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This is org, produced by makeinfo version 4.8 from org.texi.
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INFO-DIR-SECTION Emacs
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START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
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* Org Mode: (org). Outline-based notes management and organizer
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END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
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This manual is for Org-mode (version 4.67).
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Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
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Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
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Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts
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being "A GNU Manual," and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a)
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below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
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"GNU Free Documentation License."
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(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have freedom to copy and
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modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by
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the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development."
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File: org, Node: Top, Next: Introduction, Prev: (dir), Up: (dir)
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Org Mode Manual
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***************
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This manual is for Org-mode (version 4.67).
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Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
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Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
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Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts
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being "A GNU Manual," and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a)
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below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
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"GNU Free Documentation License."
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(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have freedom to copy and
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modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by
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the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development."
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* Menu:
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* Introduction:: Getting started
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* Document structure:: A tree works like your brain
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* Tables:: Pure magic for quick formatting
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* Hyperlinks:: Notes in context
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* TODO items:: Every tree branch can be a TODO item
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* Timestamps:: Assign date and time to items
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* Tags:: Tagging headlines and matching sets of tags
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* Agenda views:: Collecting information into views
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* Embedded LaTeX:: LaTeX fragments and formulas
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* Exporting:: Sharing and publishing of notes
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* Publishing:: Create a web site of linked Org-mode files
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* Miscellaneous:: All the rest which did not fit elsewhere
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* Extensions and Hacking:: It is possible to write add-on code
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* History and Acknowledgments:: How Org-mode came into being
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* Index:: The fast road to specific information
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* Key Index:: Key bindings and where they are described
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--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
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Introduction
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* Summary:: Brief summary of what Org-mode does
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* Installation:: How to install a downloaded version of Org-mode
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* Activation:: How to activate Org-mode for certain buffers.
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* Feedback:: Bug reports, ideas, patches etc.
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Document Structure
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* Outlines:: Org-mode is based on outline-mode
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* Headlines:: How to typeset org-tree headlines
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* Visibility cycling:: Show and hide, much simplified
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* Motion:: Jumping to other headlines
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* Structure editing:: Changing sequence and level of headlines
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* Archiving:: Move done task trees to a different place
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* Sparse trees:: Matches embedded in context
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* Plain lists:: Additional structure within an entry
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Archiving
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* ARCHIVE tag:: Marking a tree as inactive
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* Moving subtrees:: Moving a tree to an archive file
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Tables
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* Built-in table editor:: Simple tables
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* Narrow columns:: Stop wasting space in tables
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* orgtbl-mode:: The table editor as minor mode
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* The spreadsheet:: The table editor has spreadsheet capabilities.
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The spreadsheet
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* References:: How to refer to another field or range
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* Formula syntax for Calc:: Using Calc to compute stuff
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* Formula syntax for Lisp:: Writing formulas in Emacs Lisp
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* Field formulas:: Formulas valid for a single field
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* Column formulas:: Formulas valid for an entire column
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* Editing and debugging formulas:: Fixing formulas
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* Updating the table:: Recomputing all dependent fields
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* Advanced features:: Field names, parameters and automatic recalc
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Hyperlinks
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* Link format:: How links in Org-mode are formatted
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* Internal links:: Links to other places in the current file
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* External links:: URL-like links to the world
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* Handling links:: Creating, inserting and following
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* Link abbreviations:: Shortcuts for writing complex links
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* Search options:: Linking to a specific location
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* Custom searches:: When the default search is not enough
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* Remember:: Org-trees store quick notes
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Internal links
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* Radio targets:: Make targets trigger links in plain text.
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Remember
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* Setting up remember:: Some code for .emacs to get things going
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* Remember templates:: Define the outline of different note types
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* Storing notes:: Directly get the note to where it belongs
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TODO items
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* TODO basics:: Marking and displaying TODO entries
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* TODO extensions:: Workflow and assignments
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* Priorities:: Some things are more important than others
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* Breaking down tasks:: Splitting a task into managable pieces
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* Checkboxes:: Tick-off lists
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Extended use of TODO keywords
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* Workflow states:: From TODO to DONE in steps
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* TODO types:: I do this, Fred the rest
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* Per file keywords:: Different files, different requirements
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Timestamps
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* Time stamps:: Assigning a time to a tree entry
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* Creating timestamps:: Commands which insert timestamps
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* Custom time format:: If you cannot work with the ISO format
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* Repeating items:: Deadlines that come back again and again
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* Progress logging:: Documenting when what work was done.
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Creating timestamps
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* The date/time prompt:: How org-mode helps you entering date and time
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Progress Logging
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* Closing items:: When was this entry marked DONE?
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* Tracking TODO state changes:: When did the status change?
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* Clocking work time:: When exactly did you work on this item?
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Tags
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* Tag inheritance:: Tags use the tree structure of the outline
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* Setting tags:: How to assign tags to a headline
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* Tag searches:: Searching for combinations of tags
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Agenda Views
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* Agenda files:: Files being searched for agenda information
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* Agenda dispatcher:: Keyboard access to agenda views
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* Built-in agenda views:: What is available out of the box?
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* Presentation and sorting:: How agenda items are prepared for display
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* Agenda commands:: Remote editing of org trees
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* Custom agenda views:: Defining special searches and views
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The built-in agenda views
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* Weekly/Daily agenda:: The calendar page with current tasks
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* Global TODO list:: All unfinished action items
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* Matching headline tags:: Structured information with fine-tuned search
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* Timeline:: Time-sorted view for single file
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* Stuck projects:: Find projects you need to review
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Presentation and sorting
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* Categories:: Not all tasks are equal
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* Time-of-day specifications:: How the agenda knows the time
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* Sorting of agenda items:: The order of things
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Custom agenda views
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* Storing searches:: Type once, use often
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* Block agenda:: All the stuff you need in a single buffer
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* Setting Options:: Changing the rules
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* Batch processing:: Agenda views from the command line
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Embedded LaTeX
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* Math symbols:: TeX macros for symbols and Greek letters
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* Subscripts and Superscripts:: Simple syntax for raising/lowering text
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* LaTeX fragments:: Complex formulas made easy
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* Processing LaTeX fragments:: Previewing LaTeX processing
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* CDLaTeX mode:: Speed up entering of formulas
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Exporting
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* ASCII export:: Exporting to plain ASCII
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* HTML export:: Exporting to HTML
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* XOXO export:: Exporting to XOXO
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* iCalendar export:: Exporting in iCalendar format
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* Text interpretation:: How the exporter looks at the file
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HTML export
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* Export commands:: How to invode HTML export
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* Quoting HTML tags:: Using direct HTML in Org-mode
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* Links:: How hyperlinks get transferred to HTML
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* Images:: To inline or not to inline?
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* CSS support:: Style specifications
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Text interpretation by the exporter
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* Comment lines:: Some lines will not be exported
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* Enhancing text:: Subscripts, symbols and more
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* Export options:: How to influence the export settings
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Publishing
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* Configuration:: Defining projects
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* Sample configuration:: Example projects
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* Triggering publication:: Publication commands
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Configuration
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* Project alist:: The central configuration variable
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* Sources and destinations:: From here to there
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* Selecting files:: What files are part of the project?
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* Publishing action:: Setting the function doing the publishing
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* Publishing options:: Tweaking HTML export
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* Publishing links:: Which links keep working after publishing?
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* Project page index:: Publishing a list of project files
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Sample configuration
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* Simple example:: One-component publishing
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* Complex example:: A multi-component publishing example
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Miscellaneous
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* Completion:: M-TAB knows what you need
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* Customization:: Adapting Org-mode to your taste
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* In-buffer settings:: Overview of the #+KEYWORDS
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* The very busy C-c C-c key:: When in doubt, press C-c C-c
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* Clean view:: Getting rid of leading stars in the outline
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* TTY keys:: Using Org-mode on a tty
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* Interaction:: Other Emacs packages
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* Bugs:: Things which do not work perfectly
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Interaction with other packages
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* Cooperation:: Packages Org-mode cooperates with
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* Conflicts:: Packages that lead to conflicts
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Extensions, Hooks and Hacking
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* Extensions:: Existing 3rd-part extensions
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* Tables in arbitrary syntax:: Orgtbl for LaTeX and other programs
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* Dynamic blocks:: Automatically filled blocks
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* Special agenda views:: Customized views
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Tables in arbitrary syntax
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* Radio tables:: Sending and receiving
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1 Introduction
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**************
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* Menu:
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* Summary:: Brief summary of what Org-mode does
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* Installation:: How to install a downloaded version of Org-mode
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* Activation:: How to activate Org-mode for certain buffers.
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* Feedback:: Bug reports, ideas, patches etc.
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1.1 Summary
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Org-mode is a mode for keeping notes, maintaining ToDo lists, and doing
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project planning with a fast and effective plain-text system.
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Org-mode develops organizational tasks around NOTES files that
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contain lists or information about projects as plain text. Org-mode is
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implemented on top of outline-mode, which makes it possible to keep the
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content of large files well structured. Visibility cycling and
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structure editing help to work with the tree. Tables are easily created
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with a built-in table editor. Org-mode supports ToDo items, deadlines,
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time stamps, and scheduling. It dynamically compiles entries into an
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agenda that utilizes and smoothly integrates much of the Emacs calendar
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and diary. Plain text URL-like links connect to websites, emails,
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Usenet messages, BBDB entries, and any files related to the projects.
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For printing and sharing of notes, an Org-mode file can be exported as a
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structured ASCII file, as HTML, or (todo and agenda items only) as an
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iCalendar file. It can also serve as a publishing tool for a set of
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linked webpages.
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An important design aspect that distinguishes Org-mode from for
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example Planner/Muse is that it encourages to store every piece of
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information only once. In Planner, you have project pages, day pages
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and possibly other files, duplicating some information such as tasks.
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In Org-mode, you only have notes files. In your notes you mark entries
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as tasks, label them with tags and timestamps. All necessary lists
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like a schedule for the day, the agenda for a meeting, tasks lists
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selected by tags etc are created dynamically when you need them.
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Org-mode keeps simple things simple. When first fired up, it should
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feel like a straightforward, easy to use outliner. Complexity is not
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imposed, but a large amount of functionality is available when you need
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it. Org-mode can be used on different levels and in different ways, for
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example as:
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* outline extension with visibility cycling and structure editing
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* ASCII system and table editor for taking structured notes
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* ASCII table editor with spreadsheet-like capabilities
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* TODO list editor
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* full agenda and planner with deadlines and work scheduling
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* environment to implement David Allen's GTD system
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* simple hypertext system, with HTML export
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* publishing tool to create a set of interlinked webpages
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Org-mode's automatic, context sensitive table editor with spreadsheet
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capabilities can be integrated into any major mode by activating the
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minor Orgtbl-mode. Using a translation step, it can be used to maintain
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tables in arbitray file types, for example in LaTeX.
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There is a website for Org-mode which provides links to the newest
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version of Org-mode, as well as additional information, frequently asked
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questions (FAQ), links to tutorials etc. This page is located at
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`http://www.astro.uva.nl/~dominik/Tools/org/'.
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File: org, Node: Installation, Next: Activation, Prev: Summary, Up: Introduction
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1.2 Installation
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Important: If Org-mode is part of the Emacs distribution or an XEmacs
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package, please skip this section and go directly to *Note Activation::.
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If you have downloaded Org-mode from the Web, you must take the
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following steps to install it: Go into the Org-mode distribution
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directory and edit the top section of the file `Makefile'. You must
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set the name of the Emacs binary (likely either `emacs' or `xemacs'),
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and the paths to the directories where local Lisp and Info files are
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kept. If you don't have access to the system-wide directories, create
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your own two directories for these files, enter them into the Makefile,
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and make sure Emacs finds the Lisp files by adding the following line
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to `.emacs':
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(setq load-path (cons "~/path/to/lispdir" load-path))
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XEmacs users now need to install the file `noutline.el' from the
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`xemacs' subdirectory of the Org-mode distribution. Use the command:
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make install-noutline
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Now byte-compile and install the Lisp files with the shell commands:
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make
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make install
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If you want to install the info documentation, use this command:
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make install-info
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Then add to `.emacs':
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;; This line only if org-mode is not part of the X/Emacs distribution.
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(require 'org-install)
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File: org, Node: Activation, Next: Feedback, Prev: Installation, Up: Introduction
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1.3 Activation
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Add the following lines to your `.emacs' file. The last two lines
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define _global_ keys for the commands `org-store-link' and `org-agenda'
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- please choose suitable keys yourself.
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;; The following lines are always needed. Choose your own keys.
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(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org$" . org-mode))
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(define-key global-map "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
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(define-key global-map "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
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Furthermore, you must activate `font-lock-mode' in org-mode buffers,
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because significant functionality depends on font-locking being active.
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You can do this with either one of the following two lines (XEmacs
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user must use the second option):
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(global-font-lock-mode 1) ; for all buffers
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(add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock) ; org-mode buffers only
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With this setup, all files with extension `.org' will be put into
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Org-mode. As an alternative, make the first line of a file look like
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this:
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MY PROJECTS -*- mode: org; -*-
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which will select Org-mode for this buffer no matter what the file's
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name is. See also the variable `org-insert-mode-line-in-empty-file'.
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File: org, Node: Feedback, Prev: Activation, Up: Introduction
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1.4 Feedback
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============
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If you find problems with Org-mode, or if you have questions, remarks,
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or ideas about it, please contact the maintainer Carsten Dominik at
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<dominik at science dot uva dot nl>.
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For bug reports, please provide as much information as possible,
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including the version information of Emacs (`C-h v emacs-version
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<RET>') and Org-mode (`C-h v org-version <RET>'), as well as the
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Org-mode related setup in `.emacs'. If an error occurs, a backtrace
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can be very useful (see below on how to create one). Often a small
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example file helps, along with clear information about:
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1. What exactly did you do?
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2. What did you expect to happen?
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3. What happened instead?
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Thank you for helping to improve this mode.
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How to create a useful backtrace
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If working with Org-mode produces an error with a message you don't
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understand, you may have hit a bug. The best way to report this is by
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providing, in addition to what was mentioned above, a _Backtrace_.
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This is information from the built-in debugger about where and how the
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error occurred. Here is how to produce a useful backtrace:
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1. Start a fresh Emacs or XEmacs, and make sure that it will load the
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original Lisp code in `org.el' instead of the compiled version in
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`org.elc'. The backtrace contains much more information if it is
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produced with uncompiled code. To do this, either rename `org.elc'
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to something else before starting Emacs, or ask Emacs explicitly
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to load `org.el' by using the command line
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emacs -l /path/to/org.el
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2. Go to the `Options' menu and select `Enter Debugger on Error'
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(XEmacs has this option in the `Troubleshooting' sub-menu).
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3. Do whatever you have to do to hit the error. Don't forget to
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document the steps you take.
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4. When you hit the error, a `*Backtrace*' buffer will appear on the
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screen. Save this buffer to a file (for example using `C-x C-w')
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and attach it to your bug report.
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File: org, Node: Document structure, Next: Tables, Prev: Introduction, Up: Top
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2 Document Structure
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Org-mode is based on outline mode and provides flexible commands to
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edit the structure of the document.
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* Menu:
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* Outlines:: Org-mode is based on outline-mode
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* Headlines:: How to typeset org-tree headlines
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* Visibility cycling:: Show and hide, much simplified
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* Motion:: Jumping to other headlines
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* Structure editing:: Changing sequence and level of headlines
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* Archiving:: Move done task trees to a different place
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* Sparse trees:: Matches embedded in context
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* Plain lists:: Additional structure within an entry
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File: org, Node: Outlines, Next: Headlines, Prev: Document structure, Up: Document structure
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2.1 Outlines
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Org-mode is implemented on top of outline-mode. Outlines allow to
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organize a document in a hierarchical structure, which (at least for
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me) is the best representation of notes and thoughts. Overview over
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this structure is achieved by folding (hiding) large parts of the
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document to show only the general document structure and the parts
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currently being worked on. Org-mode greatly simplifies the use of
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outlines by compressing the entire show/hide functionality into a
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single command `org-cycle', which is bound to the <TAB> key.
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File: org, Node: Headlines, Next: Visibility cycling, Prev: Outlines, Up: Document structure
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2.2 Headlines
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Headlines define the structure of an outline tree. The headlines in
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Org-mode start with one or more stars, on the left margin. For example:
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* Top level headline
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more text
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* Another top level headline
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Some people find the many stars too noisy and would prefer an outline
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that has whitespace followed by a single star as headline starters.
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*Note Clean view:: describes a setup to realize this.
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File: org, Node: Visibility cycling, Next: Motion, Prev: Headlines, Up: Document structure
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2.3 Visibility cycling
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Outlines make it possible to hide parts of the text in the buffer.
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Org-mode uses just two commands, bound to <TAB> and `S-<TAB>' to change
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the visibility in the buffer.
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`<TAB>'
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_Subtree cycling_: Rotate current subtree between the states
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,-> FOLDED -> CHILDREN -> SUBTREE --.
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The cursor must be on a headline for this to work(1). When the
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cursor is at the beginning of the buffer and the first line is not
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a headline, then <TAB> actually runs global cycling (see
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below)(2). Also when called with a prefix argument (`C-u <TAB>'),
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global cycling is invoked.
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`S-<TAB>'
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`C-u <TAB>'
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_Global cycling_: Rotate the entire buffer between the states
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,-> OVERVIEW -> CONTENTS -> SHOW ALL --.
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When `S-<TAB>' is called with a numerical prefix N, the CONTENTS
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view up to headlines of level N will be shown. Note that inside
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tables, `S-<TAB>' jumps to the previous field.
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`C-c C-a'
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Show all.
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`C-c C-r'
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Reveal context around point, showing the current entry, the
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following heading and the hierarchy above. Useful for working
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near a location exposed by a sparse tree command (*note Sparse
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trees::) or an agenda command (*note Agenda commands::). With
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prefix arg show, on each level, all sibling headings.
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`C-c C-x b'
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Show the current subtree in an indirect buffer(3). With numerical
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prefix ARG, go up to this level and then take that tree. If ARG
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is negative, go up that many levels. With `C-u' prefix, do not
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remove the previously used indirect buffer.
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When Emacs first visits an Org-mode file, the global state is set to
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OVERVIEW, i.e. only the top level headlines are visible. This can be
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configured through the variable `org-startup-folded', or on a per-file
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basis by adding one of the following lines anywhere in the buffer:
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#+STARTUP: overview
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#+STARTUP: content
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#+STARTUP: showall
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) see, however, the option `org-cycle-emulate-tab'.
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(2) see the option `org-cycle-global-at-bob'.
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(3) The indirect buffer (*note Indirect Buffers: (emacs)Indirect
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Buffers.) will contain the entire buffer, but will be narrowed to the
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current tree. Editing the indirect buffer will also change the
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original buffer, but without affecting visibility in that buffer.
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File: org, Node: Motion, Next: Structure editing, Prev: Visibility cycling, Up: Document structure
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2.4 Motion
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The following commands jump to other headlines in the buffer.
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`C-c C-n'
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Next heading.
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`C-c C-p'
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Previous heading.
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`C-c C-f'
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Next heading same level.
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`C-c C-b'
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Previous heading same level.
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`C-c C-u'
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Backward to higher level heading.
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`C-c C-j'
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Jump to a different place without changing the current outline
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visibility. Shows the document structure in a temporary buffer,
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where you can use visibility cycling (<TAB>) to find your
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destination. After pressing <RET>, the cursor moves to the
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selected location in the original buffer, and the headings
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hierarchy above it is made visible.
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File: org, Node: Structure editing, Next: Archiving, Prev: Motion, Up: Document structure
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2.5 Structure editing
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=====================
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`M-<RET>'
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Insert new heading with same level as current. If the cursor is
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in a plain list item, a new item is created (*note Plain lists::).
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To force creation of a new headline, use a prefix arg, or first
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press <RET> to get to the beginning of the next line. When this
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command is used in the middle of a line, the line is split and the
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rest of the line becomes the new headline. If the command is used
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at the beginning of a headline, the new headline is created before
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the current line. If at the beginning of any other line, the
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content of that line is made the new heading. If the command is
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used at the end of a folded subtree (i.e. behind the ellipses at
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the end of a headline), then a headline like the current one will
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be inserted after the end of the subtree.
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`M-S-<RET>'
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Insert new TODO entry with same level as current heading.
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`M-<left>'
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Promote current heading by one level.
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`M-<right>'
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Demote current heading by one level.
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`M-S-<left>'
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Promote the current subtree by one level.
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`M-S-<right>'
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Demote the current subtree by one level.
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`M-S-<up>'
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Move subtree up (swap with previous subtree of same level).
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`M-S-<down>'
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Move subtree down (swap with next subtree of same level).
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`C-c C-x C-w'
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`C-c C-x C-k'
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Kill subtree, i.e. remove it from buffer but save in kill ring.
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`C-c C-x M-w'
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Copy subtree to kill ring.
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`C-c C-x C-y'
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Yank subtree from kill ring. This does modify the level of the
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subtree to make sure the tree fits in nicely at the yank position.
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The yank level can also be specified with a prefix arg, or by
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yanking after a headline marker like `****'.
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`C-c ^'
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Sort same-level entries. When there is an active region, all
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entries in the region will be sorted. Otherwise the children of
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the current headline are sorted. The command prompts for the
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sorting method, which can be alphabetically, numerically, by time
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(using the first time stamp in each entry), and each of these in
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reverse order. With a `C-u' prefix, sorting will be
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case-sensitive. With two `C-u C-u' prefixes, duplicate entries
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will also be removed.
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When there is an active region (transient-mark-mode), promotion and
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demotion work on all headlines in the region. To select a region of
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headlines, it is best to place both point and mark at the beginning of a
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line, mark at the beginning of the first headline, and point at the line
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just after the last headline to change. Note that when the cursor is
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inside a table (*note Tables::), the Meta-Cursor keys have different
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functionality.
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File: org, Node: Archiving, Next: Sparse trees, Prev: Structure editing, Up: Document structure
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2.6 Archiving
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=============
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When a project represented by a (sub)tree is finished, you may want to
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move the tree out of the way and to stop it from contributing to the
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agenda. Org-mode knows two ways of archiving. You can mark a tree with
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the ARCHIVE tag, or you can move an entire (sub)tree to a different
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location.
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* Menu:
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* ARCHIVE tag:: Marking a tree as inactive
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* Moving subtrees:: Moving a tree to an archive file
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File: org, Node: ARCHIVE tag, Next: Moving subtrees, Prev: Archiving, Up: Archiving
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2.6.1 The ARCHIVE tag
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---------------------
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A headline that is marked with the ARCHIVE tag (*note Tags::) stays at
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its location in the outline tree, but behaves in the following way:
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- It does not open when you attempt to do so with a visibility
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cycling command (*note Visibility cycling::). You can force
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cycling archived subtrees with `C-<TAB>', or by setting the option
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`org-cycle-open-archived-trees'. Also normal outline commands like
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`show-all' will open archived subtrees.
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- During sparse tree construction (*note Sparse trees::), matches in
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archived subtrees are not exposed, unless you configure the option
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`org-sparse-tree-open-archived-trees'.
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- During agenda view construction (*note Agenda views::), the
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content of archived trees is ignored unless you configure the
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option `org-agenda-skip-archived-trees'.
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- Archived trees are not exported (*note Exporting::), only the
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headline is. Configure the details using the variable
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`org-export-with-archived-trees'.
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The following commands help managing the ARCHIVE tag:
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`C-c C-x C-a'
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Toggle the ARCHIVE tag for the current headline. When the tag is
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set, the headline changes to a shadowish face, and the subtree
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below it is hidden.
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`C-u C-c C-x C-a'
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Check if any direct children of the current headline should be
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archived. To do this, each subtree is checked for open TODO
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entries. If none are found, the command offers to set the ARCHIVE
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tag for the child. If the cursor is _not_ on a headline when this
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command is invoked, the level 1 trees will be checked.
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`C-TAB'
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Cycle a tree even if it is tagged with ARCHIVE.
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File: org, Node: Moving subtrees, Prev: ARCHIVE tag, Up: Archiving
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2.6.2 Moving subtrees
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---------------------
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Once an entire project is finished, you may want to move it to a
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different location, either in the current file, or even in a different
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file, the archive file.
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`C-c C-x C-s'
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Archive the subtree starting at the cursor position to the location
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given by `org-archive-location'.
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`C-u C-c C-x C-s'
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Check if any direct children of the current headline could be
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moved to the archive. To do this, each subtree is checked for
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open TODO entries. If none are found, the command offers to move
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it to the archive location. If the cursor is _not_ on a headline
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when this command is invoked, the level 1 trees will be checked.
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The default archive location is a file in the same directory as the
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current file, with the name derived by appending `_archive' to the
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current file name. For information and examples on how to change this,
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see the documentation string of the variable `org-archive-location'.
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There is also an in-buffer option for setting this variable, for example
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#+ARCHIVE: %s_done::
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You may have several such lines in the buffer, they will then be valid
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for the entries following the line (the first will also apply to any
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text before it).
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File: org, Node: Sparse trees, Next: Plain lists, Prev: Archiving, Up: Document structure
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2.7 Sparse trees
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================
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An important feature of Org-mode is the ability to construct _sparse
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trees_ for selected information in an outline tree. A sparse tree
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means that the entire document is folded as much as possible, but the
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selected information is made visible along with the headline structure
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above it(1). Just try it out and you will see immediately how it works.
