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7 * Org - an Emacs Mode for Notes and Project Planning
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23 Org-mode is a mode for keeping notes, maintaining ToDo lists, and doing
24 project planning with a fast and effective plain-text system.
26 Org-mode develops organizational tasks around NOTES files that contain
27 information about projects as plain text. Org-mode is implemented on
28 top of outline-mode, which makes it possible to keep the content of
29 large files well structured. Visibility cycling and structure editing
30 help to work with the tree. Tables are easily created with a built-in
31 table editor. Org-mode supports ToDo items, deadlines, time stamps,
32 and scheduling. It dynamically compiles entries into an agenda.
33 Plain text URL-like links connect to websites, emails, Usenet
34 messages, BBDB entries, and any files related to the projects. For
35 printing and sharing of notes, an Org-mode file can be exported as a
36 structured ASCII file, HTML, and LaTeX.
40 - Check out [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/8547][Russel Adams' presentations]] with the Houston Linux User
41 Group. This is a two part video with much of the first part about
42 other stuff, but the end of the first part and all of the second is
43 really about Org-mode.
45 - Check out the [[file:GoogleTech.org][Google Tech Talk]] about Org-mode.
47 * Current Version (6.13a) and Compatibility
49 The current version is 6.13a. To see what has changed in recent
50 releases, check this [[file:Changes.html][list of user-visible changes]]. These descriptions
51 are extensive, to avoid that people will be printing the manual after
52 each incremental release. If you have an older version of the manual,
53 just check the release notes and you will be up-to-date.
55 This package works on Emacs 23 and 22, and (with minor restrictions)
56 on Emacs 21 and XEmacs 21 (where you must also use
57 /xemacs/noutline.el/ shipped with Org-mode). The Emacs 22.2 release
58 ships with Org-mode version 4.67d. The Emacs 23 release is expected
59 to ship with 6.13. The latest CVS emacs trunk usually contains a
60 fairly recent version, but may lag a bit behind the website release.
64 ** The standard distribution
66 Download as [[file:org-6.13a.zip][zip file]] or [[file:org-6.13a.tar.gz][gzipped tar archive]]. These archives contain
67 both the Lisp file org.el and the documentation in PDF and (TeX)Info
68 formats. A shell script to simplify upgrading to the newest release
69 has been posted [[http://www.philfam.co.uk/pete/GTD/org-mode/update-org.sh][here]].
71 ** The development version
73 You can check out the latest Org development version (along with every
74 release we ever had) by using git. The git repository is [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git][browsable
75 online]]. To get a local clone use something like the following (from
76 the command line....):
78 : git clone git://repo.or.cz/org-mode.git
80 Some more information about this can be found in the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][FAQ]], under
81 /How can I keep current with Org mode development?/.
83 ** Alternative distributions
85 There are several alternative distrbutions of Org:
87 - The [[http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/%3Fgroup%3Demacs][Emacs CVS]] contains a recent version
88 - There is also a package on [[http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details&ID=18206][Archlinux]], by Jiyunatori.
89 - The [[http://packages.debian.org/sid/main/org-mode][Debian package]] is maintainned by Sebastien Delafond
90 - The [[http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/org-mode][Fink package]] for Mac OS X by Jesse Alama
91 - Mark A. Hershberger has made an [[https://launchpad.net/~hexmode/+archive][Ubuntu package]] for Org, but
92 that seems to be out of date.
96 - Read the documentation [[file:manual/index.html][online]]. This is a version consisting of many
97 small files, to save bandwidth.
98 - If you really need it, you can also have the entire manual in a
99 [[file:org.html][single monolithic file]].
100 - Download the documentation as a [[file:org.pdf][PDF document]].
101 - There is also a [[http://hpcgi1.nifty.com/spen/index.cgi?OrgMode%2fManual][Japanese translation]] of the manual (version 4.60),
102 produced by Takeshi Okano.
103 - The Org manual is a GNU Manual released under the GFDL. If you
104 want to redistribute Org with a distribution that does not allow
105 the GFDL to be used, and if you see no other way to resolve this
106 licensing conflict, you must use the special [[file:org_dual_license.texi][dual-license version]]
109 - Download the [[file:orgcard.pdf][Refcard]] for org-mode
110 - Kyle Sherman has created a [[file:orgcard.txt][text version]] of the reference card
113 - The [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php][Org Mode FAQ]] is user-editable and is maintained by the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg
119 Check out the [[file:GoogleTech.org][Google Tech Talk]] about Org-mode.
123 There is a mailing list for discussion about org-mode.
125 - Subscribe to it at [[http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode][this webpage]].
126 - Directly [[mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org][send mail to it]]. If you are not subscribed, a moderator
127 will look at the message before passing it through to the
128 list. If that has happened once, future messages from your email
129 address will get through immediately, even if you remain
131 - Read the list on [[http://www.gmane.org][Gmane]] through a [[http://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode][web interface]] or with a
132 [[news://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode][newsreader]].
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142 ** Worg - user-driven knowledge-base about org-mode
144 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg]], created by [[http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/][Bastien Guerry]], is a setup to allow users to jointly
145 edit a number of Org-mode files containing documentation about
146 Org-mode. This is something like a wiki, but with the advantage that
147 you do not have to be online to modify a file. If you'd like to
148 contribute your own setup, screenshots, tutorials etc, please go to
149 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][the Worg page]], and start from there.
153 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.php][Tutorials and screencasts]] are maintained by the [[http://orgmode.org/worg][Worg project]].
157 In November 2007, Charles Cave organized a survey among Org-mode
158 users. The answers given in this survey can be found [[file:survey.html][here]].
162 [[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
163 other task management systems]].
165 ** Contributing to Org-mode
167 You can always contribute with ideas and bug reports on the mailing
168 list. If you want to contribute a patch, code snippets, or a full
169 add-on, this is very welcome too! However, I can only make it an
170 official part of Org-mode if you have signed the papers with the
171 Free Software Foundation. Org-mode is distributed as part of Emacs
172 and must therefore adhere to strict rules about the copyright of
173 all included material. If this is what you want to do, [[file:request-assign-future.txt][here]] is the
174 form that you have to fill in and send to the FSF. After you
175 received the final copy with signatures, please scan it and send
176 the scan to the maintainer.
178 ** Future Development
180 Org-mode is still developing fast. The best way to stay up-to-date
181 is to join the mailing list where the changes are developed and
184 Here is a loose [[file:todo.org][list of ideas]] that are still to be processed
185 somehow, when I get to it...
189 [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki][The Emacs Wiki]] has extensive lists of related software in the
191 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/CategoryOutline][Outline]]
192 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryHypermedia][Hypermedia]]
193 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryTables][Tables]]
194 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/CategoryPersonalInformationManager][Personal Information Manager]]
195 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en/CategoryCalendar][Calendar]]
196 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryTodo][Todo]]
197 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryTimeTracking][Time tracking]]
198 - [[http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryJournaling][Journaling]]