[O] Best practice for canceled/moved recurring events
I have a meeting at 09:00 every Monday: --8<---cut here---start->8--- * Diary ** TODO Weekly Meeting DEADLINE: <2016-07-18 Mon 09:00 +1w> --8<---cut here---end--->8--- What is the best way of dealing with scenarios where (1) the meeting "next week" is on the Wednesday and (2) the meeting "two weeks" after that (or whatever) is canceled? Should I create a large set of time-shift entries for each week individually and edit accordingly?
Re: [O] Link-checker for Org-mode
Nicolas Goaziou mail at nicolasgoaziou.fr writes: Org Lint does that already. Please provide a link. Searching was not helpful.
[O] No ODT Export
I'm using Org 8.2.4. C-c C-e does not offer any ODT export. Where should I start looking to solve this?
Re: [O] No ODT Export
Christian Moe mail at christianmoe.com writes: Adding (add-to-list 'org-export-backends 'odt) should do the trick. Something else must be wrong, as this gives me: Symbol's value as variable is void: org-export-backends
Re: [O] No ODT Export
SabreWolfy sabrewolfy at gmail.com writes: Something else must be wrong, as this gives me: Symbol's value as variable is void: org-export-backends This worked: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00313.html
Re: [O] search for csv utilities
Use the right tool for job. Jude DaShiell jdashiel at panix.com writes: I have concluded emacs-orgmode spreadsheet is unusable and the amount of data is at 400 records now and will grow.
[O] Where to keep draft work?
Consider the following Org file, which is used to generate an Agenda: --8---cut here---start-8--- * Write the big report DEADLINE: 2015-05-26 Tue 12:00 * Write the small report DEADLINE: 2015-06-02 Tue 12:00 * Plan the draft proposal SCHEDULED: 2015-05-28 Thu 09:00 --8---cut here---end---8--- Where is the best place to store the actual text of the reports and proposals? Should it be stored under each heading? Or in a drawer? Or linked? I call the Agenda and see entries for the day, and then scroll to one and press Tab to jump to it. This would be a good place to store the text?
[O] ditta image size
The following Org file: --8---cut here---start-8--- * Picture #+BEGIN_SRC ditaa :file hello-world.png :cmdline -r -s 1.0 ++ | Hi | ++ #+END_SRC --8---cut here---end---8--- rendered to LaTeX and then PDF (C-c C-e l o) with ditaa version 0.9 and org-version 8.2.4 in Emacs 24.3.1 produces output with the ditaa image very much enlarged and pixelated. How can I avoid this?
Re: [O] ditta image size
SabreWolfy sabrewolfy at gmail.com writes: The following Org file: --8---cut here---start-8--- * Picture #+BEGIN_SRC ditaa :file hello-world.png :cmdline -r -s 1.0 ++ | Hi | ++ #+END_SRC --8---cut here---end---8--- rendered to LaTeX and then PDF (C-c C-e l o) with ditaa version 0.9 and org-version 8.2.4 in Emacs 24.3.1 produces output with the ditaa image very much enlarged and pixelated. How can I avoid this? I prepared another, more complex diagram, which is now rendered smaller than before, but is still of poor, pixelated quality. This is a PNG scaling problem? GraphhViz will give better quality?
[O] TTY keys in GUI
I'm having difficulty changing dates/times in timestamps on a MacBook Air, as the keyboard shortcuts do not work. I'd like to access the keys described here: http://orgmode.org/manual/TTY-keys.html via Emacs launched via the GUI, rather than the console. If I run Emacs with '-nw', the TTY shortcuts work. If I run Emacs with a GUI (OS X), those shortcuts don't work.
Re: [O] Missing Agenda Export in ICS
Eric S Fraga e.fraga at ucl.ac.uk writes: Have you looked at the actual calendar entry in the ics file? The entry is not in the ICS file.
Re: [O] Missing Agenda Export in ICS
Eric S Fraga e.fraga at ucl.ac.uk writes: Have you looked at the actual calendar entry in the ics file? The entry does not appear in the ICS file. Some events are being exported, some are not.
