2 #+TITLE: Org-Mode: Your Life in Plain Text
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23 *Org - an Emacs Mode for Notes, Project Planning, and Authoring*
25 Org-mode is for keeping notes, maintaining ToDo lists, doing project
26 planning, and authoring with a fast and effective plain-text
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30 [[http://orgmode.org/img/tasks.png]]
32 - Simplicity :: Org-mode is a simple outliner for note-taking and list
33 management. You can learn the basics for using it in five
34 minutes. This may be all you need, and Org-mode will not impose
35 more complex features on you.
36 - Portability :: Org files are plain text. You can view and edit them
37 in any editor. Your data is yours forever. Org-mode runs in
38 [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][Emacs]], which is available for nearly every platform.
39 - Depth :: Org-mode will not let you down when you need more than a
40 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]].
41 The typical [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][answer]] to "/Can it do X?/" is "/Yes!/".
42 - Flexibility :: Org-mode is like a Swiss army knife. People use it
43 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]],
44 for Web and PDF [[http://orgmode.org][Authoring]], and much more.
45 - Support :: Org-mode is supported by an active [[id:0B280B26-A3AB-4E5C-B4EE-B7FFC52C4D26][mailing list]] where
46 questions are answered quickly and effectively.
47 - It's free! :: Org is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software][open source software]], it is free, like Emacs.
49 If you'd like to know what other people have said about Org-mode, take
50 a look at our [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-quotes.php][collected quotes about Org]].
53 - <2009-03-05 Thu>: Release 6.24
54 - <2009-02-20 Fri>: Release 6.23
55 - <2009-02-10 Tue>: Release 6.22
56 - <2009-02-02 Mon>: Release 6.21
58 * Current Version (6.24b)
60 The current version is 6.24b. To see what has changed in recent
61 releases, check this detailed list of [[file:Changes.html][user-visible changes]].
63 This package works on Emacs 23 and 22, and (with minor restrictions)
64 on Emacs 21 and XEmacs 21. Emacs 22.2 ships with Org-mode version
65 4.67d. Emacs 23.1 release is expected to ship with 6.21b. The latest
66 CVS Emacs trunk usually contains a fairly recent version, but may lag
67 a bit behind the website release.
71 ** The standard distribution
73 Download as [[file:org-6.24b.zip][zip file]] or [[file:org-6.24b.tar.gz][gzipped tar archive]]. These archives contain
74 both the Lisp file org.el and the documentation in PDF and (TeX)Info
75 formats. Follow the instructions for [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation][Installation]] and [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Activation.html#Activation][Activation]].
77 ** The development version
79 You can check out the latest Org development version (along with every
80 release we ever had) by using git. The git repository is [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git][browsable
81 online]]. To get a local clone use something like the following (from
82 the command line....):
84 : git clone git://repo.or.cz/org-mode.git
86 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
87 I keep current with Org mode development?]]. For people who cannot use
88 git, we provide [[file:org-snapshot.zip][zip]] or [[file:org-snapshot.tar.gz][tar.gz]] snapshot release files corresponding to
89 the latest git version.
91 ** Alternative distributions
93 There are several alternative distributions of Org:
95 - The [[http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/%3Fgroup%3Demacs][Emacs CVS]] contains a recent version
96 - There is also a package on [[http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details&ID=18206][Archlinux]], by Jiyunatori.
97 - The [[http://packages.debian.org/sid/main/org-mode][Debian package]] is maintained by Sebastien Delafond
98 - The [[http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/org-mode][Fink package]] for Mac OS X by Jesse Alama
99 - The [[https://launchpad.net/~hexmode/+archive][Ubuntu package]] by Mark A. Hershberger.
103 - Read the [[file:manual/index.html][documentation online]].
104 - You can also have the entire manual in a [[file:org.html][single monolithic file]].
105 - Download the documentation as a [[file:org.pdf][PDF document]].
106 - A [[http://hpcgi1.nifty.com/spen/index.cgi?OrgMode%2fManual][Japanese translation]] of the manual (version 4.60), by Takeshi
110 - Download the [[file:orgcard.pdf][Refcard]] for org-mode
111 - Kyle Sherman has created a [[file:orgcard.txt][text version]] of the reference card
114 - The [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][Org Mode FAQ]] is user-editable and is maintained by the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg
118 - A complete list of [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.php][Tutorials and screencasts]] is maintained by the
119 [[http://orgmode.org/worg][Worg project]].
124 Check out the [[file:GoogleTech.org][Google Tech Talk]] about Org-mode.
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131 There is a mailing list for discussion about org-mode.
133 - [[http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode][Subscribe to it]] at the web interface.
134 - Directly [[mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org][send mail to it]]. If you are not subscribed, a moderator
135 will look at the message before passing it through to the
137 - Read the list on [[http://www.gmane.org][Gmane]] through a [[http://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode][web interface]] or with a
138 [[news://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode][newsreader]].
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150 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg]], created by [[http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/][Bastien Guerry]], is a setup to allow users to jointly
151 edit a number of Org-mode files containing documentation about
152 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
153 to a wiki in that allows community to edit the contents. However,
154 since it uses a distributed version control system, you do not have to
155 be online while editing it. If you'd like to contribute to Worg,
156 please go to [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][the Worg page]], and start from there.
158 ** Contributing to Org-mode
160 You can always contribute with ideas and bug reports on the mailing
161 list. If you want to contribute a patch, code snippets, or a full
162 add-on, this is very welcome too! We do distribute good add-ons as
163 contributed packages. However, to integrate additions into the
164 Org-mode core, the author needs to assign the copyright to the [[http://www.fsf.org/][Free
165 Software Foundation]]. This is because Org-mode is part of Emacs, which
166 adheres to very strict rules. If you would like to sign the papers,
167 use [[file:request-assign-future.txt][this form]], fill it in and [[mailto:assign@gnu.org,carsten.dominik@gmail.com][send]] it to the FSF with a copy to the