2 #+TITLE: Org-Mode: Your Life in Plain Text
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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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41 <h3 style="text-align:center;">T-Shirts and more</h3>
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47 Get your Org-mode T-Shirt, bag or cup in our stores
48 (<a href="http://orgmode.spreadshirt.com">US-Shop</a> or
49 <a href="http://orgmode.spreadshirt.de">EU-Shop</a>), to
50 support Org-mode in this way ...</span>
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64 <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Donate to Org-mode" />
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75 ... or <a href="http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/14209">support
76 Org-mode development</a> with a direct donation.</span>
83 - Simplicity :: Org-mode is a simple outliner for note-taking and list
84 management. You can learn the basics for using it in [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/orgtutorial_dto.php][five
85 minutes]]. This may be all you need, and Org-mode will not impose
86 more complex features on you.
87 - Portability :: Org files are plain text. You can view and edit them
88 in any editor. Your data is yours forever. Org-mode runs in
89 [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][Emacs]], which is available for nearly every platform.
90 - Depth :: Org-mode will not let you down when you need more than a
91 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]].
92 The typical [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][answer]] to "/Can it do X?/" is "/Yes!/".
93 - Flexibility :: Org-mode is like a Swiss army knife. People use it
94 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]],
95 for Web and PDF [[http://orgmode.org][Authoring]], and much more.
96 - Support :: Org-mode is supported by an active [[id:0B280B26-A3AB-4E5C-B4EE-B7FFC52C4D26][mailing list]] where
97 questions are answered quickly and effectively.
98 - 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.
100 If you'd like to know what other people have said about Org-mode, take
101 a look at our [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-quotes.php][collected quotes about Org]].
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105 [[http://mobileorg.ncogni.to/][http://mobileorg.ncogni.to/images/screenshot-browse.png]]
107 - <2009-11-13 Fri>: Release 6.33
108 - <2009-11-03 Tue>: iPhone App [[http://mobileorg.ncogni.to/][MobileOrg]] available in the AppStore
109 - <2009-10-26 Mon>: Release 6.32
110 - <2009-09-30 Wed>: Release 6.31
111 - <2009-09-01 Tue>: Release 6.30
112 - <2009-08-04 Tue>: Release 6.29
114 * Current Version (6.33f)
116 The current version is 6.33f. To see what has changed in recent
117 releases, check this detailed list of [[file:Changes.html][user-visible changes]].
119 This package works on Emacs 23 and 22, and (with minor restrictions)
120 on XEmacs 21. Emacs 22.2 ships with Org-mode version 4.67d, Emacs
121 23.1 with 6.21b. The latest CVS Emacs trunk usually contains a fairly
122 recent version, but may lag a bit behind the website release.
126 ** The standard distribution
128 Download as [[file:org-6.33f.zip][zip file]] or [[file:org-6.33f.tar.gz][gzipped tar archive]]. These archives contain
129 both the Lisp file org.el and the documentation in PDF and (TeX)Info
130 formats. Follow the instructions for [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation][Installation]] and [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Activation.html#Activation][Activation]].
132 ** The development version
134 You can check out the latest Org development version (along with every
135 release we ever had) by using git. The git repository is [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git][browsable
136 online]]. To get a local clone use something like the following (from
137 the command line....):
139 : git clone git://repo.or.cz/org-mode.git
141 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
142 I keep current with Org mode development?]]. For people who cannot use
143 git, we provide [[file:org-latest.zip][zip]] or [[file:org-latest.tar.gz][tar.gz]] snapshot release files updated each hour
144 and corresponding to the latest git version.
146 ** Alternative distributions
148 There are several alternative distributions of Org. Some of these
149 are more up-to-date than others, so check if this package really
152 - The [[http://packages.debian.org/sid/main/org-mode][Debian package]] is maintained by Sebastien Delafond.
153 - There is also a package on [[http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details&ID=18206][Archlinux]], by Jiyunatori.
154 - The [[http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/%3Fgroup%3Demacs][Emacs CVS]] contains a more-or-less recent version.
155 - The [[http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/org-mode][Fink package]] for Mac OS X by Jesse Alama.
156 - The [[https://launchpad.net/~hexmode/+archive][Ubuntu package]] by Mark A. Hershberger.
160 - Read the [[file:manual/index.html][documentation online]].
161 - You can also have the entire manual in a [[file:org.html][single monolithic file]].
162 - Download the documentation as a [[file:org.pdf][PDF document]].
163 - A [[http://hpcgi1.nifty.com/spen/index.cgi?OrgMode%2fManual][Japanese translation]] of the manual (version 4.60), by Takeshi
167 - Download the [[file:orgcard.pdf][Refcard]] for org-mode
168 - Kyle Sherman has created a [[file:orgcard.txt][text version]] of the reference card
171 - The [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][Org Mode FAQ]] is user-editable and is maintained by the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg
175 - A complete list of [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.php][Tutorials and screencasts]] is maintained by the
176 [[http://orgmode.org/worg][Worg project]].
181 Check out the [[file:GoogleTech.org][Google Tech Talk]] about Org-mode.
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188 There is a mailing list for discussion about org-mode.
190 - [[http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode][Subscribe to it]] at the web interface.
191 - Directly [[mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org][send mail to it]]. If you are not subscribed, a moderator
192 will look at the message before passing it through to the
194 - Read the list on [[http://www.gmane.org][Gmane]] through a [[http://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode][web interface]] or with a
195 [[news://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode][newsreader]].
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207 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg]], created by [[http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/][Bastien Guerry]], is a setup to allow users to jointly
208 edit a number of Org-mode files containing documentation about
209 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
210 to a wiki in that allows community to edit the contents. However,
211 since it uses a distributed version control system, you do not have to
212 be online while editing it. If you'd like to contribute to Worg,
213 please go to [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][the Worg page]], and start from there.
215 ** Contributing to Org-mode
217 You can always contribute with ideas and bug reports on the mailing
218 list. If you want to contribute a patch, code snippets, or a full
219 add-on, this is very welcome too! Detailed information on how and
220 what to contribute can be found [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.php][here]].