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Org-mode contains several commands creating such trees. The most
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basic one is `org-occur':
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`C-c /'
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Occur. Prompts for a regexp and shows a sparse tree with all
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matches. If the match is in a headline, the headline is made
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visible. If the match is in the body of an entry, headline and
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body are made visible. In order to provide minimal context, also
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the full hierarchy of headlines above the match is shown, as well
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as the headline following the match. Each match is also
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highlighted; the highlights disappear when the buffer is changes
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an editing command, or by pressing `C-c C-c'. When called with a
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`C-u' prefix argument, previous highlights are kept, so several
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calls to this command can be stacked.
|
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For frequently used sparse trees of specific search strings, you can
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use the variable `org-agenda-custom-commands' to define fast keyboard
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access to specific sparse trees. These commands will then be
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accessible through the agenda dispatcher (*note Agenda dispatcher::).
|
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For example:
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(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
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'(("f" occur-tree "FIXME")))
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will define the key `C-c a f' as a shortcut for creating a sparse tree
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matching the string `FIXME'.
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Other commands use sparse trees as well. For example `C-c C-v'
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creates a sparse TODO tree (*note TODO basics::).
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To print a sparse tree, you can use the Emacs command
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`ps-print-buffer-with-faces' which does not print invisible parts of
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the document (2). Or you can use the command `C-c C-e v' to export
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only the visible part of the document and print the resulting file.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) See also the variables `org-show-hierarchy-above',
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`org-show-following-heading', and `org-show-siblings' for detailed
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control on how much context is shown around each match.
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(2) This does not work under XEmacs, because XEmacs uses selective
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display for outlining, not text properties.
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File: org, Node: Plain lists, Prev: Sparse trees, Up: Document structure
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2.8 Plain lists
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Within an entry of the outline tree, hand-formatted lists can provide
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additional structure. They also provide a way to create lists of
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checkboxes (*note Checkboxes::). Org-mode supports editing such lists,
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and the HTML exporter (*note Exporting::) does parse and format them.
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Org-mode knows ordered and unordered lists. Unordered list items
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start with `-', `+', or `*'(1) as bullets. Ordered list items start
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with `1.' or `1)'. Items belonging to the same list must have the same
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indentation on the first line. In particular, if an ordered list
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reaches number `10.', then the 2-digit numbers must be written
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left-aligned with the other numbers in the list. Indentation also
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determines the end of a list item. It ends before the next line that
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is indented like the bullet/number, or less. For example:
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** Lord of the Rings
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My favorite scenes are (in this order)
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1. The attack of the Rohirrim
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2. Eowyns fight with the witch king
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+ this was already my favorite scene in the book
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+ I really like Miranda Otto.
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3. Peter Jackson being shot by Legolas
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- on DVD only
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He makes a really funny face when it happens.
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But in the end, not individual scenes matter but the film as a whole.
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Org-mode supports these lists by tuning filling and wrapping
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commands to deal with them correctly(2).
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The following commands act on items when the cursor is in the first
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line of an item (the line with the bullet or number).
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`<TAB>'
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Items can be folded just like headline levels if you set the
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variable `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'. The level of an item is
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then given by the indentation of the bullet/number. Items are
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always subordinate to real headlines, however; the hierarchies
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remain completely separated.
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`M-<RET>'
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Insert new item at current level. With prefix arg, force a new
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heading (*note Structure editing::). If this command is used in
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the middle of a line, the line is _split_ and the rest of the line
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becomes the new item. If this command is executed in the
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_whitespace before a bullet or number_, the new item is created
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_before_ the current item. If the command is executed in the
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white space before the text that is part of an item but does not
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contain the bullet, a bullet is added to the current line.
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`M-S-<RET>'
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Insert a new item with a checkbox (*note Checkboxes::).
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`S-<up>'
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`S-<down>'
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Jump to the previous/next item in the current list.
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`M-S-<up>'
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`M-S-<down>'
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Move the item including subitems up/down (swap with previous/next
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item of same indentation). If the list is ordered, renumbering is
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automatic.
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`M-S-<left>'
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`M-S-<right>'
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Decrease/increase the indentation of the item, including subitems.
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Initially, the item tree is selected based on current indentation.
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When these commands are executed several times in direct
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succession, the initially selected region is used, even if the new
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indentation would imply a different hierarchy. To use the new
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hierarchy, break the command chain with a cursor motion or so.
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`C-c C-c'
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If there is a checkbox (*note Checkboxes::) in the item line,
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toggle the state of the checkbox. Otherwise, if this is an
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ordered list, renumber the ordered list at the cursor.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) When using `*' as a bullet, lines must be indented or they will
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be seen as top-level headlines. Also, when you are hiding leading
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stars to get a clean outline view, plain list items starting with a
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star are visually indistinguishable from true headlines. In short:
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even though `*' is supported, it may be better not to use it for plain
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list items
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(2) Org-mode only changes the filling settings for Emacs. For
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XEmacs, you should use Kyle E. Jones' `filladapt.el'. To turn this on,
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put into `.emacs':
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(require 'filladapt)
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File: org, Node: Tables, Next: Hyperlinks, Prev: Document structure, Up: Top
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3 Tables
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********
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Org-mode has a very fast and intuitive table editor built-in.
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Spreadsheet-like calculations are supported in connection with the
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Emacs `calc' package.
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* Menu:
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* Built-in table editor:: Simple tables
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* Narrow columns:: Stop wasting space in tables
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* orgtbl-mode:: The table editor as minor mode
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* The spreadsheet:: The table editor has spreadsheet capabilities.
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File: org, Node: Built-in table editor, Next: Narrow columns, Prev: Tables, Up: Tables
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3.1 The built-in table editor
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=============================
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Org-mode makes it easy to format tables in plain ASCII. Any line with
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`|' as the first non-white character is considered part of a table.
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`|' is also the column separator. A table might look like this:
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| Name | Phone | Age |
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|-------+-------+-----|
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| Peter | 1234 | 17 |
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| Anna | 4321 | 25 |
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A table is re-aligned automatically each time you press <TAB> or
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<RET> or `C-c C-c' inside the table. <TAB> also moves to the next
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field (<RET> to the next row) and creates new table rows at the end of
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the table or before horizontal lines. The indentation of the table is
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set by the first line. Any line starting with `|-' is considered as a
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horizontal separator line and will be expanded on the next re-align to
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span the whole table width. So, to create the above table, you would
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only type
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|Name|Phone|Age|
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|-
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and then press <TAB> to align the table and start filling in fields.
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When typing text into a field, Org-mode treats <DEL>, <Backspace>,
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and all character keys in a special way, so that inserting and deleting
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avoids shifting other fields. Also, when typing _immediately after the
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cursor was moved into a new field with `<TAB>', `S-<TAB>' or `<RET>'_,
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the field is automatically made blank. If this behavior is too
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unpredictable for you, configure the variables
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`org-enable-table-editor' and `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
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Creation and conversion
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`C-c |'
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Convert the active region to table. If every line contains at
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least one TAB character, the function assumes that the material is
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tab separated. If not, lines are split at whitespace into fields.
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You can use a prefix argument to indicate the minimum number of
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consecutive spaces required to identify a field separator
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(default: just one).
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If there is no active region, this command creates an empty
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Org-mode table. But it's easier just to start typing, like
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`|Name|Phone|Age <RET> |- <TAB>'.
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Re-aligning and field motion
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`C-c C-c'
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Re-align the table without moving the cursor.
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`<TAB>'
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Re-align the table, move to the next field. Creates a new row if
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necessary.
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`S-<TAB>'
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Re-align, move to previous field.
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`<RET>'
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Re-align the table and move down to next row. Creates a new row if
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necessary. At the beginning or end of a line, <RET> still does
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NEWLINE, so it can be used to split a table.
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Column and row editing
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......................
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`M-<left>'
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`M-<right>'
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Move the current column left/right.
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`M-S-<left>'
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Kill the current column.
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`M-S-<right>'
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Insert a new column to the left of the cursor position.
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`M-<up>'
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`M-<down>'
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Move the current row up/down.
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`M-S-<up>'
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Kill the current row or horizontal line.
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`M-S-<down>'
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Insert a new row above (with arg: below) the current row.
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`C-c -'
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Insert a horizontal line below current row. With prefix arg, the
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line is created above the current line.
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`C-c ^'
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Sort the table lines in the region. The position of point
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indicates the column to be used for sorting, and the range of
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lines is the range between the nearest horizontal separator lines,
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or the entire table. If point is before the first column, you
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will be prompted for the sorting column. If there is an active
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region, the mark specifies the first line and the sorting column,
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while point should be in the last line to be included into the
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sorting. The command prompts for the sorting type
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(alphabetically, numerically, or by time). When called with a
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prefix argument, alphabetic sorting will be case-sensitive.
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Regions
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`C-c C-x M-w'
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Copy a rectangular region from a table to a special clipboard.
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Point and mark determine edge fields of the rectangle. The
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process ignores horizontal separator lines.
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`C-c C-x C-w'
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Copy a rectangular region from a table to a special clipboard, and
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blank all fields in the rectangle. So this is the "cut" operation.
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`C-c C-x C-y'
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Paste a rectangular region into a table. The upper right corner
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ends up in the current field. All involved fields will be
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overwritten. If the rectangle does not fit into the present table,
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the table is enlarged as needed. The process ignores horizontal
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separator lines.
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`C-c C-q'
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Wrap several fields in a column like a paragraph. If there is an
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active region, and both point and mark are in the same column, the
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text in the column is wrapped to minimum width for the given
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number of lines. A prefix ARG may be used to change the number of
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desired lines. If there is no region, the current field is split
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at the cursor position and the text fragment to the right of the
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cursor is prepended to the field one line down. If there is no
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region, but you specify a prefix ARG, the current field is made
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blank, and the content is appended to the field above.
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Calculations
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............
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`C-c +'
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Sum the numbers in the current column, or in the rectangle defined
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by the active region. The result is shown in the echo area and can
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be inserted with `C-y'.
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`S-<RET>'
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When current field is empty, copy from first non-empty field above.
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When not empty, copy current field down to next row and move cursor
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along with it. Depending on the variable
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`org-table-copy-increment', integer field values will be
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incremented during copy. This key is also used by CUA-mode (*note
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Cooperation::).
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Miscellaneous
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.............
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`C-c `'
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Edit the current field in a separate window. This is useful for
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fields that are not fully visible (*note Narrow columns::). When
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called with a `C-u' prefix, just make the full field visible, so
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that it can be edited in place.
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`C-c <TAB>'
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This is an alias for `C-u C-c `' to make the current field fully
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visible.
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`M-x org-table-import'
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Import a file as a table. The table should be TAB- or whitespace
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separated. Useful, for example, to import an Excel table or data
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from a database, because these programs generally can write
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TAB-separated text files. This command works by inserting the
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file into the buffer and then converting the region to a table.
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Any prefix argument is passed on to the converter, which uses it
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to determine the separator.
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`M-x org-table-export'
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Export the table as a TAB-separated file. Useful for data
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exchange with, for example, Excel or database programs.
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If you don't like the automatic table editor because it gets in your
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way on lines which you would like to start with `|', you can turn it
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off with
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(setq org-enable-table-editor nil)
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Then the only table command that still works is `C-c C-c' to do a
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manual re-align.
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File: org, Node: Narrow columns, Next: orgtbl-mode, Prev: Built-in table editor, Up: Tables
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3.2 Narrow columns
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==================
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The width of columns is automatically determined by the table editor.
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Sometimes a single field or a few fields need to carry more text,
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leading to inconveniently wide columns. To limit(1) the width of a
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column, one field anywhere in the column may contain just the string
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`<N>' where `N' is an integer specifying the width of the column in
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characters. The next re-align will then set the width of this column
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to no more than this value.
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|---+------------------------------| |---+--------|
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| | | | | <6> |
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| 1 | one | | 1 | one |
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| 2 | two | ----\ | 2 | two |
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| 3 | This is a long chunk of text | ----/ | 3 | This=> |
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| 4 | four | | 4 | four |
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|---+------------------------------| |---+--------|
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Fields that are wider become clipped and end in the string `=>'. Note
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that the full text is still in the buffer, it is only invisible. To
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see the full text, hold the mouse over the field - a tooltip window
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will show the full content. To edit such a field, use the command `C-c
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`' (that is `C-c' followed by the backquote). This will open a new
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window with the full field. Edit it and finish with `C-c C-c'.
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When visiting a file containing a table with narrowed columns, the
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necessary character hiding has not yet happened, and the table needs to
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be aligned before it looks nice. Setting the option
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`org-startup-align-all-tables' will realign all tables in a file upon
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visiting, but also slow down startup. You can also set this option on
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a per-file basis with:
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#+STARTUP: align
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#+STARTUP: noalign
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) This feature does not work on XEmacs.
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File: org, Node: orgtbl-mode, Next: The spreadsheet, Prev: Narrow columns, Up: Tables
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3.3 The Orgtbl minor mode
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=========================
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If you like the intuitive way the Org-mode table editor works, you
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might also want to use it in other modes like text-mode or mail-mode.
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The minor mode Orgtbl-mode makes this possible. You can always toggle
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the mode with `M-x orgtbl-mode'. To turn it on by default, for example
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in mail mode, use
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(add-hook 'mail-mode-hook 'turn-on-orgtbl)
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Furthermore, with some special setup, it is possible to maintain
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tables in arbitrary syntax with Orgtbl-mode. For example, it is
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possible to construct LaTeX tables with the underlying ease and power of
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Orgtbl-mode, including spreadsheet capabulities. For details, see
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*Note Tables in arbitrary syntax::.
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File: org, Node: The spreadsheet, Prev: orgtbl-mode, Up: Tables
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3.4 The spreadsheet
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===================
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The table editor makes use of the Emacs `calc' package to implement
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spreadsheet-like capabilities. It can also evaluate Emacs Lisp forms to
|
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derive fields from other fields.
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* Menu:
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* References:: How to refer to another field or range
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* Formula syntax for Calc:: Using Calc to compute stuff
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* Formula syntax for Lisp:: Writing formulas in Emacs Lisp
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* Field formulas:: Formulas valid for a single field
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* Column formulas:: Formulas valid for an entire column
|
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* Editing and debugging formulas:: Fixing formulas
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* Updating the table:: Recomputing all dependent fields
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* Advanced features:: Field names, parameters and automatic recalc
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File: org, Node: References, Next: Formula syntax for Calc, Prev: The spreadsheet, Up: The spreadsheet
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3.4.1 References
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----------------
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To compute fields in the table from other fields, formulas must
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reference other fields or ranges. In Org-mode, fields can be referenced
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by name, by absolute coordinates, and by relative coordinates. To find
|
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|
out what the coordinates of a field are, press `C-c ?' in that field.
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Field references
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................
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Formulas can reference the value of another field with the operator
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@row$column
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Column references can be absolute like `1', `2',...`N', or relative
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to the current column like `+1' or `-2'.
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The row specification only counts data lines and ignores horizontal
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separator lines (hlines). You can use absolute row numbers `1'...`N',
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and row numbers relative to the current row like `+3' or `-1'. Or
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specify the row relative to one of the hlines: `I' refers to the first
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hline, `II' to the second etc. `-I' refers to the first such line
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above the current line, `+I' to the first such line below the current
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line. You can also write `III+2' which is the second data line after
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the third hline in the table. Relative row numbers like `-3' will not
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cross hlines if the current line is too close to the hline. Instead,
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the value directly at the hline is used.
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`0' refers to the current row and column. Also, if you omit either
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the column or the row part of the reference, the current row/column is
|
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implied.
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Org-mode's references with _positive_ numbers correspond to fixed
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references in other spreadsheet programs. For example, `@3$28'
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|
|
corresponds to `$AB$3'. Org-mode's references with _negative_ numbers
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behave similar to non-fixed references in other spreadsheet programs,
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because when the same formula is used in several fields, different
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fields are referenced each time.
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Here are a few examples:
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@2$3 2nd row, 3rd column
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$5 column 5 in the current row
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@2 current column, row 2
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@-1$-3 the field one row up, three columns to the left
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@-I$2 field just under hline above current row, column 2
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Range references
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................
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You may reference a rectangular range of fields by specifying two field
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references connected by two dots `..'. If both fields are in the
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current row, you may simply use `$2..$7', but if at least one field is
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in a different row, you need to use the general `@row$column' format at
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least for the first field (i.e the reference must start with `@' in
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order to be interpreted correctly). Examples:
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$1..$3 First three fields in the current row.
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$P..$Q Range, using column names (see under Advanced)
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@2$1..@4$3 6 fields between these two fields.
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@-1$-2..@-1 3 numbers from the column to the left, 2 up to current row
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Range references return a vector of values that can be fed into Calc
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vector functions. Empty fields in ranges are normally suppressed, so
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that the vector contains only the non-empty fields (but see the `E'
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mode switch below). If there are no non-empty fields, `[0]' is
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returned to avoid syntax errors in formulas.
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Named references
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................
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`$name' is interpreted as the name of a column, parameter or constant.
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Constants are defined globally through the variable
|
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`org-table-formula-constants'. If you have the `constants.el' package,
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|
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it will also be used to resolve constants, including natural constants
|
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like `$h' for Planck's constant, and units like `$km' for kilometers.
|
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Column names and parameters can be specified in special table lines.
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These are described below, see *Note Advanced features::.
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|
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File: org, Node: Formula syntax for Calc, Next: Formula syntax for Lisp, Prev: References, Up: The spreadsheet
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3.4.2 Formula syntax for Calc
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-----------------------------
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A formula can be any algebraic expression understood by the Emacs
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`Calc' package. Note that `calc' has the slightly non-standard
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convention that `/' has lower precedence than `*', so that `a/b*c' is
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|
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interpreted as `a/(b*c)'. Before evaluation by `calc-eval' (*note
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calc-eval: (calc)Calling Calc from Your Programs.), variable
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|
|
substitution takes place according to the rules described above. The
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|
|
range vectors can be directly fed into the calc vector functions like
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`vmean' and `vsum'.
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|
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A formula can contain an optional mode string after a semicolon.
|
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|
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|
|
This string consists of flags to influence Calc and other modes during
|
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|
|
execution. By default, Org-mode uses the standard calc modes (precision
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|
|
12, angular units degrees, fraction and symbolic modes off. The display
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|
|
format, however, has been changed to `(float 5)' to keep tables
|
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|
|
compact. The default settings can be configured using the variable
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|
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`org-calc-default-modes'.
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p20 switch the internal precision to 20 digits
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n3 s3 e2 f4 normal, scientific, engineering, or fixed display format
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D R angle modes: degrees, radians
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F S fraction and symbolic modes
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N interpret all fields as numbers, use 0 for non-numbers
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T force text interpretation
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E keep empty fields in ranges
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|
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In addition, you may provide a `printf' format specifier to reformat
|
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|
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the final result. A few examples:
|
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$1+$2 Sum of first and second field
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$1+$2;%.2f Same, format result to two decimals
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exp($2)+exp($1) Math functions can be used
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$;%.1f Reformat current cell to 1 decimal
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($3-32)*5/9 Degrees F -> C conversion
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$c/$1/$cm Hz -> cm conversion, using `constants.el'
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tan($1);Dp3s1 Compute in degrees, precision 3, display SCI 1
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sin($1);Dp3%.1e Same, but use printf specifier for display
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vmean($2..$7) Compute column range mean, using vector function
|
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vmean($2..$7);EN Same, but treat empty fields as 0
|
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taylor($3,x=7,2) taylor series of $3, at x=7, second degree
|
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|
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File: org, Node: Formula syntax for Lisp, Next: Field formulas, Prev: Formula syntax for Calc, Up: The spreadsheet
|
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3.4.3 Emacs Lisp forms as formulas
|
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----------------------------------
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|
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It is also possible to write a formula in Emacs Lisp; this can be useful
|
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|
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|
|
for string manipulation and control structures. If a formula starts
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|
|
with a single quote followed by an opening parenthesis, then it is
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|
|
evaluated as a lisp form. The evaluation should return either a string
|
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|
or a number. Just as with `calc' formulas, you can specify modes and a
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|
|
printf format after a semicolon. A reference will be replaced with a
|
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|
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string (in double quotes) containing the field. If you provide the `N'
|
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|
|
mode switch, all referenced elements will be numbers. Ranges are
|
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|
|
inserted as space-separated fields, so you can embed them in list or
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vector syntax. A few examples, note how the `N' mode is used when we
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do computations in lisp.
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Swap the first two characters of the content of column 1
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'(concat (substring $1 1 2) (substring $1 0 1) (substring $1 2))
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Add columns 1 and 2, equivalent to the Calc's `$1+$2'
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'(+ $1 $2);N
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Compute the sum of columns 1-4, like Calc's `vsum($1..$4)'
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'(apply '+ '($1..$4));N
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3.4.4 Field formulas
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To assign a formula to a particular field, type it directly into the
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field, preceded by `:=', for example `:=$1+$2'. When you press <TAB>
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or <RET> or `C-c C-c' with the cursor still in the field, the formula
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will be stored as the formula for this field, evaluated, and the
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current field replaced with the result.
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Formulas are stored in a special line starting with `#+TBLFM:'
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directly below the table. If you typed the equation in the 4th field of
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the 3rd data line in the table, the formula will look like
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`@3$2=$1+$2'. When inserting/deleting/swapping column and rows with
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the appropriate commands, absolute references (but not relative ones)
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in stored formulas are modified in order to still reference the same
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field. Of cause this is not true if you edit the table structure with
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normal editing commands - then you must go and fix equations yourself.
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Instead of typing an equation into the field, you may also use the
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following command
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`C-u C-c ='
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Install a new formula for the current field. The command prompts
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for a formula, with default taken from the `#+TBLFM:' line, applies
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it to the current field and stores it.
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3.4.5 Column formulas
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Often in a table, the same formula should be used for all fields in a
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particular column. Instead of having to copy the formula to all fields
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in that column, org-mode allows to assign a single formula to an entire
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column.
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To assign a formula to a column, type it directly into any field in
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the column, preceded by an equal sign, like `=$1+$2'. When you press
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<TAB> or <RET> or `C-c C-c' with the cursor still in the field, the
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formula will be stored as the formula for the current column, evaluated
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and the current field replaced with the result. If the field contains
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only `=', the previously stored formula for this column is used. For
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each column, Org-mode will only remember the most recently used
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formula. In the `TBLFM:' line, column formulas will look like
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`$4=$1+$2'.
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Instead of typing an equation into the field, you may also use the
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following command:
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`C-c ='
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Install a new formula for the current column and replace current
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field with the result of the formula. The command prompts for a
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formula, with default taken from the `#+TBLFM' line, applies it to
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the current field and stores it. With a numerical prefix (e.g.
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`C-5 C-c =') will apply it to that many consecutive fields in the
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current column.
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File: org, Node: Editing and debugging formulas, Next: Updating the table, Prev: Column formulas, Up: The spreadsheet
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3.4.6 Editing and Debugging formulas
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------------------------------------
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You can edit individual formulas in the minibuffer or directly in the
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field. Org-mode can also prepare a special buffer with all active
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formulas of a table.
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`C-c ='
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`C-u C-c ='
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Edit the formula associated with the current column/field in the
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minibuffer. See *Note Column formulas:: and *Note Field
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formulas::.
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`C-u C-u C-c ='
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Re-insert the active formula (either a field formula, or a column
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formula) into the current field, so that you can edit it directly
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in the field. The advantage over editing in the minibuffer is
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that you can use the command `C-c ?'.
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`C-c ?'
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While editing a formula in a table field, highlight the field(s)
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referenced by the reference at the cursor position in the formula.
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`C-c ''
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Edit all formulas for the current table in a special buffer, where
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the formulas will be displayed one per line. While inside the
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special buffer, Org-mode will automatically highlight any field or
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range reference at the cursor position. You may edit, remove and
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add formulas, and use the following commands:
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`C-c C-c'
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Exit the buffer and store the modified formulas. With `C-u'
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prefix, also apply the new formulas to the entire table.
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`C-c C-q'
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Exit the buffer without installing changes.
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`<TAB>'
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Pretty-print or indent lisp formula at point. When in a line
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containing a lisp formula, format the formula according to
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Emacs Lisp rules. Another <TAB> collapses the formula back
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again. In the open formula, <TAB> re-indents just like in
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Emacs-lisp-mode.
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`M-<TAB>'
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Complete Lisp symbols, just like in Emacs-lisp-mode.
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|
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`S-<up>/<down>'
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Move the reference line in the Org-mode buffer up and down.
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This is important for highlighting the references of column
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formulas for different rows.
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`M-<up>/<down>'
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Scroll the window displaying the table.
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`C-c }'
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Toggle the display of row and column numbers for a table, using
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overlays. These are uptated each time the table is aligned, you
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can force it with `C-c C-c'.
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`C-c {'
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Toggle the formula debugger on and off. See below.
|
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Making a table field blank does not remove the formula associated
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with the field, because that is stored in a different line (the `TBLFM'
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line) - during the next recalculation the field will be filled again.
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To remove a formula from a field, you have to give an empty reply when
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prompted for the formula, or to edit the `#+TBLFM' line.
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You may edit the `#+TBLFM' directly and re-apply the changed
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equations with `C-c C-c' in that line, or with the normal recalculation
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commands in the table.
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Debugging formulas
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..................
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When the evaluation of a formula leads to an error, the field content
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becomes the string `#ERROR'. If you would like see what is going on
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during variable substitution and calculation in order to find a bug,
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turn on formula debugging in the `Tbl' menu and repeat the calculation,
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for example by pressing `C-c = <RET>' in a field. Detailed information
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will be displayed.
