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12 [[file:../index.org][{Back to Worg's index}]]
16 * General Introductions to Org-mode
18 :ID: 5B439D78-F862-4380-959C-BEB542DFE352
21 - [[http://orgmode.org/talks/GoogleTech.html][Google Tech Talk about Org-mode]], a 45 minute talk given by Carsten
22 Dominik during a visit at [[http://maps.google.com/%3Fq%3D37.423156,-122.084917%2B(Google%20Inc.)&hl%3Den][Google]].
24 - [[http://www.nf.mpg.de/orgmode/guest-talk-dominik.html][Organizing a Scientist's Life and Work]], a 45 minute talk given by
25 Carsten Dominik during a visit at the [[http://www.nf.mpg.de/][Max-Planck Institute for
26 neurological Research Cologne]].
28 - On [[http://twit.tv/floss136][FLOSS Weekly Episode 136]] (Audio+Video download available)
29 Randal Schwartz interviews Carsten Dominik about Org-mode.
31 - [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-screencasts/ghm2011-demo.html][Emacs Org-mode presentation at GNU Hackers Meeting 2011 in Paris]] (in
32 English), by Bastien Guerry.
34 - [[http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9116][Getting Organized with Emacs Org-mode]] by [[http://www.planetizen.com/user/2][Abhijeet Chavan]], an article
35 originally published in the [[http://www.linuxjournal.com/][Linux Journal]].
37 - [[file:orgtutorial_dto.org][The OrgMode tutorial]] by [[http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/][David O'Toole]], covering the basics of TODO
38 lists and the agenda. It has been translated into [[file:orgtutorial_dto-fr.org][French]], [[http://hpcgi1.nifty.com/spen/index.cgi?OrgMode%2fOrgTutorial][Japanese]],
39 [[file:orgtutorial_dto-es.org][Spanish]], [[http://hokmen.chan.googlepages.com/OrgTutorial.en-cn.html][Chinese]], [[http://jmjeong.com/index.php?display=Emacs/OrgMode][Korean]], [[http://habrahabr.ru/blogs/emacs/105300/][Russian]] and [[http://deneb.iszt.hu/~pasztor/orgtutorial/notebook/orgtutorial-hu.html][Hungarian]].
41 - [[http://jaderholm.com/screencasts.html][A 25 minute screencast]] by [[http://jaderholm.com][Scott Jaderholm]], demonstrating the basic
44 - [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2008/01/18/outlining-your-notes-with-org/][Outlining Your Notes with Org]] by [[http://sachachua.com/wp/][Sacha Chua]] covers outlining,
45 searching and internal links.
47 - [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/orgmode.html][Using Emacs org-mode for GTD]] by [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/][Charles Cave]] contains an
48 introduction into Org-mode, among other things. Charles has also
49 written a more extensive document ([[id:50A0DEB1-4B63-4CC4-840E-313615C4BAE3][see below]]), but here we still
50 link to the earlier version because of its nice overview over
53 - Emacs Org-mode, [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/8547][video version of a 2-hour talk]] by Russell Adams at
54 the [[http://www.hlug.org/][Houston Linux User Group]]. The first half of the first hour is
55 /not/ about Org-mode, but about the Linux command =xargs=.
57 - [[https://github.com/novoid/org-mode-workshop/blob/master/featureshow/org-mode-teaser.org][Demonstration of Org-mode features]] by Karl Voit, presented for the
58 first time at [[http://glt12-programm.linuxtage.at/events/96.de.html][Grazer Linuxtage 2012]].
60 - [[https://github.com/novoid/org-mode-workshop][Org-mode Workshop]] by Karl Voit, conducted at [[http://www.TUGraz.at][Graz University of
61 Technology]] in November 2012 (3x4 hours). It includes a newer version
62 of the feature-show from the entry above.
64 - /In German language:/ [[ftp://ftp.freiesmagazin.de/2009/freiesMagazin-2009-10.pdf][Ordnung ins Chaos mit Org-Mode]], an excellent
65 introduction into Org-mode, by Rainer Koenig, published in the free
66 electronic journal [[http://www.freiesmagazin.de/][Freies Magazin]].
