This is org, produced by makeinfo version 6.3 from org.texi.
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This manual is for Org version 9.1.14 (release_9.1.14-1-g4931fc).
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Copyright © 2004–2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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* Org Mode: (org). Outline-based notes management and organizer
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Org Mode Manual
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This manual is for Org version 9.1.14 (release_9.1.14-1-g4931fc).
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Copyright © 2004–2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
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Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software
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Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts
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being “A GNU Manual,” and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a)
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below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
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“GNU Free Documentation License.”
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(a) The FSF’s Back-Cover Text is: “You have the freedom to copy and
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modify this GNU manual.”
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* Menu:
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* Introduction:: Getting started
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* Document structure:: A tree works like your brain
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* Tables:: Pure magic for quick formatting
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* Hyperlinks:: Notes in context
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* TODO items:: Every tree branch can be a TODO item
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* Tags:: Tagging headlines and matching sets of tags
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* Properties and columns:: Storing information about an entry
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* Dates and times:: Making items useful for planning
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* Capture - Refile - Archive:: The ins and outs for projects
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* Agenda views:: Collecting information into views
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* Markup:: Prepare text for rich export
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* Exporting:: Sharing and publishing notes
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* Publishing:: Create a web site of linked Org files
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* Working with source code:: Export, evaluate, and tangle code blocks
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* Miscellaneous:: All the rest which did not fit elsewhere
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* Hacking:: How to hack your way around
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* MobileOrg:: Viewing and capture on a mobile device
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* History and acknowledgments:: How Org came into being
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* GNU Free Documentation License:: The license for this documentation.
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* Main Index:: An index of Org’s concepts and features
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* Key Index:: Key bindings and where they are described
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* Command and Function Index:: Command names and some internal functions
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* Variable Index:: Variables mentioned in the manual
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— The Detailed Node Listing —
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Introduction
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* Summary:: Brief summary of what Org does
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* Installation:: Installing Org
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* Activation:: How to activate Org for certain buffers
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* Feedback:: Bug reports, ideas, patches etc.
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* Conventions:: Typesetting conventions in the manual
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Document structure
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* Outlines:: Org is based on Outline mode
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* Headlines:: How to typeset Org tree headlines
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* Visibility cycling:: Show and hide, much simplified
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* Motion:: Jumping to other headlines
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* Structure editing:: Changing sequence and level of headlines
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* Sparse trees:: Matches embedded in context
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* Plain lists:: Additional structure within an entry
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* Drawers:: Tucking stuff away
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* Blocks:: Folding blocks
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* Footnotes:: How footnotes are defined in Org’s syntax
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* Orgstruct mode:: Structure editing outside Org
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* Org syntax:: Formal description of Org’s syntax
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Visibility cycling
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* Global and local cycling:: Cycling through various visibility states
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* Initial visibility:: Setting the initial visibility state
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* Catching invisible edits:: Preventing mistakes when editing invisible parts
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Tables
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* Built-in table editor:: Simple tables
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* Column width and alignment:: Overrule the automatic settings
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* Column groups:: Grouping to trigger vertical lines
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* Orgtbl mode:: The table editor as minor mode
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* The spreadsheet:: The table editor has spreadsheet capabilities
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* Org-Plot:: Plotting from org tables
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The spreadsheet
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* References:: How to refer to another field or range
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* Formula syntax for Calc:: Using Calc to compute stuff
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* Formula syntax for Lisp:: Writing formulas in Emacs Lisp
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* Durations and time values:: How to compute durations and time values
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* Field and range formulas:: Formula for specific (ranges of) fields
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* Column formulas:: Formulas valid for an entire column
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* Lookup functions:: Lookup functions for searching tables
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* Editing and debugging formulas:: Fixing formulas
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* Updating the table:: Recomputing all dependent fields
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* Advanced features:: Field and column names, parameters and automatic recalc
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Hyperlinks
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* Link format:: How links in Org are formatted
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* Internal links:: Links to other places in the current file
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* External links:: URL-like links to the world
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* Handling links:: Creating, inserting and following
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* Using links outside Org:: Linking from my C source code?
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* Link abbreviations:: Shortcuts for writing complex links
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* Search options:: Linking to a specific location
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* Custom searches:: When the default search is not enough
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Internal links
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* Radio targets:: Make targets trigger links in plain text
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TODO items
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* TODO basics:: Marking and displaying TODO entries
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* TODO extensions:: Workflow and assignments
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* Progress logging:: Dates and notes for progress
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* Priorities:: Some things are more important than others
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* Breaking down tasks:: Splitting a task into manageable pieces
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* Checkboxes:: Tick-off lists
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Extended use of TODO keywords
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* Workflow states:: From TODO to DONE in steps
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* TODO types:: I do this, Fred does the rest
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* Multiple sets in one file:: Mixing it all, and still finding your way
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* Fast access to TODO states:: Single letter selection of a state
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* Per-file keywords:: Different files, different requirements
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* Faces for TODO keywords:: Highlighting states
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* TODO dependencies:: When one task needs to wait for others
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Progress logging
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* Closing items:: When was this entry marked DONE?
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* Tracking TODO state changes:: When did the status change?
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* Tracking your habits:: How consistent have you been?
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Tags
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* Tag inheritance:: Tags use the tree structure of the outline
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* Setting tags:: How to assign tags to a headline
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* Tag hierarchy:: Create a hierarchy of tags
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* Tag searches:: Searching for combinations of tags
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Properties and columns
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* Property syntax:: How properties are spelled out
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* Special properties:: Access to other Org mode features
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* Property searches:: Matching property values
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* Property inheritance:: Passing values down the tree
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* Column view:: Tabular viewing and editing
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* Property API:: Properties for Lisp programmers
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Column view
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* Defining columns:: The COLUMNS format property
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* Using column view:: How to create and use column view
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* Capturing column view:: A dynamic block for column view
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Defining columns
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* Scope of column definitions:: Where defined, where valid?
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* Column attributes:: Appearance and content of a column
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Dates and times
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* Timestamps:: Assigning a time to a tree entry
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* Creating timestamps:: Commands which insert timestamps
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* Deadlines and scheduling:: Planning your work
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* Clocking work time:: Tracking how long you spend on a task
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* Effort estimates:: Planning work effort in advance
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* Timers:: Notes with a running timer
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Creating timestamps
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* The date/time prompt:: How Org mode helps you entering date and time
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* Custom time format:: Making dates look different
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Deadlines and scheduling
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* Inserting deadline/schedule:: Planning items
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* Repeated tasks:: Items that show up again and again
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Clocking work time
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* Clocking commands:: Starting and stopping a clock
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* The clock table:: Detailed reports
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* Resolving idle time:: Resolving time when you’ve been idle
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Capture - Refile - Archive
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* Capture:: Capturing new stuff
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* Attachments:: Add files to tasks
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* RSS feeds:: Getting input from RSS feeds
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* Protocols:: External (e.g., Browser) access to Emacs and Org
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* Refile and copy:: Moving/copying a tree from one place to another
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* Archiving:: What to do with finished projects
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Capture
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* Setting up capture:: Where notes will be stored
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* Using capture:: Commands to invoke and terminate capture
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* Capture templates:: Define the outline of different note types
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Capture templates
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* Template elements:: What is needed for a complete template entry
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* Template expansion:: Filling in information about time and context
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* Templates in contexts:: Only show a template in a specific context
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Protocols for external access
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* store-link protocol:: Store a link, push URL to kill-ring.
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* capture protocol:: Fill a buffer with external information.
