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* Org - an Emacs Mode for Notes and Project Planning
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Org-mode is a mode for keeping notes, maintaining ToDo lists, and doing
project planning with a fast and effective plain-text system.
Org-mode develops organizational tasks around NOTES files that contain
information about projects as plain text. Org-mode is implemented on
top of outline-mode, which makes it possible to keep the content of
large files well structured. Visibility cycling and structure editing
help to work with the tree. Tables are easily created with a built-in
table editor. Org-mode supports ToDo items, deadlines, time stamps,
and scheduling. It dynamically compiles entries into an agenda.
Plain text URL-like links connect to websites, emails, Usenet
messages, BBDB entries, and any files related to the projects. For
printing and sharing of notes, an Org-mode file can be exported as a
structured ASCII file, HTML, and LaTeX.
* News
Check out the [[file:GoogleTech.org][Google Tech Talk]] about Org-mode.
* Current Version (6.07a) and Compatibility
The current version is 6.07a. To see what has changed in recent
releases, check this [[file:Changes.html][list of user-visible changes]]. These descriptions
are extensive, to avoid that people will be printing the manual after
each incremental release. If you have an older version of the manual,
just check the release notes and you will be up-to-date.
This package works on Emacs 23 and 22, and (with minor restrictions)
on Emacs 21 and XEmacs 21 (where you must also use
/xemacs/noutline.el/ shipped with Org-mode). The Emacs 22.2 release
ships with Org-mode version 4.67d. The latest CVS emacs trunk usually
contains a fairly recent version, but may lag a bit behind the website
release.
* Downloads
** The standard distribution
Download as [[file:org-6.07a.zip][zip file]] or [[file:org-6.07a.tar.gz][gzipped tar archive]]. These archives contain
both the Lisp file org.el and the documentation in PDF and (TeX)Info
formats. A shell script to simplify upgrading to the newest release
has been posted [[http://www.philfam.co.uk/pete/GTD/org-mode/update-org.sh][here]].
** The development version
You can check out the latest Org development version (along with every
release we ever had) by using git. The git repository is [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git][browsable
online]]. To get a local clone use something like the following (from
the command line....):
: git clone git://repo.or.cz/org-mode.git
Some more information about this can be found in the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][FAQ]], under
/How can I keep current with Org mode development?/.
** Alternative distributions
There are several alternative distrbutions of Org:
- The [[http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/%3Fgroup%3Demacs][Emacs CVS]] contains a recent version
- There is also a package on [[http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details&ID=18206][Archlinux]], by Jiyunatori.
- The [[http://packages.debian.org/sid/main/org-mode][Debian package]] is maintainned by Sebastien Delafond
- Mark A. Hershberger has made an [[https://launchpad.net/~hexmode/+archive][Ubuntu package]] for Org, but
that seems to be out of date.
* Documentation
** The Org manual
- Read the documentation [[file:manual/index.html][online]]. This is a version consisting of many
small files, to save bandwidth.
- If you really need it, you can also have the entire manual in a
[[file:org.html][single monolithic file]].
- Download the documentation in other formats: [[file:org.pdf][PDF]], [[file:org][Info]], or [[file:org.texi][TeXInfo]].
- There is also a [[http://hpcgi1.nifty.com/spen/index.cgi?OrgMode%2fManual][Japanese translation]] of the manual (version 4.60),
produced by Takeshi Okano.
- The Org manual is a GNU Manual released under the GFDL. If you
want to redistribute Org with a distribution that does not allow
the GFDL to be used, and if you see no other way to resolve this
licensing conflict, you must use the special [[file:org_dual_license.texi][dual-license version]]
of the manual.
** Reference card
- Download the [[file:orgcard.pdf][Refcard]] for org-mode
- Kyle Sherman has created a [[file:orgcard.txt][text version]] of the reference card
(Org version 6.07).
** The FAQ
- The [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][Org Mode FAQ]] is user-editable and is maintained by the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg
project]].
* Links
** Google Tech Talk
Check out the [[file:GoogleTech.org][Google Tech Talk]] about Org-mode.
** Mailing list
There is a mailing list for discussion about org-mode.
- Subscribe to it at [[http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode][this webpage]].
- Directly [[mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org][send mail to it]]. If you are not subscribed, a moderator
will look at the message before passing it through to the
list. If that has happened once, future messages from your email
address will get through immediately, even if you remain
unsubscribed.
- Read the list on [[http://www.gmane.org][Gmane]] through a [[http://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode][web interface]] or with a
[[news://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode][newsreader]].
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** Worg - user-driven knowledge-base about org-mode
[[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg]], created by [[http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/][Bastien Guerry]], is a setup to allow users to jointly
edit a number of Org-mode files containing documentation about
Org-mode. This is something like a wiki, but with the advantage that
you do not have to be online to modify a file. If you'd like to
contribute your own setup, screenshots, tutorials etc, please go to
[[http://orgmode.org/worg/][the Worg page]], and start from there.
** Tutorials
[[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.php][Tutorials and screencasts]] are maintained by the [[http://orgmode.org/worg][Worg project]].
** Survey
In November 2007, Charles Cave organized a survey among Org-mode
users. The answers given in this survey can be found [[file:survey.html][here]].
** GTD & Co
[[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg]] also has a list of links related to using Org for [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-gtd-etc.php][GTD and
other task management systems]].
** Contributing to Org-mode
You can always contribute with ideas and bug reports on the mailing
list. If you want to contribute a patch, code snippets, or a full
add-on, this is very welcome too! However, I can only make it an
official part of Org-mode if you have signed the papers with the
Free Software Foundation. Org-mode is distributed as part of Emacs
and must therefore adhere to strict rules about the copyright of
all included material. If this is what you want to do, [[file:request-assign-future.txt][here]] is the
form that you have to fill in and send to the FSF. After you
received the final copy with signatures, please scan it and send
the scan to the maintainer.
** Future Development
Org-mode is still developing fast. The best way to stay up-to-date
is to join the mailing list where the changes are developed and
discussed.
Here is a loose [[file:todo.org][list of ideas]] that are still to be processed
somehow, when I get to it...
** Related Software
[[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki][The Emacs Wiki]] has extensive lists of related software in the
categories
- [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/CategoryOutline][Outline]]
- [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryHypermedia][Hypermedia]]
- [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryTables][Tables]]
- [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/CategoryPersonalInformationManager][Personal Information Manager]]
- [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/CategoryCalendar][Calendar]]
- [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryTodo][Todo]]
- [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryTimeTracking][Time tracking]]
- [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryJournaling][Journaling]]