Re: [O] Missing Agenda Export in ICS
Eric S Fraga e.fraga at ucl.ac.uk writes: Ah, so the problem is with the export from org and not the import into Google's calendar. Your original post was ambiguous! Yes. Thanks for the suggestion to look at the ICS file as well. I should have thought of that :) Have you tried exporting that entry alone? Have you looked at the *Messages* buffer for any errors? What is the entry just before the one that doesn't export? In other words, what have you looked at? No entries of relevance in the *Messages* buffer. I was looking for suggestions as to *what* I should look at to start trouble-shooting this. I have solved it though. I was exporting the default week view, and looking for entries further in the future :) I think I assumed that the entire Agenda would be exported, not (just) the current view. If I switch to the fortnightly view, for example, then the entry in question is correctly exported. Apologies for the noise.
[O] Missing Agenda Export in ICS
I'm using Org-mode 8.2.7c. I exported my Agenda with C-x C-w and specified an ICS file, which I then imported into Google Calendar. Many events appeared, but some did not. An example of one, which did not appear, was a standard timestamp event, where other standard ones also appeared. What are the reasons that an item would not export? -- * Diary ** Entry does not work 2014-09-15 Mon 18:00-20:00 - This entry does not appear in the export. Other similar ones do appear.
[O] ditaa on Mac OS X
This[1] ditaa example with ORg 8.2.7f under Mac OS X Mavericks fails with a message indicating that .../elpa/contrib/scripts/ditaa.jar is not found. I created the folder and soft-linked /usr/local/bin/ditaa to ditaa.jar and tried again. This time the export ran, but the PDF it created contained a large box with :file somefile_name.png inside it. I've also read this[2] and did not find ditaa in ELPA. Suggestions? [1] http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#playingwithditaa [2] http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-ditaa.html
[O] Ditaa on Mac OS X
This[1] ditaa example with ORg 8.2.7f under Mac OS X Mavericks fails with a message indicating that .../elpa/contrib/scripts/ditaa.jar is not found. I created the folder and soft-linked /usr/local/bin/ditaa to ditaa.jar and tried again. This time the export ran, but the PDF it created contained a large box with :file somefile_name.png inside it. I've also read this[2] and did not find ditaa in ELPA. Suggestions? [1] http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#playingwithditaa [2] http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-ditaa.html
Re: [O] Agenda, Deadline, DONE
hymie! hymie at lactose.homelinux.net writes: Is there a way to remove deadlines for DONE tasks from the Agenda? Add this to your .emacs: ,- | (setq org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done nil) `-
Re: [O] Agenda, Deadline, DONE
Correction: ,- | (setq org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done t) `-
Re: [O] Release Org 8.2.7c
Bastien bzg at gnu.org writes: I released Org 8.2.7c. Can someone point me to the changelog for this? Is not here[1]. Is it on that git thing somewhere? :) [1] http://orgmode.org/Changes.html
Re: [O] Release Org 8.2.7c
Bastien bzg at gnu.org writes: I released Org 8.2.7c. Should this be available via ELPA[1]? [1] http://orgmode.org/elpa.html
Re: [O] Installing Org 8
I've wasted an entire day trying to upgrade to Org 8 under OS X :( I'm using a modified version of Emacs, with ESS pre-installed. I've also downloaded the latest 24.3.1 Emacs for OS X and tried with that. In both cases, I am able to install Org 8 (20140730 now) via ELPA. It installs to a local directory. However, when I restart Emacs and enter 'org-version', I am shown: Org-mode version 7.9.3f (release_7.9.3f-17-g7524ef @ /Users/macbookair/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20140730/) It looks like the pre-installed version is taking precedence, but it is showing the folder of the new version. I tried deleting the pre-installed version of Org from the /Applications/... folder, but then Emacs generates an error on start-up about not being able to locate the org-latex file. I did manage to install both the latest Org and ESS into the latest Emacs 24.3.1, but then Emacs was not able to open Bazaar VC files -- it could not find the 'bzr' file (Bazaar is, of course, installed; the ESS-modified Emacs can open Bazaar VC files). As it stands now, I'm back to using the ESS-modified version of Emacs (as it has ESS and bzr working) and have Org 8 installed via ELPA, but not working. *Sigh*
Re: [O] Installing Org 8
Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo jorge.a.alfaro at gmail.com writes: Try putting (package-initialize) as the first line of your .emacs, that should do the trick. This solved it. Thanks :)
[O] Installing Org 8
I successfully upgraded Org mode to version 8 by following these[1] instructions. I am now trying to repeat this on a Mac OS X system. After M-x list-packages, Emacs connects to elpa.gnu.org and then to orgmode.org, but reports that it is unable to connect to orgmode.org, and presents a list of the packages from GNU only (no upgrade is available for org). Navigating to the Org mode repository directly works, so the site is online. I am using a modified version of Emacs[2] with various packages pre-installed[3], which has Org mode version 7.9.3f. [1] http://orgmode.org/elpa.html [2] http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca/en/emacs/mac/ [3] This was the only way I could get ESS installed in Emacs under OS X.
