[O] .emacs file in windows
I would like to add the suggested Activiation code to the .emacs file but I can't figure out which one it is. I downloaded the emacs-23.1-bin-i386.zip file for windows.
[O] [PATCH] org-capture, removing whitespace from new captures
I found myself manually cleaning most CAPTURE buffers of whitespace prior to committing them with C-c C-c. The attached patch adds a new property :whitespace-cleanup to the org-capture-templates. -- Paul. diff --git a/lisp/org-capture.el b/lisp/org-capture.el index a7dc92b..ae5af6d 100644 --- a/lisp/org-capture.el +++ b/lisp/org-capture.el @@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ properties are: capture was invoked, kill the buffer again after capture is finalized. + :whitespace-cleanup When set, call `whitespace-cleanup' prior to + widening the buffer. + The template defines the text to be inserted. Often this is an org-mode entry (so the first line should start with a star) that will be filed as a child of the target headline. It can also be @@ -329,7 +332,8 @@ calendar| %:type %:date ((const :format %v :clock-keep) (const t)) ((const :format %v :clock-resume) (const t)) ((const :format %v :unnarrowed) (const t)) - ((const :format %v :kill-buffer) (const t + ((const :format %v :kill-buffer) (const t)) + ((const :format %v :whitespace-cleanup) (const t (defcustom org-capture-before-finalize-hook nil Hook that is run right before a capture process is finalized. @@ -544,6 +548,9 @@ captured item after finalizing. (org-clock-in))) (message Interrupted clock has been resumed))) + (when (org-capture-get :whitespace-cleanup 'local) +(whitespace-cleanup)) + (let ((beg (point-min)) (end (point-max)) (abort-note nil))
Re: [O] .emacs file in windows
Hi Bob, Bob Qualls bobquall...@gmail.com writes: I would like to add the suggested Activiation code to the .emacs file but I can't figure out which one it is. I downloaded the emacs-23.1-bin-i386.zip file for windows. You have to create it yourself in your home directory. Have a look here: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/Installing-Emacs.html#Installing-Emacs Regards Loris -- Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.) ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin Email loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de
Re: [O] exporting subtree moves point
On 13.9.2011, at 11:00, Eric S Fraga wrote: Hello, I often export just a sub-tree (C-c C-e 1 p say). At the end of the export, my point has moved to the enclosing headline and mark is at the end of the contents of that sub-tree. This is a little annoying in that I am often making small changes to see the effect on the final exported document, especially when playing around with tikz. Therefore, I find myself having to move back manually to where I was before the export. Is there an easy way to get back to where I was beyond setting a bookmark or register location manually? Or is there a way to have org put me back to where I was (save-excursion of some sort maybe)? Hi Eric, I have just pushed a fix for this issue. The code to do this was already there, but it did not work for the subtree restriction. - Carsten If I remember to set a mark myself, I can get back to there by C-x C-SPC. Maybe I should just advise the export command? Suggestions welcome! Thanks, eric -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1 : using Org-mode version 7.7 (release_7.7.280.gdbf0)
[O] flyspell-prog-mode and org files
Does org-mode support 'flyspell-prog-mode', in that flyspell should ignore everything within #+begin_src and #+end_src blocks? Thanks, -Luke
Re: [O] exporting subtree moves point
Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes: On 13.9.2011, at 11:00, Eric S Fraga wrote: Hello, I often export just a sub-tree (C-c C-e 1 p say). At the end of the export, my point has moved to the enclosing headline and mark is at the end of the contents of that sub-tree. This is a little annoying in that I am often making small changes to see the effect on the final exported document, especially when playing around with tikz. Therefore, I find myself having to move back manually to where I was before the export. Is there an easy way to get back to where I was beyond setting a bookmark or register location manually? Or is there a way to have org put me back to where I was (save-excursion of some sort maybe)? Hi Eric, I have just pushed a fix for this issue. The code to do this was already there, but it did not work for the subtree restriction. - Carsten Works like a charm! Many thanks. -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1 : using Org-mode version 7.7 (release_7.7.284.g11de)
Re: [O] [babel] Export problem (Wrong type argument: consp, nil)
