Questions tagged [org-mode]
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Using org-goto across multiple files
Is there a way to use org-goto with opened buffer files (and maybe agenda files), just like org-refile does through org-refile-targets?
I have configured org-refile to show the options to choose with ...
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Is there a way to hide link prefixes in org-mode?
For some link types it would be nice to hide the link prefix automatically. This post does this with text properties, but I'd prefer if it was possible to do with something like prettify-symbols or ...
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Bulk rescheduling agenda items without altering time of day or DEADLINE?
I currently bulk reschedule agenda items using:
(setq org-agenda-bulk-custom-functions
'((?D (lambda () (call-interactively 'org-agenda-date-later)))))
This command can be used without a prefix ...
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is it possible org style doc (as comment) in c++ or any other programming language?
can you use org style document in c++'s comment region?
I could open up an org doc and type there and copy the contents as a comment block inside /* */
I wonder if it can be done without leaving the ...
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How to collapse the output of code evaluation in org mode?
I would like to evaluate the code blocks in org-mode. However, when the output is lengthy, I want the output result to be collapsed. When I export the org file to the html, I want to see the result. ...
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Calculating overtime in org tables
I enter my daily work hours in a spreadsheet. My daily target working time is 8 hours.
In the first line my overtime is calculated with this:
| Overtime | 2.5 |
|----------+------|
| Day 1 | 8 |...
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How to prevent org-exporter from prepending "file://" to the beginning of absolute file paths when exporting to HTML?
I use org-mode to write HTML pages for a website. When I use relative links for navigating the website's directory structure in my org-mode files and I export the org files to HTML, the links work as ...
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How to express time inside an org-table formula?
Consider the following org-table, where the first 3 columns are inputs:
|----------+-------+-------+----------+------+--------|
| Date | Start | End | H. slept | | Delta |
|----------+-----...
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Calling function with string argument containing strings
I'm trying to call a function with an argument string, where the string should contain a string inside:
(org-ql-sparse-tree "(tags \"week4\")")
If I just do M-: and type (org-ql-...
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clickable buttons on headings
Emacs shows clickable buttons when visiting NEWS (C-h n):
This is controlled by outline-minor-mode-use-buttons.
How to make Org do the same thing?
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Prevent temporary buffer from overwriting main buffer
I am encountering a strange behavior where any temporary buffer overwrites the main buffer content.
Using org time-stamp for example; the expected behavior is:
Invoke org time-stamp from within an ...
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Repeat an hourly task in org-agenda grid
Why an hourly scheduled (repeating) task would appear only once in org-agenda grid? I assumed that this entry should appear again (at 17:09, 18:09, 19:09...).
This org-agenda is generated with:
(...
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Show repeated tasks in org-agenda grid?
Is there any way to get repeated tasks to appear in org-agenda grid? Right now they are always shown at the bottom.
In this example the tasks was scheduled to repeat every day at 12:00.
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How do I get org-mode to add yaml frontmatter to the top of the exported .html output?
I use org-mode to generate webpages for github pages, but now I want org-mode to add the following text (yaml frontmatter) to the top of every .html file that it creates when exporting to HTML:
---
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Does `get-char-property-and-overlay(nil org-image-overlay)` mean that the first argument was nil or `org-image-overlay`?
I've spent over 20 hours trying to solve an issue with org-mode loading. I've stepped through the code until it reached a function that stack trace indicates fails due to one of the arguments being ...
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Timestamp ranges not showing in Org Agenda: org-duration-to-minutes defined as void
Version: GNU Emacs 28.2
I'm having trouble displaying timestamp ranges on the Org Agenda. For example, if I have
* Event
<2023-07-29 Sat 08:00>
The Week-agenda correctly displays the event as
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Orgmode clocking export "additional notes"
I'm clocking my worktime using orgmode, for the manual see here: https://orgmode.org/manual/Clocking-commands.html
After finishing a task, you have to "clock out". From the manual:
C-c C-x ...
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inline images stop working- wrong-type-argument. (setq org-startup-with-inline-images t) causes errors on start
Adding (setq org-startup-with-inline-images t) trips debugger when opening an .org file with inline images. I've tested it both on Wayland and X11 and both on Mesa EGL and Nvidia. Same behavior in all ...
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How can I truncate lines in org-mode buffers?
I'm unable to make org-mode buffers truncate lines by default.
This is my entire init.el
(setq-default truncate-lines t)
I launch Emacs
emacs -nw test.org
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org-notifications doesn't work
There has been many reports of org-notifications failing to work. Has anyone managed to set it up in the latest emacs?
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Prevent deletion of blank lines when tangling code blocks
The Python style guide asks for two blank lines surrounding class and function definitions (see PEP 8).
When those blank lines are added in Org-Mode source blocks, they are removed during tangling. ...
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`:output-dir` is buggy and what is the usage difference between `:dir` and `:output-dir` header arguments?
The manual says :dir is working directory and :output-dir is output directory. It is a a bit confusing. If I don't set output dir, shouldn't it generate output files in the working directory?
For ...
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org-clock-report: Add line and calculate average working hours
I am using org-clock-report to keep track of my daily working hours. Example:
#+BEGIN: clocktable :scope file :maxlevel 2
#+CAPTION: Clock summary at [2023-07-26 Mi 06:04]
| Headline | Time |
|--...
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How to hide the "Contents" header in the pdf output
Every time I would export the org doc as a PDF I would get this random "Contents" tag before the table and I am not sure how to remove it.
I attached below an image of what I mean
There's ...
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Habit in org to trigger by another task?
