Questions tagged [org-mode]
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Em dash before italic in org export
In my document, I have an em dash that needs to be followed by italics. Here's a minimal example:
He was surprised—/excuse me/?
The LATEX/PDF output includes the slashes and the text is not ...
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Is there a way to terminate a subsection in org-mode without starting a new heading? [duplicate]
Let's say I have a first-level heading with some text beneath it. Then, I want to make a section of that under a second-level heading, but there's some text I'd like to keep under the first-level ...
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trouble with linking from one section to another section using ox-hugo
I am trying to create a link from content/file.md to content/section/_index.md. I've tried using CUSTOM_ID, ID and header title in my org file. In the org file, the links work fine. However, after ...
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Org mode: Emacs Lisp implementation to get Google Calendar data and convert it to org mode format
The well known Org-Mode to/from Google Calendar synchronization is described here https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-google-sync.html.
What I don't like is the custom AWK script ical2org.awk. ...
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Yearly calendar view of agenda (with colored background)
I would like to have a yearly calendar view of my agenda. The code from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9547912/emacs-calendar-show-more-than-3-months shows how to display a calendar for the whole ...
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Hiding content in an org buffer
Given an org document where some headers are visible and others
not, and some content is visble and other content not, how can I
hide all content, but leave the headers that were visible before
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Org mode monospaces more than it should
Org mode lets you monospace text by enclosing it within = signs. However, I don't think the regex actually considers if it is a "starting" = or a "closing" =.
Example: =s[=$i$=]= renders not only ...
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How to get date+interval?
I have a deadline that is 12/12/2019+15d+1m. How would I get it in Emacs? This should be straightforward but have not found it. The right answer is 01/27.
UPDATE:
The question is not about combining ...
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Skip flyspell checking of ~code~ and =verbatim= regions in Org mode
First some disambiguation:
This Endless Parentheses page demonstrates how to use ispell-skip-region-alist to skip =code= and =verbatim= blocks with ispell…
(defun endless/org-ispell ()
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Prioritize color of emphasis faces in Org headers
Observe the following Org buffer, tested on Emacs with no configuration (emacs -q):
Note that bold, italic, and underline are all distinctly fontified in the header. However verbatim and code are not....
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Enlarge a svg image in org
I have such a svg picture
and test equality by using the following relations:
[[file:fig/math/55d25a70d9db3c6d95666151a04c4869.svg]]
We can express these rules as procedures:
Then enlarge it
What'...
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Is there a command to delete items from an org list?
I have an org-mode list.
1) John
2) Paul
3) Jimmy
4) George
5) Ringo
I've decided that item number three doesn't belong on this list. I can purge this item by removing it and then issuing C-c C-c ...
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Include file relative path
The Org Mode section on including files:
https://orgmode.org/manual/Include-files.html
seems to be missing a detail. It appears that relative paths are allowed, I
assume they would be relative to ...
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org-refile under a given heading
From org-refile to a known fixed location I have learned that the argument RFLOC looks like this:
'(heading file regular-expression position-of-target-heading)
I am trying to programmatically refile ...
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Org-mode: blocks incorrectly parsed as org-mode markup
I noticed a really weird behavior related to #+begin_xxx/#+end_xxx block. It turns out that contents inside those blocks are parsed as org-mode markup. That is, inside a block:
* at the beginning of ...
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org-cycle in Doom Emacs: 2 instead of 3 states
I recently installed Doom and noticed that in org-mode the Tab key (used for local/subtree visibility cycling) only cycles between 2 states ('folded' and 'children') as opposed to 3 states I'm used to ...
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How does org-mode implement syntax highlighting for code blocks?
How does org-mode implement syntax highlighting for code blocks? More specifically, for a C file, does it use cc-mode or does it have its own algorithm? For example, if I have this org file: test.org:
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Wrong numbering of sections - html export - org-mode - RTL languages
This small example:
#+LANGUAGE: ar
#+HTML: <style> html,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,body { direction: rtl} </style>
* 1
** - 1. 1
** - 1. 2 !
** - 1. 3 !
* 2
** - 2. 1 !
** - 2. 2
** ...
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Removing extra blank lines in R output
I noticed than when writing a multiline src code block in Org-mode, and if only the final command line produces an output, the R output includes an extra blank line at the top, like here:
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org cycle visibility of drawers
I use drawers extensively. As a result, They tend to get long.I would like a mechanism to fold them like headlines. I found outline-show-all command which makes drawers visible. I would like a global, ...
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How to set TAB behavior in Org-mode source-blocks when the language isn't supported?
How can I set a default TAB behavior (i.e. 4 spaces instead of tab) in an Org source-block when the language is not supported? Example:
#+begin_src xyz
lkjsdf
iouqweou
#+end_src
Using TAB ...
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Org mode agenda fails to show consistency graph
I set up the Org mode consistency graph of habits following the manual. Each habit is, e.g.:
** TODO some habit
SCHEDULED: <2019-12-22 Sun 07:20 ++1d>
:PROPERTIES:
:STYLE: habit
:LAST_REPEAT: [...
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Add timestamp to repeating task when marked DONE
Say I have this task:
* TODO Task
SCHEDULED: <2019-12-21 Sat 13:00 +1w>
and I mark it done the day after. Then, the timestamp becomes <2019-12-28 Sat +1w> and I lose the previous entry,...
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How to disable code blocks in an Emacs org-mode init file
My dot emacs config consists of a short init.el file and a very large org file in which I have created dozens of emacs-lisp code-blocks. This works very well for me, especially in terms of ...