Hi Eric, Eric Schulte wrote: Sebastien Vauban wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com writes: If there is no value assigned to the code block... ... there is no an error when exporting: #+begin_src text Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument consp nil) setcdr(nil nil=x) #+end_src All variables must be given a default value, which is why it is an error to write a code block like the following. #+source: circle(x) #+begin_src python return x*x #+end_src I've just pushed up a change which provides a better error message in this case. It works OK. Thanks a lot for that. Remark: This did correct a problem that I had with my local LOB, and which appeared a couple of months ago. I tried to find the post back, but I couldn't. At that time, you tried my example, but you couldn't reproduce it. Anyway, I now could check that it was because of this, now that the message is a lot clearer than consp, nil. Question: Would it be possible to add the src-name in the error message? You know, in my LOB, I have so many times the same var name coming back again, that having the name of the source block would be of a great help. I tried looking into the code to see if I could do it myself, but I must admit it's still too hard for me. I have the impression many functions must be extended in order to pass the src-name down to where the error is thrown... Other thing, I tried to add a test for checking your fix never will be regressed. This is what I currently have: * Does not work :PROPERTIES: :ID: f2df5ba6-75fa-4e6b-8441-65ed84963627 :END: If there is no value assigned to the code block, a proper error should be thrown. #+source: carre(x) #+begin_src python return x*x #+end_src * Test #+begin_src emacs-lisp (ert-deftest test-org-babel/no-defaut-value-for-var () Test that the absence of a default value for a variable does throw a proper error. (org-test-at-id f2df5ba6-75fa-4e6b-8441-65ed84963627 (org-babel-next-src-block) (should-error (org-babel-execute-src-block)) :type 'error)) #+end_src Though, I have 2 questions: - How can I differentiate between the clean error (with a message) and the one which wasn't correctly trapped? Based on the first line of a backtrace (string comparison) or on the type of the error? In the latter case, how can I know what's the type of the current error thrown, and the one of the error before your fix? - I wonder why we need twice the =org-babel-next-src-block= call, and not only once in the =should-error= form. Thanks. Best regards, Seb -- Sebastien Vauban
[O] [babel] Some variables with no default value don't provoke an error
Hi Eric, As said previously, I've been forced to add a default value to many code blocks I had in my local LOB, which I ingest in my `.emacs' file: #+begin_src emacs-lisp (when (try-require 'ob-lob) (org-babel-lob-ingest ~/emacs/site-lisp/my-local-lob.org)) #+end_src Weirdly enough, in the following code block, I must add a default value for vars `table', `column' and `type' but not for the var `nullability'. I've even been able to add fake vars `something' and `else' with no error being reported (at ingestion time): #+srcname: add-column-in-table(table=, column=, something, type=, else, nullability) #+begin_src sql -- add column `$column' (if column does not exist yet) IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = '$table' AND COLUMN_NAME = '$column') BEGIN ALTER TABLE $table ADD $column $type $nullability END #+end_src Note that, in the above state, the code block is ingested with no error, but, if I remove the default value of var `table', it then generates back an error... Best regards, Seb -- Sebastien Vauban
Re: [O] flyspell-prog-mode and org files
Hi Luke, Luke Crook wrote: Does org-mode support 'flyspell-prog-mode', in that flyspell should ignore everything within #+begin_src and #+end_src blocks? Maybe have a look at http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/42169, and report wether the patch is functioning, or must be extended? Best regards, Seb -- Sebastien Vauban
[O] [odt] Support for table templates (was Re: org-odt/html table export: adjusting default behaviour?)
If you need really prettier tables you can rely on Table-Autoformat. I felt some sort of templating mechanism would be useful for odt tables[1]. To this end, I have pushed some changes which honors ODF-1.2 spec[2]. The attached table-template.org and table-template.odt should serve as an illustrative example of what is possible with the odt exporter. Note that you need to modify automatic-styles that are in contrib/odt/styles/OrgOdtContentTemplate.xml. (Please consult the comments in the attached org file.) #+TITLE: table-template.org #+AUTHOR:Jambunathan K #+EMAIL: kjambunat...@gmail.com #+DESCRIPTION: #+KEYWORDS: #+LANGUAGE: en #+OPTIONS: H:3 num:t toc:t \n:nil @:t ::t |:t ^:nil -:t f:t *:t :t #+OPTIONS: TeX:t LaTeX:dvipng skip:nil d:nil todo:t pri:nil tags:not-in-toc #+EXPORT_SELECT_TAGS: export #+EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS: noexport #+LINK_UP: #+LINK_HOME: #+XSLT: * Customization #+begin_src emacs-lisp (setq org-export-odt-table-styles '((TableWithHeaderRowAndColumn Custom ((use-first-row-styles . t) (use-first-column-styles . t))) (TableWithFirstRowandLastRow Custom ((use-first-row-styles . t) (use-last-row-styles . t) #+end_src See docstring of =org-export-odt-table-styles= for more information. Also unzip the exported odt file and inspect the _content.xml_ for _automatic-styles_ starting with keyword _Custom_. * Table Templates Illustrated ** Regular Org Table This table has no *#+ATTR_ODT:* associated with it. | Labels | C1 | C2| C3 | |+-+---+--| | / || || |r | l | c | r | | R1 (Right) | R1C1 (Left) | R1C2 (Center) | R1C3 (Right) | | R2 | R2C1| R2C2 | R2C3 | |+-+---+--| | R3 | R3C1| R3C2 | R3C3 | | R4 | R4C1| R4C2 | R4C3 | |+-+---+--| | R5 | R5C1| R5C2 | R5C3 | | R6 | R6C1| R6C2 | R6C3 | | R7 | R7C1| R7C2 | | |+-+---+--| ** Table using header row and column styles This table uses table template named _Custom_ and selects the following styles: - first row - first column #+ATTR_ODT: TableWithHeaderRowAndColumn | Labels | C1 | C2| C3 | |+-+---+--| | / || || |r | l | c | r | | R1 (Right) | R1C1 (Left) | R1C2 (Center) | R1C3 (Right) | | R2 | R2C1| R2C2 | R2C3 | |+-+---+--| | R3 | R3C1| R3C2 | R3C3 | | R4 | R4C1| R4C2 | R4C3 | |+-+---+--| | R5 | R5C1| R5C2 | R5C3 | | R6 | R6C1| R6C2 | R6C3 | | R7 | R7C1| R7C2 | | |+-+---+--| ** Table using first row and last row styles This table also uses the same table template named _Custom_ and selects the following styles: - first row - last row #+ATTR_ODT: TableWithFirstRowandLastRow | Labels | C1 | C2| C3 | |+-+---+--| | / || || |r | l | c | r | | R1 (Right) | R1C1 (Left) | R1C2 (Center) | R1C3 (Right) | | R2 | R2C1| R2C2 | R2C3 | |+-+---+--| | R3 | R3C1| R3C2 | R3C3 | | R4 | R4C1| R4C2 | R4C3 | |+-+---+--| | R5 | R5C1| R5C2 | R5C3 | | R6 | R6C1| R6C2 | R6C3 | | R7 | R7C1| R7C2 | | |+-+---+--| table-template.odt Description: table-template.odt Footnotes: [1] I find the Org's regular way of drawing the grid lines a bit out of the normal (scholarly?). Internally, I needed some control over the table cells for supporting numbered equations (which uses tables). Also a user will prefer Top-aligned content for text-intensive tables and Centre-aligned content
Re: [O] [PATCH] org-capture, removing whitespace from new captures
paul...@telstra.com writes: I found myself manually cleaning most CAPTURE buffers of whitespace prior to committing them with C-c C-c. The attached patch adds a new property :whitespace-cleanup to the org-capture-templates. Thanks for pointing to whitespace-cleanup, I've done this manually cleaning as well. You could use org-capture-before-finalize-hook for this: (add-hook 'org-capture-before-finalize-hook 'whitespace-cleanup) Regards, Olaf
[O] help with capture template
Hello, I have a computer.org file with this structure: * Log ** [2011-09-12 Mon 17:34] update ... ** [2011-09-07 Wed 18:09] update ... ** TODO [2011-09-04 Sun 20:23] nouveau + pm-suspend - black tty:bug: I've been adding entries manually up to now. However I'd like to use capture to make adding entries easier. I have this template: (l System Log entry (file+headline ~/Documents/org/computer.org Log) * %U %? \n %i\n) which works, the only problem is that the entry gets added at the *bottom* of the other level 2 headers, while I'd want it to be at the top (such that the top entry is the latest date). Any help on how I could modify the template? cheers renato
Re: [O] Org minor mode in mail-mode
Eric Abrahamsen eric at ericabrahamsen.net writes: Thanks for this hint! I had been advising fill-paragraph, this seems like a more comprehensive solution. What is strange though is that (turn-on-orgstruct++) messes up with the header separator (--text follows this line--) when calling M-q (fill-paragraph); whereas (turn-on-orgstruct) doesn't pose any problem. Why such a different behavior between turn-on-orgstruct++ and turn-on-orgstruct? Is that a feature or a bug? -- Rene
Re: [O] [PATCH] org-capture, removing whitespace from new captures
# olaf+list.orgm...@olafdietsche.de, Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:44:07 +1000: paul...@telstra.com writes: I found myself manually cleaning most CAPTURE buffers of whitespace prior to committing them with C-c C-c. The attached patch adds a new property :whitespace-cleanup to the org-capture-templates. Thanks for pointing to whitespace-cleanup, I've done this manually cleaning as well. My pleasure. I just had it pointed out to me a couple of days ago! You could use org-capture-before-finalize-hook for this: (add-hook 'org-capture-before-finalize-hook 'whitespace-cleanup) In fact adding whitespace-cleanup to org-capture-before-finalize-hook was what I tried first, but it didn't do what I wanted. This hook is called _after_ the buffer is widened - making whitespace-cleanup operate on the _entire_ buffer, not just the newly added capture. I believe the patch is still required - I should have explained org-capture-before-finalize-hook's behaviour more explicitly in my original submission. Further to this, can anybody suggest a better documentation string for org-capture-before-finalize-hook? (Preferably in tandem with my proposed patch.) Currently it is: Hook that is run right before a capture process is finalized. The capture buffer is still current when this hook runs. I feel the finalized part is somewhat ambiguous. What it means is after the capture buffer is widened, and before it is saved. I expected it to mean BEFORE the capture buffer is widened. Maybe: Hook that is run after the capture buffer is widened and prior to being finalized. The capture buffer is still current when this hook runs. -- Paul.
Re: [O] [bug] equations in latex equation environment with leading +/- misinterpreted
Nicolas Goaziou n.goaz...@gmail.com writes:
Eric S Fraga e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk writes:
but behaviour that I can accept, especially as the easy solution is to
simply enclose the equation in a latex block:
* equation with leading minus sign
The following equation
#+begin_latex
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:test}
y = 3 x
- 5
+ 4
\end{equation}
#+end_latex
This works just fine and is probably for the best in any case. Using a
latex block allows for latex specific editing (C-c '). Should have done
this in the first place!
Technically, this isn't the same. The LaTeX block would be removed
during an HTML export while the plain LaTeX code would be changed into
an image (or Mathjaxified, whatever that means).
