Questions tagged [org-mode]
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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Changing the way org-links behave on clicking only when it's a text file
I'd like to change the way org-links behave on clicking only when it's a text file etc.
i.e. I'd like to have org-links opens up a new frame with the buffer of the link in it only when it's the link ...
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Where to get the list of org-mode commands as lisp variables?
After so much research, I managed to get alt + RET working. Learned so much!
I appended to my ~/.emacs:
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(if window-system
nil
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Org: how to insert a skeleton with hierarchial list at the right level?
I have made a hierarchial list of headlines in skeleton, like this:
(define-skeleton myskel-list
"Insert claim block" nil
"* Heading a\n"
"** Heading aa\n"
"* Heading b\n"
"** Heading bb\n"
)
I ...
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Having org-mode beamer / latex to ignore below a certain tag
I want to speedup compilation by instructing org-mode/latex/beamer to ignore everything coming after it.
My document takes a bit of time to process code with pigment and the like
Is it possible to ...
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Org Mode: Where are `previousset`, `nextset` etc defined?
I am doing a bit of keyboard rebinding and I have found that:
(org-todo "DONE")
(org-todo "TODO")
(org-todo "")
all work, but in the documentation, it says that I should be able to also use the ...
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Use `%^{prop}p` `%^{prompt}` together in org-capture-templates
What I want is when the buffer asks me a value for property , I can also replace property name with some alternatives.
I tried the following code, but fails
(setq org-capture-templates
'(("...
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"C-c C-v" for "View TODO items in a sparse tree" not working
I'm using Emacs (v 24.5.1) on Windows 7. I have a .org file containing some todos. I read here and in various tutorials that C-c C-v is for "View TODO items in a sparse tree" (for the current buffer). ...
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When setting item to DONE, how do I automatically change following item to NEXTACTION?
So I, like many others, use org-mode to implement GTD to manage my life. One thing that happens since I'm in school is long-term projects, which have milestones. In and of themselves these milestones ...
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How does (org-agenda-todo arg) work? What does the argument mean?
By trial and error I have found that in org-agenda (org-agenda-todo 'done) marks the entry at point as "DONE".
Can you explain why?
How can I modify the argument to the org-agenda-todo function (or ...
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Org-mode does not load Latex previews at startup
In org-mode, Latex previews are not loaded at startup when using #+STARTUP: latexpreview. I've also tried customizing org-startup-with-latex-preview with no effect. Only way to preview latex fragment ...
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org-mode: Capture and use export header numbering?
When an outline tree of headers
* top 1
** something
** something
** something
*** something
**** something
***** something
****** something
is exported, say, to html, org-mode produces a ...
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Most efficient way of sorting a list
Given a plain list like:
- buy tea
- call Anna
- Reply email to John
- pay bill 1
- phone Derick
- Reply to grad-pa
which you don't want to sort alphabetically, how can you sort it? Things like '...
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How do I make org-agenda-fortnight-view the default in custom block agenda?
I've got the following configuration set up for displaying my current agenda and tagged todo items:
(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
'(("g" "Plan today"
((agenda "")
(...
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How do I automatically start a new journal entry at emacs start up)
Putting (org-journal-new-entry) in the init file doesn't work, neither does setting the scratch buffer mode to journal-mode.
Kurt Hesselbart's answer works only halfway if there already is an entry ...
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How to cycle between specified states in org mode?
By default, S-tab cycles between OVERVIEW, CONTENTS and SHOW ALL these three states. But I want it to just cycle between CONTENTS and SHOW ALL. How can I realize it?
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Org mode M-RET not working with new builds
Since the build of org mode of the end of august (now I use elpa/org-20150907), the M-RET does not start a new entry, and gives the error "Symbol's value as variable is void: org-planning-line-re". ...
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Why is there a case sensitivity problem with org mode source block tags?
So I am entering source code into org documents by using source code blocks such as:
#+BEGIN_SRC C++
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
cout << "Hello ...
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Is it possible to attach a local file to org-mode file like PDF?
You can attach a local file such as picture or text file as part of a PDF or doc file, when you send it to other people or copy this file to other computer or place, the attachment will be one part of ...
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Use a variable's value in setq [duplicate]
In emacs.el I am using the following construct to set up an org-remember template:
(setq org-remember-templates
'(("Todo" ?t "* TODO %^{Brief Description} %^g\n%?\nAdded: %U" "~/GTD/newgtd.org" "...
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How do I set the header cell for a custom formula column in a clock report?
Suppose I have a report like this.
#+BEGIN: clocktable :maxlevel 2 :link nil :scope file :formula "$3='(random)::@1$3=string(\"fubar\")" ...
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Link to password-protected FTP server in org-mode
I can't figure out the correct syntax for a link to a password-protected FTP site. I want to insert a link in org-mode, which opens a remote FTP server at a given directory in dired.
When I try
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Sort org-mode links by descriptive text?
I have a dozen org-mode links in the standard format. How can I sort these by the descriptive text?
[[alink1][Baz]]
[[alink2][Foo]]
[[alink3][Bar]]
These are displayed like this in the buffer:
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How to comment options in org-mode export to beamer?
Generally in the LaTeX or beamer preamble, we add some packages and options for reference and enable them if required.
%\usepackage{someusefulpackage}
In Org mode export to LaTeX or beamer, when I ...
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org-mode with predictive mode key conflict
I'm using org-mode with predictive and having an issue with predictive changing a key binding that org-mode uses. Specifically, predictive changes M-tab and I prefer to keep org-mode's definition of M-...