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* open-source protocol:: Edit published contents.
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Archiving
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* Moving subtrees:: Moving a tree to an archive file
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* Internal archiving:: Switch off a tree but keep it in the file
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Agenda views
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* Agenda files:: Files being searched for agenda information
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* Agenda dispatcher:: Keyboard access to agenda views
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* Built-in agenda views:: What is available out of the box?
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* Presentation and sorting:: How agenda items are prepared for display
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* Agenda commands:: Remote editing of Org trees
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* Custom agenda views:: Defining special searches and views
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* Exporting agenda views:: Writing a view to a file
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* Agenda column view:: Using column view for collected entries
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The built-in agenda views
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* Weekly/daily agenda:: The calendar page with current tasks
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* Global TODO list:: All unfinished action items
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* Matching tags and properties:: Structured information with fine-tuned search
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* Search view:: Find entries by searching for text
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* Stuck projects:: Find projects you need to review
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Presentation and sorting
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* Categories:: Not all tasks are equal
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* Time-of-day specifications:: How the agenda knows the time
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* Sorting agenda items:: The order of things
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* Filtering/limiting agenda items:: Dynamically narrow the agenda
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Custom agenda views
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* Storing searches:: Type once, use often
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* Block agenda:: All the stuff you need in a single buffer
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* Setting options:: Changing the rules
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Markup for rich export
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* Paragraphs:: The basic unit of text
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* Emphasis and monospace:: Bold, italic, etc.
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* Horizontal rules:: Make a line
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* Images and tables:: Images, tables and caption mechanism
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* Literal examples:: Source code examples with special formatting
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* Special symbols:: Greek letters and other symbols
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* Subscripts and superscripts:: Simple syntax for raising/lowering text
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* Embedded LaTeX:: LaTeX can be freely used inside Org documents
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Embedded LaTeX
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* LaTeX fragments:: Complex formulas made easy
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* Previewing LaTeX fragments:: What will this snippet look like?
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* CDLaTeX mode:: Speed up entering of formulas
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Exporting
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* The export dispatcher:: The main interface
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* Export settings:: Common export settings
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* Table of contents:: The if and where of the table of contents
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* Include files:: Include additional files into a document
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* Macro replacement:: Use macros to create templates
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* Comment lines:: What will not be exported
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* ASCII/Latin-1/UTF-8 export:: Exporting to flat files with encoding
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* Beamer export:: Exporting as a Beamer presentation
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* HTML export:: Exporting to HTML
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* LaTeX export:: Exporting to LaTeX, and processing to PDF
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* Markdown export:: Exporting to Markdown
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* OpenDocument Text export:: Exporting to OpenDocument Text
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* Org export:: Exporting to Org
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* Texinfo export:: Exporting to Texinfo
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* iCalendar export:: Exporting to iCalendar
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* Other built-in back-ends:: Exporting to a man page
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* Advanced configuration:: Fine-tuning the export output
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* Export in foreign buffers:: Author tables and lists in Org syntax
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Beamer export
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* Beamer export commands:: For creating Beamer documents.
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* Beamer specific export settings:: For customizing Beamer export.
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* Sectioning Frames and Blocks in Beamer:: For composing Beamer slides.
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* Beamer specific syntax:: For using in Org documents.
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* Editing support:: For using helper functions.
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* A Beamer example:: A complete presentation.
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HTML export
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* HTML Export commands:: Invoking HTML export
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* HTML Specific export settings:: Settings for HTML export
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* HTML doctypes:: Exporting various (X)HTML flavors
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* HTML preamble and postamble:: Inserting preamble and postamble
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* Quoting HTML tags:: Using direct HTML in Org files
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* Links in HTML export:: Interpreting and formatting links
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* Tables in HTML export:: Formatting and modifying tables
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* Images in HTML export:: Inserting figures with HTML output
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* Math formatting in HTML export:: Handling math equations
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* Text areas in HTML export:: Showing an alternate approach, an example
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* CSS support:: Styling HTML output
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* JavaScript support:: Folding scripting in the web browser
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LaTeX export
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* LaTeX export commands:: For producing LaTeX and PDF documents.
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* LaTeX specific export settings:: Unique to this LaTeX back-end.
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* LaTeX header and sectioning:: For file structure.
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* Quoting LaTeX code:: Directly in the Org document.
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* Tables in LaTeX export:: Attributes specific to tables.
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* Images in LaTeX export:: Attributes specific to images.
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* Plain lists in LaTeX export:: Attributes specific to lists.
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* Source blocks in LaTeX export:: Attributes specific to source code blocks.
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* Example blocks in LaTeX export:: Attributes specific to example blocks.
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* Special blocks in LaTeX export:: Attributes specific to special blocks.
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* Horizontal rules in LaTeX export:: Attributes specific to horizontal rules.
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OpenDocument Text export
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* Pre-requisites for ODT export:: Required packages.
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* ODT export commands:: Invoking export.
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* ODT specific export settings:: Configuration options.
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* Extending ODT export:: Producing ‘.doc’, ‘.pdf’ files.
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* Applying custom styles:: Styling the output.
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* Links in ODT export:: Handling and formatting links.
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* Tables in ODT export:: Org table conversions.
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* Images in ODT export:: Inserting images.
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* Math formatting in ODT export:: Formatting LaTeX fragments.
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* Labels and captions in ODT export:: Rendering objects.
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* Literal examples in ODT export:: For source code and example blocks.
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* Advanced topics in ODT export:: For power users.
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Math formatting in ODT export
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* Working with LaTeX math snippets:: Embedding in LaTeX format.
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* Working with MathML or OpenDocument formula files:: Embedding in native format.
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Advanced topics in ODT export
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* Configuring a document converter:: Registering a document converter.
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* Working with OpenDocument style files:: Exploring internals.
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* Creating one-off styles:: Customizing styles, highlighting.
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* Customizing tables in ODT export:: Defining table templates.
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* Validating OpenDocument XML:: Debugging corrupted OpenDocument files.
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Texinfo export
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* Texinfo export commands:: Invoking commands.
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* Texinfo specific export settings:: Setting the environment.
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* Texinfo file header:: Generating the header.
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* Texinfo title and copyright page:: Creating preamble pages.
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* Info directory file:: Installing a manual in Info file hierarchy.
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* Headings and sectioning structure:: Building document structure.
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* Indices:: Creating indices.
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* Quoting Texinfo code:: Incorporating literal Texinfo code.
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* Plain lists in Texinfo export:: List attributes.
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* Tables in Texinfo export:: Table attributes.
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* Images in Texinfo export:: Image attributes.
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* Special blocks in Texinfo export:: Special block attributes.
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* A Texinfo example:: Processing Org to Texinfo.
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Publishing
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* Configuration:: Defining projects
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* Uploading files:: How to get files up on the server
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* Sample configuration:: Example projects
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* Triggering publication:: Publication commands
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Configuration
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* Project alist:: The central configuration variable
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* Sources and destinations:: From here to there
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* Selecting files:: What files are part of the project?
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* Publishing action:: Setting the function doing the publishing
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* Publishing options:: Tweaking HTML/LaTeX export
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* Publishing links:: Which links keep working after publishing?
