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16 #*Org - an Emacs Mode for Notes, Project Planning, and Authoring*
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21 <b>Org - an Emacs Mode for Notes, Project Planning, and Authoring</b>
23 Org-mode is for keeping notes, maintaining ToDo lists, doing project
24 planning, and authoring with a fast and effective plain-text
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42 <h3 style="text-align:center;">Donations</h3>
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44 If you are looking for
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46 a way to say "thank you"</a>, or if you'd like to support the
47 future development of Org-mode with a donation, use the button
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72 - Simplicity :: Org-mode is a simple outliner for note-taking and list
73 management. You can learn the basics for using it in [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/orgtutorial_dto.php][five
74 minutes]]. This may be all you need, and Org-mode will not impose
75 more complex features on you.
76 - Portability :: Org files are plain text. You can view and edit them
77 in any editor. Your data is yours forever. Org-mode runs in
78 [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][Emacs]], which is available for nearly every platform.
79 - Depth :: Org-mode will not let you down when you need more than a
80 simple outline. The full feature set is both [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Main-Index.html#Main-Index][broad]] and [[http://orgmode.org/manual/index.html][deep]].
81 The typical [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][answer]] to "/Can it do X?/" is "/Yes!/".
82 - Flexibility :: Org-mode is like a Swiss army knife. People use it
83 for [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/orgmode.html][Getting Things Done (GTD)]], as a [[http://www.newartisans.com/blog_files/org.mode.day.planner.php][Day Planner]], as a [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2008/01/18/outlining-your-notes-with-org/][Notebook]],
84 for Web and PDF [[http://orgmode.org][Authoring]], and much more.
85 - Support :: Org-mode is supported by an active [[id:0B280B26-A3AB-4E5C-B4EE-B7FFC52C4D26][mailing list]] where
86 questions are answered quickly and effectively.
87 - It's free! :: Org is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software][open source software]], it is [[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL][free]], like Emacs.
89 If you'd like to know what other people have said about Org-mode, take
90 a look at our [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-quotes.php][collected quotes about Org]].
93 - <2009-09-01 Tue>: Release 6.30
94 - <2009-08-04 Tue>: Release 6.29
95 - <2009-06-25 Thu>: Release 6.28
96 - <2009-05-23 Sat>: Release 6.27
98 * Current Version (6.30e)
100 The current version is 6.30e. To see what has changed in recent
101 releases, check this detailed list of [[file:Changes.html][user-visible changes]].
103 This package works on Emacs 23 and 22, and (with minor restrictions)
104 on XEmacs 21. Emacs 22.2 ships with Org-mode version 4.67d, Emacs
105 23.1 with 6.21b. The latest CVS Emacs trunk usually contains a fairly
106 recent version, but may lag a bit behind the website release.
110 ** The standard distribution
112 Download as [[file:org-6.30e.zip][zip file]] or [[file:org-6.30e.tar.gz][gzipped tar archive]]. These archives contain
113 both the Lisp file org.el and the documentation in PDF and (TeX)Info
114 formats. Follow the instructions for [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation][Installation]] and [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Activation.html#Activation][Activation]].
116 ** The development version
118 You can check out the latest Org development version (along with every
119 release we ever had) by using git. The git repository is [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git][browsable
120 online]]. To get a local clone use something like the following (from
121 the command line....):
123 : git clone git://repo.or.cz/org-mode.git
125 Some more information about this can be found in the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][FAQ]], under [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#keeping-current-with-Org-mode-development][How do
126 I keep current with Org mode development?]]. For people who cannot use
127 git, we provide [[file:org-latest.zip][zip]] or [[file:org-latest.tar.gz][tar.gz]] snapshot release files updated each hour
128 and corresponding to the latest git version.
130 ** Alternative distributions
132 There are several alternative distributions of Org. Some of these
133 are more up-to-date than others, so check if this package really
136 - The [[http://packages.debian.org/sid/main/org-mode][Debian package]] is maintained by Sebastien Delafond.
137 - There is also a package on [[http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details&ID=18206][Archlinux]], by Jiyunatori.
138 - The [[http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/%3Fgroup%3Demacs][Emacs CVS]] contains a more-or-less recent version.
139 - The [[http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/org-mode][Fink package]] for Mac OS X by Jesse Alama.
140 - The [[https://launchpad.net/~hexmode/+archive][Ubuntu package]] by Mark A. Hershberger.
144 - Read the [[file:manual/index.html][documentation online]].
145 - You can also have the entire manual in a [[file:org.html][single monolithic file]].
146 - Download the documentation as a [[file:org.pdf][PDF document]].
147 - A [[http://hpcgi1.nifty.com/spen/index.cgi?OrgMode%2fManual][Japanese translation]] of the manual (version 4.60), by Takeshi
151 - Download the [[file:orgcard.pdf][Refcard]] for org-mode
152 - Kyle Sherman has created a [[file:orgcard.txt][text version]] of the reference card
155 - The [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][Org Mode FAQ]] is user-editable and is maintained by the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg
159 - A complete list of [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.php][Tutorials and screencasts]] is maintained by the
160 [[http://orgmode.org/worg][Worg project]].
165 Check out the [[file:GoogleTech.org][Google Tech Talk]] about Org-mode.
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172 There is a mailing list for discussion about org-mode.
174 - [[http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode][Subscribe to it]] at the web interface.
175 - Directly [[mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org][send mail to it]]. If you are not subscribed, a moderator
176 will look at the message before passing it through to the
178 - Read the list on [[http://www.gmane.org][Gmane]] through a [[http://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode][web interface]] or with a
179 [[news://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode][newsreader]].
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191 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg]], created by [[http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/][Bastien Guerry]], is a setup to allow users to jointly
192 edit a number of Org-mode files containing documentation about
193 Org-mode, including the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][Org Mode FAQ]] and [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.php][Tutorials]]. Worg is similar
194 to a wiki in that allows community to edit the contents. However,
195 since it uses a distributed version control system, you do not have to
196 be online while editing it. If you'd like to contribute to Worg,
197 please go to [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][the Worg page]], and start from there.
199 ** Contributing to Org-mode
201 You can always contribute with ideas and bug reports on the mailing
202 list. If you want to contribute a patch, code snippets, or a full
203 add-on, this is very welcome too! We do distribute good add-ons as
204 contributed packages under more-or-less arbitrary licenses. However,
205 to integrate additions into the Org-mode core, the author needs to
206 assign the copyright to the [[http://www.fsf.org/][Free Software Foundation]]. This is because
207 the Org-mode core is part of Emacs. Emacs is distributed under the
208 [[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html][GNU Public License version 3]], and all packages included with it must
209 do the same. If you would like to sign the papers, use [[file:request-assign-future.txt][this form]],
210 fill it in and [[mailto:assign@gnu.org,carsten.dominik@gmail.com][send]] it to the FSF with a copy to the Org-mode