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Arne Babenhauserheide<p>Plot a histogram from a table with calculated percentages:<br><a href="https://www.draketo.de/software/org-mode-tipps#plot-historgram-table-calculation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">draketo.de/software/org-mode-t</span><span class="invisible">ipps#plot-historgram-table-calculation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/Emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emacs</span></a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/visualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visualization</span></a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a></p>
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedia.social/@zstg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zstg</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@thelinuxcast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thelinuxcast</span></a></span> </p><p>Absolutely.</p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgdown</span></a> = the name for the syntax of Org-mode which can be used anywhere and which got great support outside of Emacs just as <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> has support outside any MD tool you name including pandoc.</p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a> = Elisp implementation to Support note-taking (and much more) with a <a href="https://graz.social/tags/LML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LML</span></a> named orgdown in (GNU) Emacs with highlighting and modification features.</p><p>Background:<br><a href="https://karl-voit.at/2021/11/27/orgdown/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karl-voit.at/2021/11/27/orgdow</span><span class="invisible">n/</span></a><br><a href="https://gitlab.com/publicvoit/orgdown/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gitlab.com/publicvoit/orgdown/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>And my current main article on that:</p><p>Org Mode Syntax Is One of the Most Reasonable Markup Languages to Use for Text<br><a href="https://karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmode-as-markup-only/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmod</span><span class="invisible">e-as-markup-only/</span></a></p><p>I'll publish an article on the many downsides of Markdown in a few weeks. You might want to add my blog feed to your RSS aggregator.</p>
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedia.social/@zstg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zstg</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@thelinuxcast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thelinuxcast</span></a></span> We should actually get rid of <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a>. 😉 </p><p>It is one of the worst lightweight markup languages you can decide for except for adoption: it's bad with respect for learning, for typing manually and for processing.</p><p>Avoid the Markdown flavor hell and go for any other <a href="https://graz.social/tags/LML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LML</span></a> that doesn't come with all the downsides.</p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgdown</span></a>, the syntax of <a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a> is one of the examples where the downsides of Markdown are avoided.</p><p>Please, don't settle for a mediocre solution again.</p>
ZeStig :emacs: :nix: :rust: :gnu: :archlinux:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@thelinuxcast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thelinuxcast</span></a></span><span> if only </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/orgmode" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#orgmode</a><span> has better compatibility...<br><br>CC: </span><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://graz.social/@publicvoit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>publicvoit</span></a></span></p>
Free Software Foundation<p>Registration for the <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FSF40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSF40</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/hackathon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackathon</span></a> is now open! Register here to participate in the virtual <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/HackFSF40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackFSF40</span></a>: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/482" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">u.fsf.org/482</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSF</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/GNUGuix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNUGuix</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Mattermost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mattermost</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/OrgMode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrgMode</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSD</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Don" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Don</span></a>'tTrackBugs <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/GNUBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNUBoot</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Lewa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lewa</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/LibreVR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreVR</span></a></p>
Mike Hostetler<p>After years with Obsidian, I've found that Emacs/Org offers the flexibility and power I need. Using Denote for note management, Xeft for searching my old vaults, and DEVONThink To Go for mobile access.</p><p>The transition wasn't without challenges, but the customization possibilities are endless.</p><p>Read about my journey and setup: <a href="https://mike.hostetlerhome.com/from-obsidian-to-emacs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mike.hostetlerhome.com/from-ob</span><span class="invisible">sidian-to-emacs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/Emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emacs</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/OrgMode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrgMode</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/NoteTaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoteTaking</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/Productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Productivity</span></a></p>
Tyler Smith<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedia.social/@zstg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zstg</span></a></span> I don't know, but I've used it for years in <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a>. It just occurred to me that it might work in other modes too</p>
Tyler Smith<p>Emacs org-mode includes the function `org-latex-preview`, which provides image overlays for LaTeX formulas in the buffer. As it turns out, it mostly works in non-org-mode buffers. It does throw warnings. I have suppressed them with this little wrapper:</p><p>```<br>(defun tws-latex-preview (&amp;optional ARG)<br> (interactive "P")<br> (let ((warning-minimum-level ':error))<br> (org-latex-preview ARG)))<br>```</p><p>Not rigorously tested, but seems to work for making pretty comments in my source code.</p><p><a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emacs</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>latex</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a></p>
Apps On The Move<p>beorg 3.33.0 is out today 🚀. There is quite a lot in this update - see <a href="https://posts.appsonthemove.com/beorg-3-33-0/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">posts.appsonthemove.com/beorg-</span><span class="invisible">3-33-0/</span></a> for an overview of all the changes. <a href="https://indieapps.space/tags/ios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ios</span></a> <a href="https://indieapps.space/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a></p>