Re: [O] Installing Org 8
This was a network/proxy issue. Emacs was also unable to contact GNU, but displayed a default/cached (?) list of packages.
Re: [O] Setup Org-mode to write diary.
Sharon Kimble boudiccas at skimble.plus.com writes: Yes, but I don't take much notice of it. See my question and the answers here[1] about slow performance in Org files when line-numbering is enabled. [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5229705/emacs-org-mode-turn-off-line-numbers
[O] Move headline up/down
I know how to move subtrees up and down, but how do I change the order of top-level headline entries (the ones starting with *)?
Re: [O] Move headline up/down
SabreWolfy sabrewolfy at gmail.com writes: I know how to move subtrees up and down, but how do I change the order of top-level headline entries (the ones starting with *)? M-Up and M-Down (Strangely, *not* EScUp/Down though, which I tried initially, because M-x *is* the same as Escx for me.)
Re: [O] Move headline up/down
Thorsten Jolitz tjolitz at gmail.com writes: with point on top3: M-x org-move-subtree-up Thanks -- that works. I tried S-Up/Down, which I erroneously thought moved subtrees, but not headlines ;) What I should have tried, which works for headlines and subtrees, is M-S-Up/Down.
Re: [O] Setup Org-mode to write diary.
Sharon Kimble boudiccas at skimble.plus.com writes: But I have found that I can't have more that 3 months worth of postings in a buffer, without things slowing down and seeming to get slightly corrupted. That would be three main headings and about 30 sub-headings under each, giving a total of 120 sub-headings. Do you have line-numbering on?
Re: [O] A gentle introduction to Emacs Org-mode?
Thorsten Jolitz tjolitz at gmail.com writes: , | http://bzg.fr/learn-emacs-lisp-in-15-minutes.html ` Didn't know about this, and it's been online for 364 days :) Definitely worth reading. Thanks, Bastien!
Re: [O] Emacs with Org 8?
Nicolas Richard theonewiththeevillook at yahoo.fr writes: ... This is because Emacs 24.3.1 was released before Org 8 was released. ... As an aside, where does the sub-minor version number for Emacs originate? I'm running 24.3.1 and the next release is 24.4. However, even though I can't find any information about 24.3.2, a search of this list for 24.3.2 returns results...
[O] Repeat task a fixed number of times
This repeats an event on the first of the month forever: --8---cut here---start-8--- * Attend Monthly Meeting 2014-05-01 +1m --8---cut here---end---8--- How do I indicate that the event should be repeated monthly for 6 months only? Time-shift?
Re: [O] Emacs with Org 8?
Nicolas Richard theonewiththeevillook at yahoo.fr writes: snip Alternatively you can update to Org 8 via elpa. (M-x list-packages). snip Thanks :) I really wanted to move to Org 8, but I'd been putting off upgrading for months, as I thought it was a complicated procedure, which would take a lot of time to figure out. Turns out it only took a few minutes, with everything explained here: http://orgmode.org/elpa.html :)
[O] Emacs with Org 8?
The latest stable release of Emacs is 24.3.1, which does not contain Org version 8? Therefore, using Org 8 requires (manual) installation? I am using a modified version of Emacs on Mac, with ESS and other packages pre-installed. This version has Org 7.9.3 though :(
Re: [O] Repeat work / week days
Nick Dokos ndokos at gmail.com writes: `C-c C-x c' (`org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift') Thanks. This looks like the best solution.
[O] Include TODO for once-off events?