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File: org, Node: Updating the table, Next: Advanced features, Prev: Editing and debugging formulas, Up: The spreadsheet
|
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3.4.7 Updating the Table
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------------------------
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Recalculation of a table is normally not automatic, but needs to be
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triggered by a command. See *Note Advanced features:: for a way to make
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recalculation at least semi-automatically.
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In order to recalculate a line of a table or the entire table, use
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the following commands:
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`C-c *'
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Recalculate the current row by first applying the stored column
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formulas from left to right, and all field formulas in the current
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row.
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`C-u C-c *'
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`C-u C-c C-c'
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Recompute the entire table, line by line. Any lines before the
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first hline are left alone, assuming that these are part of the
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table header.
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`C-u C-u C-c *'
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Iterate the table by recomputing it until no further changes occur.
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This may be necessary if some computed fields use the value of
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other fields that are computed later in the calculation sequence.
|
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File: org, Node: Advanced features, Prev: Updating the table, Up: The spreadsheet
|
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3.4.8 Advanced features
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-----------------------
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|
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If you want the recalculation of fields to happen automatically, or if
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you want to be able to assign names to fields and columns, you need to
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reserve the first column of the table for special marking characters.
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`C-#'
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Rotate the calculation mark in first column through the states `',
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`#', `*', `!', `$'. The meaning of these characters is discussed
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below. When there is an active region, change all marks in the
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region.
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Here is an example of a table that collects exam results of students
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and makes use of these features:
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|---+---------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------|
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| | Student | Prob 1 | Prob 2 | Prob 3 | Total | Note |
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|---+---------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------|
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| ! | | P1 | P2 | P3 | Tot | |
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| # | Maximum | 10 | 15 | 25 | 50 | 10.0 |
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| ^ | | m1 | m2 | m3 | mt | |
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|---+---------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------|
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| # | Peter | 10 | 8 | 23 | 41 | 8.2 |
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| # | Sara | 6 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 7.8 |
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| # | Sam | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1.8 |
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|---+---------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------|
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| | Average | | | | 29.7 | |
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| ^ | | | | | at | |
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| $ | max=50 | | | | | |
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|---+---------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------|
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#+TBLFM: $6=vsum($P1..$P3)::$7=10*$Tot/$max;%.1f::$at=vmean(@-II..@-I);%.1f
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Important: Please note that for these special tables, recalculating the
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table with `C-u C-c *' will only affect rows that are marked `#' or
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`*', and fields that have a formula assigned to the field itself. The
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column formulas are not applied in rows with empty first field.
|
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The marking characters have the following meaning:
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`!'
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The fields in this line define names for the columns, so that you
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may refer to a column as `$Tot' instead of `$6'.
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`^'
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This row defines names for the fields _above_ the row. With such
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a definition, any formula in the table may use `$m1' to refer to
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the value `10'. Also, if you assign a formula to a names field, it
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will be stored as `$name=...'.
|
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`_'
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Similar to `^', but defines names for the fields in the row
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_below_.
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`$'
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Fields in this row can define _parameters_ for formulas. For
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example, if a field in a `$' row contains `max=50', then formulas
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|
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in this table can refer to the value 50 using `$max'. Parameters
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work exactly like constants, only that they can be defined on a
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per-table basis.
|
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`#'
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Fields in this row are automatically recalculated when pressing
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<TAB> or <RET> or `S-<TAB>' in this row. Also, this row is
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selected for a global recalculation with `C-u C-c *'. Unmarked
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lines will be left alone by this command.
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`*'
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Selects this line for global recalculation with `C-u C-c *', but
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not for automatic recalculation. Use this when automatic
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recalculation slows down editing too much.
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`'
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Unmarked lines are exempt from recalculation with `C-u C-c *'.
|
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All lines that should be recalculated should be marked with `#' or
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`*'.
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`/'
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Do not export this line. Useful for lines that contain the
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narrowing `<N>' markers.
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Finally, just to whet your appetite on what can be done with the
|
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fantastic `calc' package, here is a table that computes the Taylor
|
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series of degree `n' at location `x' for a couple of functions
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(homework: try that with Excel :-)
|
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|---+-------------+---+-----+--------------------------------------|
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| | Func | n | x | Result |
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|---+-------------+---+-----+--------------------------------------|
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| # | exp(x) | 1 | x | 1 + x |
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| # | exp(x) | 2 | x | 1 + x + x^2 / 2 |
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| # | exp(x) | 3 | x | 1 + x + x^2 / 2 + x^3 / 6 |
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| # | x^2+sqrt(x) | 2 | x=0 | x*(0.5 / 0) + x^2 (2 - 0.25 / 0) / 2 |
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4 Hyperlinks
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************
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Just like HTML, Org-mode provides links inside a file, and external
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links to other files, Usenet articles, emails, and much more.
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* Menu:
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* Link format:: How links in Org-mode are formatted
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* Internal links:: Links to other places in the current file
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* External links:: URL-like links to the world
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* Handling links:: Creating, inserting and following
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* Link abbreviations:: Shortcuts for writing complex links
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* Search options:: Linking to a specific location
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* Custom searches:: When the default search is not enough
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* Remember:: Org-trees store quick notes
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File: org, Node: Link format, Next: Internal links, Prev: Hyperlinks, Up: Hyperlinks
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4.1 Link format
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Org-mode will recognize plain URL-like links and activate them as
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clickable links. The general link format, however, looks like this:
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[[link][description]] or alternatively [[link]]
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Once a link in the buffer is complete (all brackets present),
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Org-mode will change the display so that `description' is displayed
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instead of `[[link][description]]' and `link' is displayed instead of
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`[[link]]'. Links will be highlighted in the face `org-link', which by
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default is an underlined face. You can directly edit the visible part
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of a link. Note that this can be either the `link' part (if there is
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no description) or the `description' part. To edit also the invisible
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`link' part, use `C-c C-l' with the cursor on the link.
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If you place the cursor at the beginning or just behind the end of
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the displayed text and press <BACKSPACE>, you will remove the
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(invisible) bracket at that location. This makes the link incomplete
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and the internals are again displayed as plain text. Inserting the
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missing bracket hides the link internals again. To show the internal
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structure of all links, use the menu entry `Org->Hyperlinks->Literal
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links'.
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File: org, Node: Internal links, Next: External links, Prev: Link format, Up: Hyperlinks
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4.2 Internal links
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If the link does not look like a URL, it is considered to be internal in
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the current file. Links such as `[[My Target]]' or `[[My Target][Find
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my target]]' lead to a text search in the current file. The link can
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be followed with `C-c C-o' when the cursor is on the link, or with a
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mouse click (*note Handling links::). The preferred match for such a
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link is a dedicated target: the same string in double angular brackets.
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Targets may be located anywhere; sometimes it is convenient to put
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them into a comment line. For example
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# <<My Target>>
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In HTML export (*note HTML export::), such targets will become named
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anchors for direct access through `http' links(1).
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If no dedicated target exists, Org-mode will search for the words in
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the link. In the above example the search would be for `my target'.
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Links starting with a star like `*My Target' restrict the search to
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headlines. When searching, Org-mode will first try an exact match, but
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then move on to more and more lenient searches. For example, the link
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`[[*My Targets]]' will find any of the following:
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** My targets
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** TODO my targets are bright
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** my 20 targets are
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To insert a link targeting a headline, in-buffer completion can be
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used. Just type a star followed by a few optional letters into the
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buffer and press `M-<TAB>'. All headlines in the current buffer will be
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offered as completions. *Note Handling links::, for more commands
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creating links.
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Following a link pushes a mark onto Org-mode's own mark ring. You
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can return to the previous position with `C-c &'. Using this command
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several times in direct succession goes back to positions recorded
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earlier.
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* Menu:
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* Radio targets:: Make targets trigger links in plain text.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) Note that text before the first headline will never be exported,
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so the first such target must be after the first headline.
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File: org, Node: Radio targets, Prev: Internal links, Up: Internal links
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4.2.1 Radio targets
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You can configure Org-mode to link any occurrences of certain target
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names in normal text. So without explicitly creating a link, the text
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connects to the target radioing its position. Radio targets are
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enclosed by triple angular brackets. For example, a target `<<<My
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Target>>>' causes each occurrence of `my target' in normal text to
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become activated as a link. The Org-mode file is scanned automatically
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for radio targets only when the file is first loaded into Emacs. To
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update the target list during editing, press `C-c C-c' with the cursor
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on or at a target.
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File: org, Node: External links, Next: Handling links, Prev: Internal links, Up: Hyperlinks
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4.3 External links
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==================
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Org-mode supports links to files, websites, Usenet and email messages,
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and BBDB database entries. External links are URL-like locators. They
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start with a short identifying string followed by a colon. There can be
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no space after the colon. The following list shows examples for each
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link type.
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http://www.astro.uva.nl/~dominik on the web
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file:/home/dominik/images/jupiter.jpg file, absolute path
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file:papers/last.pdf file, relative path
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news:comp.emacs Usenet link
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mailto:adent@galaxy.net Mail link
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vm:folder VM folder link
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vm:folder#id VM message link
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vm://myself@some.where.org/folder#id VM on remote machine
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wl:folder WANDERLUST folder link
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wl:folder#id WANDERLUST message link
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mhe:folder MH-E folder link
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mhe:folder#id MH-E message link
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rmail:folder RMAIL folder link
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rmail:folder#id RMAIL message link
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gnus:group GNUS group link
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gnus:group#id GNUS article link
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bbdb:Richard Stallman BBDB link
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shell:ls *.org A shell command
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elisp:(find-file-other-frame "Elisp.org") An elisp form to evaluate
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A link should be enclosed in double brackets and may contain a
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descriptive text to be displayed instead of the url (*note Link
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format::), for example:
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[[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][GNU Emacs]]
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If the description is a file name or URL that points to an image, HTML
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export (*note HTML export::) will inline the image as a clickable
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button. If there is no description at all and the link points to an
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image, that image will be inlined into the exported HTML file.
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Org-mode also finds external links in the normal text and activates
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them as links. If spaces must be part of the link (for example in
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`bbdb:Richard Stallman'), or if you need to remove ambiguities about
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the end of the link, enclose them in angular brackets.
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File: org, Node: Handling links, Next: Link abbreviations, Prev: External links, Up: Hyperlinks
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4.4 Handling links
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==================
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Org-mode provides methods to create a link in the correct syntax, to
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insert it into an org-mode file, and to follow the link.
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`C-c l'
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Store a link to the current location. This is a _global_ command
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which can be used in any buffer to create a link. The link will be
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stored for later insertion into an Org-mode buffer (see below).
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For Org-mode files, if there is a `<<target>>' at the cursor, the
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link points to the target. Otherwise it points to the current
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headline. For VM, RMAIL, WANDERLUST, MH-E, GNUS and BBDB buffers,
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the link will indicate the current article/entry. For W3 and W3M
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buffers, the link goes to the current URL. For any other files,
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the link will point to the file, with a search string (*note
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Search options::) pointing to the contents of the current line.
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If there is an active region, the selected words will form the
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basis of the search string. If the automatically created link is
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not working correctly or accurately enough, you can write custom
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functions to select the search string and to do the search for
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particular file types - see *Note Custom searches::. The key
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binding `C-c l' is only a suggestion - see *Note Installation::.
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`C-c C-l'
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Insert a link. This prompts for a link to be inserted into the
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buffer. You can just type a link, using text for an internal
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link, or one of the link type prefixes mentioned in the examples
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above. All links stored during the current session are part of
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the history for this prompt, so you can access them with <up> and
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<down>, or with completion(1). The link will be inserted into the
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buffer, along with a descriptive text. If some text was selected
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when this command is called, the selected text becomes the default
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description.
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Note that you don't have to use this command to insert a link.
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Links in Org-mode are plain text, and you can type or paste them
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straight into the buffer. By using this command, the links are
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automatically enclosed in double brackets, and you will be asked
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for the optional descriptive text.
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`C-u C-c C-l'
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When `C-c C-l' is called with a `C-u' prefix argument, a link to a
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file will be inserted and you may use file name completion to
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select the name of the file. The path to the file is inserted
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relative to the directory of the current org file, if the linked
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file is in the current directory or in a subdirectory of it, or if
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the path is written relative to the current directory using `../'.
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Otherwise an absolute path is used, if possible with `~/' for
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your home directory. You can force an absolute path with two
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`C-u' prefixes.
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`C-c C-l with cursor on existing link'
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When the cursor is on an existing link, `C-c C-l' allows you to
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edit the link and description parts of the link.
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`C-c C-o'
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Open link at point. This will launch a web browser for URLs (using
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`browse-url-at-point'), run vm/mh-e/wanderlust/rmail/gnus/bbdb for
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the corresponding links, and execute the command in a shell link.
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When the cursor is on an internal link, this commands runs the
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corresponding search. When the cursor is on a TAG list in a
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headline, it creates the corresponding TAGS view. If the cursor
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is on a time stamp, it compiles the agenda for that date.
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Furthermore, it will visit text and remote files in `file:' links
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with Emacs and select a suitable application for local non-text
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files. Classification of files is based on file extension only.
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See option `org-file-apps'. If you want to override the default
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application and visit the file with Emacs, use a `C-u' prefix.
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`mouse-2'
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`mouse-1'
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On links, `mouse-2' will open the link just as `C-c C-o' would.
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Under Emacs 22, also `mouse-1' will follow a link.
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`mouse-3'
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Like `mouse-2', but force file links to be opened with Emacs, and
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internal links to be displayed in another window(2).
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`C-c %'
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Push the current position onto the mark ring, to be able to return
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easily. Commands following an internal link do this automatically.
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`C-c &'
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Jump back to a recorded position. A position is recorded by the
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commands following internal links, and by `C-c %'. Using this
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command several times in direct succession moves through a ring of
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previously recorded positions.
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`C-c C-x C-n'
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`C-c C-x C-p'
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Move forward/backward to the next link in the buffer. At the
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limit of the buffer, the search fails once, and then wraps around.
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The key bindings for this are really too long, you might want to
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bind this also to `C-n' and `C-p'
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(add-hook 'org-load-hook
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(lambda ()
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(define-key 'org-mode-map "\C-n" 'org-next-link)
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(define-key 'org-mode-map "\C-p" 'org-previous-link)))
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) After insertion of a stored link, the link will be removed from
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the list of stored links. To keep it in the list later use, use a
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triple `C-u' prefix to `C-c C-l', or configure the option
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`org-keep-stored-link-after-insertion'.
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(2) See the variable `org-display-internal-link-with-indirect-buffer'
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File: org, Node: Link abbreviations, Next: Search options, Prev: Handling links, Up: Hyperlinks
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4.5 Link abbreviations
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Long URLs can be cumbersome to type, and often many similar links are
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needed in a document. For this you can use link abbreviations. An
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abbreviated link looks like this
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[[linkword:tag][description]]
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where the tag is optional. Such abbreviations are resolved according to
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the information in the variable `org-link-abbrev-alist' that relates
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the linkwords to replacement text. Here is an example:
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(setq org-link-abbrev-alist
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'(("bugzilla" . "http://10.1.2.9/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=")
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("google" . "http://www.google.com/search?q=")
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("ads" . "http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/
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nph-abs_connect?author=%s&db_key=AST")))
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If the replacement text contains the string `%s', it will be
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replaced with the tag. Otherwise the tag will be appended to the string
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in order to create the link. You may also specify a function that will
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be called with the tag as the only argument to create the link.
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With the above setting, you could link to a specific bug with
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`[[bugzilla:129]]', search the web for `OrgMode' with
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`[[google:OrgMode]]' and find out what the Org-mode author is doing
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besides Emacs hacking with `[[ads:Dominik,C]]'.
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If you need special abbreviations just for a single Org-mode buffer,
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you can define them in the file with
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#+LINK: bugzilla http://10.1.2.9/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=
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#+LINK: google http://www.google.com/search?q=%s
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In-buffer completion *note Completion:: can be used after `[' to
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complete link abbreviations.
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File: org, Node: Search options, Next: Custom searches, Prev: Link abbreviations, Up: Hyperlinks
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4.6 Search options in file links
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File links can contain additional information to make Emacs jump to a
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particular location in the file when following a link. This can be a
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line number or a search option after a double(1) colon. For example,
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when the command `C-c l' creates a link (*note Handling links::) to a
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file, it encodes the words in the current line as a search string that
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can be used to find this line back later when following the link with
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`C-c C-o'.
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Here is the syntax of the different ways to attach a search to a file
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link, together with an explanation:
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[[file:~/code/main.c::255]]
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[[file:~/xx.org::My Target]]
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[[file:~/xx.org::*My Target]]
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[[file:~/xx.org::/regexp/]]
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`255'
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Jump to line 255.
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`My Target'
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Search for a link target `<<My Target>>', or do a text search for
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`my target', similar to the search in internal links, see *Note
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Internal links::. In HTML export (*note HTML export::), such a
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file link will become an HTML reference to the corresponding named
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anchor in the linked file.
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`*My Target'
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In an Org-mode file, restrict search to headlines.
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`/regexp/'
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Do a regular expression search for `regexp'. This uses the Emacs
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command `occur' to list all matches in a separate window. If the
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target file is in Org-mode, `org-occur' is used to create a sparse
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tree with the matches.
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As a degenerate case, a file link with an empty file name can be used
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to search the current file. For example, `[[file:::find me]]' does a
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search for `find me' in the current file, just as `[[find me]]' would.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) For backward compatibility, line numbers can also follow a
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single colon.
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File: org, Node: Custom searches, Next: Remember, Prev: Search options, Up: Hyperlinks
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4.7 Custom Searches
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===================
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The default mechanism for creating search strings and for doing the
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actual search related to a file link may not work correctly in all
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cases. For example, BibTeX database files have many entries like
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`year="1993"' which would not result in good search strings, because
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the only unique identification for a BibTeX entry is the citation key.
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If you come across such a problem, you can write custom functions to
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set the right search string for a particular file type, and to do the
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search for the string in the file. Using `add-hook', these functions
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need to be added to the hook variables
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`org-create-file-search-functions' and
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`org-execute-file-search-functions'. See the docstring for these
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variables for more information. Org-mode actually uses this mechanism
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for BibTeX database files, and you can use the corresponding code as an
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implementation example. Search for `BibTeX links' in the source file.
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File: org, Node: Remember, Prev: Custom searches, Up: Hyperlinks
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4.8 Remember
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============
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Another way to create org entries with links to other files is through
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the remember package by John Wiegley. Remember lets you store quick
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notes with little interruption of your work flow. See
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`http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/RememberMode' for more
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information. The notes produced by Remember can be stored in different
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ways, and Org-mode files are a good target. Org-mode significantly
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expands the possibilities of remember: You may define templates for
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different note types, and to associate target files and headlines with
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specific templates. It also allows you to select the location where a
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note should be stored interactively, on the fly.
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* Menu:
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* Setting up remember:: Some code for .emacs to get things going
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* Remember templates:: Define the outline of different note types
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* Storing notes:: Directly get the note to where it belongs
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File: org, Node: Setting up remember, Next: Remember templates, Prev: Remember, Up: Remember
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4.8.1 Setting up remember
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-------------------------
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The following customization will tell remember to use org files as
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target, and to create annotations compatible with Org-mode links.
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2008-01-31 05:30:56 -05:00
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(setq org-directory "~/path/to/my/orgfiles/")
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(setq org-default-notes-file "~/.notes")
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(setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
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(setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
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(add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template)
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File: org, Node: Remember templates, Next: Storing notes, Prev: Setting up remember, Up: Remember
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4.8.2 Remember templates
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------------------------
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In combination with Org-mode, you can use templates to generate
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different types of remember notes. For example, if you would like to
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use one template to create general TODO entries, another one for
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journal entries, and a third one for collecting random ideas, you could
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use:
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(setq org-remember-templates
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'((?t "* TODO %?\n %i\n %a" "~/org/TODO.org")
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(?j "* %U %?\n\n %i\n %a" "~/org/JOURNAL.org")
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(?i "* %^{Title}\n %i\n %a" "~/org/JOURNAL.org" "New Ideas")))
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In these entries, the character specifies how to select the template.
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The first string specifies the template. Two more (optional) strings
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give the file in which, and the headline under which the new note
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should be stored. The file defaults to `org-default-notes-file', the
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heading to `org-remember-default-headline'. Both defaults help to get
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to the storing location quickly, but you can change the location
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interactively while storing the note.
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When you call `M-x remember' (or `M-x org-remember') to remember
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something, org will prompt for a key to select the template (if you have
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more than one template) and then prepare the buffer like
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* TODO
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[[file:link to where you called remember]]
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or
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* [2006-03-21 Tue 15:37]
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[[file:link to where you called remember]]
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During expansion of the template, special `%'-escapes allow dynamic
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insertion of content:
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%^{prompt} prompt the user for a string and replace this sequence with it.
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%t time stamp, date only
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%T time stamp with date and time
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%u, %U like the above, but inactive time stamps
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%^t like `%t', but prompt for date. Similarly `%^T', `%^u', `%^U'
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You may define a prompt like `%^{Birthday}t'
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%n user name (taken from `user-full-name')
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%a annotation, normally the link created with `org-store-link'
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%i initial content, the region when remember is called with C-u.
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The entire text will be indented like `%i' itself.
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%:keyword specific information for certain link types, see below
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For specific link types, the following keywords will be defined:
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Link type | Available keywords
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bbdb | %:name %:company
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vm, wl, mh, rmail | %:type %:subject %:message-id
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| %:from %:fromname %:fromaddress
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| %:to %:toname %:toaddress
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| %:fromto (either "to NAME" or "from NAME")(1)
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gnus | %:group, for messages also all email fields
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w3, w3m | %:url
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info | %:file %:node
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calendar | %:date"
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If you would like to have the cursor in a specific position after the
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template has been expanded:
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%? After completing the template, position cursor here.
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If you change you mind about which template to use, call `org-remember'
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in the remember buffer. You may then select a new template that will
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be filled with the previoous context information.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) This will always be the other, not the user. See the variable
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`org-from-is-user-regexp'.
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File: org, Node: Storing notes, Prev: Remember templates, Up: Remember
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4.8.3 Storing notes
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-------------------
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When you are finished preparing a note with remember, you have to press
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`C-c C-c' to file the note away. The handler first prompts for a
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target file - if you press <RET>, the value specified for the template
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is used. Then the command offers the headings tree of the selected
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file, with the cursor position at the default headline (if you had
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specified one in the template). You can either immediately press <RET>
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to get the note placed there. Or you can use vertical cursor motion
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(<up> and <down>) and visibility cycling (<TAB>) to find a better
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place. Pressing <RET> or <left> or <right> then leads to the following
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result.
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Cursor Key Note gets inserted
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position
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buffer-start <RET> as level 2 heading at end of file
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on headline <RET> as sublevel of the heading at cursor
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<left> as same level, before current heading
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<right> as same level, after current heading
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not on <RET> at cursor position, level taken from context.
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headline Or use prefix arg to specify level
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manually.
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So a fast way to store the note to its default location is to press
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`C-c C-c <RET> <RET>'. Even shorter would be `C-u C-c C-c', which does
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the same without even asking for a file or showing the tree.
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Before inserting the text into a tree, the function ensures that the
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text has a headline, i.e. a first line that starts with a `*'. If not,
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a headline is constructed from the current date and some additional
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data. If the variable `org-adapt-indentation' is non-nil, the entire
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text is also indented so that it starts in the same column as the
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headline (after the asterisks).
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File: org, Node: TODO items, Next: Timestamps, Prev: Hyperlinks, Up: Top
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5 TODO items
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************
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Org-mode does not maintain TODO lists as a separate document. TODO
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items are an integral part of the notes file, because TODO items
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usually come up while taking notes! With Org-mode, you simply mark any
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entry in a tree as being a TODO item. In this way, the information is
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not duplicated, and the entire context from which the item emerged is
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always present when you check.
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Of course, this technique causes TODO items to be scattered
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throughout your file. Org-mode provides methods to give you an
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overview over all things you have to do.
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* Menu:
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* TODO basics:: Marking and displaying TODO entries
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* TODO extensions:: Workflow and assignments
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* Priorities:: Some things are more important than others
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* Breaking down tasks:: Splitting a task into managable pieces
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* Checkboxes:: Tick-off lists
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File: org, Node: TODO basics, Next: TODO extensions, Prev: TODO items, Up: TODO items
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5.1 Basic TODO functionality
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============================
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Any headline can become a TODO item by starting it with the word TODO,
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for example:
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*** TODO Write letter to Sam Fortune
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The most important commands to work with TODO entries are:
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`C-c C-t'
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Rotate the TODO state of the current item between
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,-> (unmarked) -> TODO -> DONE --.
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'--------------------------------'
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The same rotation can also be done "remotely" from the timeline and
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agenda buffers with the `t' command key (*note Agenda commands::).
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`S-<right>'
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`S-<left>'
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Select the following/preceding TODO state, similar to cycling.
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Mostly useful if more than two TODO states are possible (*note
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TODO extensions::).
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`C-c C-v'
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View TODO items in a _sparse tree_ (*note Sparse trees::). Folds
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the entire buffer, but shows all TODO items and the headings
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hierarchy above them. With prefix arg, show also the DONE
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entries. With numerical prefix N, show the tree for the Nth
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keyword in the variable `org-todo-keywords'.
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`C-c a t'
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Show the global TODO list. This collects the TODO items from all
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agenda files (*note Agenda views::) into a single buffer. The
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buffer is in `agenda-mode', so there are commands to examine and
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manipulate the TODO entries directly from that buffer (*note
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Agenda commands::). *Note Global TODO list::, for more
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information.
