2 #+TITLE: Org-Mode: Your Life in Plain Text
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10 *Org - an Emacs Mode for Notes, Project Planning, and Authoring*
12 Org-mode is for keeping notes, maintaining ToDo lists, doing project
13 planning, and authoring with a fast and effective plain-text
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27 <h3 style="text-align:center;">Vote for
28 Org-mode</h3><span style="font-size: 80%;">Org-mode is a finalist in the
29 2009 Sourceforge Community Choice Awards in the final category <i>Most
30 Likely to Change the Way you do Everything</i>. This is a fantastic
31 opportunity to make more people aware of this package. Please
32 <a href="http://sf.net/awards/cca/badge_img.php?f=401">go vote for Org-mode.</a>
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46 <h3 style="text-align:center;">Donations</h3>
47 <span style="font-size: 80%;">
48 If you are looking for <a
49 href="http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/14209">a way to say
50 "thank you"</a>, or if you'd like to
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79 - Simplicity :: Org-mode is a simple outliner for note-taking and list
80 management. You can learn the basics for using it in [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/orgtutorial_dto.php][five
81 minutes]]. This may be all you need, and Org-mode will not impose
82 more complex features on you.
83 - Portability :: Org files are plain text. You can view and edit them
84 in any editor. Your data is yours forever. Org-mode runs in
85 [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][Emacs]], which is available for nearly every platform.
86 - Depth :: Org-mode will not let you down when you need more than a
87 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]].
88 The typical [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][answer]] to "/Can it do X?/" is "/Yes!/".
89 - Flexibility :: Org-mode is like a Swiss army knife. People use it
90 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]],
91 for Web and PDF [[http://orgmode.org][Authoring]], and much more.
92 - Support :: Org-mode is supported by an active [[id:0B280B26-A3AB-4E5C-B4EE-B7FFC52C4D26][mailing list]] where
93 questions are answered quickly and effectively.
94 - It's free! :: Org is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software][open source software]], it is free, like Emacs.
96 If you'd like to know what other people have said about Org-mode, take
97 a look at our [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-quotes.php][collected quotes about Org]].
100 - <2009-06-25 Thu>: Release 6.28
101 - <2009-05-23 Sat>: Release 6.27
102 - <2009-04-19 Sun>: Release 6.26
103 - <2009-04-01 Wed>: Release 6.25
105 * Current Version (6.28c)
107 The current version is 6.28c. To see what has changed in recent
108 releases, check this detailed list of [[file:Changes.html][user-visible changes]].
110 This package works on Emacs 23 and 22, and (with minor restrictions)
111 on XEmacs 21. Emacs 22.2 ships with Org-mode version 4.67d. Emacs
112 23.1 release is expected to ship with 6.21b. The latest CVS Emacs
113 trunk usually contains a fairly recent version, but may lag a bit
114 behind the website release.
118 ** The standard distribution
120 Download as [[file:org-6.28c.zip][zip file]] or [[file:org-6.28c.tar.gz][gzipped tar archive]]. These archives contain
121 both the Lisp file org.el and the documentation in PDF and (TeX)Info
122 formats. Follow the instructions for [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation][Installation]] and [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Activation.html#Activation][Activation]].
124 ** The development version
126 You can check out the latest Org development version (along with every
127 release we ever had) by using git. The git repository is [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git][browsable
128 online]]. To get a local clone use something like the following (from
129 the command line....):
131 : git clone git://repo.or.cz/org-mode.git
133 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
134 I keep current with Org mode development?]]. For people who cannot use
135 git, we provide [[file:org-snapshot.zip][zip]] or [[file:org-snapshot.tar.gz][tar.gz]] snapshot release files corresponding to
136 the latest git version.
138 ** Alternative distributions
140 There are several alternative distributions of Org. Some of these
141 are more up-to-date than others, so check if this package really
144 - The [[http://packages.debian.org/sid/main/org-mode][Debian package]] is maintained by Sebastien Delafond.
145 - There is also a package on [[http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details&ID=18206][Archlinux]], by Jiyunatori.
146 - The [[http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/%3Fgroup%3Demacs][Emacs CVS]] contains a more-or-less recent version.
147 - The [[http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/org-mode][Fink package]] for Mac OS X by Jesse Alama.
148 - The [[https://launchpad.net/~hexmode/+archive][Ubuntu package]] by Mark A. Hershberger.
152 - Read the [[file:manual/index.html][documentation online]].
153 - You can also have the entire manual in a [[file:org.html][single monolithic file]].
154 - Download the documentation as a [[file:org.pdf][PDF document]].
155 - A [[http://hpcgi1.nifty.com/spen/index.cgi?OrgMode%2fManual][Japanese translation]] of the manual (version 4.60), by Takeshi
159 - Download the [[file:orgcard.pdf][Refcard]] for org-mode
160 - Kyle Sherman has created a [[file:orgcard.txt][text version]] of the reference card
163 - The [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][Org Mode FAQ]] is user-editable and is maintained by the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg
167 - A complete list of [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.php][Tutorials and screencasts]] is maintained by the
168 [[http://orgmode.org/worg][Worg project]].
173 Check out the [[file:GoogleTech.org][Google Tech Talk]] about Org-mode.
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180 There is a mailing list for discussion about org-mode.
182 - [[http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode][Subscribe to it]] at the web interface.
183 - Directly [[mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org][send mail to it]]. If you are not subscribed, a moderator
184 will look at the message before passing it through to the
186 - Read the list on [[http://www.gmane.org][Gmane]] through a [[http://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode][web interface]] or with a
187 [[news://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode][newsreader]].
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199 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg]], created by [[http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/][Bastien Guerry]], is a setup to allow users to jointly
200 edit a number of Org-mode files containing documentation about
201 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
202 to a wiki in that allows community to edit the contents. However,
203 since it uses a distributed version control system, you do not have to
204 be online while editing it. If you'd like to contribute to Worg,
205 please go to [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][the Worg page]], and start from there.
207 ** Contributing to Org-mode
209 You can always contribute with ideas and bug reports on the mailing
210 list. If you want to contribute a patch, code snippets, or a full
211 add-on, this is very welcome too! We do distribute good add-ons as
212 contributed packages. However, to integrate additions into the
213 Org-mode core, the author needs to assign the copyright to the [[http://www.fsf.org/][Free
214 Software Foundation]]. This is because Org-mode is part of Emacs, which
215 adheres to very strict rules. If you would like to sign the papers,
216 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