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* Sitemap:: Generating a list of all pages
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* Generating an index:: An index that reaches across pages
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Sample configuration
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* Simple example:: One-component publishing
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* Complex example:: A multi-component publishing example
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Working with source code
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* Structure of code blocks:: Code block syntax described
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* Editing source code:: Language major-mode editing
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* Exporting code blocks:: Export contents and/or results
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* Extracting source code:: Create pure source code files
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* Evaluating code blocks:: Place results of evaluation in the Org mode buffer
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* Library of Babel:: Use and contribute to a library of useful code blocks
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* Languages:: List of supported code block languages
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* Header arguments:: Configure code block functionality
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* Results of evaluation:: How evaluation results are handled
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* Noweb reference syntax:: Literate programming in Org mode
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* Key bindings and useful functions:: Work quickly with code blocks
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* Batch execution:: Call functions from the command line
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Header arguments
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* Using header arguments:: Different ways to set header arguments
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* Specific header arguments:: List of header arguments
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Using header arguments
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* System-wide header arguments:: Set globally, language-specific
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* Language-specific header arguments:: Set in the Org file’s headers
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* Header arguments in Org mode properties:: Set in the Org file
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* Language-specific mode properties::
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* Code block specific header arguments:: The most commonly used method
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* Arguments in function calls:: The most specific level, takes highest priority
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Specific header arguments
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* var:: Pass arguments to ‘src’ code blocks
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* results:: Specify results type; how to collect
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* file:: Specify a path for output file
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* file-desc:: Specify a description for file results
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* file-ext:: Specify an extension for file output
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* output-dir:: Specify a directory for output file
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* dir:: Specify the default directory for code block execution
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* exports:: Specify exporting code, results, both, none
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* tangle:: Toggle tangling; or specify file name
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* mkdirp:: Toggle for parent directory creation for target files during tangling
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* comments:: Toggle insertion of comments in tangled code files
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* padline:: Control insertion of padding lines in tangled code files
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* no-expand:: Turn off variable assignment and noweb expansion during tangling
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* session:: Preserve the state of code evaluation
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* noweb:: Toggle expansion of noweb references
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* noweb-ref:: Specify block’s noweb reference resolution target
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* noweb-sep:: String to separate noweb references
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* cache:: Avoid re-evaluating unchanged code blocks
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* sep:: Delimiter for writing tabular results outside Org
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* hlines:: Handle horizontal lines in tables
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* colnames:: Handle column names in tables
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* rownames:: Handle row names in tables
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* shebang:: Make tangled files executable
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* tangle-mode:: Set permission of tangled files
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* eval:: Limit evaluation of specific code blocks
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* wrap:: Mark source block evaluation results
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* post:: Post processing of results of code block evaluation
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* prologue:: Text to prepend to body of code block
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* epilogue:: Text to append to body of code block
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Miscellaneous
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* Completion:: M-<TAB> guesses completions
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* Easy templates:: Quick insertion of structural elements
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* Speed keys:: Electric commands at the beginning of a headline
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* Code evaluation security:: Org mode files evaluate inline code
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* Customization:: Adapting Org to changing tastes
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* In-buffer settings:: Overview of the #+KEYWORDS
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* The very busy C-c C-c key:: When in doubt, press C-c C-c
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* Clean view:: Getting rid of leading stars in the outline
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* TTY keys:: Using Org on a tty
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* Interaction:: With other Emacs packages
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* org-crypt:: Encrypting Org files
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Interaction with other packages
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* Cooperation:: Packages Org cooperates with
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* Conflicts:: Packages that lead to conflicts
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Hacking
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* Hooks:: How to reach into Org’s internals
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* Add-on packages:: Available extensions
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* Adding hyperlink types:: New custom link types
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* Adding export back-ends:: How to write new export back-ends
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* Context-sensitive commands:: How to add functionality to such commands
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* Tables in arbitrary syntax:: Orgtbl for LaTeX and other programs
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* Dynamic blocks:: Automatically filled blocks
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* Special agenda views:: Customized views
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* Speeding up your agendas:: Tips on how to speed up your agendas
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* Extracting agenda information:: Post-processing of agenda information
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* Using the property API:: Writing programs that use entry properties
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* Using the mapping API:: Mapping over all or selected entries
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Tables and lists in arbitrary syntax
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* Radio tables:: Sending and receiving radio tables
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* A LaTeX example:: Step by step, almost a tutorial
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* Translator functions:: Copy and modify
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* Radio lists:: Sending and receiving lists
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MobileOrg
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* Setting up the staging area:: For the mobile device
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* Pushing to MobileOrg:: Uploading Org files and agendas
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* Pulling from MobileOrg:: Integrating captured and flagged items
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* Menu:
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* Summary:: Brief summary of what Org does
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* Installation:: Installing Org
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* Activation:: How to activate Org for certain buffers
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* Feedback:: Bug reports, ideas, patches etc.
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* Conventions:: Typesetting conventions in the manual
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1.1 Summary
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Org is a mode for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists, and project
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planning with a fast and effective plain-text system. It also is an
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authoring system with unique support for literate programming and
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reproducible research.
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Org is implemented on top of Outline mode, which makes it possible to
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keep the content of large files well structured. Visibility cycling and
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structure editing help to work with the tree. Tables are easily created
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with a built-in table editor. Plain text URL-like links connect to
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websites, emails, Usenet messages, BBDB entries, and any files related
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to the projects.
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Org develops organizational tasks around notes files that contain
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lists or information about projects as plain text. Project planning and
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task management makes use of metadata which is part of an outline node.
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Based on this data, specific entries can be extracted in queries and
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create dynamic agenda views that also integrate the Emacs calendar and
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diary. Org can be used to implement many different project planning
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schemes, such as David Allen’s GTD system.
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Org files can serve as a single source authoring system with export
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to many different formats such as HTML, LaTeX, Open Document, and
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Markdown. New export backends can be derived from existing ones, or
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defined from scratch.
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Org files can include source code blocks, which makes Org uniquely
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suited for authoring technical documents with code examples. Org source
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code blocks are fully functional; they can be evaluated in place and
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their results can be captured in the file. This makes it possible to
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create a single file reproducible research compendium.
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Org keeps simple things simple. When first fired up, it should feel
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like a straightforward, easy to use outliner. Complexity is not
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imposed, but a large amount of functionality is available when needed.
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Org is a toolbox. Many users actually run only a (very personal)
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fraction of Org’s capabilities, and know that there is more whenever
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they need it.
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All of this is achieved with strictly plain text files, the most
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portable and future-proof file format. Org runs in Emacs. Emacs is one
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of the most widely ported programs, so that Org mode is available on
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every major platform.
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There is a website for Org which provides links to the newest version
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of Org, as well as additional information, frequently asked questions
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(FAQ), links to tutorials, etc. This page is located at
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<https://orgmode.org>.
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An earlier version (7.3) of this manual is available as a paperback
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book from Network Theory Ltd.
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(http://www.network-theory.co.uk/org/manual/)
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1.2 Installation
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Org is part of recent distributions of GNU Emacs, so you normally don’t
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need to install it. If, for one reason or another, you want to install
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Org on top of this pre-packaged version, there are three ways to do it:
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• By using Emacs package system.
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• By downloading Org as an archive.
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• By using Org’s git repository.
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We strongly recommend to stick to a single installation method.
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Using Emacs packaging system
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Recent Emacs distributions include a packaging system which lets you
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install Elisp libraries. You can install Org with ‘M-x package-install
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<RET> org’.
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Important: you need to do this in a session where no ‘.org’ file has
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been visited, i.e., where no Org built-in function have been loaded.
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Otherwise autoload Org functions will mess up the installation.
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Then, to make sure your Org configuration is taken into account,
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initialize the package system with ‘(package-initialize)’ in your Emacs
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init file before setting any Org option. If you want to use Org’s
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package repository, check out the Org ELPA page
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(https://orgmode.org/elpa.html).
