Questions tagged [org-mode]

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Org mode session inferior process

In Python org mode source blocks, the company code completion works only if there is inferior buffer called *Python*. When I use file-wide session inferior buffer with a different name the ...
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How can I restore an org file from a backup?

I recently made the mistake of accidently deleting a portion of my home folder. I lost some org-documents for notes and things that I'd like to recover. Luckily, my .emacs.d directory and the backups ...
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Plain ordered list keystrokes do not work properly

The keystrokes M-<up>, M-<down>, M-RET etc. do not work as described in the manual in an ordered list, but they change all the plain list into an unordered list. What could have happened? ...
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link(URI) to emacs org mode section

Instead of links in org mode to external applications, what I want is links to org mode sections. I hope that open emacs://org/id/<uuid> in a browser will open emacs(GUI) and jump to the heading ...
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How to disable font-lock for org-special block lines?

I like using org-special blocks. I have an issue due to how I've set up my org-emphasis-regexp-components (done this way because I wanted the possibility of multi-line emphasis and emphasis w/in words)...
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How can I get Emacs to recognize MacOS links, and use MacOS defaults to open them?

On MacOS, there are a number of link types which just work for opening things system-wide, for example, rdar://123456789 for opening an issue in the Radar app. These can all be opened with the open ...
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How to present my semantic search model results in minibuffer to select them and open file?

I have an org-roam directory where I keep all my notes in org files. Currently to search through my notes, I use keyword searching using ripgrep with rg.el. With this method, rg pops up the results in ...
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Why doesn't this "diary sexp" work?

I've inserted this entry: %%(diary-anniversary 01 27 1948) Arthur's birthday (%d years old) in an .org file (that Emacs evaluates when I press C-c a ato obtain the agenda view) but in the agenda, on ...
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Alt+(left/right) arrow doesn't indent in Org mode anymore

I just installed Arch (Arcolinux) and everything works fine except emacs which refuses indentation in Org mode files with the Alt-left-arrow (M-<left>)or the Alt-right-arrow (M-<right>) ...
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How to display base64 encoded strings as inline images in org-mode? [duplicate]

I have an org-babel code block that returns a base64 encoded image as a string. How can I display that as an inline image? Currently, I am saving that data to a file as a png, and using :results file :...
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How to have something similar to org-ctrl-c-minus but instead of adding just "-" Emacs would add "- [ ]"?

Suppose I have the following snippet inside an .org file: The Need to Read What You (Want to) Want After selecting the region with the mark command and executing org-ctrl-c-minus, I can convert the ...
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Controlling Placement of Ellipses in Outline Mode: At End of Line or On Separate Line?

I have the following file opened in outline mode: * Heading 1 body ** Sub-heading 1 body *** Child 1 body *** Child 2 body **** Buried Deep body ** Sub-heading 2 body *** Child 1 body When I ...
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Org-mode: HTML Attributes on begin_center environment

Typically, it is possible to add html attributes to the #+begin_xxx tags, e.g.: #+attr_html: :style display:flex; #+begin_div Testing... #+end_div However, when I try to do this with #+begin_center, ...
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Org-beamer export uses different footnote numbering style based on columns

Using org-beamer (Emacs 27.1, Org mode 9.3). I have one slide that does not use columns, and one bullet point has a footnote. The footnote exports with an Arabic-numeral numbering style (1). Another ...
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How to get a non intersecting Overdue + Next 7 Days agenda

I've been trying to get a agenda with two segments: Everything that is overdue and a view of the next 7 days. For now my agenda looks like this: org-agenda-custom-commands '(("t" &...
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Recalculating org-mode table causes it to be misaligned when there are multiple tables

Here is my org-mode file foo.org: | Category | Points | |-----------+--------| | Minecraft | 13 | | Tetris | 6 | | Bricks | 1 | |-----------+--------| | | 20 | #+...
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Importing org-mode table into R using `read.table()`

I see a related question has already been asked, but it misses my particular use case. If I have an org-mode table with some data, and I want to import it into an R session, using read.table. However, ...
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Structure template replacement for #+ATTR_LATEX?

I had previously used an old-style structure template <r to insert #+ATTR_LATEX: (my own custom setting). This style has been deprecated: structure templates now support only BEGIN_ / END_ style. ...
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Org mode column view: color gradient for numeric column

I have an Org user property, score, which takes values from 0 to 100. When viewing this property in column view, how can I format the cell backgrounds using a color gradient? This does something ...
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header-args in org-mode Properties

Trying to figure out how to use header-args, but doesn't work for me. I specify: ****** org-heading header :PROPERTIES: :header-args+:shell: :var foo=hukarz :END: , but there's no output with this: #+...
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How to log changes to checklists in org-mode?

Let's say I have the following checklist in org-mode: * TODO Example [/] - [ ] First - [ ] Second How do I automatically add a timestamped entry into the logbook drawer when an item is checked? ...
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How to visit an org-roam node from a link without using the mouse

This seems like a silly question, but how can I visit an org-roam node from a link without using the mouse? I have been looking all over the place and can't seem to find an answer. Some context: I'm ...
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Relative links and includes (Org)

My problem is almost a repost from reddit (original post). Recently, I opened a issue trying to explain what is going on (issue), but the reddit post was clearer than my explanation and very similar ...
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Headline colors not diplayed correctly, emacs-calfw

In emacs-calfw some headlines are not displayed correctly (wrong color) as shown in the screenshot below. I created an issue where I described the problem in more detail and also explained how to ...
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How can I insert a link into a latex environment in org-mode?