sergio_101<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.veraciousnetwork.com/@cdp1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cdp1337</span></a></span> </p><p>I am a huge fan of markdown. </p><p> I was first a fan of <a href="https://social.sixdegreesofohio.com/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a> .. and will probably always like that one best.. </p><p>But i use <a href="https://social.sixdegreesofohio.com/tags/markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markdown</span></a> on <a href="https://social.sixdegreesofohio.com/tags/hugo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hugo</span></a> for my website. and really dig it.</p>
sergio_101<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Deejacker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Deejacker</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.omnigroup.com/@OmniFocus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OmniFocus</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.omnigroup.com/@OmniGroup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OmniGroup</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.devontechnologies.com/@devontechnologies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>devontechnologies</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieapps.space/@drafts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>drafts</span></a></span> </p><p>I'll come up with something soon.</p><p>My only SUPER regret is that <a href="https://social.sixdegreesofohio.com/tags/OrgMode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrgMode</span></a> is not on that list, but I do use it when i need to actually print out the document, since it works so perfectly with <a href="https://social.sixdegreesofohio.com/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> ..</p><p>I really need to write everything up as i kinda keep it as a guideline for myself. to keep myself on track.</p>
tusharhero<p>From my Emacs config:</p><p>Stuff that should really come with org but doesn't</p><p>The more general version (and simpler) version of org-babel-demarcate-block.</p><p> (defun ECFPAW/org-demarcate ()<br> "Split the org block at point."<br> (interactive)<br> (let* ((case-fold-search t)<br> (get-line (lambda ()<br> (string-trim<br> (thing-at-point 'line t))))<br> (begin (save-excursion<br> (search-backward "#+begin")<br> (funcall get-line)))<br> (end (save-excursion<br> (search-forward "#+end")<br> (funcall get-line))))<br> (save-excursion<br> (insert (concat end "\n\n" begin "\n")))<br> (forward-line 2)))</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emacs</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a></p>
Jeremy Garniaux<p>Did I just switch my <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/Logseq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Logseq</span></a> preferred file format from <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> to <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/OrgMode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrgMode</span></a>? You have no proof.</p>
Ihor Radchenko (yantar92)<p>#20 [[bbb:OrgMeetup]] on Wed, July 9, 19:00 UTC+3</p><p>Another OrgMeetup will be scheduled on the second Wednesday of July,<br>in the coming week.</p><p>Previous meetup notes:<br><a href="https://list.orgmode.org/878ql1bt4s.fsf@localhost/T/#u" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">list.orgmode.org/878ql1bt4s.fs</span><span class="invisible">f@localhost/T/#u</span></a><br><a href="https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.htm</span><span class="invisible">l</span></a></p><p>URL: <a href="https://bbb.emacsverse.org/rooms/orgmeetup/join" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bbb.emacsverse.org/rooms/orgme</span><span class="invisible">etup/join</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OrgMeetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrgMeetup</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/meetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meetup</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a> </p><p>CC: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.sachachua.com/@sacha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sacha</span></a></span></p>
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/Emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emacs</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/UOMF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UOMF</span></a>: Linking Headings<br><a href="https://www.karl-voit.at/2019/11/16/UOMF-Linking-Headings/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">karl-voit.at/2019/11/16/UOMF-L</span><span class="invisible">inking-Headings/</span></a></p><p>I found an interesting link I added: if you're using a different method (using out of the box functionality) to link <a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a> headings, you might need to use this really tedious repair mechanism because links get broken all the time. 😲 </p><p>Well, I'm glad I have found my way around that already, not having broken links in the first place. 🙄</p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/publicvoit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicvoit</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/PIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PIM</span></a></p>
L.J.'s victorious sword-danceEmacs timestamp & keys
Philipp :emacs: :nixos:<p>Super niche question, but: is there a way to do tables in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a> together with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hakyll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hakyll</span></a> (and thus <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/pandoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pandoc</span></a>) that can do cells that span columns?</p>
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tante</span></a></span> Oh, yes. You can switch to the next best hype or invest a bit for <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orgmode</span></a> and be happy for the rest of your life.</p><p><a href="https://karl-voit.at/orgmode/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">karl-voit.at/orgmode/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Drop me a line if you need any help.</p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/PIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PIM</span></a></p>
Andrew Leland<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> question with a long self-indulgent preamble: I have been using <a href="https://mas.to/tags/emacspeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emacspeak</span></a> in the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terminal</span></a> on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS</span></a> as my “daily driver” for all writing/notetaking/ <a href="https://mas.to/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a> scheduling/todo organizing for about a month now. I am super in love with it, transformational for this low-vision writer/teacher/editor/producer. (1/8)</p>
Charles Choi 최 민수<p>Happy to announce that the Org protocol page on Worg has been updated for 2025. Its last significant update was 3 years ago and much of the content on it was stale. Most of it has been refreshed, although not all due to resource availability (anybody here using recent Windows and Org protocol? Contact me.) Learn all about it at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-protocol.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/o</span><span class="invisible">rg-protocol.html</span></a></p><p>Thanks to Max Nikulin and Christian Moe for their feedback!</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emacs</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/OrgMode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrgMode</span></a></p>