I use the following to include once-off events in my Agenda: --8---cut here---start-8--- * Once-Off Task 2014-06-11 Wed 09:00 --8---cut here---end---8--- What is the difference (benefit) to rather doing this: --8---cut here---start-8--- * TODO Once-Off Task 2014-06-11 Wed 09:00 --8---cut here---end---8--- The second method gives me a red TODO in the Agenda and allows me to mark the task as DONE. Is that the primary reason for using TODO? If the state of a task is not important, there is no need to include TODO?
[O] Repeat work / week days
I searched here and elsewhere, and then played with various diary sexp settings, but I could not find a way to repeat an entry on work/week days (Monday to Friday) every week. I would like a task to appear on all Mondays to Fridays. The repeat should preferably be from Monday to Tuesday, Tuesday to Wednesday, etc., rather than from Monday to Monday, Tuesday to Tuesday, etc., but this is not so important.
[O] Babel issue after upgrade to Org 8?
I've recently updated my Debian unstable installation and Emacs now reports this on startup: Symbol's function definition is void: org-babel-do-load-language My .emacs includes: (org-babel-do-load-languages 'org-babel-load-languages '((R . t))) I've searched for a solution and read the notes about upgrading to Org 8 (which may have occurred during the update?), but have not found a solution. Can someone point me in the right direction, please? Thanks.
[O] eval-line-and-step broken in org mode buffer
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.ess.general/7239 I can confirm this with Org 7.8 and ESS 13.05 and R 3.0.1 under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. eval-line-and-step (F9) when in an Org file evaluates the line in R, and then jumps the cursor elsewhere as described, instead of advancing it. eval-line-and-step-invisibly advances the cursor to the next line, but does not skip blank lines or comments. Is this an ESS or Org issue?
[O] Installation of Org 8
rant Please can someone point me to instructions to install Org 8? I've downloaded the tar.gz file and searched and tried several sets of instructions. The 'build instructions' are no help. Neither are the ELPA instructions. I'm on Kubuntu 13.04. The default org-mode is 7.9.something. I've purged that. I've done make and make install all and sudo make install all. I'm not interested in installing and learning git. The reason I want to try 8 is that the instructions here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-R.html about including output from R in ORG format to make nice HTML tables is not working. I get a BEGIN_SRC org instead of BEGIN_ORG or something. I thought it would be best to trouble-shoot this using the latest Org. /rant
[O] Args out of range: 0, 1
Emacs/R is aborting running/exporting an R code block with the message: Args out of range: 0, 1 in the mini-buffer line. This is triggered when I try to use ascii or print to output a data structure. I've searched for this error and found it to be related to converting HTML to text. with a number of posts from several years ago. What can I do to solve it? I'm using Emacs 23.4.1, Org version 7.9.2, R 2.15.2 on Kubuntu 13.04. I'll try to prepare a minimal example, separate from my actual input data.
Re: [O] Exporting output and graphics from R
Sebastien Vauban sva-news@... writes: AFAICT, you can't have both at the same time. Do you have a real use case for this? Maybe I'm not using the right tool for the job. I thought it would be useful to be able to intersperse explanatory text with output: --8---cut here---start-8--- All crows are black. We know this from looking at crows. I analyzed a dataset using this code, and produced a graph as follows: #+BEGIN_SRC R :results graphics :file testout.png :exports both # load data, analyze, make graph #+END_SRC The above analysis shows that all crows are black. A table of observed results is as follows: #+BEGIN_SRC R :results # more R code using the same dataset # will only work if the dataset is loaded again #+END_SRC This can be summarized with the following results: #+BEGIN_SRC R :results graphics :file testout.png :exports both # R code plotting another graph and showing another output table #+END_SRC --8---cut here---end---8--- My idea is that I would like the R code included for my reference when reading the document. I would also like the explanatory text, etc. included, as well as the output and results for the people who will be reading the document. Easier just to do it all in LaTeX directly? But then the code is not live, like it is in Org.
Re: [O] Exporting output and graphics from R
Feng Shu tumashu at gmail.com writes: #+BEGIN_SRC R :results output :exports both pngname - testout.png png(pngname) plot(1:10, 1:10) dev.off() x - 1:10 paste([[./, pngname, ]],sep=) #+END_SRC Thanks. This is a great suggestion.
Re: [O] Guidance for preparing document with code
Hi Thorsten, Thanks for the links.
