable it for all org files, just those used specifically for prose. Is ...
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Why is autopairing for "<>" enabled in org-mode when I have electric-pair-mode enabled but do not have "<>" in electric-pair-pairs?
Here's a snippet of my config related to electric-mode:
(setq electric-pair-pairs '(
(?\{ . ?\})
(?\( . ?\))
(?\[ . ?\])
(?\&...
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Can TODO headings in org mode inherit part of the heading style, specifically fontsize?
Emacs initiate here, I've just now added different heading sizes for org-mode to my init file, according to the answer on this page: Setting for org-mode bullet font size
(custom-set-faces
'(org-...
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How to get content of CDATA section (and strip all HTML tags from it)
I am trying to parse an RSS feed element returned by org-feed-parse-rss-feed with a custom version of org-feed-parse-rss-entry.
(defun aleneum/org-feed-parse-rss-entry (entry)
"Parse the `:item-...
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Org-mode, linking between headings topic
I use Org-mode to manage a knowledge-base system.
I want to apply the dependency/requirement concept for learning any specific topic:
Let's say We have 4 nodes, each one represent a "Topic to ...
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How can I embed SVG images when exporting to HTML from Org?
Briefly
If I org-latex-export-to-pdf an org file with SVG diagrams, I get a single self-contained file that can be conveniently sent as draft.
If I instead org-html-export-to-html (avoiding all the ...
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Org-mode: Subtree of all unckecked checkboxes
Consider an org-file like
* Heading
** Subheading
- [X] checkbox 1
- [ ] checkbox 2
- [X] checkbox 3
** Sub 2
*** Subsub 1
- [ ] checkbox 4
- [X] checkbox 5
etc.
Is there a convenient way to see ...
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How to add dollar amounts in org mode?
Given something like:
| $1.10 | |
| $2.20 | |
| $3.30 | |
| | |
How do you add the amounts with $-sign? C-c + does not work for me.
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Profiling org-capture and improving its performance
My org-capture takes about 6 seconds to open up on a reasonably powerful machine, and it becomes over a minute on a cheap laptop. I decided to profile the function and here's what it gave:
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Emacs org-journal todo items don't show up in org-agenda
I am wondering how you can make todo items from the journal show up in the agenda view.
Currently, my org set up is as follows
(setq org-directory "~/org/")
(setq org-agenda-files (directory-...
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Org-Mode Agenda Open in Left Window by Default
With a vertical split (C-x 3), regardless of which buffer I am in, C-c a opens the agenda on the right window, pushing my org file into the left window.
Is it possible to have the agenda open into ...
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Assign function to one key that marks a heading DONE and jumps to the next TODO-style heading
I would like to just use one key to mark a heading DONE and jump (skip all DONE-style headings between) to the next visible TODO-style heading.
I found a suggestion here, but I get the error apply: ...
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org-mode, tags based Dynamic Headings
I have a bunch of headings scattered around with certain tags.
Is there any way to create a subheading that is somehow a result of all these headings?
I want to eventually export such a subheading to ...
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How to put a html attribute in the header of an orgmode file so it applies to all images on export?
To export to html an orgmode file which has links to multiple images, each of which has to have a given width, you can put something like #+ATTR_HTML: :width 800 above each image.
Is there a way to ...
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Adding numbers to sub-lists?
So when you have a numbered list in Org Mode, it looks like this:
But I want my numbered lists to look like this:
With the sub-sections having the parent section's number as well. Is there any way I ...
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Footnote-like custom function for org-roam-insert
I am trying to make a custom function for org-roam which inserts footnote-like links in the current note.
The idea is to insert links on this way
The logistic regression [fn:20200612000001]...
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How to see files of a particular tag in org-roam?
Before I installed org-roam I saw a screenshot or a video somewhere in which the tags of an org-roam note looked like links. I was under the impression that org-roam allows you to see all notes of a ...
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dvipng puts page numbers at the end of png files produced when displaying latex fragments in org-mode
I can produce latex and dvi files from latex fragments in org files. I have dvipng chosen as the way to produce an image file. Unfortunately, it seems like dvipng puts the page number at the end of ...
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How can I make org-pomodoro silence?
I am using org-pomodoro, in order to start a pomodoro for the task at point or select one of the last tasks that you clocked time for.
When pomodoro completed it plays a alert sound. I was wondering ...
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org capture at point as sibling of heading
org 9.2 used to support this feature. when (org-capture 0), it used to place the selected template entry as a sibling of heading at point. in org 9.3 however, it fully respects the heading level ...
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Cannot export org mode to collapsible HTML
I am trying to have basic collapsing/folding functionality for sections in the HTML file that has been exported from org-mode, since the files I want to share are very large. I am using Emacs 26.2 (9....
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