Re: [O] The power of '-'

[Chris Patti]

Export is one of org's best features IMO.

You can take your outline and make a PDF, HTML, etc etc out of it.

Very handy for when you want to type some notes or something up and
make them look REALLY polished. Impress the boss :)

-Chris

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Brenda Butler <b...@mojatatu.com> wrote:
> I'm not super advanced in org-mode, so take what I have to say as
> "non-authoritative", but:
>
> I don't think you need any prefix on lines in your org-mode file.
> Lines with some number of * are headers as you noted
> Lines that start with a - make a list of items.
>
> I'm not sure what you can do with lists ... but probably that has an effect
> on formatting.
> So you can have a paragraph (no prefix), then a list (list items start with
> -) then another paragraph ...
>
> I haven't tried to "export" my org files so I don't know how it would look.
> I just use the files as a todo/done list/database/thing.
>
> bjb
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Chris Patti <cpa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> So, this is one of those weird moments where I feel really stupid
>> saying this, but I can imagine others have dealt with this as well.
>>
>> When I first started using org-mode, I thought you prefixed every line
>> with some number of *.
>>
>> Then, I discovered that the *** were headings, and actual items under
>> those headings were prefixed with '-'.
>>
>> This is a simple thing, but WOW did it make a huge difference.
>>
>> * I kept wondering why exports to PDF or HTML looked like crud
>> * Things like beamer wouldn't render my slides properly
>>
>> etc etc.
>>
>> I'm going to go over the documentation and ensure I wasn't just
>> looking past something, but I wonder if others have had this problem.
>>
>> -Chris
>>
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[O] The power of '-'

[Chris Patti]

So, this is one of those weird moments where I feel really stupid
saying this, but I can imagine others have dealt with this as well.

When I first started using org-mode, I thought you prefixed every line
with some number of *.

Then, I discovered that the *** were headings, and actual items under
those headings were prefixed with '-'.

This is a simple thing, but WOW did it make a huge difference.

* I kept wondering why exports to PDF or HTML looked like crud
* Things like beamer wouldn't render my slides properly

etc etc.

I'm going to go over the documentation and ensure I wasn't just
looking past something, but I wonder if others have had this problem.

-Chris

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[O] Which app was John Wegley referring to when he talked about opening Org-mode on IOS?

[Chris Patti]

In his "emacs Chat" with Sacha Chau, Mr. Wegley mentions being able to
open Org-mode files on IOS.

This would be awesome for me and I'm wondering if anyone knows what he
was referring to.

(I'm guessing it's not MobileOrg because that program on IOS seems to
want a rather odd method involving pushing files back and forth)

Thanks!
-Chris

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[O] Best way to edit org files via Dropbox on an IOS device?

[Chris Patti]

I've tried MobileOrg and the strange (to me :) push/pull workflow
doesn't fit my needs very well.

Dropbox has an excellent IOS client, I'd love to just be able to load
and edit my .org files from that with some app or other.

Does such exist?

Thanks!
-Chris

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Re: [O] org-mobile-push and MobileOrg compatibility issue

[Chris Patti]

I must confess I am not wild about the whole way MobileOrg purports to function.

I don't really want to have to push or pull my OrgFiles to/from
mobile.  With mechanisms like Dropbox what I *really* want is to be
able to access and manipulate Org content on my device directly.

-Chris

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Vamsi Vytla  wrote:
> Hi Nicolas,
>
> I can guarantee you that your suggestion did NOT work for me. I haven't
> heard anything from Sergey here. Looks like people at MobileOrg-Android
> maybe running into the same issue:
>
> https://github.com/matburt/mobileorg-android/issues/472#issuecomment-147403622
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Vamsi
>
> On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 1:44 AM Nicolas Goaziou 
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Vamsi Vytla  writes:
>>
>> > M-x 'org-mobile-push', with the latest org-mode leaves the files
>> > incompatible with MobileOrg Android application. There have been no
>> > changes
>> > in MobileOrg for over a year.
>> >
>> > I bisected the latest org-mobile related changes and noticed that
>> > reverting
>> > this one line below "fixes" the issue (at least for me). Since there
>> > aren't
>> > any tests, it's hard to validate changes and understand things easily.
>> >
>> > If anybody can point me in the right direction, I would love to look
>> > into
>> > it further.
>> >
>> > Cheers!
>> >
>> > diff --git a/lisp/org-mobile.el b/lisp/org-mobile.el
>> > index 6c7c8d0..7e1127c 100644
>> > --- a/lisp/org-mobile.el
>> > +++ b/lisp/org-mobile.el
>> > @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ agenda view showing the flagged items."
>> >  x))
>> >(cdr entry)))
>> > (insert "#+TODO: " (mapconcat 'identity kwds " ") "\n")
>> > -   (setq dwds (or (member "|" kwds) (last kwds))
>> > +   (setq dwds (member "|" kwds)
>> >   twds (org-delete-all dwds kwds)
>> >   todo-kwds (org-delete-all twds todo-kwds)
>> >   done-kwds (org-delete-all dwds done-kwds)))
>>
>> IIRC this change was introduced to fix another bug. It might be useful
>> to discuss with the author of this change. Another option is to use
>>
>>   (or (member "|" kwds) (cons "|" (last kwds)))
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> --
>> Nicolas Goaziou



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[O] Valid use cases for lists?

[Chris Patti]

Can anyone give me an example of when it's a good idea to use lists
rather than headlines?

They feel rather like a violation of the principle of least surprise
to me, because when you use them, and then try to use pretty much any
other Org feature on them (marking them as a TODO item, tagging, etc.)
it doesn't work because lists aren't meant to be used that way.

I'm guessing I'm missing something obvious here, and that's why I'm asking.

Thanks in advance!
-Chris

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