I have the following file open in Org mode: * Headline 1 [[Headline 1]] \begin{enumerate} \item yes %[[Headline 1]] \item no \end{enumerate} When I click the first link to Headline 1, I jump to it, ...
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Sorting Org entry properties in an arbitrary specified order

I have some Org entry user properties which I want to keep in a specific order (not necessarily alphabetical) at the top of the properties drawer: (defconst my-properties-in-order '("A" &...
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two behaviors for org-return-follows-link

In my org-mode config I have activated org-return-follows-link to access links with the return key. For instance, if a link points to a pdf, I have configured org-mode to open it with certain pdf ...
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How can I use expandable content in org-mode?

Markdown has expandable content option to hide and unhide a block of text or a video. This option most often used in README.md that is view through github. Example from: <details> <summary&...
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How to copy either path or url from an org link?

Here I found a solution on how to copy an URL from an org-link. When applied to these two org-link: [[https://emacs.stackexchange.com/][Emacs StackExchange]] [[./path/file.org][An org file]] It will ...
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How can I get a numbered check list in org-mode?

How can I get a numbered check list? E.g.: - TODO Organize party [2/4] 1. [-] call people [1/3] - [ ] Peter - [X] Sarah - [ ] Sam 2. [X] order food 3. [ ] think about what music to ...
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Programatically update org-mode properties values

I have a handful of org-remark highlight-annotations which, before a bug in the code-base got fixed, consistently got displaced by 40 characters when I left and returned to the buffer. In order for ...
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How to create an org-link (pointing to an org file) by automatically following a predefined naming scheme?

I'm not yet interested in using Zettelkasten Method to organize my org files. I just use a hierarchical index (index.org). So I don't have the use of packages such as org-roam or denote. However, I'm ...
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Forcing orgmode page breaks on Git

When I create org documents I make sure that I have this setting in my init.el file: '(org-export-preserve-breaks t) One can also use #+OPTIONS: \n:t on a file-per-file basis to force org to ...
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#+index: with identitier involving the ! character?

In an orgmode project, I want to index identifiers where some contain an exclamation mark like: #+index: conv! This causes problem, as the ! mark is normally used to create sub-item: doc index I ...
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How do I uncheck all checkboxes in a `.org` file with a single command?

Set every checkbox to state [ ] From: - [ ] One - [-] Two - [x] Three To: - [ ] One - [ ] Two - [ ] Three
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How to unbind a key bound by org-mode-map? [duplicate]

I'd like to bind jump-to-register with C-', like this: (global-set-key (kbd "C-'") 'jump-to-register. However, C-' is already bound to org-cycle-agenda-files. I tried to unbind C-' with (...
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Org citations produced by src are not rendered in tabulated results

For example to reproduce: #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results table replace "Prior research [cite:@paper] suggests that..." #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: | Prior research suggests that... | The ...
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Ignore tags during traversal in org-mode sparse tree match (performance)

I have a huge org file and I use the sparse tree function a lot to help me plan my weeks/months. (The agenda mode just doesn't do it for me; I really need to see it in the context of the tree.) ...
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How can I change timestamp input as `%d/%m` in org-mode

In org-mode, I want to represent timestamp globally in day/month/year format. For that I have following code in my config file. (setq org-agenda-include-diary t) (setq-default org-display-custom-times ...
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Help me use emacs with org mode at work

When working from home on my linux machine - I have all my org files on Dropbox. I store all agenda files, todos, references and stuff like that in those. Basically my whole life is in those org files....
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Relative date org mode agenda search no longer working

After updating my Emacs packages today (2023-01-04), I can't get correct results for relative date searches against org-mode fields such as DEADLINE anymore. (The last time I updated before today was ...
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How to ignore (for recentf) files opened automatically during start-up

Some modes, on Emacs start-up, load a lot of files automatically. Example: Org-mode refreshes its agenda by reading every file configured to contain agenda items. But these "read the file ...
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How to remove breakpoint icon after refiling in Org mode?

When I refile (C-c C-w) a TODO entry under another heading, I get an icon in the left margin. The icon looks like a red dot, similar to the icon used for breakpoints in IDEs. Here's a before and after ...
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Where can I find more information on how org custom agenda "type of search" arguments work?

I'd like to know the syntax of creating a Custom Agenda Command in emacs org mode. I found this tutorial on the org mode website. It says that the third argument to a list item in org-agenda-custom-...
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Change org mode's heading font size (like logseq) in respect of properties

I want my org file can be used in Emacs and logseq interchangeably (in pc Emacs, in mobile logseq) What I want is like logseq to have other properties for the heading text, like :PROPERTIES: :heading: ...
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extend org-tags-view to show body of the matching node

In my org files I have many entries that hold a tag. I use them (among many other things) to create reading lists and such. The org-tags-view then shows these items in a list and I browse through them....
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meaning of a red dot on border of window

This entry was created using org-capture and removing 'TODO'. I wonder why it shows a red dot in the lhs.
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Run clang-format in org source block

I have some org files with cpp source blocks. I want to format the code in the source blocks using clang-format. Consider this complete org file: This is a test: #+begin_src cpp struct Foo ...
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How to programatically add current file / buffer to agenda file list

I really like that when I click on a tag of a headline, org mode will show all headlines that have that tag in the "Headlines with TAGS match" list. However, in order for this to work, I ...
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Emacs is trying to initialize an unknown mode

After starting Emacs I see in messages buffer Ignoring unknown mode ‘org-mode-mode’ Where can I find the culprit ? I think you should just use "org" instead of "org-mode" ...
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