68 - /In French:/ A [[http://www.olivierberger.com/weblog/index.php?post/2010/08/14/Ma-vie-a-chang%C3%A9-%3A-j-utilise-org-mode][general introduction]] on Org for the "[[http://lifehacking.fr][lifehacking]]"
69 group, by Olivier Berger.
71 - /In German:/ [[http://www.suenkler.info/emacs-orgmode.html][Der Emacs Org mode]], a comprehensive blog post about Org-mode, by
74 * Power users describe their setup
76 :ID: 50A0DEB1-4B63-4CC4-840E-313615C4BAE3
81 In the following documents, the authors describe the details of
82 their setup, along with the workflows they use to get organized with
83 Org-mode. While as a beginner you probably should start with only a
84 simple setup, these descriptions will be a fantastic source of
85 inspiration once you start growing your use of Org-mode.
87 - [[http://www.newartisans.com/2007/08/using-org-mode-as-a-day-planner.html][Using Org-mode as a day planner]] by [[http://johnwiegley.com][John Wiegley]] shows how to use
88 Org-mode after the fashion of a pen-and-paper day planner.
90 - [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/gtd_workflow.html][How I use Emacs and Org-mode to implement GTD]] by [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/][Charles Cave]]
91 shows one method of doing GTD with org-mode and covers (among
92 other things) categories, effort estimates, tags, scheduling, and
93 custom agenda commands.
95 - [[http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html][Organize Your Life In Plain Text!]] by Bernt Hansen describes how to
96 use Org-mode to track and clock everything you work on.
98 * Tutorials on specific features
101 - A short [[http://lumiere.ens.fr/~guerry/org-playing-with-lists-screencast.html][screencast]] presenting a few features of plain lists, by
104 ** Tables, Spreadseet, Plotting
106 - [[file:tables.org][A very short introduction to tables in Org-mode]], by Bastien.
108 - [[file:org-spreadsheet-intro.org][A very short introduction to Org as a spreadsheet system]], by
111 - [[file:org-spreadsheet-lisp-formulas.org][Using Emacs lisp for spreadsheet formulas]] ([[file:org-tableur-tutoriel.org][french version]]), by Bastien.
113 - [[file:org-plot.org][Plotting tables in Org-Mode using org-plot]] by Eric Schulte
115 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQAd41VAXWo][Can your editor do this]], awesome little video showing how to create
116 HTML tables from an embedded Org-mode table.
118 - [[file:multitarget-tables.org][Using multiple-target tables and general formatting functions]] by
119 [[http://claimid.com/ejr/][Jason Riedy]].
121 - [[http://www.hollenback.net/index.php/EmacsOrgTimestamps][Timestamps in Org and Calc]], how to calculate and display times in Org-mode by Phil Hollenback
123 - [[file:org-lookups.org][Table lookup functions]] by Jarmo Hurri
127 - [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/org_dates/][Using Dates and Times in Emacs Org-mode]] by [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/][Charles Cave]].
129 - [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][Clocking time with Emacs Org]] by [[http://sachachua.com/wp/][Sacha Chua]].
131 ** Tags, Properties, and Column View
133 - [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2008/01/04/tagging-in-org-plus-bonus-code-for-timeclocks-and-tags/][Tagging in Org]] by [[http://sachachua.com/wp/][Sacha Chua]].
135 - [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/5107/focus%3D5134][What's the use of Column View?]] by Christian Egli is a short tutorial
136 about Column View that was sent to [[http://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode][emacs-orgmode@gnu.org]].
138 - [[file:org-column-view-tutorial.org][Emacs Org's Column View]] by [[http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/][Bastien]], with an accompanying [[http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/org-column-screencast.php][screencast]].
142 - [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/remember.html][Remember mode tutorial]] by [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/][Charles Cave]].
144 - [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/10/05/remembering-to-org-and-planner/][Remembering to Org and Planner]] by [[http://sachachua.com/wp/][Sacha Chua]].
148 - [[file:org-protocol-custom-handler.org][Defining custom handlers for use with org-protocol]] by Sebastian Rose
150 - [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/datetree.html][Capture mode and date trees in org-mode]] by [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/][Charles Cave]].
154 - [[file:org-custom-agenda-commands.org][Using custom agenda commands]] by Matt Lundin
156 - [[file:advanced-searching.org][Advanced searching]] by Matt Lundin
160 - [[file:org-customize.org][Using customize to find and set options]] by Carsten Dominik.
