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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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- Simplicity :: Org-mode is a simple outliner for note-taking and list
     management. You can learn the basics for using it in 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 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
- <2009-01-25 Sun>: Release 6.19
- <2009-01-21 Wed>: Release 6.18c
- <2009-01-20 Tue>: Release 6.18

* Current Version (6.21)

The current version is 6.21.  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 Emacs 21 and XEmacs 21.  Emacs 22.2 ships with Org-mode version
4.67d.  Emacs 23.1 release is expected to ship with 6.20h.  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-6.21.zip][zip file]] or [[file:org-6.21.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?]]

** Alternative distributions

   There are several alternative distributions of Org:

   - The [[http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/%3Fgroup%3Demacs][Emacs CVS]] contains a recent version
   - There is also a package on [[http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details&ID=18206][Archlinux]], by Jiyunatori.
   - The [[http://packages.debian.org/sid/main/org-mode][Debian package]] is maintained by Sebastien Delafond
   - 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
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   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]].

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** 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.  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.