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What is the `'inf-template` file in the ob-template.el file (template for creating new babel language)
Because the options provided by the mathematica.el file in org-contrib are quite limited, I am trying to create a new, extended, mathematica.el file. As explained on the org language development page, ...
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Looking up values in an org spreadsheet
I imagine it would be possible, with the tables
| food | kcal/hg |
|---------+---------|
| sausage | 281 |
and
| food | g | kcal |
|---------+-----+------|
| sausage | 100 | ...
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Getting a specific property value from an org clock element
I am dealing with a function that receives an org-mode 'clock element:
(defun org-clock-csv--parse-element (element)
"Ingest clock ELEMENT and produces a plist of its relevant
properties."
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Export comments and babel src results to markdown
When I export to another format like rst from org, the comments #comments and the results from babel src will not be exported.
How could I include them to export?
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specify time of day for org-resolve-clocks, not number of minutes
I can use org-resolve-clocks if I've been away from a task but kept the clock for the task running -- but when I do that and select K ("keeps however many minutes you request and then immediately ...
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Filter todo's and group by category
I am using org-super-agenda to filter tasks by certain criteria (e.g., :todo "NEXT"). Now, I want the results to display grouped by category. I tried to use :auto-category t, but I can't seem to get ...
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Do I have to call all the code blocks in org-mode to chain them?
Imagine this org file
#+NAME: get-referral-code-payload
#+BEGIN_SRC bash :dir ~/Developer/data :results raw :exports code
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "@userData.json" -X POST https://...
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How to move point to an invisible line (to access an org property when heading is folded)?
I wrote some code to reschedule all headings under a subtree, but it was failing to get the scheduled date of heading in invisible lines, even though it could access other properties such as the name ...
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No org-babel-execute function for js!
I'm using org-mode in Spacemacs and have this code block:
#+BEGIN_SRC js :var payload=access-token-payload
let parsedPayload = JSON.parse(access-token-payload);
return parsedPayload.access_token;
#+...
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How can I link the source code .org file when exporting it?
I have an .org file in which I want to insert the source code that generated the web page when is exported to HTML, this is, the .org file itself, but when I do it's changed to the .html file. How can ...
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Efficient workflow to write a book in Org-mode
I plan to write a short statistics textbook using Org-mode. Even if some textbooks have been written using equivalent systems (e.g., the R package bookdown), I have no examples in mind of books ...
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Doom Emacs does not display wordcount
Running Doom Emacs 2.0.9.
If I make a selection, I can see the word-count. This is as expected because doom-modeline-enable-word-count is set to t.
However, I was expecting to see a word-count as I ...
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Convet texinfo to org
I tried to convert a texinfo file to an org file:
pandoc --wrap=none calendar.texi -o calendar.org
Unfortunately, it outputs a messy text.
Since texinfo act as emacs default markup language, while ...
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Export a docx file to org using pandoc but without the property drawers
If I export a docx file to org using Pandoc as follows
pandoc -s test.docx -o test.org
I get a nice org file with markup. However, I also get unwanted properties with each heading in the file, ...
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What does w mean in “worg”
It might be trivial, but google searches do not help.
What does "W" mean mean in Worg?
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Sum org-mode table column based on other column
I have this org-mode table:
| Category | Category Budget | Needs Transfer |
|------------------+-----------------+----------------|
| Rent | 3000 | t |
| ...
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Easily update dates for a recurrent set of TODOs in org mode
Every semester I teach the same course and for every semester there are several TODOs that should, at least initially, have the same dates relative to the starting date (i.e. the first day of class). ...
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In org mode, how can I hide body text but show drawer contents?
Using spacemacs I would like to be able to display an org mode document such that:
all headings are visible
all drawers are open and their contents visible
all other body text is invisible
It would ...
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Force Org-Link to inherit a different face when placed in org-table?
I currently have (variable-pitch-mode +1) set on a hook when I start org-mode. I have customized my org-mode faces such that faces like org-link inherit from my variable-pitch face. This looks great ...
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Stop Emacs From Moving Text / Point to Bottom of Screen
I don't fully understand what is happening but I would like it to stop - I am using org-mode and ESS, and when I am in an R src block, things like hitting tab to auto-indent a line of code cause point ...
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How could `(package-initialize)` affect the behavior of `org-open-at-point`?
Up until this afternoon, I was able to run org-open-at-point on something like
[[file:/Users/apc/Desktop/test%20paper.pdf]]
and open the file named "test paper.pdf" in my Desktop. But I'm no longer ...
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How to stop org-batch-store-agenda-views from writing to kill-ring
I have the following in my config:
(defun export-agenda ()
"custom export of agenda for mobile use"
(eval '(org-batch-store-agenda-views
;; w/o diary
org-agenda-include-diary ...
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Modify emacs calendar starting week number
I want to change emacs default calendar week number so that it starts at a manually preset date.
Normally the year is broken into 52 weeks and week 1 is the one that contains the 1st of January. I'd ...
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how to display target of an org-mode link in the echo area or as tooltip?
In org mode when I hover over a link, I get a tooltip that shows the target of the link. But I'd like to see the target when I just move point onto a link, either as a tooltip or in the echo area. For ...
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roll back org-mode version
I have a scimax based configuration and my source block fontification is broken. I suspect it has to do with the release of Org-mode 9.3 which I am currently using. Thats why I am trying to roll-back ...
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org-archive-location ignore heading cookie
I have an org file that looks something like this:
* Tasks
** TODO A test task
* 2019
** 2019-12 December
*** 2019-12-10 Tuesday
**** Day planning
***** Tasks for today [0/1]
****** TODO Another ...
