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#+TITLE : Org-Mode: Your Life in Plain Text
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*Org - an Emacs Mode for Notes, Project Planning, and Authoring*
Org-mode is for keeping notes, maintaining ToDo lists, doing project
planning, and authoring with a fast and effective plain-text
system.
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[[http://orgmode.org/img/tasks.png ]]
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- Simplicity :: Org-mode is a simple outliner for note-taking and list
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management. You can learn the basics for using it in [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/orgtutorial_dto.php][five
minutes]]. This may be all you need, and Org-mode will not impose
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more complex features on you.
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- Portability :: Org files are plain text. You can view and edit them
in any editor. Your data is yours forever. Org-mode runs in
[[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ ][Emacs ]], which is available for nearly every platform.
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- Depth :: Org-mode will not let you down when you need more than a
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simple outline. The full feature set is both [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Main-Index.html#Main-Index ][broad ]] and [[http://orgmode.org/manual/index.html ][deep ]].
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The typical [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php ][answer ]] to "/Can it do X?/ " is "/Yes!/ ".
- Flexibility :: Org-mode is like a Swiss army knife. People use it
for [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/orgmode.html ][Getting Things Done (GTD) ]], as a [[http://www.newartisans.com/blog_files/org.mode.day.planner.php ][Day Planner ]], as a [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2008/01/18/outlining-your-notes-with-org/ ][Notebook ]],
for Web and PDF [[http://orgmode.org ][Authoring ]], and much more.
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- Support :: Org-mode is supported by an active [[id:0B280B26-A3AB-4E5C-B4EE-B7FFC52C4D26 ][mailing list ]] where
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questions are answered quickly and effectively.
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- It's free! :: Org is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software ][open source software ]], it is free, like Emacs.
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If you'd like to know what other people have said about Org-mode, take
a look at our [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-quotes.php ][collected quotes about Org ]].
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* News
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- <2009-05-23 Sat >: Release 6.27
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- <2009-04-19 Sun >: Release 6.26
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- <2009-04-01 Wed >: Release 6.25
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- <2009-03-05 Thu >: Release 6.24
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* Current Version (6.27a)
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The current version is 6.27a. To see what has changed in recent
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releases, check this detailed list of [[file:Changes.html ][user-visible changes ]].
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This package works on Emacs 23 and 22, and (with minor restrictions)
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on XEmacs 21. Emacs 22.2 ships with Org-mode version 4.67d. Emacs
23.1 release is expected to ship with 6.21b. The latest CVS Emacs
trunk usually contains a fairly recent version, but may lag a bit
behind the website release.
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* Downloads
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** The standard distribution
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Download as [[file:org-6.27a.zip ][zip file ]] or [[file:org-6.27a.tar.gz ][gzipped tar archive ]]. These archives contain
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both the Lisp file org.el and the documentation in PDF and (TeX)Info
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formats. Follow the instructions for [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation ][Installation ]] and [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Activation.html#Activation ][Activation ]].
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** The development version
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You can check out the latest Org development version (along with every
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release we ever had) by using git. The git repository is [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git][browsable
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online]]. To get a local clone use something like the following (from
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the command line....):
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: git clone git://repo.or.cz/org-mode.git
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Some more information about this can be found in the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php ][FAQ ]], under [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#keeping-current-with-Org-mode-development][How do
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I keep current with Org mode development?]]. For people who cannot use
git, we provide [[file:org-snapshot.zip ][zip ]] or [[file:org-snapshot.tar.gz ][tar.gz ]] snapshot release files corresponding to
the latest git version.
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** Alternative distributions
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There are several alternative distributions of Org. Some of these
are more up-to-date than others, so check if this package really
has a recent version
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- The [[http://packages.debian.org/sid/main/org-mode ][Debian package ]] is maintained by Sebastien Delafond.
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- There is also a package on [[http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details&ID=18206 ][Archlinux ]], by Jiyunatori.
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- The [[http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/%3Fgroup%3Demacs ][Emacs CVS ]] contains a more-or-less recent version.
- The [[http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/org-mode ][Fink package ]] for Mac OS X by Jesse Alama.
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- The [[https://launchpad.net/~hexmode/+archive ][Ubuntu package ]] by Mark A. Hershberger.
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* Documentation
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** The Org manual
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- Read the [[file:manual/index.html ][documentation online ]].
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- You can also have the entire manual in a [[file:org.html ][single monolithic file ]].
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- Download the documentation as a [[file:org.pdf ][PDF document ]].
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- A [[http://hpcgi1.nifty.com/spen/index.cgi?OrgMode%2fManual ][Japanese translation ]] of the manual (version 4.60), by Takeshi
Okano.
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** Reference card
- Download the [[file:orgcard.pdf ][Refcard ]] for org-mode
- Kyle Sherman has created a [[file:orgcard.txt ][text version ]] of the reference card
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(Org version 6.07).
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** The FAQ
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- The [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php ][Org Mode FAQ ]] is user-editable and is maintained by the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/ ][Worg
project]].
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** Tutorials
- A complete list of [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.php ][Tutorials and screencasts ]] is maintained by the
[[http://orgmode.org/worg ][Worg project ]].
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* Links
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** Google Tech Talk
Check out the [[file:GoogleTech.org ][Google Tech Talk ]] about Org-mode.
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** Mailing list
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There is a mailing list for discussion about org-mode.
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- [[http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode ][Subscribe to it ]] at the web interface.
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- Directly [[mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org ][send mail to it ]]. If you are not subscribed, a moderator
will look at the message before passing it through to the
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list.
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- Read the list on [[http://www.gmane.org ][Gmane ]] through a [[http://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode ][web interface ]] or with a
[[news://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode ][newsreader ]].
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** Worg
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[[http://orgmode.org/worg/ ][Worg ]], created by [[http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/ ][Bastien Guerry ]], is a setup to allow users to jointly
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edit a number of Org-mode files containing documentation about
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Org-mode, including the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php ][Org Mode FAQ ]] and [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.php ][Tutorials ]]. Worg is similar
to a wiki in that allows community to edit the contents. However,
since it uses a distributed version control system, you do not have to
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be online while editing it. If you'd like to contribute to Worg,
please go to [[http://orgmode.org/worg/ ][the Worg page ]], and start from there.
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** Contributing to Org-mode
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You can always contribute with ideas and bug reports on the mailing
list. If you want to contribute a patch, code snippets, or a full
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add-on, this is very welcome too! We do distribute good add-ons as
contributed packages. However, to integrate additions into the
Org-mode core, the author needs to assign the copyright to the [[http://www.fsf.org/ ][Free
Software Foundation]]. This is because Org-mode is part of Emacs, which
adheres to very strict rules. If you would like to sign the papers,
use [[file:request-assign-future.txt ][this form ]], fill it in and [[mailto:assign@gnu.org,carsten.dominik@gmail.com ][send ]] it to the FSF with a copy to the
Org-mode maintainer.
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