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File: org, Node: TODO extensions, Next: Priorities, Prev: TODO basics, Up: TODO items
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5.2 Extended use of TODO keywords
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The default implementation of TODO entries is just two states: TODO and
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DONE. You can, however, use the TODO feature for more complicated
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things by configuring the variables `org-todo-keywords' and
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`org-todo-interpretation'. Using special setup, you can even use TODO
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keywords in different ways in different org files.
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Note that tags are another way to classify headlines in general and
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TODO items in particular (*note Tags::).
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* Menu:
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* Workflow states:: From TODO to DONE in steps
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* TODO types:: I do this, Fred the rest
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* Per file keywords:: Different files, different requirements
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File: org, Node: Workflow states, Next: TODO types, Prev: TODO extensions, Up: TODO extensions
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5.2.1 TODO keywords as workflow states
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You can use TODO keywords to indicate different states in the process
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of working on an item, for example:
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(setq org-todo-keywords '("TODO" "FEEDBACK" "VERIFY" "DONE")
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org-todo-interpretation 'sequence)
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Changing these variables only becomes effective in a new Emacs
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session. With this setup, the command `C-c C-t' will cycle an entry
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from TODO to FEEDBACK, then to VERIFY, and finally to DONE. You may
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also use a prefix argument to quickly select a specific state. For
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example `C-3 C-c C-t' will change the state immediately to VERIFY. If
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you define many keywords, you can use in-buffer completion (see *Note
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Completion::) to insert these words into the buffer. Changing a todo
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state can be logged with a timestamp, see *Note Tracking TODO state
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changes:: for more information.
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File: org, Node: TODO types, Next: Per file keywords, Prev: Workflow states, Up: TODO extensions
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5.2.2 TODO keywords as types
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----------------------------
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The second possibility is to use TODO keywords to indicate different
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types of action items. For example, you might want to indicate that
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items are for "work" or "home". If you are into David Allen's _Getting
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Things DONE_, you might want to use todo types `NEXTACTION', `WAITING',
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`MAYBE'. Or, when you work with several people on a single project,
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you might want to assign action items directly to persons, by using
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their names as TODO keywords. This would be set up like this:
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(setq org-todo-keywords '("Fred" "Sara" "Lucy" "Mike" "DONE")
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org-todo-interpretation 'type)
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In this case, different keywords do not indicate a sequence, but
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rather different types. So it is normally not useful to change from
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one type to another. Therefore, in this case the behavior of the
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command `C-c C-t' is changed slightly(1). When used several times in
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succession, it will still cycle through all names. But when you return
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to the item after some time and execute `C-c C-t' again, it will switch
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from each name directly to DONE. Use prefix arguments or completion to
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quickly select a specific name. You can also review the items of a
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specific TODO type in a sparse tree by using a numeric prefix to `C-c
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C-v'. For example, to see all things Lucy has to do, you would use
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`C-3 C-c C-v'. To collect Lucy's items from all agenda files into a
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single buffer, you would use the prefix arg as well when creating the
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global todo list: `C-3 C-c t'.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) This is also true for the `t' command in the timeline and agenda
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buffers.
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File: org, Node: Per file keywords, Prev: TODO types, Up: TODO extensions
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5.2.3 Setting up TODO keywords for individual files
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---------------------------------------------------
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It can be very useful to use different aspects of the TODO mechanism in
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different files, which is not possible with the global settings
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described above. For file-local settings, you need to add special
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lines to the file which set the keywords and interpretation for that
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file only. For example, to set one of the two examples discussed
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above, you need one of the following lines, starting in column zero
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anywhere in the file:
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#+SEQ_TODO: TODO FEEDBACK VERIFY DONE
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#+TYP_TODO: Fred Sara Lucy Mike DONE
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To make sure you are using the correct keyword, type `#+' into the
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buffer and then use `M-<TAB>' completion.
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Remember that the last keyword must always mean that the item is DONE
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(although you may use a different word). Also note that in each file,
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only one of the two aspects of TODO keywords can be used. After
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changing one of these lines, use `C-c C-c' with the cursor still in the
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line to make the changes known to Org-mode(1).
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If you want to use very many keywords, for example when working with
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a large group of people, you may split the names over several lines:
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#+TYP_TODO: Fred Sara Lucy Mike
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#+TYP_TODO: Luis George Jules Jessica
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#+TYP_TODO: Kim Arnold Peter
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#+TYP_TODO: DONE
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) Org-mode parses these lines only when Org-mode is activated
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after visiting a file. `C-c C-c' with the cursor in a line starting
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with `#+' is simply restarting Org-mode for the current buffer.
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File: org, Node: Priorities, Next: Breaking down tasks, Prev: TODO extensions, Up: TODO items
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5.3 Priorities
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==============
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If you use Org-mode extensively to organize your work, you may end up
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with a number of TODO entries so large that you'd like to prioritize
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them. This can be done by placing a _priority cookie_ into the
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headline, like this
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*** TODO [#A] Write letter to Sam Fortune
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With its standard setup, Org-mode supports priorities `A', `B', and
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`C'. `A' is the highest priority. An entry without a cookie is
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treated as priority `B'. Priorities make a difference only in the
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agenda (*note Weekly/Daily agenda::).
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`C-c ,'
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Set the priority of the current headline. The command prompts for
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a priority character `A', `B' or `C'. When you press <SPC>
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instead, the priority cookie is removed from the headline. The
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priorities can also be changed "remotely" from the timeline and
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agenda buffer with the `,' command (*note Agenda commands::).
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`S-<up>'
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`S-<down>'
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Increase/decrease priority of current headline. Note that these
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keys are also used to modify time stamps (*note Creating
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timestamps::). Furthermore, these keys are also used by CUA-mode
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(*note Conflicts::).
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File: org, Node: Breaking down tasks, Next: Checkboxes, Prev: Priorities, Up: TODO items
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5.4 Breaking tasks down into subtasks
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=====================================
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It is often advisable to break down large tasks into smaller, managable
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subtasks. You can do this by creating an outline tree below a TODO
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item, with detailed subtasks on the tree(1). Another possibility is
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the use of checkboxes to identify (a hierarchy of) a large number of
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subtasks (*note Checkboxes::).
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) To keep subtasks out of the global TODO list, see the
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`org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels'.
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File: org, Node: Checkboxes, Prev: Breaking down tasks, Up: TODO items
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5.5 Checkboxes
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==============
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Every item in a plain list (*note Plain lists::) can be made a checkbox
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by starting it with the string `[ ]'. This feature is similar to TODO
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items (*note TODO items::), but more lightweight. Checkboxes are not
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included into the global TODO list, so they are often great to split a
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task into a number of simple steps. Or you can use them in a shopping
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list. To toggle a checkbox, use `C-c C-c', or try Piotr Zielinski's
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`org-mouse.el'. Here is an example of a checkbox list.
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* TODO Organize party [3/6]
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- call people [1/3]
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- [ ] Peter
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- [X] Sarah
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- [ ] Sam
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- [X] order food
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- [ ] think about what music to play
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- [X] talk to the neighbors
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The `[3/6]' and `[1/3]' in the first and second line are cookies
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indicating how many checkboxes are present in this entry, and how many
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of them have been checked off. This can give you an idea on how many
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checkboxes remain, even without opening a folded entry. The cookies
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can be placed into a headline or into (the first line of) a plain list
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item. Each cookie covers all checkboxes structurally below that
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headline/item. You have to insert the cookie yourself by typing either
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`[/]' or `[%]'. In the first case you get an `n out of m' result, in
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the second case you get information about the percentage of checkboxes
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checked (in the above example, this would be `[50%]' and `[33%],
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respectively').
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The following commands work with checkboxes:
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`C-c C-c'
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Toggle checkbox at point.
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`C-c C-x C-b'
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Toggle checkbox at point.
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- If there is an active region, toggle the first checkbox in
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the region and set all remaining boxes to the same status as
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the first. If you want to toggle all boxes in the region
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independently, use a prefix argument.
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- If the cursor is in a headline, toggle checkboxes in the
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region between this headline and the next (so _not_ the
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entire subtree).
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- If there is no active region, just toggle the checkbox at
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point.
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`M-S-<RET>'
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Insert a new item with a checkbox. This works only if the cursor
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is already in a plain list item (*note Plain lists::).
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`C-c #'
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Update the checkbox statistics in the current outline entry. When
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called with a `C-u' prefix, update the entire file. Checkbox
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statistic cookies are updated automatically if you toggle
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checkboxes with `C-c C-c' and make new ones with `M-S-<RET>'. If
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you delete boxes or add/change them by hand, use this command to
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get things back into synch. Or simply toggle any checkbox twice
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with `C-c C-c'.
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File: org, Node: Timestamps, Next: Tags, Prev: TODO items, Up: Top
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6 Timestamps
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************
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Items can be labeled with timestamps to make them useful for project
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planning.
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* Menu:
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* Time stamps:: Assigning a time to a tree entry
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* Creating timestamps:: Commands which insert timestamps
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* Custom time format:: If you cannot work with the ISO format
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* Repeating items:: Deadlines that come back again and again
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* Progress logging:: Documenting when what work was done.
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File: org, Node: Time stamps, Next: Creating timestamps, Prev: Timestamps, Up: Timestamps
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6.1 Time stamps, deadlines and scheduling
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=========================================
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A time stamp is a specification of a date (possibly with time) in a
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special format, either `<2003-09-16 Tue>' or `<2003-09-16 Tue
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09:39>'(1). A time stamp can appear anywhere in the headline or body
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of an org-tree entry. Its presence allows entries to be shown on
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specific dates in the agenda (*note Weekly/Daily agenda::). We
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distinguish:
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PLAIN TIME STAMP
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A simple time stamp just assigns a date/time to an item. This is
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just like writing down an appointment in a paper agenda, or like
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writing down an event in a diary, when you want to take note of
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when something happened. In the timeline and agenda displays, the
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headline of an entry associated with a plain time stamp will be
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shown exactly on that date.
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* Meet Peter at the movies <2006-11-01 Wed 19:15>
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INACTIVE TIME STAMP
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Just like a plain time stamp, but with square brackets instead of
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angular ones. These time stamps are inactive in the sense that
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they do _not_ trigger an entry to show up in the agenda.
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* Gillian comes late for the fifth time [2006-11-01 Wed]
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TIME STAMP RANGE
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Two time stamps connected by `--' denote a time range. The
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headline will be shown on the first and last day of the range, and
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on any dates that are displayed and fall in the range. Here is an
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example:
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** Meeting in Amsterdam
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<2004-08-23 Mon>--<2004-08-26 Thu>
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TIME STAMP WITH SCHEDULED KEYWORD
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If a time stamp is preceded by the word `SCHEDULED:', it means you
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are planning to start working on that task on the given date. So
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this is not about recording an event, but about planning your
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work. The headline will be listed under the given date(2). In
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addition, a reminder that the scheduled date has passed will be
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present in the compilation for _today_, until the entry is marked
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DONE. I.e., the task will automatically be forwarded until
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completed.
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*** TODO Call Trillian for a date on New Years Eve.
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SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat>
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TIME STAMP WITH DEADLINE KEYWORD
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If a time stamp is preceded by the word `DEADLINE:', the task
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(most likely a TODO item) is supposed to be finished on that date,
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and it will be listed then. In addition, the compilation for
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_today_ will carry a warning about the approaching or missed
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deadline, starting `org-deadline-warning-days' before the due
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date, and continuing until the entry is marked DONE. An example:
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*** TODO write article about the Earth for the Guide
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The editor in charge is [[bbdb:Ford Prefect]]
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DEADLINE: <2004-02-29 Sun>
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TIME STAMP WITH CLOSED KEYWORD
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When `org-log-done' is non-nil, Org-mode will automatically insert
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a special time stamp each time a TODO entry is marked done (*note
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Progress logging::). This time stamp is enclosed in square
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brackets instead of angular brackets.
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TIME RANGE WITH CLOCK KEYWORD
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When using the clock to time the work that is being done on
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specific items, time ranges preceded by the CLOCK keyword are
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inserted automatically into the file. The time stamps are
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enclosed in square brackets instead of angular brackets. *Note
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Clocking work time::.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) This is the standard ISO date/time format. If you cannot get
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used to these, see *Note Custom time format::
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(2) It will still be listed on that date after it has been marked
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DONE. If you don't like this, set the variable
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`org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
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File: org, Node: Creating timestamps, Next: Custom time format, Prev: Time stamps, Up: Timestamps
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6.2 Creating timestamps
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=======================
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For Org-mode to recognize time stamps, they need to be in the specific
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format. All commands listed below produce time stamps in the correct
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format.
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`C-c .'
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Prompt for a date and insert a corresponding time stamp. When the
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cursor is at a previously used time stamp, it is updated to NOW.
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When this command is used twice in succession, a time range is
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inserted.
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`C-u C-c .'
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Like `C-c .', but use the alternative format which contains date
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and time. The default time can be rounded to multiples of 5
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minutes, see the option `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
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`C-c !'
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Like `C-c .', but insert an inactive time stamp not triggering the
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agenda.
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`C-c <'
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Insert a time stamp corresponding to the cursor date in the
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Calendar.
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`C-c >'
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Access the Emacs calendar for the current date. If there is a
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timestamp in the current line, goto the corresponding date instead.
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`C-c C-o'
|
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Access the agenda for the date given by the time stamp or -range at
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point (*note Weekly/Daily agenda::).
|
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`C-c C-d'
|
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Insert `DEADLINE' keyword along with a stamp. The insertion will
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happen in the line directly following the headline.
|
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`C-c C-w'
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Create a sparse tree with all deadlines that are either past-due,
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or which will become due within `org-deadline-warning-days'. With
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`C-u' prefix, show all deadlines in the file. With a numeric
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prefix, check that many days. For example, `C-1 C-c C-w' shows
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all deadlines due tomorrow.
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`C-c C-s'
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Insert `SCHEDULED' keyword along with a stamp. The insertion will
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happen in the line directly following the headline. Any CLOSED
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timestamp will be removed.
|
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`S-<left>'
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`S-<right>'
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Change date at cursor by one day. These key bindings conflict with
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CUA-mode (*note Conflicts::).
|
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`S-<up>'
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`S-<down>'
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Change the item under the cursor in a timestamp. The cursor can
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be on a year, month, day, hour or minute. Note that if the cursor
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is in a headline and not at a time stamp, these same keys modify
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the priority of an item. (*note Priorities::). The key bindings
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also conflict with CUA-mode (*note Conflicts::).
|
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`C-c C-y'
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Evaluate a time range by computing the difference between start and
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end. With prefix arg, insert result after the time range (in a
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table: into the following column).
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* Menu:
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2008-01-31 05:33:05 -05:00
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* The date/time prompt:: How org-mode helps you entering date and time
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File: org, Node: The date/time prompt, Prev: Creating timestamps, Up: Creating timestamps
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6.2.1 The date/time prompt
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--------------------------
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When Org-mode prompts for a date/time, the prompt suggests to enter an
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ISO date. But it will in fact accept any string containing some date
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and/or time information. You can, for example, use `C-y' to paste a
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(possibly multi-line) string copied from an email message. Org-mode
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will find whatever information is in there and will replace anything not
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specified with the current date and time. For example:
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3-2-5 --> 2003-02-05
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feb 15 --> currentyear-02-15
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sep 12 9 --> 2009-09-12
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12:45 --> today 12:45
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22 sept 0:34 --> currentyear-09-22 0:34
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12 --> currentyear-currentmonth-12
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Fri --> nearest Friday (today or later)
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+4 --> 4 days from now (if +N is the only thing given)
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The function understands English month and weekday abbreviations. If
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you want to use unabbreviated names and/or other languages, configure
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the variables `parse-time-months' and `parse-time-weekdays'.
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|
2008-01-31 05:33:55 -05:00
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Parallel to the minibuffer prompt, a calendar is popped up(1). When
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you exit the date prompt, either by clicking on a date in the calendar,
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or by pressing <RET>, the date selected in the calendar will be
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combined with the information entered at the prompt. You can control
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the calendar fully from the minibuffer:
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`<'
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Scroll calendar backwards by one month.
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`>'
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Scroll calendar forwards by one month.
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`mouse-1'
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Select date by clicking on it.
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`S-<right>'
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One day forward.
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`S-<left>'
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One day back.
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`S-<down>'
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One week forward.
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`S-<up>'
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One week back.
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`M-S-<right>'
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One month forward.
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`M-S-<left>'
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One month back.
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`<RET>'
|
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Choose date in calendar (only if nothing was typed into
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minibuffer).
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2008-01-31 05:32:45 -05:00
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) If you don't need/want the calendar, configure the variable
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`org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
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2008-01-31 05:32:03 -05:00
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2008-01-31 05:33:37 -05:00
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6.3 Custom time format
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Org-mode uses the standard ISO notation for dates and times as it is
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defined in ISO 8601. If you cannot get used to this and require another
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representation of date and time to keep you happy, you can get it by
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customizing the variables `org-display-custom-times' and
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`org-time-stamp-custom-formats'.
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`C-c C-x C-t'
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Toggle the display of custom formats for dates and times.
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Org-mode needs the default format for scanning, so the custom date/time
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format does not _replace_ the default format - instead it is put _over_
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the default format using text properties. This has the following
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consequences:
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* You cannot place the cursor onto a time stamp anymore, only before
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or after.
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* The `S-<up>/<down>' keys can no longer be used to adjust each
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component of a time stamp. If the cursor is at the beginning of
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the stamp, `S-<up>/<down>' will change the stamp by one day, just
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like `S-<left>/<right>'. At the end of the stamp, the time will
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be changed by one minute.
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* When you delete a time stamp character-by-character, it will only
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disappear from the buffer after _all_ (invisible) characters
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belonging to the ISO timestamp have been removed.
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* If the custom time stamp format is longer than the default and you
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are using dates in tables, table alignment will be messed up. If
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the custom format is shorter, things do work as expected.
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File: org, Node: Repeating items, Next: Progress logging, Prev: Custom time format, Up: Timestamps
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6.4 Repeating items
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===================
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Org-mode integrates with the Emacs calendar and diary to display cyclic
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appointments, anniversaries and other special entries in the agenda
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(*note Weekly/Daily agenda::). However, it can be useful to have
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certain deadlines and scheduling items to auto-repeat. The advantage of
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a deadline or scheduled item is that the they produce warnings ahead of
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time and automatically forward themselves in the agenda until they are
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done. The abstract difference is therefore between cyclic appointments
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and cyclic action items. For appointments you should use the diary,
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for actions you can uses an org-mode deadline or scheduling time stamp
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together with a REPEAT cookie. For example:
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* TODO Replace batteries in smoke detector REPEAT(+18m)
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SCHEDULED: <2007-01-01 Mon>
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* TODO Get dentist appointment REPEAT(+6m)
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SCHEDULED: <2006-12-19 Tue>
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* TODO Tax report to IRS REPEAT(+1y)
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DEADLINE: <2007-04-01 Sun>
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Each time you try to mark one of these entries DONE using `C-c C-t',
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they will automatically switch back to the state TODO, and the
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deadline/scheduling will be shifted accordingly. The time units
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recognized by org-mode are year (y), month (m), week (w), and day (d).
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Org-mode will also prompt you for a note and record the fact that you
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have closed this item in a note under the headline.
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One unusual property of these repeating items is that only one
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instance of each exist at any given time. So if you look back or ahead
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in the agenda, you will not find past and future instances, only the
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current one will show up. Use a cyclic diary entry if you need all
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past and future instances to be visible in the agenda.
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File: org, Node: Progress logging, Prev: Repeating items, Up: Timestamps
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6.5 Progress Logging
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====================
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Org-mode can automatically record a time stamp when you mark a TODO item
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as DONE, or even each time when you change the state of a TODO item.
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You can also measure precisely the time you spent on specific items in a
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project by starting and stopping a clock when you start and stop working
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on an aspect of a project.
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* Menu:
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* Closing items:: When was this entry marked DONE?
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* Tracking TODO state changes:: When did the status change?
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* Clocking work time:: When exactly did you work on this item?
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File: org, Node: Closing items, Next: Tracking TODO state changes, Prev: Progress logging, Up: Progress logging
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6.5.1 Closing items
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If you want to keep track of _when_ a certain TODO item was finished,
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turn on logging with(1)
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(setq org-log-done t)
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Then each time you turn a TODO entry into DONE using either `C-c C-t'
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in the Org-mode buffer or `t' in the agenda buffer, a line `CLOSED:
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[timestamp]' will be inserted just after the headline. If you turn the
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entry back into a TODO item through further state cycling, that line
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will be removed again. In the timeline (*note Timeline::) and in the
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agenda (*note Weekly/Daily agenda::), you can then use the `l' key to
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display the TODO items closed on each day, giving you an overview of
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what has been done on a day. If you want to record a note along with
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the timestamp, use(2)
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(setq org-log-done '(done))
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) The corresponding in-buffer setting is: `#+STARTUP: logdone'
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(2) The corresponding in-buffer setting is: `#+STARTUP: lognotedone'
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File: org, Node: Tracking TODO state changes, Next: Clocking work time, Prev: Closing items, Up: Progress logging
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6.5.2 Tracking TODO state changes
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---------------------------------
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When TODO keywords are used as workflow states (*note Workflow
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states::), you might want to keep track of when a state change occurred,
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and you may even want to attach notes to that state change. With the
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setting
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(setq org-log-done '(state))
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each state change will prompt you for a note that will be attached to
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the current headline. Very likely you do not want this verbose tracking
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all the time, so it is probably better to configure this behavior with
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in-buffer options. For example, if you are tracking purchases, put
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these into a separate file that starts with:
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#+SEQ_TODO: TODO ORDERED INVOICE PAYED RECEIVED SENT
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#+STARTUP: lognotestate
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File: org, Node: Clocking work time, Prev: Tracking TODO state changes, Up: Progress logging
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6.5.3 Clocking work time
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------------------------
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Org-mode allows you to clock the time you spent on specific tasks in a
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project. When you start working on an item, you can start the clock.
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When you stop working on that task, or when you mark the task done, the
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clock is stopped and the corresponding time interval is recorded. It
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also computes the total time spent on each subtree of a project.
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`C-c C-x C-i'
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Start the clock on the current item (clock-in). This inserts the
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CLOCK keyword together with a timestamp.
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`C-c C-x C-o'
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Stop the clock (clock-out). The inserts another timestamp at the
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same location where the clock was last started. It also directly
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computes the resulting time in inserts it after the time range as
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`=> HH:MM'. See the variable `org-log-done' for the possibility to
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record an additional note together with the clock-out time
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stamp(1).
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`C-c C-y'
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Recompute the time interval after changing one of the time stamps.
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This is only necessary if you edit the time stamps directly. If
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you change them with `S-<cursor>' keys, the update is automatic.
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`C-c C-t'
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Changing the TODO state of an item to DONE automatically stops the
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clock if it is running in this same item.
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`C-c C-x C-x'
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Cancel the current clock. This is useful if a clock was started by
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mistake, or if you ended up working on something else.
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`C-c C-x C-d'
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Display time summaries for each subtree in the current buffer.
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This puts overlays at the end of each headline, showing the total
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time recorded under that heading, including the time of any
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subheadings. You can use visibility cycling to study the tree, but
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the overlays disappear when you change the buffer (see variable
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`org-remove-highlights-with-change') or press `C-c C-c'.
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`C-c C-x C-r'
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Insert a dynamic block (*note Dynamic blocks::) containing a clock
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report as an org-mode table into the current file.
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#+BEGIN: clocktable :maxlevel 2 :emphasize nil
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#+END: clocktable
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If such a block already exists, its content is replaced by the new
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table. The `BEGIN' line can specify options:
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:maxlevels Maximum level depth to which times are listed in the table.
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:emphasize When `t', emphasize level one and level two items
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:block The time block to consider. This block is specified relative
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to the current time and may be any of these keywords:
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`today', `yesterday', `thisweek', `lastweek',
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`thismonth', `lastmonth', `thisyear', or `lastyear'.
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:tstart A time string specifying when to start considering times
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:tend A time string specifying when to stop considering times
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So to get a clock summary for the current day, you could write
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#+BEGIN: clocktable :maxlevel 2 :block today
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#+END: clocktable
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and to use a specific time range you could write(2)
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#+BEGIN: clocktable :tstart "<2006-08-10 Thu 10:00>"
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:tend "<2006-08-10 Thu 12:00>"
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#+END: clocktable
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`C-u C-c C-x C-u'
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Update all dynamic blocks (*note Dynamic blocks::). This is
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useful if you have several clocktable blocks in a buffer.
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The `l' key may be used in the timeline (*note Timeline::) and in
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the agenda (*note Weekly/Daily agenda::) to show which tasks have been
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worked on or closed during a day.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) The corresponding in-buffer setting is: `#+STARTUP:
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lognoteclock-out'
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(2) Note that all parameters must be specified in a single line -
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the line is broken here only to fit it onto the manual.
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2008-01-31 04:30:03 -05:00
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2008-01-31 05:31:15 -05:00
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File: org, Node: Tags, Next: Agenda views, Prev: Timestamps, Up: Top
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7 Tags
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******
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If you wish to implement a system of labels and contexts for
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cross-correlating information, an excellent way is to assign tags to
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headlines. Org-mode has extensive support for using tags.
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Every headline can contain a list of tags, at the end of the
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headline. Tags are normal words containing letters, numbers, `_', and
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`@'. Tags must be preceded and followed by a single colon; like
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`:WORK:'. Several tags can be specified like `:WORK:URGENT:'.