Re: [O] Guidance for preparing document with code
Sebastien Vauban sva-news@... writes: Little starter for your R code: #+BEGIN_SRC R :results graphics :file testout.png plot(1:10, (1:10)^2) #+END_SRC snip w00t! I exported a quick structured document, with text, code and the png file as an HTML document. This is super-cool :) I should have figured out how to this ages ago. Thanks for the example. And thanks to Carsten, /et al./ too ;)
[O] Exporting output and graphics from R
When the following code is evaluated or exported, only the link to testout.png appears in the RESULTS section. --8---cut here---start-8--- #+BEGIN_SRC R :results output graphics :file testout.png :exports both plot(1:10, 1:10) x - 1:10 library(ascii) options(asciiType = org) ascii(x) #+END_SRC --8---cut here---end---8--- When this code is evaluated, the value of x appears in the RESULTS: --8---cut here---start-8--- #+BEGIN_SRC R :results output :exports both x - 1:10 library(ascii) options(asciiType = org) ascii(x) #+END_SRC --8---cut here---end---8--- How can I get the first example to output both graphics and ascii output? I'm using Org 7.9.2.
[O] Guidance for preparing document with code
I'm using Org ~7.8 and would like to prepare a document for export to HTML to make available to others to read. This document will contain heading, text, etc., R code (for my reference) and the output of the R code. Where should I look to learn how to do this in R? Org-babel? Is this literate programming? I've read much about Org over the years, and I think I've probably tried this already once before, but I'd like to know where to start looking.
Re: [O] Guidance for preparing document with code
Nick Dokos ndokos at gmail.com writes: org-babel is the right tool. Getting the headers right might involve some fiddling: there have been many question on the ML about those so you can try searching, but if after some effort you are still running into a wall, just post what you have, what you want to accomplish and how your purported solution fails: there are lots of people able and willing to help. The only thing to keep in mind is that the shorter the example, the better: don't post your 100-page org file; extract the example(s) that you want help with. Thanks. Apologies -- I meant *headers* (ie: a structured/outline-type document), not *headings*. If you are using the R code for your reference, and only presenting the results, that's *not* literate programming: you don't have to worry about the noweb stuff. I wanted to include explanatory text, the R code, then the output of the code, all in the same document. The R code will not be relevant to the reader, but I'd like it included and executed to produce output.
Re: [O] Guidance for preparing document with code
Hi :) Thomas S. Dye tsd at tsdye.com writes: Org mode should do what you want pretty much out of the box. Note that the exporters all changed with Org 8, so you'll want to distinguish between the old and new exporters if you look for information on line. I haven't upgraded to Org 8 yet, but I see a later reply in this threads mentions that it's quite easy, so I might try that first, to benefit from the new exporter. For your R code blocks, see the :exports header argument. It sounds like you'll want to set that to :exports both so you can see both your R code and its output in the html document. Noted; thanks.
Re: [O] Guidance for preparing document with code
Hi Marcin, Marcin Borkowski mbork at wmi.amu.edu.pl writes: Just my two cents: some time ago I had a problem with Org (not the exporter, it was MobileOrg), and I was advised to install the newest Org (8.0). I was a bit afraid, but it turned out that the installation went /very/ smoothly. And since the 8.0 has the new exporter, I'd suggest you switch, too. (I used Elpa, but I was told that installing from git repo is as easy as that, too.) I was holding off updating to Org 8, but I might do that first, as your experience was a good one. My concern regarding updating was more related to the long list of gotchas on the website about version 8 and functionality changes.
Re: [O] Guidance for preparing document with code
Hi Sebastien, Thanks for the explanation and the example, which I'm going to use to get me started.
[O] Agenda items with date ranges
I remember that previously in Agenda view, entries such as: , | * A few days | 2013-02-07 Thu--2013-02-14 Thu ` would appear with a (1/8), (2/8), etc. preceding the entry. I added a similar entry today in org-mode version 7.9.2, and it appeared in the agenda without the (1/8), etc. I have searched here, asked on IRC and looked for a variable to control this feature, but have not been successful. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Re: [O] Agenda items with date ranges
Bastien bzg at altern.org writes: I can't reproduce this problem. Can you reproduce it with latest Org? The agenda *shows* the (1/8), etc. in Org-Mode 7.8.11. It does *not* show it in version 7.9.2 (Debian sid), so that's why I have noticed it. If I get around to installing the latest version, I'll post feedback here.