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Downloading Org as an archive
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.............................
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You can download Org latest release from Org’s website
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(https://orgmode.org/). In this case, make sure you set the load-path
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correctly in your Emacs init file:
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(add-to-list 'load-path "~/path/to/orgdir/lisp")
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The downloaded archive contains contributed libraries that are not
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included in Emacs. If you want to use them, add the ‘contrib’ directory
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to your load-path:
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(add-to-list 'load-path "~/path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp" t)
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Optionally, you can compile the files and/or install them in your
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system. Run ‘make help’ to list compilation and installation options.
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Using Org’s git repository
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..........................
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You can clone Org’s repository and install Org like this:
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$ cd ~/src/
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$ git clone https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode.git
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$ cd org-mode/
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$ make autoloads
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Note that in this case, ‘make autoloads’ is mandatory: it defines
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Org’s version in ‘org-version.el’ and Org’s autoloads in
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‘org-loaddefs.el’.
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Remember to add the correct load-path as described in the method
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above.
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You can also compile with ‘make’, generate the documentation with
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‘make doc’, create a local configuration with ‘make config’ and install
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Org with ‘make install’. Please run ‘make help’ to get the list of
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compilation/installation options.
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For more detailed explanations on Org’s build system, please check
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the Org Build System page on Worg
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(https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-build-system.html).
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File: org, Node: Activation, Next: Feedback, Prev: Installation, Up: Introduction
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1.3 Activation
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==============
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Org mode buffers need font-lock to be turned on: this is the default in
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Emacs(1).
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There are compatibility issues between Org mode and some other Elisp
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packages, please take the time to check the list (*note Conflicts::).
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The four Org commands ‘org-store-link’, ‘org-capture’, ‘org-agenda’,
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and ‘org-switchb’ should be accessible through global keys (i.e.,
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anywhere in Emacs, not just in Org buffers). Here are suggested
|
bindings for these keys, please modify the keys to your own liking.
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(global-set-key "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
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(global-set-key "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
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(global-set-key "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
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(global-set-key "\C-cb" 'org-switchb)
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Files with the ‘.org’ extension use Org mode by default. To turn on
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Org mode in a file that does not have the extension ‘.org’, make the
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first line of a file look like this:
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MY PROJECTS -*- mode: org; -*-
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which will select Org mode for this buffer no matter what the file’s
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name is. See also the variable ‘org-insert-mode-line-in-empty-file’.
|
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Many commands in Org work on the region if the region is active. To
|
make use of this, you need to have ‘transient-mark-mode’ turned on,
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which is the default. If you do not like ‘transient-mark-mode’, you can
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create an active region by using the mouse to select a region, or
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pressing ‘C-<SPC>’ twice before moving the cursor.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) If you don’t use font-lock globally, turn it on in Org buffer
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with ‘(add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock)’
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File: org, Node: Feedback, Next: Conventions, Prev: Activation, Up: Introduction
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1.4 Feedback
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============
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If you find problems with Org, or if you have questions, remarks, or
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ideas about it, please mail to the Org mailing list
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<emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>. You can subscribe to the list on this web page
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(https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode). If you are not
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a member of the mailing list, your mail will be passed to the list after
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a moderator has approved it(1).
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For bug reports, please first try to reproduce the bug with the
|
latest version of Org available—if you are running an outdated version,
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it is quite possible that the bug has been fixed already. If the bug
|
persists, prepare a report and provide as much information as possible,
|
including the version information of Emacs (‘M-x emacs-version <RET>’)
|
and Org (‘M-x org-version <RET>’), as well as the Org related setup in
|
the Emacs init file. The easiest way to do this is to use the command
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M-x org-submit-bug-report <RET>
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which will put all this information into an Emacs mail buffer so that
|
you only need to add your description. If you are not sending the Email
|
from within Emacs, please copy and paste the content into your Email
|
program.
|
|
Sometimes you might face a problem due to an error in your Emacs or
|
Org mode setup. Before reporting a bug, it is very helpful to start
|
Emacs with minimal customizations and reproduce the problem. Doing so
|
often helps you determine if the problem is with your customization or
|
with Org mode itself. You can start a typical minimal session with a
|
command like the example below.
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$ emacs -Q -l /path/to/minimal-org.el
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However if you are using Org mode as distributed with Emacs, a
|
minimal setup is not necessary. In that case it is sufficient to start
|
Emacs as ‘emacs -Q’. The ‘minimal-org.el’ setup file can have contents
|
as shown below.
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;;; Minimal setup to load latest 'org-mode'
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;; activate debugging
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(setq debug-on-error t
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debug-on-signal nil
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debug-on-quit nil)
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;; add latest org-mode to load path
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(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/org-mode/lisp")
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(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/org-mode/contrib/lisp" t)
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|
If an error occurs, a backtrace can be very useful (see below on how
|
to create one). Often a small example file helps, along with clear
|
information about:
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|
1. What exactly did you do?
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2. What did you expect to happen?
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3. What happened instead?
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Thank you for helping to improve this program.
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How to create a useful backtrace
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................................
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|
If working with Org produces an error with a message you don’t
|
understand, you may have hit a bug. The best way to report this is by
|
providing, in addition to what was mentioned above, a _backtrace_. This
|
is information from the built-in debugger about where and how the error
|
occurred. Here is how to produce a useful backtrace:
|
|
1. Reload uncompiled versions of all Org mode Lisp files. The
|
backtrace contains much more information if it is produced with
|
uncompiled code. To do this, use
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C-u M-x org-reload <RET>
|
or select ‘Org -> Refresh/Reload -> Reload Org uncompiled’ from the
|
menu.
|
2. Go to the ‘Options’ menu and select ‘Enter Debugger on Error’.
|
3. Do whatever you have to do to hit the error. Don’t forget to
|
document the steps you take.
|
4. When you hit the error, a ‘*Backtrace*’ buffer will appear on the
|
screen. Save this buffer to a file (for example using ‘C-x C-w’)
|
and attach it to your bug report.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Please consider subscribing to the mailing list, in order to
|
minimize the work the mailing list moderators have to do.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Conventions, Prev: Feedback, Up: Introduction
|
|
1.5 Typesetting conventions used in this manual
|
===============================================
|
|
TODO keywords, tags, properties, etc.
|
.....................................
|
|
Org mainly uses three types of keywords: TODO keywords, tags and
|
property names. In this manual we use the following conventions:
|
|
‘TODO’
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‘WAITING’
|
TODO keywords are written with all capitals, even if they are
|
user-defined.
|
‘boss’
|
‘ARCHIVE’
|
User-defined tags are written in lowercase; built-in tags with
|
special meaning are written with all capitals.
|
‘Release’
|
‘PRIORITY’
|
User-defined properties are capitalized; built-in properties with
|
special meaning are written with all capitals.
|
|
Moreover, Org uses option keywords (like ‘#+TITLE’ to set the title)
|
and environment keywords (like ‘#+BEGIN_EXPORT html’ to start a ‘HTML’
|
environment). They are written in uppercase in the manual to enhance
|
its readability, but you can use lowercase in your Org file.
|
|
Key bindings and commands
|
.........................
|
|
The manual suggests a few global key bindings, in particular ‘C-c a’ for
|
‘org-agenda’ and ‘C-c c’ for ‘org-capture’. These are only suggestions,
|
but the rest of the manual assumes that these key bindings are in place
|
in order to list commands by key access.