Agreed. For my use case, this is not a major issue, mind you, as my
preferred export route is to PDF via LaTeX...
That's annoying because I tend to think that writing plain LaTeX
environments (without any block marker) should be deprecated.
Again, agreed, but this will require a more general approach to the
handling of e.g. latex blocks for export to other languages. Not easy,
I would guess, unless we make more use of conversion to png for blocks.
Thanks again,
eric
--
: Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1
: using Org-mode version 7.7 (release_7.7.284.g11de)
Re: [O] help with capture template
Hi, Try setting the :prepend property: (l System Log entry (file+headline ~/Documents/org/computer.org Log) * %U %? \n %i\n :prepend t) hth, Christian On 9/14/11 12:58 PM, Renato wrote: Hello, I have a computer.org file with this structure: * Log ** [2011-09-12 Mon 17:34] update ... ** [2011-09-07 Wed 18:09] update ... ** TODO [2011-09-04 Sun 20:23] nouveau + pm-suspend - black tty:bug: I've been adding entries manually up to now. However I'd like to use capture to make adding entries easier. I have this template: (l System Log entry (file+headline ~/Documents/org/computer.org Log) * %U %? \n %i\n) which works, the only problem is that the entry gets added at the *bottom* of the other level 2 headers, while I'd want it to be at the top (such that the top entry is the latest date). Any help on how I could modify the template? cheers renato
Re: [O] [babel] Export problem (Wrong type argument: consp, nil)
Hi Sebastien Sebastien Vauban wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com writes: Hi Eric, Eric Schulte wrote: Sebastien Vauban wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com writes: If there is no value assigned to the code block... ... there is no an error when exporting: #+begin_src text Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument consp nil) setcdr(nil nil=x) #+end_src All variables must be given a default value, which is why it is an error to write a code block like the following. #+source: circle(x) #+begin_src python return x*x #+end_src I've just pushed up a change which provides a better error message in this case. It works OK. Thanks a lot for that. Remark: This did correct a problem that I had with my local LOB, and which appeared a couple of months ago. I tried to find the post back, but I couldn't. At that time, you tried my example, but you couldn't reproduce it. Anyway, I now could check that it was because of this, now that the message is a lot clearer than consp, nil. Question: Would it be possible to add the src-name in the error message? You know, in my LOB, I have so many times the same var name coming back again, that having the name of the source block would be of a great help. I tried looking into the code to see if I could do it myself, but I must admit it's still too hard for me. I have the impression many functions must be extended in order to pass the src-name down to where the error is thrown... Other thing, I tried to add a test for checking your fix never will be regressed. This is what I currently have: * Does not work :PROPERTIES: :ID: f2df5ba6-75fa-4e6b-8441-65ed84963627 :END: If there is no value assigned to the code block, a proper error should be thrown. #+source: carre(x) #+begin_src python return x*x #+end_src * Test #+begin_src emacs-lisp (ert-deftest test-org-babel/no-defaut-value-for-var () Test that the absence of a default value for a variable does throw a proper error. (org-test-at-id f2df5ba6-75fa-4e6b-8441-65ed84963627 (org-babel-next-src-block) (should-error (org-babel-execute-src-block)) :type 'error)) #+end_src Though, I have 2 questions: - How can I differentiate between the clean error (with a message) and the one which wasn't correctly trapped? Based on the first line of a backtrace (string comparison) or on the type of the error? In the latter case, how can I know what's the type of the current error thrown, and the one of the error before your fix? I can help with the error question. You can test the specific error message as follows: --8---cut here---start-8--- (ert-deftest test-org-babel/no-defaut-value-for-var () (org-test-at-id f2df5ba6-75fa-4e6b-8441-65ed84963627 (org-babel-next-src-block) (let ((err (should-error (org-babel-execute-src-block) :type 'error))) (should (equal '(error variable \x\ must be assigned a default value) err) --8---cut here---end---8--- - I wonder why we need twice the =org-babel-next-src-block= call, and not only once in the =should-error= form. Thanks. Best regards, Seb Best, Martyn
Re: [O] [babel] Collection of code block snippets