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* Menu:
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* Tag inheritance:: Tags use the tree structure of the outline
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* Setting tags:: How to assign tags to a headline
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* Tag searches:: Searching for combinations of tags
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File: org, Node: Tag inheritance, Next: Setting tags, Prev: Tags, Up: Tags
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7.1 Tag inheritance
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===================
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Tags make use of the hierarchical structure of outline trees. If a
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heading has a certain tag, all subheadings will inherit the tag as
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well. For example, in the list
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* Meeting with the French group :WORK:
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** Summary by Frank :BOSS:NOTES:
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*** TODO Prepare slides for him :ACTION:
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the final heading will have the tags `:WORK:', `:BOSS:', `:NOTES:', and
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`:ACTION:'. When executing tag searches and Org-mode finds that a
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certain headline matches the search criterion, it will not check any
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sublevel headline, assuming that these likely also match, and that the
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list of matches can become very long. This may not be what you want,
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however, and you can influence inheritance and searching using the
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variables `org-use-tag-inheritance' and `org-tags-match-list-sublevels'.
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File: org, Node: Setting tags, Next: Tag searches, Prev: Tag inheritance, Up: Tags
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7.2 Setting tags
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Tags can simply be typed into the buffer at the end of a headline.
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After a colon, `M-<TAB>' offers completion on tags. There is also a
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special command for inserting tags:
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`C-c C-c'
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Enter new tags for the current headline. Org-mode will either
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offer completion or a special single-key interface for setting
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tags, see below. After pressing <RET>, the tags will be inserted
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and aligned to `org-tags-column'. When called with a `C-u'
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prefix, all tags in the current buffer will be aligned to that
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column, just to make things look nice. TAGS are automatically
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realigned after promotion, demotion, and TODO state changes (*note
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TODO basics::).
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Org will support tag insertion based on a _list of tags_. By
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default this list is constructed dynamically, containing all tags
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currently used in the buffer. You may also globally specify a hard list
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of tags with the variable `org-tag-alist'. Finally you can set the
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default tags for a given file with lines like
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#+TAGS: @WORK @HOME @TENNISCLUB
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#+TAGS: Laptop Car PC Sailboat
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If you have globally defined your preferred set of tags using the
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variable `org-tag-alist', but would like to use a dynamic tag list in a
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specific file: Just add an empty TAGS option line to that file:
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#+TAGS:
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The default support method for entering tags is minibuffer
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completion. However, Org-mode also implements a much better method:
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_fast tag selection_. This method allows to select and deselect tags
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with a single key per tag. To function efficiently, you should assign
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unique keys to most tags. This can be done globally with
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(setq org-tag-alist '(("@WORK" . ?w) ("@HOME" . ?h) ("Laptop" . ?l)))
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or on a per-file basis with
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#+TAGS: @WORK(w) @HOME(h) @TENNISCLUB(t) Laptop(l) PC(p)
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You can also group together tags that are mutually exclusive. With
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curly braces(1)
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#+TAGS: { @WORK(w) @HOME(h) @TENNISCLUB(t) } Laptop(l) PC(p)
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you indicate that at most one of `@WORK', `@HOME', and `@TENNISCLUB'
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should be selected.
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Don't forget to press `C-c C-c' with the cursor in one of these lines
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to activate any changes.
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If at least one tag has a selection key, pressing `C-c C-c' will
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automatically present you with a special interface, listing inherited
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tags, the tags of the current headline, and a list of all legal tags
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with corresponding keys(2). In this interface, you can use the
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following keys:
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`a-z...'
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Pressing keys assigned to tags will add or remove them from the
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list of tags in the current line. Selecting a tag in a group of
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mutually exclusive tags will turn off any other tags from that
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group.
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`<TAB>'
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Enter a tag in the minibuffer, even if the tag is not in the
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predefined list. You will be able to complete on all tags present
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in the buffer.
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`<SPC>'
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Clear all tags for this line.
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`<RET>'
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Accept the modified set.
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`C-g'
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Abort without installing changes.
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`q'
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If `q' is not assigned to a tag, it aborts like `C-g'.
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`!'
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Turn off groups of mutually exclusive tags. Use this to (as an
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exception) assign several tags from such a group.
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`C-c'
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Toggle auto-exit after the next change (see below). If you are
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using expert mode, the first `C-c' will display the selection
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window.
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This method lets you assign tags to a headline with very few keys. With
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the above setup, you could clear the current tags and set `@HOME',
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`Laptop' and `PC' tags with just the following keys: `C-c C-c <SPC> h l
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p <RET>'. Switching from `@HOME' to `@WORK' would be done with `C-c
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C-c w <RET>' or alternatively with `C-c C-c C-c w'. Adding the
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non-predefined tag `Sarah' could be done with `C-c C-c <TAB> S a r a h
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<RET> <RET>'.
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If you find that most of the time, you need only a single keypress to
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modify your list of tags, set the variable
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`org-fast-tag-selection-single-key'. Then you no longer have to press
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<RET> to exit fast tag selection - it will immediately exit after the
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first change. If you then occasionally need more keys, press `C-c' to
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turn off auto-exit for the current tag selection process (in effect:
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start selection with `C-c C-c C-c' instead of `C-c C-c'). If you set
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the variable to the value `expert', the special window is not even
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shown for single-key tag selection, it comes up only when you press an
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extra `C-c'.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) In `org-mode-alist' use `'(:startgroup)' and `'(:endgroup)',
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respectively. Several groups are allowed.
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(2) Keys will automatically be assigned to tags which have no
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configured keys.
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File: org, Node: Tag searches, Prev: Setting tags, Up: Tags
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7.3 Tag searches
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================
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Once a tags system has been set up, it can be used to collect related
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information into special lists.
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`C-c \'
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Create a sparse tree with all headlines matching a tags search.
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With a `C-u' prefix argument, ignore headlines that are not a TODO
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line.
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`C-c a m'
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Create a global list of tag matches from all agenda files. *Note
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Matching headline tags::.
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`C-c a M'
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Create a global list of tag matches from all agenda files, but
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check only TODO items and force checking subitems (see variable
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`org-tags-match-list-sublevels').
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A tags search string can use Boolean operators `&' for AND and `|'
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for OR. `&' binds more strongly than `|'. Parenthesis are currently
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not implemented. A tag may also be preceded by `-', to select against
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it, and `+' is syntactic sugar for positive selection. The AND
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operator `&' is optional when `+' or `-' is present. Examples:
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`+WORK-BOSS'
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Select headlines tagged `:WORK:', but discard those also tagged
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`:BOSS:'.
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`WORK|LAPTOP'
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Selects lines tagged `:WORK:' or `:LAPTOP:'.
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`WORK|LAPTOP&NIGHT'
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Like before, but require the `:LAPTOP:' lines to be tagged also
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`NIGHT'.
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If you are using multi-state TODO keywords (*note TODO
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extensions::), it can be useful to also match on the TODO keyword.
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This can be done by adding a condition after a slash to a tags match.
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The syntax is similar to the tag matches, but should be applied with
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consideration: For example, a positive selection on several TODO
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keywords can not meaningfully be combined with boolean AND. However,
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_negative selection_ combined with AND can be meaningful. To make sure
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that only lines are checked that actually have any TODO keyword, use
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`C-c a M', or equivalently start the todo part after the slash with `!'.
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Examples:
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`WORK/WAITING'
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Select `:WORK:'-tagged TODO lines with the specific TODO keyword
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`WAITING'.
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`WORK/!-WAITING-NEXT'
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Select `:WORK:'-tagged TODO lines that are neither `WAITING' nor
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`NEXT'
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`WORK/+WAITING|+NEXT'
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Select `:WORK:'-tagged TODO lines that are either `WAITING' or
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`NEXT'.
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Any element of the tag/todo match can be a regular expression - in
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this case it must be enclosed in curly braces. For example,
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`WORK+{^BOSS.*}' matches headlines that contain the tag `WORK' and any
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tag starting with `BOSS'.
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You can also require a headline to be of a certain level, by writing
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instead of any TAG an expression like `LEVEL=3'. For example, a search
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`+LEVEL=3+BOSS/-DONE' lists all level three headlines that have the tag
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BOSS and are _not_ marked with the todo keyword DONE.
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File: org, Node: Agenda views, Next: Embedded LaTeX, Prev: Tags, Up: Top
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8 Agenda Views
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**************
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Due to the way Org-mode works, TODO items, time-stamped items, and
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tagged headlines can be scattered throughout a file or even a number of
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files. To get an overview over open action items, or over events that
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are important for a particular date, this information must be collected,
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sorted and displayed in an organized way.
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Org-mode can select items based on various criteria, and display them
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in a separate buffer. Six different view types are provided:
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* an _agenda_ that is like a calendar and shows information for
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specific dates,
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* a _TODO list_ that covers all unfinished action items,
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* a _tags view_, showings headlines based on the tags associated
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with them,
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* a _timeline view_ that shows all events in a single Org-mode file,
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in time-sorted view,
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* a _stuck projects view_ showing projects that currently don't move
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along, and
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* _custom views_ that are special tag/keyword searches and
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combinations of different views.
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The extracted information is displayed in a special _agenda buffer_.
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This buffer is read-only, but provides commands to visit the
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corresponding locations in the original Org-mode files, and even to
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edit these files remotely.
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Two variables control how the agenda buffer is displayed and whether
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the window configuration is restored when the agenda exits:
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`org-agenda-window-setup' and `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
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* Menu:
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* Agenda files:: Files being searched for agenda information
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* Agenda dispatcher:: Keyboard access to agenda views
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* Built-in agenda views:: What is available out of the box?
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* Presentation and sorting:: How agenda items are prepared for display
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* Agenda commands:: Remote editing of org trees
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* Custom agenda views:: Defining special searches and views
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File: org, Node: Agenda files, Next: Agenda dispatcher, Prev: Agenda views, Up: Agenda views
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8.1 Agenda files
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The information to be shown is collected from all _agenda files_, the
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files listed in the variable `org-agenda-files'(1). Thus even if you
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only work with a single Org-mode file, this file should be put into
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that list(2). You can customize `org-agenda-files', but the easiest
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way to maintain it is through the following commands
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`C-c ['
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Add current file to the list of agenda files. The file is added to
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the front of the list. If it was already in the list, it is moved
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to the front. With prefix arg, file is added/moved to the end.
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`C-c ]'
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Remove current file from the list of agenda files.
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`C-''
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Cycle through agenda file list, visiting one file after the other.
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The Org menu contains the current list of files and can be used to
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visit any of them.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) If the value of that variable is not a list, but a single file
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name, then the list of agenda files will be maintained in that external
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file.
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(2) When using the dispatcher, pressing `1' before selecting a
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command will actually limit the command to the current file, and ignore
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`org-agenda-files' until the next dispatcher command.
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File: org, Node: Agenda dispatcher, Next: Built-in agenda views, Prev: Agenda files, Up: Agenda views
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8.2 The agenda dispatcher
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=========================
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The views are created through a dispatcher that should be bound to a
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global key, for example `C-c a' (*note Installation::). In the
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following we will assume that `C-c a' is indeed how the dispatcher is
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accessed and list keyboard access to commands accordingly. After
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pressing `C-c a', an additional letter is required to execute a
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command. The dispatcher offers the following default commands:
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`a'
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Create the calendar-like agenda (*note Weekly/Daily agenda::).
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`t / T'
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Create a list of all TODO items (*note Global TODO list::).
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`m / M'
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Create a list of headlines matching a TAGS expression (*note
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Matching headline tags::).
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`L'
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Create the timeline view for the current buffer (*note Timeline::).
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`# / !'
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Create a list of stuck projects (*note Stuck projects::).
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`1'
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Restrict an agenda command to the current buffer. After pressing
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`1', you still need to press the character selecting the command.
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`0'
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If there is an active region, restrict the following agenda
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command to the region. Otherwise, restrict it to the current
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subtree. After pressing `0', you still need to press the
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character selecting the command.
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You can also define custom commands that will be accessible through
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the dispatcher, just like the default commands. This includes the
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possibility to create extended agenda buffers that contain several
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blocks together, for example the weekly agenda, the global TODO list and
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a number of special tags matches. *Note Custom agenda views::.
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File: org, Node: Built-in agenda views, Next: Presentation and sorting, Prev: Agenda dispatcher, Up: Agenda views
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8.3 The built-in agenda views
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=============================
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In this section we describe the built-in views.
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* Menu:
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* Weekly/Daily agenda:: The calendar page with current tasks
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* Global TODO list:: All unfinished action items
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* Matching headline tags:: Structured information with fine-tuned search
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* Timeline:: Time-sorted view for single file
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* Stuck projects:: Find projects you need to review
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File: org, Node: Weekly/Daily agenda, Next: Global TODO list, Prev: Built-in agenda views, Up: Built-in agenda views
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8.3.1 The weekly/daily agenda
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-----------------------------
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The purpose of the weekly/daily _agenda_ is to act like a page of a
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paper agenda, showing all the tasks for the current week or day.
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`C-c a a'
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Compile an agenda for the current week from a list of org files.
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The agenda shows the entries for each day. With a `C-u' prefix (or
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when the variable `org-agenda-include-all-todo' is `t'), all
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unfinished TODO items (including those without a date) are also
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listed at the beginning of the buffer, before the first date.
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Remote editing from the agenda buffer means, for example, that you
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can change the dates of deadlines and appointments from the agenda
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buffer. The commands available in the Agenda buffer are listed in
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*Note Agenda commands::.
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Calendar/Diary integration
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..........................
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Emacs contains the calendar and diary by Edward M. Reingold. The
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calendar displays a three-month calendar with holidays from different
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countries and cultures. The diary allows you to keep track of
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anniversaries, lunar phases, sunrise/set, recurrent appointments
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(weekly, monthly) and more. In this way, it is quite complementary to
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Org-mode. It can be very useful to combine output from Org-mode with
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the diary.
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In order to include entries from the Emacs diary into Org-mode's
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agenda, you only need to customize the variable
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(setq org-agenda-include-diary t)
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After that, everything will happen automatically. All diary entries
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including holidays, anniversaries etc will be included in the agenda
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buffer created by Org-mode. <SPC>, <TAB>, and <RET> can be used from
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the agenda buffer to jump to the diary file in order to edit existing
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diary entries. The `i' command to insert new entries for the current
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date works in the agenda buffer, as well as the commands `S', `M', and
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`C' to display Sunrise/Sunset times, show lunar phases and to convert
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to other calendars, respectively. `c' can be used to switch back and
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forth between calendar and agenda.
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File: org, Node: Global TODO list, Next: Matching headline tags, Prev: Weekly/Daily agenda, Up: Built-in agenda views
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8.3.2 The global TODO list
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--------------------------
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The global TODO list contains all unfinished TODO items, formatted and
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collected into a single place.
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`C-c a t'
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Show the global TODO list. This collects the TODO items from all
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agenda files (*note Agenda views::) into a single buffer. The
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buffer is in `agenda-mode', so there are commands to examine and
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manipulate the TODO entries directly from that buffer (*note
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Agenda commands::).
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`C-c a T'
|
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Like the above, but allows selection of a specific TODO keyword.
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You can also do this by specifying a prefix argument to `C-c a t'.
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With a `C-u' prefix you are prompted for a keyword. With a
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numeric prefix, the Nth keyword in `org-todo-keywords' is selected. The
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`r' key in the agenda buffer regenerates it, and you can give a
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prefix argument to this command to change the selected TODO
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keyword, for example `3 r'. If you often need a search for a
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specific keyword, define a custom command for it (*note Agenda
|
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dispatcher::).
|
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Matching specific TODO keywords can also be done as part of a tags
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search (*note Tag searches::).
|
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Remote editing of TODO items means that you can change the state of a
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TODO entry with a single key press. The commands available in the TODO
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list are described in *Note Agenda commands::.
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Normally the global todo list simply shows all headlines with TODO
|
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keywords. This list can become very long. There are two ways to keep
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it more compact:
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- Some people view a TODO item that has been _scheduled_ for
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execution (*note Time stamps::) as no longer _open_. Configure the
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variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled' to exclude scheduled
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items from the global TODO list.
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- TODO items may have sublevels to break up the task into subtasks.
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In such cases it may be enough to list only the highest level TODO
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headline and omit the sublevels from the global list. Configure
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the variable `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to get this behavior.
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File: org, Node: Matching headline tags, Next: Timeline, Prev: Global TODO list, Up: Built-in agenda views
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8.3.3 Matching headline tags
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----------------------------
|
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If headlines in the agenda files are marked with _tags_ (*note Tags::),
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you can select headlines based on the tags that apply to them and
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collect them into an agenda buffer.
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`C-c a m'
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Produce a list of all headlines that match a given set of tags.
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The command prompts for a selection criterion, which is a boolean
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logic expression with tags, like `+WORK+URGENT-WITHBOSS' or
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`WORK|HOME' (*note Tags::). If you often need a specific search,
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define a custom command for it (*note Agenda dispatcher::).
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`C-c a M'
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Like `C-c a m', but only select headlines that are also TODO items
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and force checking subitems (see variable
|
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`org-tags-match-list-sublevels'). Matching specific todo keywords
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together with a tags match is also possible, see *Note Tag
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searches::.
|
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The commands available in the tags list are described in *Note
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Agenda commands::.
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File: org, Node: Timeline, Next: Stuck projects, Prev: Matching headline tags, Up: Built-in agenda views
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2008-01-31 05:33:13 -05:00
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8.3.4 Timeline for a single file
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--------------------------------
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2008-01-31 05:32:32 -05:00
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The timeline summarizes all time-stamped items from a single Org-mode
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file in a _time-sorted view_. The main purpose of this command is to
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give an overview over events in a project.
|
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2008-01-31 05:32:32 -05:00
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`C-c a L'
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Show a time-sorted view of the org file, with all time-stamped
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items. When called with a `C-u' prefix, all unfinished TODO
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entries (scheduled or not) are also listed under the current date.
|
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The commands available in the timeline buffer are listed in *Note
|
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Agenda commands::.
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File: org, Node: Stuck projects, Prev: Timeline, Up: Built-in agenda views
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8.3.5 Stuck projects
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--------------------
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If you are following a system like David Allen's GTD to organize your
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work, one of the "duties" you have is a regular review to make sure
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that all projects move along. A _stuck_ project is a project that has
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no defined next actions, so it will never show up in the TODO lists
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Org-mode produces. During the review, you need to identify such
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projects and define next actions for them.
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`C-c a #'
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List projects that are stuck.
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`C-c a !'
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|
Customize the variable `org-stuck-projects' to define what a stuck
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project is and how to find it.
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You almost certainly will have to configure this view before it will
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work for you. The built-in default assumes that all your projects are
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level-2 headlines, and that a project is not stuck if it has at least
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one entry marked with a todo keyword TODO or NEXT or NEXTACTION.
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Lets assume that you, in your own way of using Org-mode, identify
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projects with a tag PROJECT, and that you use a todo keyword MAYBE to
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indicate a project that should not be considered yet. Lets further
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assume that the todo keyword DONE marks finished projects, and that NEXT
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and TODO indicate next actions. Finally, the tag @SHOP indicates
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shopping and is a next action even without the NEXT tag. In this case
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you would start by identifying eligible projects with a tags/todo match
|
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`+PROJECT/-MAYBE-DONE', and then check for TODO, NEXT and @SHOP in the
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subtree to identify projects that are not stuck. The correct
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customization for this is
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(setq org-stuck-projects
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("+PROJECT/-MAYBE-DONE" ("NEXT" "TODO") ("@SHOP")))
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File: org, Node: Presentation and sorting, Next: Agenda commands, Prev: Built-in agenda views, Up: Agenda views
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8.4 Presentation and sorting
|
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|
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============================
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Before displaying items in an agenda view, Org-mode visually prepares
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the items and sorts them. Each item occupies a single line. The line
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starts with a _prefix_ that contains the _category_ (*note
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Categories::) of the item and other important information. You can
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customize the prefix using the option `org-agenda-prefix-format'. The
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prefix is followed by a cleaned-up version of the outline headline
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associated with the item.
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* Menu:
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* Categories:: Not all tasks are equal
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* Time-of-day specifications:: How the agenda knows the time
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* Sorting of agenda items:: The order of things
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8.4.1 Categories
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The category is a broad label assigned to each agenda item. By default,
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the category is simply derived from the file name, but you can also
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specify it with a special line in the buffer, like this:
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#+CATEGORY: Thesis
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If there are several such lines in a file, each specifies the
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category for the text below it (but the first category also applies to
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any text before the first CATEGORY line). The display in the agenda
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buffer looks best if the category is not longer than 10 characters.
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8.4.2 Time-of-Day Specifications
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Org-mode checks each agenda item for a time-of-day specification. The
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time can be part of the time stamp that triggered inclusion into the
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agenda, for example as in `<2005-05-10 Tue 19:00>'. Time ranges can be
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specified with two time stamps, like
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`<2005-05-10 Tue 20:30>--<2005-05-10 Tue 22:15>'.
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In the headline of the entry itself, a time(range) may also appear as
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plain text (like `12:45' or a `8:30-1pm'. If the agenda integrates the
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Emacs diary (*note Weekly/Daily agenda::), time specifications in diary
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entries are recognized as well.
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For agenda display, Org-mode extracts the time and displays it in a
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standard 24 hour format as part of the prefix. The example times in
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the previous paragraphs would end up in the agenda like this:
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8:30-13:00 Arthur Dent lies in front of the bulldozer
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12:45...... Ford Prefect arrives and takes Arthur to the pub
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19:00...... The Vogon reads his poem
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20:30-22:15 Marwin escorts the Hitchhikers to the bridge
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If the agenda is in single-day mode, or for the display of today, the
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timed entries are embedded in a time grid, like
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8:00...... ------------------
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8:30-13:00 Arthur Dent lies in front of the bulldozer
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10:00...... ------------------
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12:00...... ------------------
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12:45...... Ford Prefect arrives and takes Arthur to the pub
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14:00...... ------------------
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16:00...... ------------------
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18:00...... ------------------
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19:00...... The Vogon reads his poem
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20:00...... ------------------
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20:30-22:15 Marwin escorts the Hitchhikers to the bridge
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The time grid can be turned on and off with the variable
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`org-agenda-use-time-grid', and can be configured with
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`org-agenda-time-grid'.
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8.4.3 Sorting of agenda items
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Before being inserted into a view, the items are sorted. How this is
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done depends on the type of view.
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* For the daily/weekly agenda, the items for each day are sorted.
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The default order is to first collect all items containing an
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explicit time-of-day specification. These entries will be shown
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at the beginning of the list, as a _schedule_ for the day. After
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that, items remain grouped in categories, in the sequence given by
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`org-agenda-files'. Within each category, items are sorted by
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priority (*note Priorities::), which is composed of the base
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priority (2000 for priority `A', 1000 for `B', and 0 for `C'),
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plus additional increments for overdue scheduled or deadline items.
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* For the TODO list, items remain in the order of categories, but
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within each category, sorting takes place according to priority
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(*note Priorities::).
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* For tags matches, items are not sorted at all, but just appear in
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the sequence in which they are found in the agenda files.
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Sorting can be customized using the variable
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`org-agenda-sorting-strategy'.
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File: org, Node: Agenda commands, Next: Custom agenda views, Prev: Presentation and sorting, Up: Agenda views
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8.5 Commands in the agenda buffer
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Entries in the agenda buffer are linked back to the org file or diary
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file where they originate. You are not allowed to edit the agenda
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buffer itself, but commands are provided to show and jump to the
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original entry location, and to edit the org-files "remotely" from the
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agenda buffer. In this way, all information is stored only once,
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removing the risk that your agenda and note files may diverge.
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Some commands can be executed with mouse clicks on agenda lines. For
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the other commands, the cursor needs to be in the desired line.
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Motion
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`n'
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Next line (same as <up>).
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`p'
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Previous line (same as <down>).
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View/GoTo org file
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`mouse-3'
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`<SPC>'
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Display the original location of the item in another window.
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`L'
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Display original location and recenter that window.
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`mouse-2'
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`mouse-1'
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`<TAB>'
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Go to the original location of the item in another window. Under
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Emacs 22, `mouse-1' will also works for this.
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`<RET>'
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Go to the original location of the item and delete other windows.
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`f'
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Toggle Follow mode. In Follow mode, as you move the cursor through
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the agenda buffer, the other window always shows the corresponding
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location in the org file. The initial setting for this mode in new
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agenda buffers can be set with the variable
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`org-agenda-start-with-follow-mode'.
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`b'
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Display the entire subtree of the current item in an indirect
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buffer. With numerical prefix ARG, go up to this level and then
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take that tree. If ARG is negative, go up that many levels. With
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`C-u' prefix, do not remove the previously used indirect buffer.
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`l'
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Toggle Logbook mode. In Logbook mode, entries that where marked
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DONE while logging was on (variable `org-log-done') are shown in
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the agenda, as are entries that have been clocked on that day.
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Change display
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`o'
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Delete other windows.
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`w'
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Switch to weekly view (7 days displayed together).
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`d'
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Switch to daily view (just one day displayed).
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`D'
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Toggle the inclusion of diary entries. See *Note Weekly/Daily
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agenda::.
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`g'
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Toggle the time grid on and off. See also the variables
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`org-agenda-use-time-grid' and `org-agenda-time-grid'.
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`r'
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Recreate the agenda buffer, for example to reflect the changes
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after modification of the time stamps of items with S-<left> and
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S-<right>. When the buffer is the global todo list, a prefix
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argument is interpreted to create a selective list for a specific
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TODO keyword.
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`s'
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Save all Org-mode buffers in the current Emacs session.
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`<right>'
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Display the following `org-agenda-ndays' days. For example, if
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the display covers a week, switch to the following week. With
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prefix arg, go forward that many times `org-agenda-ndays' days.