|
|
Also, the manual lists both the keys and the corresponding commands
|
for accessing a functionality. Org mode often uses the same key for
|
different functions, depending on context. The command that is bound to
|
such keys has a generic name, like ‘org-metaright’. In the manual we
|
will, wherever possible, give the function that is internally called by
|
the generic command. For example, in the chapter on document structure,
|
‘M-<RIGHT>’ will be listed to call ‘org-do-demote’, while in the chapter
|
on tables, it will be listed to call ‘org-table-move-column-right’. If
|
you prefer, you can compile the manual without the command names by
|
unsetting the flag ‘cmdnames’ in ‘org.texi’.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Document structure, Next: Tables, Prev: Introduction, Up: Top
|
|
2 Document structure
|
********************
|
|
Org is based on Outline mode and provides flexible commands to edit the
|
structure of the document.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Outlines:: Org is based on Outline mode
|
* Headlines:: How to typeset Org tree headlines
|
* Visibility cycling:: Show and hide, much simplified
|
* Motion:: Jumping to other headlines
|
* Structure editing:: Changing sequence and level of headlines
|
* Sparse trees:: Matches embedded in context
|
* Plain lists:: Additional structure within an entry
|
* Drawers:: Tucking stuff away
|
* Blocks:: Folding blocks
|
* Footnotes:: How footnotes are defined in Org’s syntax
|
* Orgstruct mode:: Structure editing outside Org
|
* Org syntax:: Formal description of Org’s syntax
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Outlines, Next: Headlines, Up: Document structure
|
|
2.1 Outlines
|
============
|
|
Org is implemented on top of Outline mode. Outlines allow a document to
|
be organized in a hierarchical structure, which (at least for me) is the
|
best representation of notes and thoughts. An overview of this
|
structure is achieved by folding (hiding) large parts of the document to
|
show only the general document structure and the parts currently being
|
worked on. Org greatly simplifies the use of outlines by compressing
|
the entire show/hide functionality into a single command, ‘org-cycle’,
|
which is bound to the <TAB> key.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Headlines, Next: Visibility cycling, Prev: Outlines, Up: Document structure
|
|
2.2 Headlines
|
=============
|
|
Headlines define the structure of an outline tree. The headlines in Org
|
start with one or more stars, on the left margin(1) (2). For example:
|
|
* Top level headline
|
** Second level
|
*** 3rd level
|
some text
|
*** 3rd level
|
more text
|
|
* Another top level headline
|
|
Note that a headline named after ‘org-footnote-section’, which defaults
|
to ‘Footnotes’, is considered as special. A subtree with this headline
|
will be silently ignored by exporting functions.
|
|
Some people find the many stars too noisy and would prefer an outline
|
that has whitespace followed by a single star as headline starters.
|
*note Clean view::, describes a setup to realize this.
|
|
An empty line after the end of a subtree is considered part of it and
|
will be hidden when the subtree is folded. However, if you leave at
|
least two empty lines, one empty line will remain visible after folding
|
the subtree, in order to structure the collapsed view. See the variable
|
‘org-cycle-separator-lines’ to modify this behavior.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) See the variables ‘org-special-ctrl-a/e’, ‘org-special-ctrl-k’,
|
and ‘org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree’ to configure special behavior of ‘C-a’,
|
‘C-e’, and ‘C-k’ in headlines.
|
|
(2) Clocking only works with headings indented less than 30 stars.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Visibility cycling, Next: Motion, Prev: Headlines, Up: Document structure
|
|
2.3 Visibility cycling
|
======================
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Global and local cycling:: Cycling through various visibility states
|
* Initial visibility:: Setting the initial visibility state
|
* Catching invisible edits:: Preventing mistakes when editing invisible parts
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Global and local cycling, Next: Initial visibility, Up: Visibility cycling
|
|
2.3.1 Global and local cycling
|
------------------------------
|
|
Outlines make it possible to hide parts of the text in the buffer. Org
|
uses just two commands, bound to <TAB> and ‘S-<TAB>’ to change the
|
visibility in the buffer.
|
|
‘<TAB>’ (‘org-cycle’)
|
_Subtree cycling_: Rotate current subtree among the states
|
|
,-> FOLDED -> CHILDREN -> SUBTREE --.
|
'-----------------------------------'
|
|
The cursor must be on a headline for this to work(1).
|
|
‘S-<TAB>’ (‘org-global-cycle’)
|
C-u <TAB>
|
_Global cycling_: Rotate the entire buffer among the states
|
|
,-> OVERVIEW -> CONTENTS -> SHOW ALL --.
|
'--------------------------------------'
|
|
When ‘S-<TAB>’ is called with a numeric prefix argument N, the
|
CONTENTS view up to headlines of level N will be shown. Note that
|
inside tables, ‘S-<TAB>’ jumps to the previous field.
|
|
You can run global cycling using <TAB> only if point is at the very
|
beginning of the buffer, but not on a headline, and
|
‘org-cycle-global-at-bob’ is set to a non-‘nil’ value.
|
|
‘C-u C-u <TAB>’ (‘org-set-startup-visibility’)
|
Switch back to the startup visibility of the buffer (*note Initial
|
visibility::).
|
‘C-u C-u C-u <TAB>’ (‘outline-show-all’)
|
Show all, including drawers.
|
‘C-c C-r’ (‘org-reveal’)
|
Reveal context around point, showing the current entry, the
|
following heading and the hierarchy above. Useful for working near
|
a location that has been exposed by a sparse tree command (*note
|
Sparse trees::) or an agenda command (*note Agenda commands::).
|
With a prefix argument show, on each level, all sibling headings.
|
With a double prefix argument, also show the entire subtree of the
|
parent.
|
‘C-c C-k’ (‘outline-show-branches’)
|
Expose all the headings of the subtree, CONTENTS view for just one
|
subtree.
|
‘C-c <TAB>’ (‘outline-show-children’)
|
Expose all direct children of the subtree. With a numeric prefix
|
argument N, expose all children down to level N.
|
‘C-c C-x b’ (‘org-tree-to-indirect-buffer’)
|
Show the current subtree in an indirect buffer(2). With a numeric
|
prefix argument N, go up to level N and then take that tree. If N
|
is negative then go up that many levels. With a ‘C-u’ prefix, do
|
not remove the previously used indirect buffer.
|
‘C-c C-x v’ (‘org-copy-visible’)
|
Copy the visible text in the region into the kill ring.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) see, however, the option ‘org-cycle-emulate-tab’.
|
|
(2) The indirect buffer (*note (emacs)Indirect Buffers::) will
|
contain the entire buffer, but will be narrowed to the current tree.
|
Editing the indirect buffer will also change the original buffer, but
|
without affecting visibility in that buffer.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Initial visibility, Next: Catching invisible edits, Prev: Global and local cycling, Up: Visibility cycling
|
|
2.3.2 Initial visibility
|
------------------------
|
|
When Emacs first visits an Org file, the global state is set to
|
OVERVIEW, i.e., only the top level headlines are visible(1). This can
|
be configured through the variable ‘org-startup-folded’, or on a
|
per-file basis by adding one of the following lines anywhere in the
|
buffer:
|
|
#+STARTUP: overview
|
#+STARTUP: content
|
#+STARTUP: showall
|
#+STARTUP: showeverything
|
|
Furthermore, any entries with a ‘VISIBILITY’ property (*note Properties
|
and columns::) will get their visibility adapted accordingly. Allowed
|
values for this property are ‘folded’, ‘children’, ‘content’, and ‘all’.
|
|
‘C-u C-u <TAB>’ (‘org-set-startup-visibility’)
|
Switch back to the startup visibility of the buffer, i.e., whatever
|
is requested by startup options and ‘VISIBILITY’ properties in
|
individual entries.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) When ‘org-agenda-inhibit-startup’ is non-‘nil’, Org will not
|
honor the default visibility state when first opening a file for the
|
agenda (*note Speeding up your agendas::).