Hi David David Maus dm...@ictsoc.de writes: Hi Martyn, At Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:09:17 +0100, Martyn Jago wrote: I'll do some work on testing against version 23 and 22 and maybe put together a how-to get ERT on those earlier systems (on linux). Just read this through Org mode's patch tracker[1] and coincidentally started to work on the test framework, too. To get a recent ERT running on Emac22 we need to backport parts of simple.el as of Emacs23 -- doing this is scheduled for the upcoming weekend in my Org mode. Thanks for the heads-up, I'm still working on other tests at the moment, so its great you're already working on testing legacy systems. I was also intending on firing up a windows machine for testing purposes too if that is going to be useful (OSX and Ubuntu are my usual systems). For fun I hacked together a test results parser using org babel, which calls your script from within a shell block, passing the results to a parser block. Output is in the form of org mode headings and sub-headings. I've attached it in case you were interested (org babel was just great for doing this). This is great. This would be useful for non-babel tests, too. There are some tests for link escaping and link export -- I'm going to extend the latter (that's why I started to work on the testing framework in the first place). Great to hear that further tests are in the pipeline. Best, Martyn
Re: [O] [PATCH] org-capture, removing whitespace from new captures
Paul emacs-orgm...@lookmumnohands.net writes: # olaf+list.orgm...@olafdietsche.de, Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:44:07 +1000: paul...@telstra.com writes: I found myself manually cleaning most CAPTURE buffers of whitespace prior to committing them with C-c C-c. The attached patch adds a new property :whitespace-cleanup to the org-capture-templates. Thanks for pointing to whitespace-cleanup, I've done this manually cleaning as well. My pleasure. I just had it pointed out to me a couple of days ago! You could use org-capture-before-finalize-hook for this: (add-hook 'org-capture-before-finalize-hook 'whitespace-cleanup) In fact adding whitespace-cleanup to org-capture-before-finalize-hook was what I tried first, but it didn't do what I wanted. This hook is called _after_ the buffer is widened - making whitespace-cleanup operate on the _entire_ buffer, not just the newly added capture. I believe the patch is still required - I should have explained org-capture-before-finalize-hook's behaviour more explicitly in my original submission. Further to this, can anybody suggest a better documentation string for org-capture-before-finalize-hook? (Preferably in tandem with my proposed patch.) Currently it is: Hook that is run right before a capture process is finalized. The capture buffer is still current when this hook runs. I feel the finalized part is somewhat ambiguous. What it means is after the capture buffer is widened, and before it is saved. I expected it to mean BEFORE the capture buffer is widened. Maybe: Hook that is run after the capture buffer is widened and prior to being finalized. The capture buffer is still current when this hook runs. Thanks again for this explanation. I haven't noticed this. For me this isn't bad though, since I capture everything into an inbox.org. Regards, Olaf
Re: [O] .emacs file in windows
Bob Qualls bobquall...@gmail.com writes: I would like to add the suggested Activiation code to the .emacs file but I can't figure out which one it is. I downloaded the emacs-23.1-bin-i386.zip file for windows. When you do C-x C-f to open a file just put in ~/.emacs and hit RET -- Emacs will open the file in the appropriate place. On Windows XP this is C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\.emacs and on Windows 7 it's C:\Users\username\AppData\.emacs Don't know about other Windows versions. Unrelatedly, why did you download the binary for Emacs 23.1 instead of 23.3?
Re: [O] help with capture template
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:35:19 +0200 Christian Moe m...@christianmoe.com wrote: Hi, Try setting the :prepend property: (l System Log entry (file+headline ~/Documents/org/computer.org Log) * %U %? \n %i\n :prepend t) hth, yes, it helped. Thank you very much, renato
[O] plus in superscript.
Hi all. I try to put a superscript in org-mode in this way: T^{+}. But
it gets exported in latex as $^{\st{}$. Any idea how to avoid it?
Thanks.
Re: [O] plus in superscript.
Piter_ x.pi...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all. I try to put a superscript in org-mode in this way: T^{+}. But
it gets exported in latex as $^{\st{}$. Any idea how to avoid it?
Thanks.
{Super,sub}scripts are latex math constructs - try the following:
--8---cut here---start-8---
* This is a test: \(T^{+}\)
And inline: \(T^{+}\) and displayed: \[T^{+}\]
--8---cut here---end---8---
Nick
Re: [O] plus in superscript.
But latex subscripts/superscripts should work in Org even without an
explicit math environment, and they do for me -- exporting Piter's
T^{+} gives me
T$^{+}$
as expected. Something in his setup?
Yours,
Christian
On 9/14/11 6:55 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:
Piter_x.pi...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all. I try to put a superscript in org-mode in this way: T^{+}. But
it gets exported in latex as $^{\st{}$. Any idea how to avoid it?
Thanks.
{Super,sub}scripts are latex math constructs - try the following:
--8---cut here---start-8---
* This is a test: \(T^{+}\)
And inline: \(T^{+}\) and displayed: \[T^{+}\]
--8---cut here---end---8---
Nick
Re: [O] plus in superscript.
Christian Moe m...@christianmoe.com wrote:
But latex subscripts/superscripts should work in Org even without an
explicit math environment, and they do for me -- exporting Piter's
T^{+} gives me
T$^{+}$
as expected. Something in his setup?
You are right - sorry about the noise.
