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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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#+end_html - Simplicity :: Org-mode is a simple outliner for note-taking and list 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 more complex features on you. - 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. - Depth :: Org-mode will not let you down when you need more than a 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]]. 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. - Support :: Org-mode is supported by an active [[id:0B280B26-A3AB-4E5C-B4EE-B7FFC52C4D26][mailing list]] where questions are answered quickly and effectively. - It's free! :: Org is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software][open source software]], it is [[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL][free]], like Emacs. 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]]. * News - <2009-06-25 Thu>: Release 6.28 - <2009-05-23 Sat>: Release 6.27 - <2009-04-19 Sun>: Release 6.26 - <2009-04-01 Wed>: Release 6.25 * Current Version (6.28e) The current version is 6.28e. To see what has changed in recent releases, check this detailed list of [[file:Changes.html][user-visible changes]]. This package works on Emacs 23 and 22, and (with minor restrictions) 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. * Downloads ** The standard distribution Download as [[file:org-6.28e.zip][zip file]] or [[file:org-6.28e.tar.gz][gzipped tar archive]]. These archives contain both the Lisp file org.el and the documentation in PDF and (TeX)Info formats. Follow the instructions for [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation][Installation]] and [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Activation.html#Activation][Activation]]. ** The development version You can check out the latest Org development version (along with every release we ever had) by using git. The git repository is [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git][browsable online]]. To get a local clone use something like the following (from the command line....): : git clone git://repo.or.cz/org-mode.git 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 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. ** Alternative distributions 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 - The [[http://packages.debian.org/sid/main/org-mode][Debian package]] is maintained by Sebastien Delafond. - There is also a package on [[http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details&ID=18206][Archlinux]], by Jiyunatori. - 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. - The [[https://launchpad.net/~hexmode/+archive][Ubuntu package]] by Mark A. Hershberger. * Documentation ** The Org manual - Read the [[file:manual/index.html][documentation online]]. - You can also have the entire manual in a [[file:org.html][single monolithic file]]. - Download the documentation as a [[file:org.pdf][PDF document]]. - A [[http://hpcgi1.nifty.com/spen/index.cgi?OrgMode%2fManual][Japanese translation]] of the manual (version 4.60), by Takeshi Okano. ** 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 (Org version 6.07). ** The FAQ - 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]]. ** 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]]. * Links ** Google Tech Talk Check out the [[file:GoogleTech.org][Google Tech Talk]] about Org-mode. ** Mailing list :PROPERTIES: :ID: 0B280B26-A3AB-4E5C-B4EE-B7FFC52C4D26 :END: There is a mailing list for discussion about org-mode. - [[http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode][Subscribe to it]] at the web interface. - 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 list. - 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]]. #+BEGIN_HTML
  • #+END_HTML ** Worg [[http://orgmode.org/worg/][Worg]], created by [[http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/][Bastien Guerry]], is a setup to allow users to jointly edit a number of Org-mode files containing documentation about 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 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. ** Contributing to Org-mode 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 add-on, this is very welcome too! We do distribute good add-ons as contributed packages under more-or-less arbitrary licenses. 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 the Org-mode core is part of Emacs. Emacs is distributed under the [[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html][GNU Public License version 3]], and all packages included with it must do the same. 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.