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Catching invisible edits, Prev: Initial visibility, Up: Visibility cycling
|
|
2.3.3 Catching invisible edits
|
------------------------------
|
|
Sometimes you may inadvertently edit an invisible part of the buffer and
|
be confused on what has been edited and how to undo the mistake.
|
Setting ‘org-catch-invisible-edits’ to non-‘nil’ will help prevent this.
|
See the docstring of this option on how Org should catch invisible edits
|
and process them.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Motion, Next: Structure editing, Prev: Visibility cycling, Up: Document structure
|
|
2.4 Motion
|
==========
|
|
The following commands jump to other headlines in the buffer.
|
|
‘C-c C-n’ (‘org-next-visible-heading’)
|
Next heading.
|
‘C-c C-p’ (‘org-previous-visible-heading’)
|
Previous heading.
|
‘C-c C-f’ (‘org-forward-same-level’)
|
Next heading same level.
|
‘C-c C-b’ (‘org-backward-same-level’)
|
Previous heading same level.
|
‘C-c C-u’ (‘outline-up-heading’)
|
Backward to higher level heading.
|
‘C-c C-j’ (‘org-goto’)
|
Jump to a different place without changing the current outline
|
visibility. Shows the document structure in a temporary buffer,
|
where you can use the following keys to find your destination:
|
<TAB> Cycle visibility.
|
<DOWN> / <UP> Next/previous visible headline.
|
<RET> Select this location.
|
/ Do a Sparse-tree search
|
The following keys work if you turn off ‘org-goto-auto-isearch’
|
n / p Next/previous visible headline.
|
f / b Next/previous headline same level.
|
u One level up.
|
0-9 Digit argument.
|
q Quit
|
See also the option ‘org-goto-interface’.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Structure editing, Next: Sparse trees, Prev: Motion, Up: Document structure
|
|
2.5 Structure editing
|
=====================
|
|
‘M-<RET>’ (‘org-meta-return’)
|
Insert a new heading, item or row.
|
|
If the command is used at the _beginning_ of a line, and if there
|
is a heading or a plain list item (*note Plain lists::) at point,
|
the new heading/item is created _before_ the current line. When
|
used at the beginning of a regular line of text, turn that line
|
into a heading.
|
|
When this command is used in the middle of a line, the line is
|
split and the rest of the line becomes the new item or headline.
|
If you do not want the line to be split, customize
|
‘org-M-RET-may-split-line’.
|
|
Calling the command with a ‘C-u’ prefix unconditionally inserts a
|
new heading at the end of the current subtree, thus preserving its
|
contents. With a double ‘C-u C-u’ prefix, the new heading is
|
created at the end of the parent subtree instead.
|
‘C-<RET>’ (‘org-insert-heading-respect-content’)
|
Insert a new heading at the end of the current subtree.
|
‘M-S-<RET>’ (‘org-insert-todo-heading’)
|
Insert new TODO entry with same level as current heading. See also
|
the variable ‘org-treat-insert-todo-heading-as-state-change’.
|
‘C-S-<RET>’ (‘org-insert-todo-heading-respect-content’)
|
Insert new TODO entry with same level as current heading. Like
|
‘C-<RET>’, the new headline will be inserted after the current
|
subtree.
|
‘<TAB>’ (‘org-cycle’)
|
In a new entry with no text yet, the first <TAB> demotes the entry
|
to become a child of the previous one. The next <TAB> makes it a
|
parent, and so on, all the way to top level. Yet another <TAB>,
|
and you are back to the initial level.
|
‘M-<LEFT>’ (‘org-do-promote’)
|
Promote current heading by one level.
|
‘M-<RIGHT>’ (‘org-do-demote’)
|
Demote current heading by one level.
|
‘M-S-<LEFT>’ (‘org-promote-subtree’)
|
Promote the current subtree by one level.
|
‘M-S-<RIGHT>’ (‘org-demote-subtree’)
|
Demote the current subtree by one level.
|
‘M-<UP>’ (‘org-move-subtree-up’)
|
Move subtree up (swap with previous subtree of same level).
|
‘M-<DOWN>’ (‘org-move-subtree-down’)
|
Move subtree down (swap with next subtree of same level).
|
‘M-h’ (‘org-mark-element’)
|
Mark the element at point. Hitting repeatedly will mark subsequent
|
elements of the one just marked. E.g., hitting ‘M-h’ on a
|
paragraph will mark it, hitting ‘M-h’ immediately again will mark
|
the next one.
|
‘C-c @’ (‘org-mark-subtree’)
|
Mark the subtree at point. Hitting repeatedly will mark subsequent
|
subtrees of the same level than the marked subtree.
|
‘C-c C-x C-w’ (‘org-cut-subtree’)
|
Kill subtree, i.e., remove it from buffer but save in kill ring.
|
With a numeric prefix argument N, kill N sequential subtrees.
|
‘C-c C-x M-w’ (‘org-copy-subtree’)
|
Copy subtree to kill ring. With a numeric prefix argument N, copy
|
the N sequential subtrees.
|
‘C-c C-x C-y’ (‘org-paste-subtree’)
|
Yank subtree from kill ring. This does modify the level of the
|
subtree to make sure the tree fits in nicely at the yank position.
|
The yank level can also be specified with a numeric prefix
|
argument, or by yanking after a headline marker like ‘****’.
|
‘C-y’ (‘org-yank’)
|
Depending on the options ‘org-yank-adjusted-subtrees’ and
|
‘org-yank-folded-subtrees’, Org’s internal ‘yank’ command will
|
paste subtrees folded and in a clever way, using the same command
|
as ‘C-c C-x C-y’. With the default settings, no level adjustment
|
will take place, but the yanked tree will be folded unless doing so
|
would swallow text previously visible. Any prefix argument to this
|
command will force a normal ‘yank’ to be executed, with the prefix
|
passed along. A good way to force a normal yank is ‘C-u C-y’. If
|
you use ‘yank-pop’ after a yank, it will yank previous kill items
|
plainly, without adjustment and folding.
|
‘C-c C-x c’ (‘org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift’)
|
Clone a subtree by making a number of sibling copies of it. You
|
will be prompted for the number of copies to make, and you can also
|
specify if any timestamps in the entry should be shifted. This can
|
be useful, for example, to create a number of tasks related to a
|
series of lectures to prepare. For more details, see the docstring
|
of the command ‘org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift’.
|
‘C-c C-w’ (‘org-refile’)
|
Refile entry or region to a different location. *Note Refile and
|
copy::.
|
‘C-c ^’ (‘org-sort’)
|
Sort same-level entries. When there is an active region, all
|
entries in the region will be sorted. Otherwise the children of
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the current headline are sorted. The command prompts for the
|
sorting method, which can be alphabetically, numerically, by time
|
(first timestamp with active preferred, creation time, scheduled
|
time, deadline time), by priority, by TODO keyword (in the sequence
|
the keywords have been defined in the setup) or by the value of a
|
property. Reverse sorting is possible as well. You can also
|
supply your own function to extract the sorting key. With a ‘C-u’
|
prefix, sorting will be case-sensitive.