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`<left>'
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Display the previous dates.
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`.'
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Goto today.
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Remote editing
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`0-9'
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Digit argument.
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`C-_'
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Undo a change due to a remote editing command. The change is
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undone both in the agenda buffer and in the remote buffer.
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`t'
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Change the TODO state of the item, both in the agenda and in the
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original org file.
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`C-k'
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Delete the current agenda item along with the entire subtree
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belonging to it in the original Org-mode file. If the text to be
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deleted remotely is longer than one line, the kill needs to be
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confirmed by the user. See variable `org-agenda-confirm-kill'.
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`$'
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Archive the subtree corresponding to the current headline.
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`T'
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Show all tags associated with the current item. Because of
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inheritance, this may be more than the tags listed in the line
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itself.
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`:'
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Set tags for the current headline.
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`a'
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Toggle the ARCHIVE tag for the current headline.
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`,'
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Set the priority for the current item. Org-mode prompts for the
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priority character. If you reply with <SPC>, the priority cookie
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is removed from the entry.
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`P'
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Display weighted priority of current item.
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`+'
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`S-<up>'
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Increase the priority of the current item. The priority is
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changed in the original buffer, but the agenda is not resorted.
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Use the `r' key for this.
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`-'
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`S-<down>'
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Decrease the priority of the current item.
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`C-c C-s'
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Schedule this item
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`C-c C-d'
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Set a deadline for this item.
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`S-<right>'
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Change the time stamp associated with the current line by one day
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into the future. With prefix argument, change it by that many
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days. For example, `3 6 5 S-<right>' will change it by a year.
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The stamp is changed in the original org file, but the change is
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not directly reflected in the agenda buffer. Use the `r' key to
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update the buffer.
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`S-<left>'
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Change the time stamp associated with the current line by one day
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into the past.
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`>'
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Change the time stamp associated with the current line to today.
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The key `>' has been chosen, because it is the same as `S-.' on my
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keyboard.
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`I'
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Start the clock on the current item. If a clock is running
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already, it is stopped first.
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`O'
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Stop the previously started clock.
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`X'
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Cancel the currently running clock.
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Calendar commands
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`c'
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Open the Emacs calendar and move to the date at the agenda cursor.
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`c'
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When in the calendar, compute and show the Org-mode agenda for the
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date at the cursor.
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`i'
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Insert a new entry into the diary. Prompts for the type of entry
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(day, weekly, monthly, yearly, anniversary, cyclic) and creates a
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new entry in the diary, just as `i d' etc. would do in the
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calendar. The date is taken from the cursor position.
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`M'
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Show the phases of the moon for the three months around current
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date.
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`S'
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Show sunrise and sunset times. The geographical location must be
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set with calendar variables, see documentation of the Emacs
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calendar.
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`C'
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Convert the date at cursor into many other cultural and historic
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calendars.
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`H'
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Show holidays for three month around the cursor date.
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`C-c C-x C-c'
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Export a single iCalendar file containing entries from all agenda
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files.
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Quit and Exit
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`q'
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Quit agenda, remove the agenda buffer.
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`x'
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Exit agenda, remove the agenda buffer and all buffers loaded by
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Emacs for the compilation of the agenda. Buffers created by the
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user to visit org files will not be removed.
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File: org, Node: Custom agenda views, Prev: Agenda commands, Up: Agenda views
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8.6 Custom agenda views
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Custom agenda commands serve two purposes: to store and quickly access
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frequently used TODO and tags searches, and to create special composite
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agenda buffers. Custom agenda commands will be accessible through the
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dispatcher (*note Agenda dispatcher::), just like the default commands.
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* Menu:
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* Storing searches:: Type once, use often
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* Block agenda:: All the stuff you need in a single buffer
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* Setting Options:: Changing the rules
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* Batch processing:: Agenda views from the command line
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8.6.1 Storing searches
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The first application of custom searches is the definition of keyboard
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shortcuts for frequently used searches, either creating an agenda
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buffer, or a sparse tree (the latter covering of course only the current
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buffer). Custom commands are configured in the variable
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`org-agenda-custom-commands'. You can customize this variable, for
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example by pressing `C-c a C'. You can also directly set it with Emacs
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Lisp in `.emacs'. The following example contains all valid search
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types:
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(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
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'(("w" todo "WAITING")
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("W" todo-tree "WAITING")
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("u" tags "+BOSS-URGENT")
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("v" tags-todo "+BOSS-URGENT")
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("U" tags-tree "+BOSS-URGENT")
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("f" occur-tree "\\<FIXME\\>")))
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The initial single-character string in each entry defines the character
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you have to press after the dispatcher command `C-c a' in order to
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access the command. The second parameter is the search type, followed
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by the string or regular expression to be used for the matching. The
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example above will therefore define:
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`C-c a w'
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as a global search for TODO entries with `WAITING' as the TODO
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keyword
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`C-c a W'
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as the same search, but only in the current buffer and displaying
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the results as a sparse tree
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`C-c a u'
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as a global tags search for headlines marked `:BOSS:' but not
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`:URGENT:'
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`C-c a v'
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as the same search as `C-c a u', but limiting the search to
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headlines that are also TODO items
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`C-c a U'
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as the same search as `C-c a u', but only in the current buffer and
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displaying the result as a sparse tree
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`C-c a f'
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to create a sparse tree (again: current buffer only) with all
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entries containing the word `FIXME'.
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File: org, Node: Block agenda, Next: Setting Options, Prev: Storing searches, Up: Custom agenda views
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8.6.2 Block agenda
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Another possibility is the construction of agenda views that comprise
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the results of _several_ commands, each of which creates a block in the
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agenda buffer. The available commands include `agenda' for the daily
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or weekly agenda (as created with `C-c a a'), `alltodo' for the global
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todo list (as constructed with `C-c a t'), and the matching commands
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discussed above: `todo', `tags', and `tags-todo'. Here are two
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examples:
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(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
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'(("h" "Agenda and Home-related tasks"
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((agenda)
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(tags-todo "HOME")
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(tags "GARDEN")))
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("o" "Agenda and Office-related tasks"
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((agenda)
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(tags-todo "WORK")
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(tags "OFFICE")))))
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This will define `C-c a h' to create a multi-block view for stuff you
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need to attend to at home. The resulting agenda buffer will contain
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your agenda for the current week, all TODO items that carry the tag
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`HOME', and also all lines tagged with `GARDEN'. Finally the command
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`C-c a o' provides a similar view for office tasks.
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File: org, Node: Setting Options, Next: Batch processing, Prev: Block agenda, Up: Custom agenda views
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8.6.3 Setting Options for custom commands
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-----------------------------------------
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Org-mode contains a number of variables regulating agenda construction
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and display. The global variables define the behavior for all agenda
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commands, including the custom commands. However, if you want to change
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some settings just for a single custom view, you can do so. Setting
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options requires inserting a list of variable names and values at the
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right spot in `org-agenda-custom-commands'. For example:
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(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
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'(("w" todo "WAITING"
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((org-agenda-sorting-strategy '(priority-down))
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(org-agenda-prefix-format " Mixed: ")))
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("U" tags-tree "+BOSS-URGENT"
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((org-show-following-heading nil)
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(org-show-hierarchy-above nil)))))
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Now the `C-c a w' command will sort the collected entries only by
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priority, and the prefix format is modified to just say ` Mixed:'
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instead of giving the category of the entry. The sparse tags tree of
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`C-c a U' will now turn out ultra-compact, because neither the headline
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hierarchy above the match, nor the headline following the match will be
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shown.
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For command sets creating a block agenda,
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`org-agenda-custom-commands' has two separate spots for setting
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options. You can add options that should be valid for just a single
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command in the set, and options that should be valid for all commands in
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the set. The former are just added to the command entry, the latter
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must come after the list of command entries. Going back to the block
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agenda example (*note Block agenda::), let's change the sorting strategy
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for the `C-c a h' commands to `priority-down', but let's sort the
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results for GARDEN tags query in the opposite order, `priority-up'.
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This would look like this:
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(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
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'(("h" "Agenda and Home-related tasks"
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((agenda)
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(tags-todo "HOME")
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(tags "GARDEN" ((org-agenda-sorting-strategy '(priority-up)))))
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((org-agenda-sorting-strategy '(priority-down))))
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("o" "Agenda and Office-related tasks"
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((agenda)
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(tags-todo "WORK")
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(tags "OFFICE")))))
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As you see, the values and parenthesis setting is a little complex.
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When in doubt, use the customize interface to set this variable - it
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fully supports its structure. Just one caveat: When setting options in
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this interface, the _values_ are just lisp expressions. So if the
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value is a string, you need to add the double quotes around the value
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yourself.
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2008-01-31 05:32:35 -05:00
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File: org, Node: Batch processing, Prev: Setting Options, Up: Custom agenda views
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2008-01-31 05:33:13 -05:00
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8.6.4 Creating agenda views in batch processing
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If you want to print or otherwise reprocess agenda views, it can be
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useful to create an agenda from the command line. This is the purpose
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of the function `org-batch-agenda'. It takes as a parameter one of the
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strings that are the keys in `org-agenda-custom-commands'. For
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example, to directly print the current TODO list, you could use
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emacs -batch -l ~/.emacs -eval '(org-batch-agenda "t")' | lpr
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You may also modify parameters on the fly like this:
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emacs -batch -l ~/.emacs \
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-eval '(org-batch-agenda "a" \
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org-agenda-ndays 300 \
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org-agenda-include-diary nil \
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org-agenda-files (quote ("~/org/project.org")))' \
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| lpr
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which will produce a 300 day agenda, fully restricted to the Org file
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`~/org/projects.org', not even including the diary.
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2008-01-31 05:32:08 -05:00
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File: org, Node: Embedded LaTeX, Next: Exporting, Prev: Agenda views, Up: Top
|
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2008-01-31 05:32:08 -05:00
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9 Embedded LaTeX
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****************
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Plain ASCII is normally sufficient for almost all note taking. One
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exception, however, are scientific notes which need to be able to
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contain mathematical symbols and the occasional formula. LaTeX(1) is
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widely used to typeset scientific documents. Org-mode supports
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embedding LaTeX code into its files, because many academics are used to
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read LaTeX source code, and because it can be readily processed into
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images for HTML production.
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It is not necessary to mark LaTeX macros and code in any special way.
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If you observe a few conventions, Org-mode knows how to find it and what
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to do with it.
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* Menu:
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* Math symbols:: TeX macros for symbols and Greek letters
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* Subscripts and Superscripts:: Simple syntax for raising/lowering text
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* LaTeX fragments:: Complex formulas made easy
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* Processing LaTeX fragments:: Previewing LaTeX processing
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* CDLaTeX mode:: Speed up entering of formulas
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) LaTeX is a macro system based on Donald E. Knuth's TeX system.
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Many of the features described here as "LaTeX" are really from TeX, but
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for simplicity I am blurring this distinction.
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File: org, Node: Math symbols, Next: Subscripts and Superscripts, Prev: Embedded LaTeX, Up: Embedded LaTeX
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9.1 Math symbols
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================
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You can use LaTeX macros to insert special symbols like `\alpha' to
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indicate the Greek letter, or `\to' to indicate an arrow. Completion
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for these macros is available, just type `\' and maybe a few letters,
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and press `M-<TAB>' to see possible completions. Unlike LaTeX code,
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Org-mode allows these macros to be present without surrounding math
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delimiters, for example:
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Angles are written as Greek letters \alpha, \beta and \gamma.
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During HTML export (*note HTML export::), these symbols are
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translated into the proper syntax for HTML, for the above examples this
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is `α' and `→', respectively.
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File: org, Node: Subscripts and Superscripts, Next: LaTeX fragments, Prev: Math symbols, Up: Embedded LaTeX
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9.2 Subscripts and Superscripts
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===============================
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Just like in LaTeX, `^' and `_' are used to indicate super- and
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subscripts. Again, these can be used without embedding them in
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math-mode delimiters. To increase the readability of ASCII text, it is
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not necessary (but OK) to surround multi-character sub- and superscripts
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with curly braces. For example
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The mass if the sun is M_sun = 1.989 x 10^30 kg. The radius of
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the sun is R_{sun} = 6.96 x 10^8 m.
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To avoid interpretation as raised or lowered text, you can quote `^'
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and `_' with a backslash: `\_' and `\^'.
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During HTML export (*note HTML export::), subscript and superscripts
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are surrounded with `<sub>' and `<sup>' tags, respectively.
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File: org, Node: LaTeX fragments, Next: Processing LaTeX fragments, Prev: Subscripts and Superscripts, Up: Embedded LaTeX
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9.3 LaTeX fragments
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===================
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With symbols, sub- and superscripts, HTML is pretty much at its end when
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it comes to representing mathematical formulas(1). More complex
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expressions need a dedicated formula processor. To this end, Org-mode
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can contain arbitrary LaTeX fragments. It provides commands to preview
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the typeset result of these fragments, and upon export to HTML, all
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fragments will be converted to images and inlined into the HTML
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document. For this to work you need to be on a system with a working
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LaTeX installation. You also need the `dvipng' program, available at
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`http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvipng/'.
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LaTeX fragments don't need any special marking at all. The following
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snippets will be identified as LaTeX source code:
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* Environments of any kind. The only requirement is that the
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`\begin' statement appears on a new line, preceded by only
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whitespace.
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* Text within the usual LaTeX math delimiters. To avoid conflicts
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with currency specifications, single `$' characters are only
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recognized as math delimiters if the enclosed text contains at
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most two line breaks, is directly attached to the `$' characters
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with no whitespace in between, and if the closing `$' is followed
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by whitespace or punctuation. For the other delimiters, there is
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no such restriction, so when in doubt, use `\(...\)' as inline
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math delimiters.
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For example:
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\begin{equation} % arbitrary environments,
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x=\sqrt{b} % even tables, figures
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\end{equation} % etc
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If $a^2=b$ and \( b=2 \), then the solution must be
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either $$ a=+\sqrt{2} $$ or \[ a=-\sqrt{2} \].
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If you need any of the delimiter ASCII sequences for other purposes, you
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can configure the option `org-format-latex-options' to deselect the
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ones you do not wish to have interpreted by the LaTeX converter.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) Yes, there is MathML, but that is not yet fully supported by
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many browsers, and there is no decent converter for turning LaTeX of
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ASCII representations of formulas into MathML. So for the time being,
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converting formulas into images seems the way to go.
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File: org, Node: Processing LaTeX fragments, Next: CDLaTeX mode, Prev: LaTeX fragments, Up: Embedded LaTeX
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9.4 Processing LaTeX fragments
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==============================
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LaTeX fragments can be processed to produce a preview images of the
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typeset expressions:
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`C-c C-x C-l'
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Produce a preview image of the LaTeX fragment at point and overlay
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it over the source code. If there is no fragment at point,
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process all fragments in the current entry (between two
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headlines). When called with a prefix argument, process the
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entire subtree. When called with two prefix arguments, or when
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the cursor is before the first headline, process the entire buffer.
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`C-c C-c'
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Remove the overlay preview images.
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During HTML export (*note HTML export::), all LaTeX fragments are
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converted into images and inlined into the document if the following
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setting is active:
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(setq org-export-with-LaTeX-fragments t)
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File: org, Node: CDLaTeX mode, Prev: Processing LaTeX fragments, Up: Embedded LaTeX
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9.5 Using CDLaTeX to enter math
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CDLaTeX-mode is a minor mode that is normally used in combination with a
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major LaTeX mode like AUCTeX in order to speed-up insertion of
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environments and math templates. Inside Org-mode, you can make use of
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some of the features of cdlatex-mode. You need to install `cdlatex.el'
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and `texmathp.el' (the latter comes also with AUCTeX) from
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`http://www.astro.uva.nl/~dominik/Tools/cdlatex'. Don't turn
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cdlatex-mode itself under Org-mode, but use the light version
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`org-cdlatex-mode' that comes as part of Org-mode. Turn it on for the
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current buffer with `M-x org-cdlatex-mode', or for all Org-mode files
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with
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(add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'turn-on-org-cdlatex)
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When this mode is enabled, the following features are present (for
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more details see the documentation of cdlatex-mode):
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* Environment templates can be inserted with `C-c {'.
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* The <TAB> key will do template expansion if the cursor is inside a
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LaTeX fragment(1). For example, <TAB> will expand `fr' to
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`\frac{}{}' and position the cursor correctly inside the first
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brace. Another <TAB> will get you into the second brace. Even
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outside fragments, <TAB> will expand environment abbreviations at
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the beginning of a line. For example, if you write `equ' at the
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beginning of a line and press <TAB>, this abbreviation will be
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expanded to an `equation' environment. To get a list of all
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abbreviations, type `M-x cdlatex-command-help'.
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* Pressing `_' and `^' inside a LaTeX fragment will insert these
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characters together with a pair of braces. If you use <TAB> to
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move out of the braces, and if the braces surround only a single
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character or macro, they are removed again (depending on the
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variable `cdlatex-simplify-sub-super-scripts').
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* Pressing the backquote ``' followed by a character inserts math
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macros, also outside LaTeX fragments. If you wait more than 1.5
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seconds after the backquote, a help window will pop up.
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* Pressing the normal quote `'' followed by another character
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modifies the symbol before point with an accent or a font. If you
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wait more than 1.5 seconds after the backquote, a help window will
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pop up. Character modification will work only inside LaTeX
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fragments, outside the quote is normal.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) Org-mode has a method to test if the cursor is inside such a
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fragment, see the documentation of the function
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`org-inside-LaTeX-fragment-p'.
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File: org, Node: Exporting, Next: Publishing, Prev: Embedded LaTeX, Up: Top
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10 Exporting
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************
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Org-mode documents can be exported into a variety of other formats. For
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printing and sharing of notes, ASCII export produces a readable and
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simple version of an Org-mode file. HTML export allows you to publish a
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notes file on the web, while the XOXO format provides a solid base for
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exchange with a broad range of other applications. To incorporate
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entries with associated times like deadlines or appointments into a
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desktop calendar program like iCal, Org-mode can also produce extracts
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in the iCalendar format. Currently Org-mode only supports export, not
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import of these different formats.
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When exporting, Org-mode uses special conventions to enrich the
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output produced. *Note Text interpretation::, for more details.
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`C-c C-e'
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Dispatcher for export and publishing commands. Displays a
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help-window listing the additional key(s) needed to launch an
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export or publishing command.
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* Menu:
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* ASCII export:: Exporting to plain ASCII
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* HTML export:: Exporting to HTML
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* XOXO export:: Exporting to XOXO
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* iCalendar export:: Exporting in iCalendar format
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* Text interpretation:: How the exporter looks at the file
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File: org, Node: ASCII export, Next: HTML export, Prev: Exporting, Up: Exporting
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2008-01-31 05:32:08 -05:00
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10.1 ASCII export
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=================
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ASCII export produces a simple and very readable version of an Org-mode
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file.
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`C-c C-e a'
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Export as ASCII file. If there is an active region, only the
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region will be exported. For an org file `myfile.org', the ASCII
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file will be `myfile.txt'. The file will be overwritten without
|
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warning.
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`C-c C-e v a'
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Export only the visible part of the document.
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In the exported version, the first 3 outline levels will become
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headlines, defining a general document structure. Additional levels
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will be exported as itemized lists. If you want that transition to
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occur at a different level, specify it with a prefix argument. For
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example,
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C-1 C-c C-e a
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creates only top level headlines and does the rest as items. When
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headlines are converted to items, the indentation of the text following
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the headline is changed to fit nicely under the item. This is done with
|
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the assumption that the first bodyline indicates the base indentation of
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the body text. Any indentation larger than this is adjusted to preserve
|
2008-01-31 05:31:59 -05:00
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the layout relative to the first line. Should there be lines with less
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indentation than the first, these are left alone.
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2008-01-31 05:31:37 -05:00
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File: org, Node: HTML export, Next: XOXO export, Prev: ASCII export, Up: Exporting
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2008-01-31 05:32:08 -05:00
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10.2 HTML export
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================
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2008-01-31 05:31:59 -05:00
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Org-mode contains an HTML (XHTML 1.0 strict) exporter with extensive
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HTML formatting, in ways similar to John Grubers _markdown_ language,
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but with additional support for tables.
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2008-01-31 05:33:32 -05:00
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* Menu:
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* Export commands:: How to invode HTML export
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* Quoting HTML tags:: Using direct HTML in Org-mode
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* Links:: How hyperlinks get transferred to HTML
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* Images:: To inline or not to inline?
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* CSS support:: Style specifications
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File: org, Node: Export commands, Next: Quoting HTML tags, Prev: HTML export, Up: HTML export
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10.2.1 HTML export commands
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---------------------------
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`C-c C-e h'
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Export as HTML file `myfile.html'.
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`C-c C-e b'
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Export as HTML file and open it with a browser.
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`C-c C-e v h'
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2008-01-31 05:32:20 -05:00
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`C-c C-e v b'
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Export only the visible part of the document.
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In the exported version, the first 3 outline levels will become
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|
|
headlines, defining a general document structure. Additional levels
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2008-01-31 04:51:19 -05:00
|
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will be exported as itemized lists. If you want that transition to
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|
occur at a different level, specify it with a prefix argument. For
|
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example,
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C-2 C-c C-e b
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creates two levels of headings and does the rest as items.
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2008-01-31 05:33:32 -05:00
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File: org, Node: Quoting HTML tags, Next: Links, Prev: Export commands, Up: HTML export
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10.2.2 Quoting HTML tags
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------------------------
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|
2008-01-31 05:33:55 -05:00
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Plain `<' and `>' are always transformed to `<' and `>' in HTML
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export. If you want to include simple HTML tags which should be
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interpreted as such, mark them with `@' as in `@<b>bold text@</b>'.
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Note that this really works only for simple tags. For more extensive
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HTML that should be copied verbatim to the exported file use either
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#+HTML: Literal HTML code for export
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or
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#+BEGIN_HTML
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All lines between these markers are exported literally
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#+END_HTML
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File: org, Node: Links, Next: Images, Prev: Quoting HTML tags, Up: HTML export
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10.2.3 Links
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------------
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Internal links (*note Internal links::) will continue to work in HTML
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files only if they match a dedicated `<<target>>'. Automatic links
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created by radio targets (*note Radio targets::) will also work in the
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HTML file. Links to external files will still work if the HTML file is
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in the same directory as the Org-mode file. Links to other `.org'
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files will be translated into HTML links under the assumption that an
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HTML version also exists of the linked file. For information related to
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linking files while publishing them to a publishing directory see *Note
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Publishing links::.
|
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2008-01-31 05:33:32 -05:00
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File: org, Node: Images, Next: CSS support, Prev: Links, Up: HTML export
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10.2.4 Images
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-------------
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HTML export can inline images given as links in the Org-mode file, and
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it can make an image the clickable part of a link. By default(1),
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images are inlined if a link does not have a description. So
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`[[file:myimg.jpg]]' will be inlined, while `[[file:myimg.jpg][the
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image]]' will just produce a link `the image' that points to the image.
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If the description part itself is a `file:' link or a `http:' URL
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pointing to an image, this image will be inlined and activated so that
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clicking on the image will activate the link. For example, to include
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a thumbnail that will link to a high resolution version of the image,
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you could use:
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[[file:highres.jpg][file:thumb.jpg]]
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and you could use `http' addresses just as well.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) but see the variable `org-export-html-inline-images'
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File: org, Node: CSS support, Prev: Images, Up: HTML export
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10.2.5 CSS support
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------------------
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You can also give style information for the exported file. The HTML
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exporter assigns the following CSS classes to appropriate parts of the
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document - your style specifications may change these:
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.todo TODO keywords
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.done the DONE keyword
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.timestamp time stamp
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.timestamp-kwd keyword associated with a time stamp, like SCHEDULED
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.tag tag in a headline
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.target target for links
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The default style specification can be configured through the option
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`org-export-html-style'. If you want to use a file-local style, you
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may use file variables, best wrapped into a COMMENT section at the end
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of the outline tree. For example(1):
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* COMMENT html style specifications
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# Local Variables:
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# org-export-html-style: " <style type=\"text/css\">
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# p {font-weight: normal; color: gray; }
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# h1 {color: black; }
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# </style>"
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# End:
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Remember to execute `M-x normal-mode' after changing this to make
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the new style visible to Emacs. This command restarts org-mode for the
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current buffer and forces Emacs to re-evaluate the local variables
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section in the buffer.
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(1) Under Emacs 21, the continuation lines for a variable value
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should have no `#' at the start of the line.
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10.3 XOXO export
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Org-mode contains an exporter that produces XOXO-style output.
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Currently, this exporter only handles the general outline structure and
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does not interpret any additional Org-mode features.
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`C-c C-e x'
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Export as XOXO file `myfile.html'.
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`C-c C-e v x'
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Export only the visible part of the document.
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File: org, Node: iCalendar export, Next: Text interpretation, Prev: XOXO export, Up: Exporting
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10.4 iCalendar export
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=====================
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Some people like to use Org-mode for keeping track of projects, but
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still prefer a standard calendar application for anniversaries and
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appointments. In this case it can be useful to have deadlines and
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other time-stamped items in Org-mode files show up in the calendar
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application. Org-mode can export calendar information in the standard
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iCalendar format. If you also want to have TODO entries included in the
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export, configure the variable `org-icalendar-include-todo'.
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`C-c C-e i'
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Create iCalendar entries for the current file and store them in
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the same directory, using a file extension `.ics'.
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`C-c C-e I'
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Like `C-c C-e i', but do this for all files in `org-agenda-files'.
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For each of these files, a separate iCalendar file will be
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written.