161 - [[file:org-appearance.org][Customizing Org appearance]]
163 ** Export and Publishing
165 - [[file:org-publish-html-tutorial.org][Publishing Org-mode files to HTML]], covering the basics of publishing
166 to HTML, by Sebastian Rose.
167 - [[file:org-publish-layersmenu.org][Phplayersmenu and HTML publishing]], shows how to create and maintain JavaScript
168 menus (Phplayermenu) for HTML export, by Sebastian Rose.
169 - [[file:images-and-xhtml-export.org][Images and XHTML export]], shows simple image handling in HTML export, by
171 - [[file:org-taskjuggler.org][Creating Gantt charts by exporting to TaskJuggler]], explains the usage of
172 the TaskJuggler exporter. There is a Serbo-Croatian translation [[file:org-taskjuggler-scr.org][here]] by
174 - [[file:org-latex-export.org][Using the LaTeX exporter]] introduces configuration topics.
175 - [[file:org-google-sync.org][Syncing with Google Calendar]]
179 - [[file:org-import-rtm.org][Importing from remember the milk]]
182 ** Natural Project Planning
184 - [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/][Charles Cave]] about using Org-mode to implement [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/Natural_Project_Planning.html][Natural Project
185 Planning]] according to David Allen.
189 - [[file:tracking-habits.org][Tracking habits with org-mode]], by Matt Lundin.
191 ** Using version Control with Your org files
192 - [[file:org-vcs.org][Using version control with your org files]], by Ian Barton.
193 - Use [[https://github.com/simonthum/git-sync][git-sync]] (disclaimer: my script) if you have a git repo of your own
194 somewhere in the interclouds.
195 - Use [[http://git-annex.branchable.com/sync/][git-annex]] for even more decentralized sync and/or heavier workloads.
196 ** How to use jsMath with org-mode
197 - [[file:org-jsmath.org][How to use jsMath with org-mode]], by Darlan Cavalcante Moreira.
199 ** Creating a Blog with Jekyll and org
200 - How to create a [[file:org-jekyll.org][blog]] with Jekyll.
202 ** Creating Beamer presentations
204 - Here is a [[file:org-beamer/tutorial.org][tutorial]], by Eric S. Fraga.
205 - Also available is a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho6nMWGtepY&feature=player_embedded][YouTube video]] by Shulei Zhu, demonstrating the
207 ** Creating Non-Beamer presentations
209 - A simple [[file:non-beamer-presentations.org][tutorial]] by Eric Schulte
211 ** Keeping up with your team's tasks
212 A setup that makes it easy to [[http://juanreyero.com/article/emacs/org-teams.html][keep up with the work]] of several
213 people, packaged as org-secretary.el in contrib.
214 ** Tracking tasks through a series of meetings
215 This tutorial describes a workflow for running a series of
216 meetings, for example of a commission or any other group, and for
217 keeping track of the groups tasks. [[file:org-meeting-tasks.org][Link to the tutorial]].
221 See also [[id:50A0DEB1-4B63-4CC4-840E-313615C4BAE3][Powerusers describe their setup]]
223 - [[http://sachachua.com/wp/][Sacha Chua]] about [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/22/a-day-in-a-life-with-org/][A day in a life with Org]] and about the basics of
224 [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/28/emacs-getting-things-done-with-org-basic/][Getting Things Done with Org]]
226 - David O'Toole explains his setup in [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/4832][this post]].
228 - This [[http://www.brool.com/?p=82][blog post]] shows a very simple and clear GTD setup.
230 - Manuel Hermenegildo describes his [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/6701/focus%3D6732][Setup for collaborative work
233 - Jan Böcker describes his approach to [[http://www.jboecker.de/2010/04/14/general-reference-filing-with-org-mode.html][general reference filing]] with
238 See the [[file:org-screencasts/index.org][Screencasts]] page for a complete list of Org-mode screencasts.
240 * Features waiting for tutorials
248 - Using orgtbl-mode in LaTeX
251 * Org-related pages by Tutorial authors
253 Here are the pages of a number of people that write for or about
256 - [[http://www.newartisans.com][John Wiegley]]
258 - [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/][Charles Cave]]
260 - [[http://sachachua.com/wp/][Sacha Chua]]
262 - [[http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/][Bastien Guerry]]