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‘C-x n s’ (‘org-narrow-to-subtree’)
|
Narrow buffer to current subtree.
|
‘C-x n b’ (‘org-narrow-to-block’)
|
Narrow buffer to current block.
|
‘C-x n w’ (‘widen’)
|
Widen buffer to remove narrowing.
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‘C-c *’ (‘org-toggle-heading’)
|
Turn a normal line or plain list item into a headline (so that it
|
becomes a subheading at its location). Also turn a headline into a
|
normal line by removing the stars. If there is an active region,
|
turn all lines in the region into headlines. If the first line in
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the region was an item, turn only the item lines into headlines.
|
Finally, if the first line is a headline, remove the stars from all
|
headlines in the region.
|
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When there is an active region (Transient Mark mode), promotion and
|
demotion work on all headlines in the region. To select a region of
|
headlines, it is best to place both point and mark at the beginning of a
|
line, mark at the beginning of the first headline, and point at the line
|
just after the last headline to change. Note that when the cursor is
|
inside a table (*note Tables::), the Meta-Cursor keys have different
|
functionality.
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2.6 Sparse trees
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================
|
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An important feature of Org mode is the ability to construct _sparse
|
trees_ for selected information in an outline tree, so that the entire
|
document is folded as much as possible, but the selected information is
|
made visible along with the headline structure above it(1). Just try it
|
out and you will see immediately how it works.
|
|
Org mode contains several commands for creating such trees, all these
|
commands can be accessed through a dispatcher:
|
|
‘C-c /’ (‘org-sparse-tree’)
|
This prompts for an extra key to select a sparse-tree creating
|
command.
|
‘C-c / r’ or ‘C-c / /’ (‘org-occur’)
|
Prompts for a regexp and shows a sparse tree with all matches. If
|
the match is in a headline, the headline is made visible. If the
|
match is in the body of an entry, headline and body are made
|
visible. In order to provide minimal context, also the full
|
hierarchy of headlines above the match is shown, as well as the
|
headline following the match. Each match is also highlighted; the
|
highlights disappear when the buffer is changed by an editing
|
command(2), or by pressing ‘C-c C-c’. When called with a ‘C-u’
|
prefix argument, previous highlights are kept, so several calls to
|
this command can be stacked.
|
‘M-g n’ or ‘M-g M-n’ (‘next-error’)
|
Jump to the next sparse tree match in this buffer.
|
‘M-g p’ or ‘M-g M-p’ (‘previous-error’)
|
Jump to the previous sparse tree match in this buffer.
|
|
For frequently used sparse trees of specific search strings, you can use
|
the option ‘org-agenda-custom-commands’ to define fast keyboard access
|
to specific sparse trees. These commands will then be accessible
|
through the agenda dispatcher (*note Agenda dispatcher::). For example:
|
|
(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
|
'(("f" occur-tree "FIXME")))
|
|
will define the key ‘C-c a f’ as a shortcut for creating a sparse tree
|
matching the string ‘FIXME’.
|
|
The other sparse tree commands select headings based on TODO
|
keywords, tags, or properties and will be discussed later in this
|
manual.
|
|
To print a sparse tree, you can use the Emacs command
|
‘ps-print-buffer-with-faces’ which does not print invisible parts of the
|
document. Or you can use ‘C-c C-e C-v’ to export only the visible part
|
of the document and print the resulting file.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) See also the variable ‘org-show-context-detail’ to decide how
|
much context is shown around each match.
|
|
(2) This depends on the option ‘org-remove-highlights-with-change’
|
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2.7 Plain lists
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===============
|
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Within an entry of the outline tree, hand-formatted lists can provide
|
additional structure. They also provide a way to create lists of
|
checkboxes (*note Checkboxes::). Org supports editing such lists, and
|
every exporter (*note Exporting::) can parse and format them.
|
|
Org knows ordered lists, unordered lists, and description lists.
|
• _Unordered_ list items start with ‘-’, ‘+’, or ‘*’(1) as bullets.
|
• _Ordered_ list items start with a numeral followed by either a
|
period or a right parenthesis(2), such as ‘1.’ or ‘1)’(3). If you
|
want a list to start with a different value (e.g., 20), start the
|
text of the item with ‘[@20]’(4). Those constructs can be used in
|
any item of the list in order to enforce a particular numbering.
|
• _Description_ list items are unordered list items, and contain the
|
separator ‘ :: ’ to distinguish the description _term_ from the
|
description.
|
|
Items belonging to the same list must have the same indentation on
|
the first line. In particular, if an ordered list reaches number ‘10.’,
|
then the 2–digit numbers must be written left-aligned with the other
|
numbers in the list. An item ends before the next line that is less or
|
equally indented than its bullet/number.
|
|
A list ends whenever every item has ended, which means before any
|
line less or equally indented than items at top level. It also ends
|
before two blank lines. In that case, all items are closed. Here is an
|
example:
|
|
** Lord of the Rings
|
My favorite scenes are (in this order)
|
1. The attack of the Rohirrim
|
2. Eowyn's fight with the witch king
|
+ this was already my favorite scene in the book
|
+ I really like Miranda Otto.
|
3. Peter Jackson being shot by Legolas
|
- on DVD only
|
He makes a really funny face when it happens.
|
But in the end, no individual scenes matter but the film as a whole.
|
Important actors in this film are:
|
- Elijah Wood :: He plays Frodo
|
- Sean Astin :: He plays Sam, Frodo's friend. I still remember
|
him very well from his role as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies.
|
|
Org supports these lists by tuning filling and wrapping commands to
|
deal with them correctly, and by exporting them properly (*note
|
Exporting::). Since indentation is what governs the structure of these
|
lists, many structural constructs like ‘#+BEGIN_...’ blocks can be
|
indented to signal that they belong to a particular item.
|
|
If you find that using a different bullet for a sub-list (than that
|
used for the current list-level) improves readability, customize the
|
variable ‘org-list-demote-modify-bullet’. To get a greater difference
|
of indentation between items and their sub-items, customize
|
‘org-list-indent-offset’.
|
|
The following commands act on items when the cursor is in the first
|
line of an item (the line with the bullet or number). Some of them
|
imply the application of automatic rules to keep list structure intact.
|
If some of these actions get in your way, configure
|
‘org-list-automatic-rules’ to disable them individually.
|
|
‘<TAB>’ (‘org-cycle’)
|
Items can be folded just like headline levels. Normally this works
|
only if the cursor is on a plain list item. For more details, see
|
the variable ‘org-cycle-include-plain-lists’. If this variable is
|
set to ‘integrate’, plain list items will be treated like low-level
|
headlines. The level of an item is then given by the indentation
|
of the bullet/number. Items are always subordinate to real
|
headlines, however; the hierarchies remain completely separated.
|
In a new item with no text yet, the first <TAB> demotes the item to
|
become a child of the previous one. Subsequent <TAB>s move the
|
item to meaningful levels in the list and eventually get it back to
|
its initial position.
|
‘M-<RET>’ (‘org-insert-heading’)
|
Insert new item at current level. With a prefix argument, force a
|
new heading (*note Structure editing::). If this command is used
|
in the middle of an item, that item is _split_ in two, and the
|
second part becomes the new item(5). If this command is executed
|
_before item’s body_, the new item is created _before_ the current
|
one.
|
|
‘M-S-<RET>’
|
Insert a new item with a checkbox (*note Checkboxes::).