Nick
[O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks
I've been using org-mode for a few years. My agenda is cluttered with tasks that are weeks and even months past due. I am this close to declaring orgmode bankruptcy and starting from scratch, except my current setup works so well for other things. Might still do that, but I want to ask for ideas. I stumble consistently over the distinction between projects and tasks. I think there is not clear distinction, but I need to find a way to organize them so that, at least, agenda displays the day to day TODO tasks separated in a meaningful way from the long term projects that I need to remind myself of (and there are dozens of these). PROJECTS: I can define projects as - an overall series of tasks related to a single purpose - a recurring task (monthly calendars that I need to remind myself to make each month) - an actual project I am working on (writing a proposal, or a research project about a coral, or a recipe database, or reconstructing a LaTeX file tree for a publication ten years ago) TODOS: perhaps tasks could be anything, - bills (marked by tag bill - phone calls to make I am starting to understand how I TODOS can be scattered through all my other files. However, the greater the number of agenda files, the greater the clutter. And, as a recent thread called to mind, there are times when the list of agenda files prevents me from searching for tags or todos. SO where is the happy medium? Some thoughts: - I tried to write a custom agenda command that defined the agenda files to encompass all *org files in a directory. This actually set the agenda-files variable to all files for the rest of the session, so I gave that idea upalthough I know it's possible to do it. - Again, the number of agenda files seems to be constraining. - There seem to be issues between defining the agenda files explicitly, or adding them one at a time. - It would be useful if agenda searches automatically picked up the recent files I had worked on during the session, however, in as streamlined a way as possible. I don't need to be reminded everyday that I have to organize bibliographic references for my next trip to the library, but I have to have a way to keep these organized to jog my memory in planning my time in some loose sense. I do need to have a list of bills that I can access without having to sort through the list of projects that are 3 months overdue. Almost every week I have new insights into how to use tags, so perhaps I need to junk alot of the tags I set up long ago. These thoughts are somewhat disconnected, and I apologize for this. And I would be grateful for any comments that would shed light on how to solve these issues. Alan Davis
Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks
Aloha Alan, I found myself in a similar situation a while back and it helped me to do a weekly review. I base mine on Bernt Hansen's experience: http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#sec-11-1 Every Monday a task pops up reminding me to complete the weekly review. Clicking on the task takes me to a checkbox list that gives a label to the individual review task and the keystrokes needed to invoke the corresponding agenda view. I'm typically monitoring 1-2 dozen projects and the whole review, which is now 12 steps, takes me a couple of hours to complete. I suppose I could cut this time down if I were more organized during the week, but I'm not, which is why I value the tools in Org-mode. Also, I found Bernt's ideas on how to structure org-mode files very helpful. I'm not able consistently to pick the best option among the very many that org-mode makes possible, so I've come to rely on the advice of Bernt and others. hth, Tom Alan E. Davis lngn...@gmail.com writes: I've been using org-mode for a few years. My agenda is cluttered with tasks that are weeks and even months past due. I am this close to declaring orgmode bankruptcy and starting from scratch, except my current setup works so well for other things. Might still do that, but I want to ask for ideas. I stumble consistently over the distinction between projects and tasks. I think there is not clear distinction, but I need to find a way to organize them so that, at least, agenda displays the day to day TODO tasks separated in a meaningful way from the long term projects that I need to remind myself of (and there are dozens of these). PROJECTS: I can define projects as - an overall series of tasks related to a single purpose - a recurring task (monthly calendars that I need to remind myself to make each month) - an actual project I am working on (writing a proposal, or a research project about a coral, or a recipe database, or reconstructing a LaTeX file tree for a publication ten years ago) TODOS: perhaps tasks could be anything, - bills (marked by tag bill - phone calls to make I am starting to understand how I TODOS can be scattered through all my other files. However, the greater the number of agenda files, the greater the clutter. And, as a recent thread called to mind, there are times when the list of agenda files prevents me from searching for tags or todos. SO where is the happy medium? Some thoughts: - I tried to write a custom agenda command that defined the agenda files to encompass all *org files in a directory. This actually set the agenda-files variable to all files for the rest of the session, so I gave that idea upalthough I know it's possible to do it. - Again, the number of agenda files seems to be constraining. - There seem to be issues between defining the agenda files explicitly, or adding them one at a time. - It would be useful if agenda searches automatically picked up the recent files I had worked on during the session, however, in as streamlined a way as possible. I don't need to be reminded everyday that I have to organize bibliographic references for my next trip to the library, but I have to have a way to keep these organized to jog my memory in planning my time in some loose sense. I do need to have a list of bills that I can access without having to sort through the list of projects that are 3 months overdue. Almost every week I have new insights into how to use tags, so perhaps I need to junk alot of the tags I set up long ago. These thoughts are somewhat disconnected, and I apologize for this. And I would be grateful for any comments that would shed light on how to solve these issues. Alan Davis I#39;ve been using org-mode for a few years. My agenda is cluttered with tasks that are weeks and even months past due. I am this close to declaring orgmode bankruptcy and starting from scratch, except my current setup works so well for other things. Might still do that, but I want to ask for ideas. I stumble consistently over the distinction between projects and tasks. I think there is not clear distinction, but I need to find a way to organize them so that, at least, agenda displays the day to day TODO tasks separated in a meaningful way from the long term projects that I need to remind myself of (and there are dozens of these). PROJECTS: I can define projects as - an overall series of tasks related to a single purpose - a recurring task (monthly calendars that I need to remind myself to make each month) - an actual project I am working on (writing a proposal, or a research project about a coral, or a recipe database, or reconstructing a LaTeX file tree for a publication ten years ago) TODOS: perhaps tasks could be anything, - bills (marked by tag bill - phone calls to make I am starting to understand how I
Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 10:43:28AM -0700, Alan E. Davis wrote: I've been using org-mode for a few years. My agenda is cluttered with tasks that are weeks and even months past due. I am this close to declaring orgmode bankruptcy and starting from scratch, except my current setup works so well for other things. Might still do that, but I want to ask for ideas. I stumble consistently over the distinction between projects and tasks. I think there is not clear distinction, but I need to find a way to organize them so that, at least, agenda displays the day to day TODO tasks separated in a meaningful way from the long term projects that I need to remind myself of (and there are dozens of these). PROJECTS: I can define projects as - an overall series of tasks related to a single purpose - a recurring task (monthly calendars that I need to remind myself to make each month) - an actual project I am working on (writing a proposal, or a research project about a coral, or a recipe database, or reconstructing a LaTeX file tree for a publication ten years ago) TODOS: perhaps tasks could be anything, - bills (marked by tag bill - phone calls to make I am starting to understand how I TODOS can be scattered through all my other files. However, the greater the number of agenda files, the greater the clutter. And, as a recent thread called to mind, there are times when the list of agenda files prevents me from searching for tags or todos. SO where is the happy medium? Some thoughts: - I tried to write a custom agenda command that defined the agenda files to encompass all *org files in a directory. This actually set the agenda-files variable to all files for the rest of the session, so I gave that idea upalthough I know it's possible to do it. - Again, the number of agenda files seems to be constraining. - There seem to be issues between defining the agenda files explicitly, or adding them one at a time. - It would be useful if agenda searches automatically picked up the recent files I had worked on during the session, however, in as streamlined a way as possible. I don't need to be reminded everyday that I have to organize bibliographic references for my next trip to the library, but I have to have a way to keep these organized to jog my memory in planning my time in some loose sense. I do need to have a list of bills that I can access without having to sort through the list of projects that are 3 months overdue. Almost every week I have new insights into how to use tags, so perhaps I need to junk alot of the tags I set up long ago. These thoughts are somewhat disconnected, and I apologize for this. And I would be grateful for any comments that would shed light on how to solve these issues. Alan Davis Alan, I keep two main Org files (Biz, Personal) which are the only two files in my agenda. I use Capture almost exclusively to add to these files. Every project I do is a separate Org file, which I timestamp heavily but I don't typically add them to my agenda. If they need an agenda item, I may temporarily add them to the agenda, or put an entry in my main pair of files. This really keeps the clutter down. I can run agenda inside a project by restricting agenda to the current file. I hope that helps. Thanks. -- Russell Adamsrlad...@adamsinfoserv.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint:1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3
[O] Error in post-command-hook: (void-variable org-ans1)
I get this error: Error in post-command-hook: (void-variable org-ans1) every time I want to use schedule or deadline. After that, the error message appear with any command. After some minutes, this error message disappear and I can use anny command as expected. This problem happens with both the version ship with emacs 23.3 or latest version (7.7). This is my .emacs config. http://pastebin.com/sQaTYJCR C-h v post-command-hook before the problem appear: post-command-hook is a variable defined in `C source code'. Its value is (linum-update-current ac-handle-post-command autopair-post-command-handler t) Local in buffer .emacs; global value is (global-font-lock-mode-check-buffers global-linum-mode-check-buffers global-auto-complete-mode-check-buffers autopair-global-mode-check-buffers yas/global-mode-check-buffers global-hl-line-highlight) After: post-command-hook\ \ \ is void as a variable. Documentation: Not documented as a variable. I've search around and still could not solve the problem. Anyone help me with this?
Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks
Hi Alan, Alan E. Davis lngn...@gmail.com writes: I've been using org-mode for a few years. My agenda is cluttered with tasks that are weeks and even months past due. I am this close to declaring orgmode bankruptcy and starting from scratch, except my current setup works so well for other things. Might still do that, but I want to ask for ideas. I (and many others) struggle too with becoming organized. And usually it's not a tool bankruptcy, but the lack of a coherent system. What helped me to some degree - and I'm still learning - was David Allen's book Getting Things DONE. You will find lots of information about GTD in the internet (google, youtube) and at the orgmode website http://orgmode.org/worg/org-gtd-etc.html. I also took lots of good ideas and .emacs snippets from Bernt Hansen's website at: http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html. And although GTD is a pretty simple system once you get it, I suggest, take the time and read the book (your library might have a copy) and start slowly from there on. I stumble consistently over the distinction between projects and tasks. I think there is not clear distinction, but I need to find a way to organize them so that, at least, agenda displays the day to day TODO tasks separated in a meaningful way from the long term projects that I need to remind myself of (and there are dozens of these). Both projects and tasks result in actions, which have to be completed eventually. So there's not really any difference in handling these, besides maybe the number of single steps it takes to complete. And finally, paraphrasing Pete Phillips in http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/4854, there will be the time, where you have to bite the bullet and just do it. Regards, Olaf
[O] Feature Requests: `org-refile-targets'