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`C-c C-e c'
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Create a single large iCalendar file from all files in
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`org-agenda-files' and write it to the file given by
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`org-combined-agenda-icalendar-file'.
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How this calendar is best read and updated, depends on the
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application you are using. The FAQ covers this issue.
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File: org, Node: Text interpretation, Prev: iCalendar export, Up: Exporting
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10.5 Text interpretation by the exporter
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The exporter backends interpret additional structure in the Org-mode
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file in order to produce better output.
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* Menu:
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* Comment lines:: Some lines will not be exported
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* Enhancing text:: Subscripts, symbols and more
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* Export options:: How to influence the export settings
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File: org, Node: Comment lines, Next: Enhancing text, Prev: Text interpretation, Up: Text interpretation
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10.5.1 Comment lines
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Lines starting with `#' in column zero are treated as comments and will
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never be exported. Also entire subtrees starting with the word
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`COMMENT' will never be exported. Finally, any text before the first
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headline will not be exported either.
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`C-c ;'
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Toggle the COMMENT keyword at the beginning of an entry.
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File: org, Node: Enhancing text, Next: Export options, Prev: Comment lines, Up: Text interpretation
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10.5.2 Enhancing text for export
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Some of the export backends of Org-mode allow for sophisticated text
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formatting, this is true in particular for the HTML backend. Org-mode
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has a number of typing conventions that allow to produce a richly
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formatted output.
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* Plain lists `-', `*' or `+' as bullet, or with `1.' or `2)' as
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enumerator will be recognized and transformed if the backend
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supports lists. See *Note Plain lists::.
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* You can make words *bold*, /italic/, _underlined_, `=code=', and
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`+strikethrough+'.
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* A line consisting of only dashes, and at least 5 of them, will be
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exported as a horizontal line (`<hr/>' in HTML).
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* Many TeX macros and entire LaTeX fragments are converted into HTML
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entities or images (*note Embedded LaTeX::).
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* Tables are transformed into native tables under the exporter, if
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the export backend supports this. Data fields before the first
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horizontal separator line will be formatted as table header fields.
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* If a headline starts with the word `QUOTE', the text below the
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headline will be typeset as fixed-width, to allow quoting of
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computer codes etc. Lines starting with `:' are also typeset in
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fixed-width font.
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`C-c :'
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Toggle fixed-width for entry (QUOTE) or region, see below.
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* A double backslash _at the end of a line_ enforces a line break at
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this position.
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If these conversions conflict with your habits of typing ASCII text,
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they can all be turned off with corresponding variables (see the
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customization group `org-export-general', and the following section
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which explains how to set export options with special lines in a buffer.
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File: org, Node: Export options, Prev: Enhancing text, Up: Text interpretation
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10.5.3 Export options
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---------------------
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The exporter recognizes special lines in the buffer which provide
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additional information. These lines may be put anywhere in the file.
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The whole set of lines can be inserted into the buffer with `C-c C-e
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t'. For individual lines, a good way to make sure the keyword is
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correct is to type `#+' and then use `M-<TAB>' completion (*note
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Completion::).
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`C-c C-e t'
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Insert template with export options, see example below.
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#+TITLE: the title to be shown (default is the buffer name)
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#+AUTHOR: the author (default taken from `user-full-name')
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#+EMAIL: his/her email address (default from `user-mail-address')
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#+LANGUAGE: language for HTML, e.g. `en' (`org-export-default-language')
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#+TEXT: Some descriptive text to be inserted at the beginning.
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#+TEXT: Several lines may be given.
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#+OPTIONS: H:2 num:t toc:t \n:nil @:t ::t |:t ^:t *:nil TeX:t LaTeX:t
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The OPTIONS line is a compact form to specify export settings. Here
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you can:
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H: set the number of headline levels for export
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num: turn on/off section-numbers
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toc: turn on/off table of contents, or set level limit (integer)
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\n: turn on/off linebreak-preservation
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@: turn on/off quoted HTML tags
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:: turn on/off fixed-width sections
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|: turn on/off tables
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^: turn on/off TeX-like syntax for sub- and superscripts.
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*: turn on/off emphasized text (bold, italic, underlined)
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TeX: turn on/off simple TeX macros in plain text
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LaTeX: turn on/off LaTeX fragments
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File: org, Node: Publishing, Next: Miscellaneous, Prev: Exporting, Up: Top
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11 Publishing
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*************
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Org-mode includes(1) a publishing management system that allows you to
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configure automatic HTML conversion of _projects_ composed of
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interlinked org files. This system is called _org-publish_. You can
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also configure org-publish to automatically upload your exported HTML
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pages and related attachments, such as images and source code files, to
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a web server. Org-publish turns org-mode into a web-site authoring
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tool.
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Org-publish has been contributed to Org-mode by David O'Toole.
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* Menu:
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* Configuration:: Defining projects
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* Sample configuration:: Example projects
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* Triggering publication:: Publication commands
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) `org-publish.el' is not yet part of Emacs, so if you are using
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`org.el' as it comes with Emacs, you need to download this file
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separately. Also make sure org.el is at least version 4.27.
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File: org, Node: Configuration, Next: Sample configuration, Prev: Publishing, Up: Publishing
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11.1 Configuration
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==================
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Publishing needs significant configuration to specify files, destination
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and many other properties of a project.
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* Menu:
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* Project alist:: The central configuration variable
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* Sources and destinations:: From here to there
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* Selecting files:: What files are part of the project?
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* Publishing action:: Setting the function doing the publishing
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* Publishing options:: Tweaking HTML export
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* Publishing links:: Which links keep working after publishing?
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* Project page index:: Publishing a list of project files
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File: org, Node: Project alist, Next: Sources and destinations, Prev: Configuration, Up: Configuration
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11.1.1 The variable `org-publish-project-alist'
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Org-publish is configured almost entirely through setting the value of
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one variable, called `org-publish-project-alist'. Each element of the
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list configures one project, and may be in one of the two following
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forms:
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("project-name" :property value :property value ...)
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or
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("project-name" :components ("project-name" "project-name" ...))
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In both cases, projects are configured by specifying property values.
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A project defines the set of files that will be published, as well as
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the publishing configuration to use when publishing those files. When
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a project takes the second form listed above, the individual members of
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the "components" property are taken to be components of the project,
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which group together files requiring different publishing options. When
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you publish such a "meta-project" all the components will also publish.
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File: org, Node: Sources and destinations, Next: Selecting files, Prev: Project alist, Up: Configuration
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Most properties are optional, but some should always be set. In
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particular, org-publish needs to know where to look for source files,
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and where to put published files.
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`:base-directory' Directory containing publishing source files
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`:publishing-directory'Directory (possibly remote) where output files
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will be published.
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`:preparation-function'Function called before starting publishing
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process, for example to run `make' for updating
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files to be published.
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11.1.3 Selecting files
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By default, all files with extension `.org' in the base directory are
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considered part of the project. This can be modified by setting the
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properties
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`:base-extension' Extension (without the dot!) of source files. This
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actually is a regular expression.
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`:exclude' Regular expression to match file names that should
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not be published, even though they have been selected
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on the basis of their extension.
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`:include' List of files to be included regardless of
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`:base-extension' and `:exclude'.
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11.1.4 Publishing Action
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Publishing means that a file is copied to the destination directory and
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possibly transformed in the process. The default transformation is to
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export Org-mode files as HTML files, and this is done by the function
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`org-publish-org-to-html' which calls the HTML exporter (*note HTML
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export::). Other files like images only need to be copied to the
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publishing destination. For non-Org-mode files, you need to specify
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the publishing function.
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`:publishing-function' Function executing the publication of a file.
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This may also be a list of functions, which will
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all be called in turn.
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The function must accept two arguments: a property list containing at
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least a `:publishing-directory' property, and the name of the file to
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be published. It should take the specified file, make the necessary
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transformation (if any) and place the result into the destination
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folder. You can write your own publishing function, but `org-publish'
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provides one for attachments (files that only need to be copied):
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`org-publish-attachment'.
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11.1.5 Options for the HTML exporter
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The property list can be used to set many export options for the HTML
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exporter. In most cases, these properties correspond to user variables
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in Org-mode. The table below lists these properties along with the
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variable they belong to. See the documentation string for the
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respective variable for details.
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`:language' `org-export-default-language'
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`:headline-levels' `org-export-headline-levels'
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`:section-numbers' `org-export-with-section-numbers'
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`:table-of-contents' `org-export-with-toc'
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`:archived-trees' `org-export-with-archived-trees'
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`:emphasize' `org-export-with-emphasize'
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`:sub-superscript' `org-export-with-sub-superscripts'
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`:TeX-macros' `org-export-with-TeX-macros'
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`:LaTeX-fragments' `org-export-with-LaTeX-fragments'
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`:fixed-width' `org-export-with-fixed-width'
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`:timestamps' `org-export-with-timestamps'
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`:tags' `org-export-with-tags'
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`:tables' `org-export-with-tables'
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`:table-auto-headline' `org-export-highlight-first-table-line'
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`:style' `org-export-html-style'
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`:convert-org-links' `org-export-html-link-org-files-as-html'
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`:inline-images' `org-export-html-inline-images'
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`:expand-quoted-html' `org-export-html-expand'
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`:timestamp' `org-export-html-with-timestamp'
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`:publishing-directory'`org-export-publishing-directory'
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`:preamble' `org-export-html-preamble'
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`:postamble' `org-export-html-postamble'
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`:auto-preamble' `org-export-html-auto-preamble'
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`:auto-postamble' `org-export-html-auto-postamble'
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`:author' `user-full-name'
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`:email' `user-mail-address'
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When a property is given a value in org-publish-project-alist, its
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setting overrides the value of the corresponding user variable (if any)
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during publishing. options set within a file (*note Export options::),
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however, override everything.
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File: org, Node: Publishing links, Next: Project page index, Prev: Publishing options, Up: Configuration
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11.1.6 Links between published files
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To create a link from one Org-mode file to another, you would use
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something like `[[file:foo.org][The foo]]' or simply `file:foo.org.'
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(*note Hyperlinks::). Upon publishing this link becomes a link to
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`foo.html'. In this way, you can interlink the pages of your "org web"
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project and the links will work as expected when you publish them to
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HTML.
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You may also link to related files, such as images. Provided you are
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careful with relative pathnames, and provided you have also configured
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org-publish to upload the related files, these links will work too.
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*Note Complex example:: for an example of this usage.
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Sometime an Org-mode file to be published may contain links that are
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only valid in your production environment, but not in the publishing
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location. In this case, use the property
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`:link-validation-function' Function to validate links
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to define a function for checking link validity. This function must
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accept two arguments, the file name and a directory relative to which
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the file name is interpreted in the production environment. If this
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function returns `nil', then the HTML generator will only insert a
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description into the HTML file, but no link. One option for this
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function is `org-publish-validate-link' which checks if the given file
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is part of any project in `org-publish-project-alist'.
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File: org, Node: Project page index, Prev: Publishing links, Up: Configuration
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11.1.7 Project page index
|
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The following properties may be used to control publishing of an index
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of files or summary page for a given project.
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`:auto-index' When non-nil, publish an index during
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org-publish-current-project or org-publish-all.
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`:index-filename' Filename for output of index. Defaults to `index.org'
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(which becomes `index.html').
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`:index-title' Title of index page. Defaults to name of file.
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`:index-function' Plugin function to use for generation of index.
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Defaults to `org-publish-org-index', which generates
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a plain list of links to all files in the project.
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File: org, Node: Sample configuration, Next: Triggering publication, Prev: Configuration, Up: Publishing
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11.2 Sample configuration
|
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=========================
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Below we provide two example configurations. The first one is a simple
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project publishing only a set of Org-mode files. The second example is
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more complex, with a multi-component project.
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* Menu:
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* Simple example:: One-component publishing
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* Complex example:: A multi-component publishing example
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File: org, Node: Simple example, Next: Complex example, Prev: Sample configuration, Up: Sample configuration
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11.2.1 Example: simple publishing configuration
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This example publishes a set of Org-mode files to the `public_html'
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directory on the local machine.
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(setq org-publish-project-alist
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'(("org"
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:base-directory "~/org/"
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:publishing-directory "~/public_html"
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:section-numbers nil
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:table-of-contents nil
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:style "<link rel=stylesheet
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href=\"../other/mystyle.css\"
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type=\"text/css\">")))
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File: org, Node: Complex example, Prev: Simple example, Up: Sample configuration
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11.2.2 Example: complex publishing configuration
|
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------------------------------------------------
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This more complicated example publishes an entire website, including
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org files converted to HTML, image files, emacs lisp source code, and
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stylesheets. The publishing-directory is remote and private files are
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excluded.
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To ensure that links are preserved, care should be taken to replicate
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your directory structure on the web server, and to use relative file
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paths. For example, if your org files are kept in `~/org' and your
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publishable images in `~/images', you'd link to an image with
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file:../images/myimage.png
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On the web server, the relative path to the image should be the
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same. You can accomplish this by setting up an "images" folder in the
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right place on the webserver, and publishing images to it.
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(setq org-publish-project-alist
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'(("orgfiles"
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:base-directory "~/org/"
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:base-extension "org"
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:publishing-directory "/ssh:user@host:~/html/notebook/"
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:publishing-function org-publish-org-to-html
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:exclude "PrivatePage.org" ;; regexp
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:headline-levels 3
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:section-numbers nil
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:table-of-contents nil
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:style "<link rel=stylesheet
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href=\"../other/mystyle.css\" type=\"text/css\">"
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:auto-preamble t
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:auto-postamble nil)
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("images"
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:base-directory "~/images/"
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:base-extension "jpg\\|gif\\|png"
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:publishing-directory "/ssh:user@host:~/html/images/"
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:publishing-function org-publish-attachment)
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("other"
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:base-directory "~/other/"
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:base-extension "css\\|el"
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:publishing-directory "/ssh:user@host:~/html/other/"
|
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:publishing-function org-publish-attachment)
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("website" :components ("orgfiles" "images" "other"))))
|
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File: org, Node: Triggering publication, Prev: Sample configuration, Up: Publishing
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11.3 Triggering publication
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===========================
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Once org-publish is properly configured, you can publish with the
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following functions:
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`C-c C-e c'
|
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Prompt for a specific project and publish all files that belong to
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it.
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`C-c C-e p'
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Publish the project containing the current file.
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`C-c C-e f'
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Publish only the current file.
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`C-c C-e a'
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Publish all projects.
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Org uses timestamps to track when a file has changed. The above
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functions normally only publish changed files. You can override this and
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force publishing of all files by giving a prefix argument.
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File: org, Node: Miscellaneous, Next: Extensions and Hacking, Prev: Publishing, Up: Top
|
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12 Miscellaneous
|
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****************
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* Menu:
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* Completion:: M-TAB knows what you need
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* Customization:: Adapting Org-mode to your taste
|
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* In-buffer settings:: Overview of the #+KEYWORDS
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* The very busy C-c C-c key:: When in doubt, press C-c C-c
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* Clean view:: Getting rid of leading stars in the outline
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* TTY keys:: Using Org-mode on a tty
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* Interaction:: Other Emacs packages
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* Bugs:: Things which do not work perfectly
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File: org, Node: Completion, Next: Customization, Prev: Miscellaneous, Up: Miscellaneous
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12.1 Completion
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Org-mode supports in-buffer completion. This type of completion does
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not make use of the minibuffer. You simply type a few letters into the
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buffer and use the key to complete text right there.
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`M-<TAB>'
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Complete word at point
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* At the beginning of a headline, complete TODO keywords.
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* After `\', complete TeX symbols supported by the exporter.
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* After `*', complete headlines in the current buffer so that
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they can be used in search links like `[[*find this
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headline]]'.
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* After `:', complete tags. The list of tags is taken from the
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variable `org-tag-alist' (possibly set through the `#+TAGS'
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in-buffer option, *note Setting tags::), or it is created
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dynamically from all tags used in the current buffer.
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* After `[', complete link abbreviations (*note Link
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abbreviations::).
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* After `#+', complete the special keywords like `TYP_TODO' or
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`OPTIONS' which set file-specific options for Org-mode. When
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the option keyword is already complete, pressing `M-<TAB>'
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again will insert example settings for this keyword.
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* In the line after `#+STARTUP: ', complete startup keywords,
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i.e. valid keys for this line.
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* Elsewhere, complete dictionary words using ispell.
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File: org, Node: Customization, Next: In-buffer settings, Prev: Completion, Up: Miscellaneous
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12.2 Customization
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There are more than 180 variables that can be used to customize
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Org-mode. For the sake of compactness of the manual, I am not
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describing the variables here. A structured overview of customization
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variables is available with `M-x org-customize'. Or select `Browse Org
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Group' from the `Org->Customization' menu. Many settings can also be
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activated on a per-file basis, by putting special lines into the buffer
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(*note In-buffer settings::).
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File: org, Node: In-buffer settings, Next: The very busy C-c C-c key, Prev: Customization, Up: Miscellaneous
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12.3 Summary of in-buffer settings
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Org-mode uses special lines in the buffer to define settings on a
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per-file basis. These lines start with a `#+' followed by a keyword, a
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colon, and then individual words defining a setting. Several setting
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words can be in the same line, but you can also have multiple lines for
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the keyword. While these settings are described throughout the manual,
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here is a summary. After changing any of those lines in the buffer,
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press `C-c C-c' with the cursor still in the line to activate the
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changes immediately. Otherwise they become effective only when the
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file is visited again in a new Emacs session.
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`#+STARTUP:'
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This line sets options to be used at startup of org-mode, when an
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Org-mode file is being visited. The first set of options deals
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with the initial visibility of the outline tree. The
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corresponding variable for global default settings is
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`org-startup-folded', with a default value `t', which means
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`overview'.
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overview top-level headlines only
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content all headlines
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showall no folding at all, show everything
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Then there are options for aligning tables upon visiting a file.
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This is useful in files containing narrowed table columns. The
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corresponding variable is `org-startup-align-all-tables', with a
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default value `nil'.
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align align all tables
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noalign don't align tables on startup
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Logging TODO state changes and clock intervals (variable
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`org-log-done') can be configured using these options.
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logging record a timestamp when an item is marked DONE
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nologging don't record when items are marked DONE
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lognotedone record timestamp and a note when DONE
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lognotestate record timestamp, note when TODO state changes
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lognoteclock-out record timestamp and a note when clocking out
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Here are the options for hiding leading stars in outline headings.
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The corresponding variables are `org-hide-leading-stars' and
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`org-odd-levels-only', both with a default setting `nil' (meaning
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`showstars' and `oddeven').
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hidestars make all but one of the stars starting a headline invisible.
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showstars show all stars starting a headline
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odd allow only odd outline levels (1,3,...)
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oddeven allow all outline levels
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To turn on custom format overlays over time stamps (variables
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`org-put-time-stamp-overlays' and
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`org-time-stamp-overlay-formats'), use
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customtime overlay custom time format
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`#+SEQ_TODO: #+TYP_TODO:'
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These lines set the TODO keywords and their interpretation in the
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current file. The corresponding variables are `org-todo-keywords'
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and `org-todo-interpretation'.
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`#+TAGS: TAG1(c1) TAG2(c2)'
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These lines (several such lines are allowed) specify the legal
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tags in this file, and (potentially) the corresponding _fast tag
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selection_ keys. The corresponding variable is `org-tag-alist'.
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`#+LINK: linkword replace'
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These lines (several are allowed) specify link abbreviations.
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*Note Link abbreviations::. The corresponding variable is
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`org-link-abbrev-alist'.
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`#+CATEGORY:'
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This line sets the category for the agenda file. The category
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applies for all subsequent lines until the next `#+CATEGORY' line,
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or the end of the file. The first such line also applies to any
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entries before it.
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`#+ARCHIVE: %s_done::'
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This line sets the archive location for the agenda file. It
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applies for all subsequent lines until the next `#+CATEGORY' line,
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or the end of the file. The first such line also applies to any
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entries before it. The corresponding variable is
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`org-archive-location'.
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`#+TBLFM:'
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This line contains the formulas for the table directly above the
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line.
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`#+TITLE:, #+AUTHOR:, #+EMAIL:, #+LANGUAGE:, #+TEXT:, #+OPTIONS:'
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These lines provide settings for exporting files. For more
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details see *Note Export options::.
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File: org, Node: The very busy C-c C-c key, Next: Clean view, Prev: In-buffer settings, Up: Miscellaneous
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12.4 The very busy C-c C-c key
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The key `C-c C-c' has many purposes in org-mode, which are all
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mentioned scattered throughout this manual. One specific function of
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this key is to add _tags_ to a headline (*note Tags::). In many other
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circumstances it means something like _Hey Org-mode, look here and
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update according to what you see here_. Here is a summary of what this
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means in different contexts.
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- If there are highlights in the buffer from the creation of a sparse
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tree, or from clock display, remove these highlights.
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- If the cursor is in one of the special `#+KEYWORD' lines, this
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triggers scanning the buffer for these lines and updating the
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information.
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- If the cursor is inside a table, realign the table. This command
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works even if the automatic table editor has been turned off.
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- If the cursor is on a `#+TBLFM' line, re-apply the formulas to the
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entire table.
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- If the cursor is inside a table created by the `table.el' package,
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activate that table.
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- If the current buffer is a remember buffer, close the note and
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file it. With a prefix argument, file it, without further
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interaction, to the default location.
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- If the cursor is on a `<<<target>>>', update radio targets and
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corresponding links in this buffer.
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- If the cursor is in a plain list item with a checkbox, toggle the
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status of the checkbox.
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- If the cursor is on a numbered item in a plain list, renumber the
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ordered list.
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File: org, Node: Clean view, Next: TTY keys, Prev: The very busy C-c C-c key, Up: Miscellaneous
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12.5 A cleaner outline view
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Some people find it noisy and distracting that the Org-mode headlines
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are starting with a potentially large number of stars. For example the
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tree from *Note Headlines:::
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* Top level headline
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** Second level
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*** 3rd level
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some text
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*** 3rd level
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more text
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* Another top level headline
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Unfortunately this is deeply ingrained into the code of Org-mode and
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cannot be easily changed. You can, however, modify the display in such
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a way that all leading stars become invisible and the outline more easy
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to read. To do this, customize the variable `org-hide-leading-stars'
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like this:
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(setq org-hide-leading-stars t)
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or change this on a per-file basis with one of the lines (anywhere in
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the buffer)
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#+STARTUP: showstars
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#+STARTUP: hidestars
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Press `C-c C-c' with the cursor in a `STARTUP' line to activate the
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modifications.
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With stars hidden, the tree becomes:
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* Top level headline
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* Second level
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* 3rd level
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some text
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* 3rd level
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more text
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* Another top level headline
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Note that the leading stars are not truly replaced by whitespace, they
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are only fontified with the face `org-hide' that uses the background
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color as font color. If you are not using either white or black
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background, you may have to customize this face to get the wanted
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effect. Another possibility is to set this font such that the extra
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stars are almost invisible, for example using the color `grey90' on a
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white background.
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Things become cleaner still if you skip all the even levels and use
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only odd levels 1, 3, 5..., effectively adding two stars to go from one
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outline level to the next:
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* Top level headline
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* Second level
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* 3rd level
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* 3rd level
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more text
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* Another top level headline
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In order to make the structure editing and export commands handle this
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convention correctly, use
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(setq org-odd-levels-only t)
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or set this on a per-file basis with one of the following lines (don't
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forget to press `C-c C-c' with the cursor in the startup line to
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activate changes immediately).
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#+STARTUP: odd
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#+STARTUP: oddeven
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You can convert an Org-mode file from single-star-per-level to the
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double-star-per-level convention with `M-x org-convert-to-odd-levels
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RET' in that file. The reverse operation is `M-x
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org-convert-to-oddeven-levels'.
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12.6 Using org-mode on a tty
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Org-mode uses a number of keys that are not accessible on a tty. This
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applies to most special keys like cursor keys, <TAB> and <RET>, when
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these are combined with modifier keys like <Meta> and/or <Shift>.
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Org-mode uses these bindings because it needs to provide keys for a
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large number of commands, and because these keys appeared particularly
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easy to remember. In order to still be able to access the core
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functionality of Org-mode on a tty, alternative bindings are provided.
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Here is a complete list of these bindings, which are obviously more
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cumbersome to use. Note that sometimes a work-around can be better.
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For example changing a time stamp is really only fun with `S-<cursor>'
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keys. On a tty you would rather use `C-c .' to re-insert the
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timestamp.
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Default Alternative 1 Alternative 2
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`S-<TAB>' `C-u <TAB>'
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`M-<left>' `C-c C-x l' `<Esc> <left>'
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`M-S-<left>'`C-c C-x L'
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`M-<right>' `C-c C-x r' `<Esc>
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<right>'
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`M-S-<right>'`C-c C-x R'
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`M-<up>' `C-c C-x u' `<Esc> <up>'
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`M-S-<up>' `C-c C-x U'
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`M-<down>' `C-c C-x d' `<Esc> <down>'
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`M-S-<down>'`C-c C-x D'
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`S-<RET>' `C-c C-x c'
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`M-<RET>' `C-c C-x m' `<Esc> <RET>'
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`M-S-<RET>' `C-c C-x M'
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`S-<left>' `C-c C-x
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<left>'
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`S-<right>' `C-c C-x
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<right>'
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`S-<up>' `C-c C-x
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<up>'
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`S-<down>' `C-c C-x
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<down>'
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12.7 Interaction with other packages
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Org-mode lives in the world of GNU Emacs and interacts in various ways
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with other code out there.
