2 #+TITLE: Org-Mode Homepage
4 #+EMAIL: carsten at orgmode dot org
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7 * Org - an Emacs Mode for Notes and Project Planning
9 #+HTML: <BASE href="http://orgmode.org/index.html">
11 Org-mode is a mode for keeping notes, maintaining ToDo lists, and doing
12 project planning with a fast and effective plain-text system.
14 Org-mode develops organizational tasks around NOTES files that contain
15 information about projects as plain text. Org-mode is implemented on
16 top of outline-mode, which makes it possible to keep the content of
17 large files well structured. Visibility cycling and structure editing
18 help to work with the tree. Tables are easily created with a built-in
19 table editor. Org-mode supports ToDo items, deadlines, time stamps,
20 and scheduling. It dynamically compiles entries into an agenda.
21 Plain text URL-like links connect to websites, emails, Usenet
22 messages, BBDB entries, and any files related to the projects. For
23 printing and sharing of notes, an Org-mode file can be exported as a
24 structured ASCII file, HTML, and LaTeX.
26 * Current Version (6.05a) and Compatibility
28 The current version is 6.05a. To see what has changed in recent
29 releases, check this [[file:Changes.html][list of user-visible changes]]. These descriptions
30 are extensive, to avoid that people will be printing the manual after
31 each incremental release. If you have an older version of the manual,
32 just check the release notes and you will be up-to-date.
34 This package works on Emacs 23 and 22, and (with minor restrictions)
35 on Emacs 21 and XEmacs 21 (where you must also use
36 /xemacs/noutline.el/ shipped with Org-mode). The Emacs 22.2 release
37 ships with Org-mode version 4.67d. The latest CVS emacs trunk usually
38 contains a fairly recent version, but may lag a bit behind the website
43 ** The standard distribution
45 Download as [[file:org-6.05a.zip][zip file]] or [[file:org-6.05a.tar.gz][gzipped tar archive]]. These archives contain
46 both the Lisp file org.el and the documentation in PDF and (TeX)Info
47 formats. A shell script to simplify upgrading to the newest release
48 has been posted [[http://www.philfam.co.uk/pete/GTD/org-mode/update-org.sh][here]].
50 ** The development version
52 You can check out the latest Org development version (along with every
53 release we ever had) by using git. More information on this page:
54 http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git
56 ** Alternative distributions
58 There are several alternative distrbutions of Org:
60 - The [[http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/%3Fgroup%3Demacs][Emacs CVS]] contains a recent version
61 - The Debian packages are planned.
62 - Mark A. Hershberger has made some [[https://launchpad.net/~hexmode/+archive][Ubuntu packages]] for Org, but
63 these seem to be out of date.
67 - Read the documentation [[file:manual/index.html][online]]. This is a version consisting of many
68 small files, to save bandwidth.
69 - If you really need it, you can also have the entire manual in a
70 [[file:org.html][single monolithic file]].
71 - Download the documentation in other formats: [[file:org.pdf][PDF]], [[file:org][Info]], or [[file:org.texi][TeXInfo]].
72 - There is also a [[http://hpcgi1.nifty.com/spen/index.cgi?OrgMode%2fManual][Japanese translation]] of the manual (version 4.60),
73 produced by Takeshi Okano.
74 - The Org manual is a GNU Manual released under the GFDL. If you
75 want to redistribute Org with a distribution that does not allow
76 the GFDL to be used, and if you see no other way to resolve this
77 licensing conflict, you must use the special [[file:org_dual_license.texi][dual-license version]]
80 - Download the [[file:orgcard.pdf][Refcard]] for org-mode
81 - Kyle Sherman has created a [[file:orgcard.txt][text version]] of the reference card
84 - The [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][Org Mode FAQ]] is user-editable and is maintained by the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg
91 There is a mailing list for discussion about org-mode.
93 - Subscribe to it at [[http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode][this webpage]].
94 - Directly [[mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org][send mail to it]]. If you are not subscribed, a moderator
95 will look at the message before passing it through to the
96 list. If that has happened once, future messages from your email
97 address will get through immediately, even if you remain
99 - Read the list on [[http://www.gmane.org][Gmane]] through a [[http://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode][web interface]] or with a
100 [[news://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode][newsreader]].
103 <li><form method="get" action="http://search.gmane.org/">
104 <input type="text" name="query">
105 <input type="hidden" name="group" value="gmane.emacs.orgmode">
106 <input type="submit" value="Search gmane.emacs.orgmode">
110 ** Worg - user-driven knowledge-base about org-mode
112 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg]], created by [[http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/][Bastien Guerry]], is a setup to allow users to jointly
113 edit a number of Org-mode files containing documentation about
114 Org-mode. This is something like a wiki, but with the advantage that
115 you do not have to be online to modify a file. If you'd like to
116 contribute your own setup, screenshots, tutorials etc, please go to
117 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][the Worg page]], and start from there.
121 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.php][Tutorials and screencasts]] are maintained by the [[http://orgmode.org/worg][Worg project]].
125 In November 2007, Charles Cave organized a survey among Org-mode
126 users. The answers given in this survey can be found [[file:survey.html][here]].
130 [[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
131 other task management systems]].
133 ** Contributing to Org-mode
135 You can always contribute with ideas and bug reports on the mailing
136 list. If you want to contribute a patch, code snippets, or a full
137 add-on, this is very welcome too! However, I can only make it an
138 official part of Org-mode if you have signed the papers with the
139 Free Software Foundation. Org-mode is distributed as part of Emacs
140 and must therefore adhere to strict rules about the copyright of
141 all included material. If this is what you want to do, [[file:request-assign-future.txt][here]] is the
142 form that you have to fill in and send to the FSF. After you
143 received the final copy with signatures, please scan it and send
144 the scan to the maintainer.
146 ** Future Development
148 Org-mode is still developing fast. The best way to stay up-to-date
149 is to join the mailing list where the changes are developed and
152 Here is a loose [[file:todo.org][list of ideas]] that are still to be processed
153 somehow, when I get to it...
157 [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki][The Emacs Wiki]] has extensive lists of related software in the
159 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/CategoryOutline][Outline]]
160 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryHypermedia][Hypermedia]]
161 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryTables][Tables]]
162 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/CategoryPersonalInformationManager][Personal Information Manager]]
163 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/CategoryCalendar][Calendar]]
164 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryTodo][Todo]]
165 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryTimeTracking][Time tracking]]
166 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryJournaling][Journaling]]