Hi all, I have two related feature requests: 1. The ability to refile based on properties. I have a bunch of items with a :CATEGORY: entry in their property drawer. I would like such items always to be refile targets. So I'd like, perhaps, a regexp for property matching, e.g. \\`:CATEGORY:.* 2. In-buffer settings for `org-refile-targets'. What makes an appropriate target in one file may not be a good target in another, and I want to be able to distribute the file with it refiling options built-in. I can live without #2, since I can always use Emacs' file-local variables to set `org-refile-targets', but #1 feels more urgent. TIA, -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com
Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks
Hi Russell Russell Adams rlad...@adamsinfoserv.com writes: [...] I hope that helps. Thanks. -- Russell Adamsrlad...@adamsinfoserv.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint:1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3 (Off topic) I never thanked you for your (video) talk at HLUG, which essentially introduced me to org-mode proper (despite having already generated 'outline mode' formatted output to benefit from the outlining). Your talk blew me away, since I had literally no idea of the power of org-mode. Great practical enthusiasm demonstrated - and I bought it (the killer app). So - thanks for that! Best, Martyn
Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks
I realize that other people's mileage may and does differ, but personally, I have long found the amazing functionality, customizability and hackability of Org-mode an astonishingly effective tool for PTO (Putting Things Off). :-) Christian On 9/14/11 8:59 PM, Olaf Dietsche wrote: Hi Alan, Alan E. Davislngn...@gmail.com writes: I've been using org-mode for a few years. My agenda is cluttered with tasks that are weeks and even months past due. I am this close to declaring orgmode bankruptcy and starting from scratch, except my current setup works so well for other things. Might still do that, but I want to ask for ideas. I (and many others) struggle too with becoming organized. And usually it's not a tool bankruptcy, but the lack of a coherent system. What helped me to some degree - and I'm still learning - was David Allen's book Getting Things DONE. You will find lots of information about GTD in the internet (google, youtube) and at the orgmode website http://orgmode.org/worg/org-gtd-etc.html. I also took lots of good ideas and .emacs snippets from Bernt Hansen's website at: http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html. And although GTD is a pretty simple system once you get it, I suggest, take the time and read the book (your library might have a copy) and start slowly from there on. I stumble consistently over the distinction between projects and tasks. I think there is not clear distinction, but I need to find a way to organize them so that, at least, agenda displays the day to day TODO tasks separated in a meaningful way from the long term projects that I need to remind myself of (and there are dozens of these). Both projects and tasks result in actions, which have to be completed eventually. So there's not really any difference in handling these, besides maybe the number of single steps it takes to complete. And finally, paraphrasing Pete Phillips in http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/4854, there will be the time, where you have to bite the bullet and just do it. Regards, Olaf
Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks
I'm in the same situation and (lack of) consistence is my main problem. One thing that helps me is to define in my custom agenda commands one command that only returns the STARTED tasks (Bernt Hansen's website has more info about this). In this way I can quickly go back to a task that I started but didn't finished in the previous day, for instance. For my custom agenda commands I use --8---cut here---start-8--- (setq org-agenda-custom-commands (quote ( (...) (S Started Tasks todo STARTED ((org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date nil) (org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled nil))) (...) ))) --8---cut here---end---8--- -- Darlan At Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:59:00 +0200, Olaf Dietsche olaf+list.orgm...@olafdietsche.de wrote: Hi Alan, Alan E. Davis lngn...@gmail.com writes: I've been using org-mode for a few years. My agenda is cluttered with tasks that are weeks and even months past due. I am this close to declaring orgmode bankruptcy and starting from scratch, except my current setup works so well for other things. Might still do that, but I want to ask for ideas. I (and many others) struggle too with becoming organized. And usually it's not a tool bankruptcy, but the lack of a coherent system. What helped me to some degree - and I'm still learning - was David Allen's book Getting Things DONE. You will find lots of information about GTD in the internet (google, youtube) and at the orgmode website http://orgmode.org/worg/org-gtd-etc.html. I also took lots of good ideas and .emacs snippets from Bernt Hansen's website at: http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html. And although GTD is a pretty simple system once you get it, I suggest, take the time and read the book (your library might have a copy) and start slowly from there on. I stumble consistently over the distinction between projects and tasks. I think there is not clear distinction, but I need to find a way to organize them so that, at least, agenda displays the day to day TODO tasks separated in a meaningful way from the long term projects that I need to remind myself of (and there are dozens of these). Both projects and tasks result in actions, which have to be completed eventually. So there's not really any difference in handling these, besides maybe the number of single steps it takes to complete. And finally, paraphrasing Pete Phillips in http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/4854, there will be the time, where you have to bite the bullet and just do it. Regards, Olaf
Re: [O] plus in superscript.
Hi Nick,
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote:
* This is a test: \(T^{+}\)
Apart from what Christian said, do you have any comments about $..$
and \(..\) ? I hear conflicting arguments about which is preferred
(e.g. $..$ is a TeX construct where as \(..\) is a LaTeX macro arguing
in favour of $..$). Specially an opinion in the context of org -
latex export would be interesting to hear.
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
Re: [O] Overall organization/setup for org mode: Projects and Tasks
(Off topic) I never thanked you for your (video) talk at HLUG, which essentially introduced me to org-mode proper (despite having already generated 'outline mode' formatted output to benefit from the outlining). Your talk blew me away, since I had literally no idea of the power of org-mode. Great practical enthusiasm demonstrated - and I bought it (the killer app). So - thanks for that! I'm glad you enjoyed it! There's a screencast I posted to Vimeo not long ago, and I've considered doing a video tutorial through the manual... Thanks. -- Russell Adamsrlad...@adamsinfoserv.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint:1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3