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* Menu:
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* Cooperation:: Packages Org-mode cooperates with
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* Conflicts:: Packages that lead to conflicts
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File: org, Node: Cooperation, Next: Conflicts, Prev: Interaction, Up: Interaction
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12.7.1 Packages that Org-mode cooperates with
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`calc.el' by Dave Gillespie
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Org-mode uses the calc package for implementing spreadsheet
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functionality in its tables (*note The spreadsheet::). Org-mode
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checks for the availability of calc by looking for the function
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`calc-eval' which should be autoloaded in your setup if calc has
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been installed properly. As of Emacs 22, calc is part of the Emacs
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distribution. Another possibility for interaction between the two
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packages is using calc for embedded calculations. *Note Embedded
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Mode: (calc)Embedded Mode.
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`constants.el' by Carsten Dominik
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In a table formula (*note The spreadsheet::), it is possible to use
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names for natural constants or units. Instead of defining your own
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constants in the variable `org-table-formula-constants', install
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the `constants' package which defines a large number of constants
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and units, and lets you use unit prefixes like `M' for `Mega' etc.
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You will need version 2.0 of this package, available at
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`http://www.astro.uva.nl/~dominik/Tools'. Org-mode checks for the
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function `constants-get', which has to be autoloaded in your
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setup. See the installation instructions in the file
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`constants.el'.
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`cdlatex.el' by Carsten Dominik
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Org-mode can make use of the cdlatex package to efficiently enter
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LaTeX fragments into Org-mode files. See *Note CDLaTeX mode::.
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`remember.el' by John Wiegley
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Org mode cooperates with remember, see *Note Remember::.
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`Remember.el' is not part of Emacs, find it on the web.
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`table.el' by Takaaki Ota
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Complex ASCII tables with automatic line wrapping, column- and
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row-spanning, and alignment can be created using the Emacs table
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package by Takaaki Ota (`http://sourceforge.net/projects/table',
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and also part of Emacs 22). When <TAB> or `C-c C-c' is pressed in
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such a table, Org-mode will call `table-recognize-table' and move
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the cursor into the table. Inside a table, the keymap of Org-mode
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is inactive. In order to execute Org-mode-related commands, leave
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the table.
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`C-c C-c'
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Recognize `table.el' table. Works when the cursor is in a
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table.el table.
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`C-c ~'
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Insert a table.el table. If there is already a table at
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point, this command converts it between the table.el format
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and the Org-mode format. See the documentation string of the
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command `org-convert-table' for the restrictions under which
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this is possible.
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`table.el' is part of Emacs 22.
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12.7.2 Packages that lead to conflicts with Org-mode
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`allout.el' by Ken Manheimer
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Startup of Org-mode may fail with the error message
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`(wrong-type-argument keymapp nil)' when there is an outdated
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version `allout.el' on the load path, for example the version
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distributed with Emacs 21.x. Upgrade to Emacs 22 and this problem
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will disappear. If for some reason you cannot do this, make sure
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that org.el is loaded _before_ `allout.el', for example by putting
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`(require 'org)' early enough into your `.emacs' file.
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`CUA.el' by Kim. F. Storm
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Keybindings in Org-mode conflict with the `S-<cursor>' keys used
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by CUA-mode (as well as pc-select-mode and s-region-mode) to
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select and extend the region. If you want to use one of these
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packages along with Org-mode, configure the variable
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`org-CUA-compatible'. When set, Org-mode will move the following
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keybindings in org-mode files, and in the agenda buffer (but not
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during date selection).
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S-UP -> M-p S-DOWN -> M-n
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S-LEFT -> M-- S-RIGHT -> M-+
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S-RET -> C-S-RET
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Yes, these are unfortunately more difficult to remember. If you
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want to have other replacement keys, look at the variable
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`org-disputed-keys'.
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`windmove.el' by Hovav Shacham
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Also this package uses the `S-<cursor>' keys, so everything written
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in the paragraph above about CUA mode also applies here.
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12.8 Bugs
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Here is a list of things that should work differently, but which I have
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found too hard to fix.
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* If a table field starts with a link, and if the corresponding table
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column is narrowed (*note Narrow columns::) to a width too small to
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display the link, the field would look entirely empty even though
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it is not. To prevent this, Org-mode throws an error. The
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work-around is to make the column wide enough to fit the link, or
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to add some text (at least 2 characters) before the link in the
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same field.
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* Narrowing table columns does not work on XEmacs, because the
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`format' function does not transport text properties.
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* Text in an entry protected with the `QUOTE' keyword should not
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autowrap.
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* When the application called by `C-c C-o' to open a file link fails
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(for example because the application does not exist or refuses to
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open the file), it does so silently. No error message is
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displayed.
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* Recalculating a table line applies the formulas from left to right.
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If a formula uses _calculated_ fields further down the row,
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multiple recalculation may be needed to get all fields consistent.
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You may use the command `org-table-iterate' (`C-u C-c *') to
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recalculate until convergence.
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* A single letter cannot be made bold, for example `*a*'.
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* The exporters work well, but could be made more efficient.
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File: org, Node: Extensions and Hacking, Next: History and Acknowledgments, Prev: Miscellaneous, Up: Top
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Appendix A Extensions, Hooks and Hacking
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This appendix lists extensions for Org-mode written by other authors.
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It also covers some aspects where users can extend the functionality of
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Org-mode.
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* Menu:
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* Extensions:: Existing 3rd-part extensions
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* Tables in arbitrary syntax:: Orgtbl for LaTeX and other programs
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* Dynamic blocks:: Automatically filled blocks
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* Special agenda views:: Customized views
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File: org, Node: Extensions, Next: Tables in arbitrary syntax, Prev: Extensions and Hacking, Up: Extensions and Hacking
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A.1 Third-party extensions for Org-mode
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The following extensions for Org-mode have been written by other people:
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`org-publish.el' by David O'Toole
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This package provides facilities for publishing related sets of
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Org-mode files together with linked files like images as webpages.
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It is highly configurable and can be used for other publishing
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purposes as well. As of Org-mode version 4.30, `org-publish.el'
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is part of the Org-mode distribution. It is not yet part of
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Emacs, however, a delay caused by the preparations for the 22.1
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release. In the mean time, `org-publish.el' can be downloaded
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from David's site: `http://dto.freeshell.org/e/org-publish.el'.
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`org-mouse.el' by Piotr Zielinski
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This package implements extended mouse functionality for Org-mode.
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It allows you to cycle visibility and to edit the document
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structure with the mouse. Best of all, it provides a
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context-sensitive menu on <mouse-3> that changes depending on the
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context of a mouse-click. As of Org-mode version 4.53,
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`org-mouse.el' is part of the Org-mode distribution. It is not
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yet part of Emacs, however, a delay caused by the preparations for
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the 22.1 release. In the mean time, `org-mouse.el' can be
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downloaded from Piotr's site:
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`http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~pz215/files/org-mouse.el'.
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`org-blog.el' by David O'Toole
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A blogging plug-in for `org-publish.el'.
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`http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/OrgMode.html'.
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`blorg.el' by Bastien Guerry
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Publish Org-mode files as blogs.
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`http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/blorg.html'.
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`org2rem.el' by Bastien Guerry
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Translates Org-mode files into something readable by Remind.
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`http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/u/org2rem.el'.
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A.2 Tables in arbitrary syntax
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Since Orgtbl-mode can be used as a minor mode in arbitrary buffers, a
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frequent feature request has been to make it work with native tables in
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specific languages, for example LaTeX. However, this is extremely hard
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to do in a general way, would lead to a customization nightmare, and
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would take away much of the simplicity of the Orgtbl-mode table editor.
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This appendix describes a different approach. We keep the
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Orgtbl-mode table in its native format (the source table), and use a
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custom function to translate the table to the correct syntax, and to
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install it in the right location (the target table). This puts the
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burden of writing conversion functions on the user, but it allows for a
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very flexible system.
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* Menu:
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* Radio tables:: Sending and receiving
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* A LaTeX example:: Step by step, almost a tutorial
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* Translator functions:: Copy and modify
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A.2.1 Radio tables
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------------------
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To define the location of the target table, you first need to create two
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lines that are comments in the current mode, but contain magic words for
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Orgtbl-mode to find. Orgtbl-mode will insert the translated table
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between these lines, replacing whatever was there before. For example:
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/* BEGIN RECEIVE ORGTBL table_name */
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/* END RECEIVE ORGTBL table_name */
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Just above the source table, we put a special line that tells
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Orgtbl-mode how to translate this table and where to install it. For
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example:
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#+ORGTBL: SEND table_name translation_function arguments....
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`table_name' is the reference name for the table that is also used in
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the receiver lines. `translation_function' is the Lisp function that
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does the translation. Furthermore, the line can contain a list of
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arguments (alternating key and value) at the end. The arguments will be
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passed as a property list to the translation function for
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interpretation. A few standard parameters are already recognized and
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acted upon before the translation function is called:
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`:skip N'
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Skip the first N lines of the table. Hlines do count!
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`:skipcols (n1 n2 ...)'
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List of columns that should be skipped. If the table has a column
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with calculation marks, that column is automatically discarded as
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well. Please note that the translator function sees the table
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_after_ the removal of these columns, the function never knows
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that there have been additional columns.
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The one problem remaining is how to keep the source table in the buffer
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without disturbing the normal workings of the file, for example during
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compilation of a C file or processing of a LaTeX file. There are a
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number of different solutions:
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* The table could be placed in a block comment if that is supported
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by the language. For example, in C-mode you could wrap the table
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between `/*' and `*/' lines.
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* Sometimes it is possible to put the table after some kind of END
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statement, for example `\bye' in TeX and `\end{document}' in LaTeX.
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* You can just comment the table line by line whenever you want to
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process the file, and uncomment it whenever you need to edit the
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table. This only sounds tedious - the command `M-x
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orgtbl-toggle-comment' does make this comment-toggling very easy,
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in particular if you bind it to a key.
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File: org, Node: A LaTeX example, Next: Translator functions, Prev: Radio tables, Up: Tables in arbitrary syntax
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A.2.2 A LaTeX example
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---------------------
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The best way to wrap the source table in LaTeX is to use the `comment'
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environment provided by `comment.sty'. It has to be activated by
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placing `\usepackage{comment}' into the document header. Orgtbl-mode
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can insert a radio table skeleton(1) with the command `M-x
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orgtbl-insert-radio-table'. You will be prompted for a table name,
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lets say we use `salesfigures'. You will then get the following
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template:
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% BEGIN RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures
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% END RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures
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\begin{comment}
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#+ORGTBL: SEND salesfigures orgtbl-to-latex
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\end{comment}
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The `#+ORGTBL: SEND' line tells orgtbl-mode to use the function
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`orgtbl-to-latex' to convert the table into LaTeX and to put it into
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the receiver location with name `salesfigures'. You may now fill in
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the table, feel free to use the spreadsheet features(2):
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% BEGIN RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures
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% END RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures
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\begin{comment}
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#+ORGTBL: SEND salesfigures orgtbl-to-latex
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| Month | Days | Nr sold | per day |
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|-------+------+---------+---------|
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| Jan | 23 | 55 | 2.4 |
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| Feb | 21 | 16 | 0.8 |
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| March | 22 | 278 | 12.6 |
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#+TBLFM: $4=$3/$2;%.1f
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% $ (optional extra dollar to keep font-lock happy, see footnote)
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\end{comment}
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When you are done, press `C-c C-c' in the table to get the converted
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table inserted between the two marker lines.
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Now lets assume you want to make the table header by hand, because
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you want to control how columns are aligned etc. In this case we make
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sure that the table translator does skip the first 2 lines of the source
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table, and tell the command to work as a splice, i.e. to not produce
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header and footer commands of the target table:
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\begin{tabular}{lrrr}
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Month & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Days} & Nr.\ sold & per day\\
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% BEGIN RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures
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% END RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures
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\end{tabular}
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%
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\begin{comment}
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#+ORGTBL: SEND salesfigures orgtbl-to-latex :splice t :skip 2
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| Month | Days | Nr sold | per day |
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|-------+------+---------+---------|
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| Jan | 23 | 55 | 2.4 |
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| Feb | 21 | 16 | 0.8 |
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| March | 22 | 278 | 12.6 |
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#+TBLFM: $4=$3/$2;%.1f
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\end{comment}
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The LaTeX translator function `orgtbl-to-latex' is already part of
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Orgtbl-mode. It uses a `tabular' environment to typeset the table and
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marks horizontal lines with `\hline'. Furthermore, it interprets the
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following parameters:
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`:splice nil/t'
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When set to t, return only table body lines, don't wrap them into a
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tabular environment. Default is nil.
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`:fmt fmt'
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A format to be used to wrap each field, should contain `%s' for the
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original field value. For example, to wrap each field value in
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dollars, you could use `:fmt "$%s$"'. This may also be a property
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list with column numbers and formats. for example `:fmt (2 "$%s$"
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4 "%s\\%%")'.
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`:efmt efmt'
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Use this format to print numbers with exponentials. The format
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should have `%s' twice for inserting mantissa and exponent, for
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example `"%s\\times10^{%s}"'. The default is `"%s\\,(%s)"'. This
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may also be a property list with column numbers and formats, for
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example `:efmt (2 "$%s\\times10^{%s}$" 4 "$%s\\cdot10^{%s}$")'.
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After `efmt' has been applied to a value, `fmt' will also be
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applied.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) By default this works only for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo.
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Configure the variable `orgtbl-radio-tables' to install templates for
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other modes.
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(2) If the `#+TBLFM' line contains an odd number of dollar
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characters, this may cause problems with font-lock in latex-mode. As
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shown in the example you can fix this by adding an extra line inside the
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`comment' environment that is used to balance the dollar expressions.
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If you are using AUCTeX with the font-latex library, a much better
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solution is to add the `comment' environment to the variable
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`LaTeX-verbatim-environments'.
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File: org, Node: Translator functions, Prev: A LaTeX example, Up: Tables in arbitrary syntax
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A.2.3 Translator functions
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--------------------------
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Orgtbl-mode has several translator functions built-in:
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`orgtbl-to-latex', `orgtbl-to-html', and `orgtbl-to-texinfo'. Except
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for `orgtbl-to-html'(1), these all use a generic translator,
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`orgtbl-to-generic'. For example, `orgtbl-to-latex' itself is a very
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short function that computes the column definitions for the `tabular'
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environment, defines a few field and line separators and then hands
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over to the generic translator. Here is the entire code:
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(defun orgtbl-to-latex (table params)
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"Convert the orgtbl-mode TABLE to LaTeX."
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(let* ((alignment (mapconcat (lambda (x) (if x "r" "l"))
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org-table-last-alignment ""))
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(params2
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(list
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:tstart (concat "\\begin{tabular}{" alignment "}")
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:tend "\\end{tabular}"
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:lstart "" :lend " \\\\" :sep " & "
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:efmt "%s\\,(%s)" :hline "\\hline")))
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(orgtbl-to-generic table (org-combine-plists params2 params))))
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As you can see, the properties passed into the function (variable
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PARAMS) are combined with the ones newly defined in the function
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(variable PARAMS2). The ones passed into the function (i.e. the ones
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set by the `ORGTBL SEND' line) take precedence. So if you would like
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to use the LaTeX translator, but wanted the line endings to be
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`\\[2mm]' instead of the default `\\', you could just overrule the
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default with
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#+ORGTBL: SEND test orgtbl-to-latex :lend " \\\\[2mm]"
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For a new language, you can either write your own converter function
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in analogy with the LaTeX translator, or you can use the generic
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function directly. For example, if you have a language where a table
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is started with `!BTBL!', ended with `!ETBL!', and where table lines are
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started with `!BL!', ended with `!EL!' and where the field separator is
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a TAB, you could call the generic translator like this (on a single
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line!):
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#+ORGTBL: SEND test orgtbl-to-generic :tstart "!BTBL!" :tend "!ETBL!"
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:lstart "!BL! " :lend " !EL!" :sep "\t"
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Please check the documentation string of the function
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`orgtbl-to-generic' for a full list of parameters understood by that
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function and remember that you can pass each of them into
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`orgtbl-to-latex', `orgtbl-to-texinfo', and any other function using
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the generic function.
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Of course you can also write a completely new function doing
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complicated things the generic translator cannot do. A translator
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function takes two arguments. The first argument is the table, a list
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of lines, each line either the symbol `hline' or a list of fields. The
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second argument is the property list containing all parameters
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specified in the `#+ORGTBL: SEND' line. The function must return a
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single string containing the formatted table. If you write a generally
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useful translator, please post it on `emacs-orgmode@gnu.org' so that
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others can benefit from your work.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) The HTML translator uses the same code that produces tables
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during HTML export.
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File: org, Node: Dynamic blocks, Next: Special agenda views, Prev: Tables in arbitrary syntax, Up: Extensions and Hacking
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A.3 Dynamic blocks
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==================
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Org-mode documents can contain _dynamic blocks_. These are specially
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marked regions that are updated by some user-written function. A good
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example for such a block is the clock table inserted by the command
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`C-c C-x C-r' (*note Clocking work time::).
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Dynamic block are enclosed by a BEGIN-END structure that assigns a
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name to the block and can also specify parameters for the function
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producing the content of the block.
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#+BEGIN: myblock :parameter1 value1 :parameter2 value2 ...
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#+END:
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Dynamic blocks are updated with the following commands
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`C-c C-x C-u'
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Update dynamic block at point.
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`C-u C-c C-x C-u'
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Update all dynamic blocks in the current file.
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Updating a dynamic block means to remove all the text between BEGIN
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and END, parse the BEGIN line for parameters and then call the specific
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writer function for this block to insert the new content. For a block
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with name `myblock', the writer function is `org-dblock-write:myblock'
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with as only parameter a property list with the parameters given in the
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begin line. Here is a trivial example of a block that keeps track of
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when the block update function was last run:
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#+BEGIN: block-update-time :format "on %m/%d/%Y at %H:%M"
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#+END:
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The corresponding block writer function could look like this:
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(defun org-dblock-write:block-update-time (params)
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(let ((fmt (or (plist-get params :format) "%d. %m. %Y")))
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(insert "Last block update at: "
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(format-time-string fmt (current-time)))))
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If you want to make sure that all dynamic blocks are always
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up-to-date, you could add the function `org-update-all-dblocks' to a
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hook, for example `before-save-hook'. `org-update-all-dblocks' is
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written in a way that is does nothing in buffers that are not in
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Org-mode.
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File: org, Node: Special agenda views, Prev: Dynamic blocks, Up: Extensions and Hacking
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A.4 Special Agenda Views
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Org-mode provides a special hook that can be used to narrow down the
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selection made by any of the agenda views. You may specify a function
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that is used at each match to verify if the match should indeed be part
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of the agenda view, and if not, how much should be skipped.
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Let's say you want to produce a list of projects that contain a
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WAITING tag anywhere in the project tree. Let's further assume that
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you have marked all tree headings that define a project with the todo
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keyword PROJECT. In this case you would run a todo search for the
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keyword PROJECT, but skip the match unless there is a WAITING tag
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anywhere in the subtree belonging to the project line.
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To achieve this, you must write a function that searches the subtree
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for the tag. If the tag is found, the function must return `nil' to
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indicate that this match should not be skipped. If there is no such
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tag, return the location of the end of the subtree, to indicate that
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search should continue from there.
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(defun my-skip-unless-waiting ()
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"Skip trees that are not waiting"
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(let ((subtree-end (save-excursion (org-end-of-subtree t))))
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(if (re-search-forward ":WAITING:" subtree-end t)
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nil ; tag found, do not skip
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subtree-end))) ; tag not found, continue after end of subtree
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Furthermore you must write a command that uses `let' to temporarily
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put this function into the variable `org-agenda-skip-function', sets
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the header string for the agenda buffer, and calls the todo-list
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generator while asking for the specific TODO keyword PROJECT. The
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function must also accept one argument MATCH, but it can choose to
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ignore it(1) (as we do in the example below). Here is the example:
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(defun my-org-waiting-projects (&optional match)
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"Produce a list of projects that contain a WAITING tag.
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MATCH is being ignored."
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(interactive)
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(let ((org-agenda-skip-function 'my-skip-unless-waiting)
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(org-agenda-overriding-header "Projects waiting for something: "))
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;; make the list
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(org-todo-list "PROJECT")))
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) MATCH must be present in case you want to define a custom
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command for producing this special list. Custom commands always supply
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the MATCH argument, but it can be empty if you do not specify it while
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defining the command(*note Custom agenda views::).
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File: org, Node: History and Acknowledgments, Next: Index, Prev: Extensions and Hacking, Up: Top
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Appendix B History and Acknowledgments
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**************************************
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Org-mode was borne in 2003, out of frustration over the user interface
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of the Emacs outline-mode. I was trying to organize my notes and
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projects, and using Emacs seemed to be the natural way to go. However,
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having to remember eleven different commands with two or three keys per
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command, only to hide and unhide parts of the outline tree, that seemed
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entirely unacceptable to me. Also, when using outlines to take notes, I
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constantly want to restructure the tree, organizing it parallel to my
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thoughts and plans. _Visibility cycling_ and _structure editing_ were
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originally implemented in the package `outline-magic.el', but quickly
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moved to the more general `org.el'. As this environment became
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comfortable for project planning, the next step was adding _TODO
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entries_, basic _time stamps_, and _table support_. These areas
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highlight the two main goals that Org-mode still has today: To create a
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new, outline-based, plain text mode with innovative and intuitive
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editing features, and to incorporate project planning functionality
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directly into a notes file.
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Since the first release, hundreds of emails to me or on
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`emacs-orgmode@gnu.org' have provided a constant stream of bug reports,
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feedback, new ideas, and sometimes patches and add-on code. Many
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thanks to everyone who has helped to improve this package. I am trying
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to keep here a list of the people who had significant influence in
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shaping one or more aspects of Org-mode. The list may not be complete,
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if I have forgotten someone, please accept my apologies and let me know.
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* Thomas Baumann contributed the code for links to the MH-E email
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system.
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* Alex Bochannek provided a patch for rounding time stamps.
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* Charles Cave's suggestion sparked the implementation of templates
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for Remember.
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* Pavel Chalmoviansky influenced the agenda treatment of items with
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specified time.
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* Gregory Chernov patched support for lisp forms into table
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calculations and improved XEmacs compatibility, in particular by
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porting `nouline.el' to XEmacs.
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* Sacha Chua suggested to copy some linking code from Planner.
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* Eddward DeVilla proposed and tested checkbox statistics.
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* Kees Dullemond used to edit projects lists directly in HTML and so
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inspired some of the early development, including HTML export. He
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also asked for a way to narrow wide table columns.
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* Christian Egli converted the documentation into TeXInfo format,
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patched CSS formatting into the HTML exporter, and inspired the
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agenda.
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* Nic Ferrier contributed mailcap and XOXO support.
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* John Foerch figured out how to make incremental search show context
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around a match in a hidden outline tree.
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* Niels Giessen had the idea to automatically archive DONE trees.
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* Bastien Guerry provided extensive feedback and some patches, and
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translated David O'Toole's tutorial into French.
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* Kai Grossjohann pointed out key-binding conflicts with other
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packages.
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* Shidai Liu ("Leo") provided extensive feedback and some patches.
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* Leon Liu asked for embedded LaTeX and tested it.
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* Stefan Monnier provided a patch to keep the Emacs-Lisp compiler
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happy.
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* Todd Neal provided patches for links to Info files and elisp forms.
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* Tim O'Callaghan suggested in-file links, search options for general
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file links, and TAGS.
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* Takeshi Okano translated the manual and David O'Toole's tutorial
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into Japanese.
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* Oliver Oppitz suggested multi-state TODO items.
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* Scott Otterson sparked the introduction of descriptive text for
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links, among other things.
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* Pete Phillips helped during the development of the TAGS feature,
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and provided frequent feedback.
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* T.V. Raman reported bugs and suggested improvements.
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* Matthias Rempe (Oelde) provided ideas, Windows support, and quality
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control.
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* Kevin Rogers contributed code to access VM files on remote hosts.
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* Frank Ruell solved the mystery of the `keymapp nil' bug, a
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conflict with `allout.el'.
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* Jason Riedy sent a patch to fix a bug with export of TODO keywords.
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* Philip Rooke created the Org-mode reference card and provided lots
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of feedback.
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* Christian Schlauer proposed angular brackets around links, among
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other things.
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* Linking to VM/BBDB/GNUS was inspired by Tom Shannon's
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`organizer-mode.el'.
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* Daniel Sinder came up with the idea of internal archiving by
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locking subtrees.
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* Dale Smith proposed link abbreviations.
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* David O'Toole wrote `org-publish.el' and drafted the manual
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chapter about publishing.
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* Ju"rgen Vollmer contributed code generating the table of contents
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in HTML output.
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* Chris Wallace provided a patch implementing the `QUOTE' keyword.
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* David Wainberg suggested archiving, and improvements to the linking
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system.
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* John Wiegley wrote `emacs-wiki.el' and `planner.el'. The
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development of Org-mode was fully independent, and both systems are
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really different beasts in their basic ideas and implementation
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details. I later looked at John's code, however, and learned from
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his implementation of (i) links where the link itself is hidden
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and only a description is shown, and (ii) popping up a calendar to
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select a date.
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* Carsten Wimmer suggested some changes and helped fix a bug in
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linking to GNUS.
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* Roland Winkler requested additional keybindings to make Org-mode
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work on a tty.
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* Piotr Zielinski wrote `org-mouse.el', proposed agenda blocks and
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contributed various ideas and code snippets.
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File: org, Node: Index, Next: Key Index, Prev: History and Acknowledgments, Up: Top
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Index
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*****
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