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How can I add a link to jump to the table of contents?
I would like each chapter title to also be a link to the table of contents, so that I can quickly go back and forth from the TOC to the chapters.
This is my example test.org document:
#+TITLE: My doc ...
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Should org-meta-return leave cursor on new empty headline?
I'm observing the follow behavior, and I wonder if my Emacs is mis-configured, or this is normal. The | is the cursor.
* Test
** apples
** |bananas
** pizza
With my cursor before the "b" in ...
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In org mode source block, how to prevent lines starting with asterisk being folded?
I want to have a block of verbatim text like
output line 0.
* info 0. a53qpb199pb
output line 1.
* info 1. 1iq01a58b39
in an org file. I tried putting the text inside #+BEGIN_SRC and #+END_SRC, but ...
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Is it possible to do conditional formatting on an org-table?
Here is an example of a table to format,
the first row represents how often a task is done per year,
the first column represents how long a task takes in seconds
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FAILED status in Org mode in addition to DONE
I maintain shopping list in org-mode. Completed purchases I mark as DONE (C-c C-t), later I archive records with:
(defun my-org-archive-file (path)
"Move marked by `org-done-keywords' entries ...
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How to display sub-heading count somewhere in a heading in org-mode
Original title: How to display sub-heading count in the end of a heading in org-mode
It would be very helpful if such a feature can be acheived. I always have difficulty when visiting a long-time not ...
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Store and recover expansion state within org mode
I realize that this question has been asked before, many times, (How to save expansion state of org-file?, as well as org-mode: go back from sparse tree to previous visibility), but, it does seem to ...
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How to make orgtbl-mode work within embedded LaTeX environment in org-mode itself?
I read a blog, which mentioned using orgtbl-mode to write a matrix quickly in org table format and then translated it into the LaTeX format. The post mentioned that due to the close relation between ...
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In org-mode, how can I find the start and end points of the enclosing heading?
I'm writing a function and I would like to operate on the current org heading and its content. For example:
* Head 1
Text
** Head 2
- Item 1
- Item 2[p]
- Item 3
If we look at the above ...
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org-latex-preview fail to produce images (org-preview-latex setting problem)
my setting (Org mode version 9.6.6)
(setq luamagick '(luamagick :programs ("lualatex" "convert")
:description "pdf > png"
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Help me get Scala source blocks working in org mode
UPDATE: This issue was fixed for me by changing my version of scala from scala 3 to 2.13, as recommended by NickD in the comments below.
END UPDATE
When I attempt to evaluate Scala source blocks in ...
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run check-parens or similar when saving or tangling literate configuration?
I use org babel to load my literate configuration file "config.org". But sometimes when editing that org file, I introduce some error -- say, a missed parenthesis -- and then restart emacs. ...
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Combined search: notmuch mail, org-mode docs, and filesystem locate?
I often look for information that could be either in some org-mode document, in an old email, or somewhere in the file system (and probably other places). Now I can use org-search, notmuch-search, ...
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function needed to replace short, static list of keywords
In my workflow I copy emails into an orgmode file. I'd like to have head of the email formatted. In english emails (just as an explanation) I'd like to have *To:* instead of To:, because orgmode then ...
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Difference between emacs and emacs --load ./init.el
I have the init.el file with following configuration:
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives '("tromey" . "http://tromey.com/elpa/"))
(add-to-list 'package-archives '(&...
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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 create a link to a pdf with special characters in its name?
I'm working in Linux under org-mode and trying to create a link inside an *.org file and this form works:
[[shell:okular /home/quora/myfile.pdf][title]]
Problem is, for pdf filenames like my file[2nd ...
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Using Org-Mode to view results from python script
How can I use org-mode to run python scripts ? Would it be possible to see the results from running commands interactively ?
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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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Adding a deep work logger at the end of clocking out from a task
I'd like to track my deep work so I've thought about adding a hook to org-clock-out-hook to achieve this.
(defun my/clock-out-deep-work ()
(when (yes-or-no-p "Was that a deep work session?"...
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How to build a script that queries an org-table?
I have a list of more than 80 search engines to perform keyword searches. They are listed in an org-table like this:
#+name: keyword-search
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How do I change Org's HTML code background?
Modifying Minted
background
is easy if my output from Org is LaTeX.
\definecolor{LightGray}{gray}{0.9}
\begin{minted}
[
frame=lines,
framesep=2mm,
baselinestretch=1.2,
bgcolor=LightGray,
fontsize=\...
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In org-mode is there a way create a table of contents from a directory structure of org files?
I would like to create a "landing page" to act as an entry point for my org files. Ideally this landing page would contain links that automatically update every time a new org file is added ...
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Debug the Tangle (stringp, nil)
I'm tangling my emacs file as usual, but today it broke.
There's like no way to figure out where it has problems;)
BASHY $ emacs --batch --eval "(require 'org)" --eval '(org-babel-tangle-...
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How can I make this function be excluded from Org-mode?
I have this function
;; Move the point to the first non-whitespace character of the line.
;; If the point is already there, then move it to the beginning of the line.
(defun my/smarter-beginning-of-...
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Replace org-mode drawer ellipsis with part of the folded content
Consider the following org document where all the PROPERTIES drawers are unfolded :
* Books
** Book 1
:PROPERTIES:
:year: 1987
:author: Author 1
:publisher: Publisher 1
:END:
** Book 2
:PROPERTIES:
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