I'm trying to create a unique habit and as usual, I'm over complicating things. I'll try to explain:
Let's say my mom always nags me about coming to see her, and as soon as I leave, she's asking when ...
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Removing certain LaTeX preview matchers from Org mode?
Is there a way to make certain matchers be ignored when I run org-latex-preview? For example, I don't want the TeX dollar signs to be rendered, nor \begin environments. My reason for this is because I ...
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What causes org-open-at-point command to fail?
For some reason doom emacs fails to open links that point to a local file ([[file:firejail.html][file]]). It's X11 KDE Arch doom emacs and if opened with xdg-open default application to open .html ...
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Why is org-cite style not working?
I'm currently trying to manage my bibliography with org-cite and I'm checking both the documentation (1 and 2) together with the blog post to introduce the feature (3). There, they claim that you can ...
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How can I find out that an Org Agenda file had been opened with 'inhibited startup'?
My Emacs is opening the Agenda file in the background with org-agenda-inhibit-startup locally bound to t. When I switch to such a file, all trees are therefore displayed open (no folding).
I would ...
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Using numpy array with Org Babel
I want to pass in 2 arrays and have python process them. The babel block works when I put the arrays directly in but if I try to pass them in via headers, they don't appear as arrays to numpy. My ...
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Suppress empty lines around `align` in latex export from `org-mode` [duplicate]
Is there an elegant way to visually set apart an align environment in org-mode but have no newlines around the environment in the LaTeX output?
The naive attempt
Some text.
#
\begin{align}
1=1
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Org mode: Scheduling irregular, yet rigid procedures
The Problem
What's the best way to schedule complicated time-based procedures that are repeated on irregular dates? E.g., say I signed up to do night watch on a set of arbitrary dates. The night watch ...
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Org Babel generated graphics and GitHub display
I'd like to build README.org files with graphics that properly render on GitHub.
Currently I find that, for example, emacs-jupyter babel blocks render images locally via file:./path/to/file.png. ...
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How to start a terminal program in vterm from org mode?
I'm currently using xterm using following line below to open data.csv with visidata from xterm. How can I achieve similar behaviour though with vterm instead?
example.org:
[[elisp:(start-process "...
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Extract pdf information from papers into org
I like to use org to take notes on PDFs. I find Zotero a bit "scattered" and too linked to the papers themselves rather than just being notes.
However, manually extracting information from ...
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Previewing latex in cc-mode
I'm trying to write c/c++ code with comments in LaTeX.
My .emacs file has the single line
(require 'org)
My source c/c++ file has the single line
\[ \int x \]
If I'm in python mode, fortran mode, ...
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Key binding to set specific property value in PROPERTIES drawer
I store a property MyValue, in property drawers for a lot of headlines and need to update it regularly.
Instead of typing C-c C-x p MyValue 0 <RET> on each heading, I would like to have a custom ...
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Key binding to generate a sparse tree from the kill-ring
I want to set a key binding that creates a sparse tree of all headlines containing the string currently on the kill-ring.
Currently, I mark the text I want and save it to the kill-ring, then call org-...
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Copy the value of a property in the properties drawer
I want to copy the value of a property in the properties drawer to the kill ring, so I can paste (yank) it with org-yank (for example). Something similar to what kill-ring-save does.
Currently, I have ...
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(wrong-type-argument stringp nil) error when calling tangle
As the title says, I get this error whenever I, or the function I'll show below, call org-babel-tangle. I'm using a org file to configure emacs, which tangles every time it is saved to my init.el.
The ...
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Adding some padding for LaTeX fragments in Org mode
When writing in Org mode, I have a minor pet peeve where the Org document becomes too "cramped", and so I like to add newlines separating the equations from the text, like this:
* Very ...
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org-meta-up, on normal text
I've found the move-text package, which does what I want; moving lines up and down with M-UP.
This however, is the same keybinding as org-meta-up, which moves org-headings up and down.
I don't want to ...
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how to repeat same alert on calendar N days
It's a lot of times that I do not use emacs (org mode)
can someone remember me how can I set a statement to be shown in calendar for N days?
I remember it's like this, but I do not remember the right ...
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How to make agenda bulk tag actions respect exclusive tag groups?
For example, suppose I have the following tags in an exclusive group:
(setq org-tag-alist '((:startgroup)
("work" . ?w)
("home" . ?h)
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How to hide later siblings of TODO items in Agenda TODO list view
In my global TODO list (M-x org-agenda t), items are grayed out when a parent is marked as ordered and they have a previous sibling that is not DONE. For example:
* TODO Bake Cookies
:PROPERTIES:
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How can I play asciinema screen-recording inside org-mode?
I was wondering, is it possible to play asciinema.org screen recordings inside org-mode using embed the player?
Here is an example link of a screen recording: https://asciinema.org/a/418574. Note that ...
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Calling org-indent-mode from org-mode hook causes infinite recursion?
I have the following code in my emacs init files, and it is causing an infinite recursion, which eventually bottoms out and throws an error.
(defun robs-org-mode-hook ()
(org-indent-mode)
...)
(...
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code vs verbatim
I'm new to Org.
Seems that it provides 2 ways to mark text as monospace:
~code~
=verbatim=
What are the differences between them?
IOW, how to choose them?
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Org Roam Capture Today Hook
I've been trying to find a solution for this for a few days, and I keep running into questions I can't seem to answer.
My eventual goal is to capture a daily note in org roam, either with a custom ...
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Pointing Emacs to LaTeX under zsh (for org-latex-export-to-pdf)
After moving to zsh and installing
MacTeX,
I can run pdflatex fine from the Terminal.
$ which pdflatex
/Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex
I copy that location, itself a soft link
/Library/tex/texbin:
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