|
‘S-up’
|
‘S-down’
|
Jump to the previous/next item in the current list(6), but only if
|
‘org-support-shift-select’ is off. If not, you can still use
|
paragraph jumping commands like ‘C-<UP>’ and ‘C-<DOWN>’ to quite
|
similar effect.
|
‘M-up’
|
‘M-down’
|
Move the item including subitems up/down(7) (swap with
|
previous/next item of same indentation). If the list is ordered,
|
renumbering is automatic.
|
‘M-left’
|
‘M-right’
|
Decrease/increase the indentation of an item, leaving children
|
alone.
|
‘M-S-<LEFT>’
|
‘M-S-<RIGHT>’
|
Decrease/increase the indentation of the item, including subitems.
|
Initially, the item tree is selected based on current indentation.
|
When these commands are executed several times in direct
|
succession, the initially selected region is used, even if the new
|
indentation would imply a different hierarchy. To use the new
|
hierarchy, break the command chain with a cursor motion or so.
|
|
As a special case, using this command on the very first item of a
|
list will move the whole list. This behavior can be disabled by
|
configuring ‘org-list-automatic-rules’. The global indentation of
|
a list has no influence on the text _after_ the list.
|
‘C-c C-c’
|
If there is a checkbox (*note Checkboxes::) in the item line,
|
toggle the state of the checkbox. In any case, verify bullets and
|
indentation consistency in the whole list.
|
‘C-c -’
|
Cycle the entire list level through the different itemize/enumerate
|
bullets (‘-’, ‘+’, ‘*’, ‘1.’, ‘1)’) or a subset of them, depending
|
on ‘org-plain-list-ordered-item-terminator’, the type of list, and
|
its indentation. With a numeric prefix argument N, select the Nth
|
bullet from this list. If there is an active region when calling
|
this, all selected lines are converted to list items. With a
|
prefix argument, selected text is changed into a single item. If
|
the first line already was a list item, any item marker will be
|
removed from the list. Finally, even without an active region, a
|
normal line will be converted into a list item.
|
‘C-c *’
|
Turn a plain list item into a headline (so that it becomes a
|
subheading at its location). *Note Structure editing::, for a
|
detailed explanation.
|
‘C-c C-*’
|
Turn the whole plain list into a subtree of the current heading.
|
Checkboxes (*note Checkboxes::) will become TODO (resp. DONE)
|
keywords when unchecked (resp. checked).
|
‘S-<LEFT>/<RIGHT>’
|
This command also cycles bullet styles when the cursor in on the
|
bullet or anywhere in an item line, details depending on
|
‘org-support-shift-select’.
|
‘C-c ^’
|
Sort the plain list. You will be prompted for the sorting method:
|
numerically, alphabetically, by time, by checked status for check
|
lists, or by a custom function.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) When using ‘*’ as a bullet, lines must be indented or they will
|
be seen as top-level headlines. Also, when you are hiding leading stars
|
to get a clean outline view, plain list items starting with a star may
|
be hard to distinguish from true headlines. In short: even though ‘*’
|
is supported, it may be better to not use it for plain list items.
|
|
(2) You can filter out any of them by configuring
|
‘org-plain-list-ordered-item-terminator’.
|
|
(3) You can also get ‘a.’, ‘A.’, ‘a)’ and ‘A)’ by configuring
|
‘org-list-allow-alphabetical’. To minimize confusion with normal text,
|
those are limited to one character only. Beyond that limit, bullets
|
will automatically fallback to numbers.
|
|
(4) If there’s a checkbox in the item, the cookie must be put
|
_before_ the checkbox. If you have activated alphabetical lists, you
|
can also use counters like ‘[@b]’.
|
|
(5) If you do not want the item to be split, customize the variable
|
‘org-M-RET-may-split-line’.
|
|
(6) If you want to cycle around items that way, you may customize
|
‘org-list-use-circular-motion’.
|
|
(7) See ‘org-list-use-circular-motion’ for a cyclic behavior.
|
|
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2.8 Drawers
|
===========
|
|
Sometimes you want to keep information associated with an entry, but you
|
normally don’t want to see it. For this, Org mode has _drawers_. They
|
can contain anything but a headline and another drawer. Drawers look
|
like this:
|
|
** This is a headline
|
Still outside the drawer
|
:DRAWERNAME:
|
This is inside the drawer.
|
:END:
|
After the drawer.
|
|
You can interactively insert drawers at point by calling
|
‘org-insert-drawer’, which is bound to ‘C-c C-x d’. With an active
|
region, this command will put the region inside the drawer. With a
|
prefix argument, this command calls ‘org-insert-property-drawer’ and add
|
a property drawer right below the current headline. Completion over
|
drawer keywords is also possible using ‘M-<TAB>’(1).
|
|
Visibility cycling (*note Visibility cycling::) on the headline will
|
hide and show the entry, but keep the drawer collapsed to a single line.
|
In order to look inside the drawer, you need to move the cursor to the
|
drawer line and press <TAB> there. Org mode uses the ‘PROPERTIES’
|
drawer for storing properties (*note Properties and columns::), and you
|
can also arrange for state change notes (*note Tracking TODO state
|
changes::) and clock times (*note Clocking work time::) to be stored in
|
a drawer ‘LOGBOOK’. If you want to store a quick note in the LOGBOOK
|
drawer, in a similar way to state changes, use
|
|
‘C-c C-z’
|
Add a time-stamped note to the LOGBOOK drawer.
|
|
You can select the name of the drawers which should be exported with
|
‘org-export-with-drawers’. In that case, drawer contents will appear in
|
export output. Property drawers are not affected by this variable:
|
configure ‘org-export-with-properties’ instead.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Many desktops intercept ‘M-<TAB>’ to switch windows. Use ‘C-M-i’
|
or ‘<ESC> <TAB>’ instead for completion (*note Completion::).
|
|
|
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|
2.9 Blocks
|
==========
|
|
Org mode uses begin...end blocks for various purposes from including
|
source code examples (*note Literal examples::) to capturing time
|
logging information (*note Clocking work time::). These blocks can be
|
folded and unfolded by pressing <TAB> in the begin line. You can also
|
get all blocks folded at startup by configuring the option
|
‘org-hide-block-startup’ or on a per-file basis by using
|
|
#+STARTUP: hideblocks
|
#+STARTUP: nohideblocks
|
|
|
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|
2.10 Footnotes
|
==============
|
|
Org mode supports the creation of footnotes.
|
|
A footnote is started by a footnote marker in square brackets in
|
column 0, no indentation allowed. It ends at the next footnote
|
definition, headline, or after two consecutive empty lines. The
|
footnote reference is simply the marker in square brackets, inside text.
|
Markers always start with ‘fn:’. For example:
|
|
The Org homepage[fn:1] now looks a lot better than it used to.
|
...
|
[fn:1] The link is: https://orgmode.org
|
|
Org mode extends the number-based syntax to _named_ footnotes and
|
optional inline definition. Here are the valid references:
|
|
‘[fn:name]’
|
A named footnote reference, where ‘name’ is a unique label word,
|
or, for simplicity of automatic creation, a number.
|
‘[fn::This is the inline definition of this footnote]’
|
A LaTeX-like anonymous footnote where the definition is given
|
directly at the reference point.
|
‘[fn:name:a definition]’
|
An inline definition of a footnote, which also specifies a name for
|
the note. Since Org allows multiple references to the same note,
|
you can then use ‘[fn:name]’ to create additional references.
|
|
Footnote labels can be created automatically, or you can create names
|
yourself. This is handled by the variable ‘org-footnote-auto-label’ and
|
its corresponding ‘#+STARTUP’ keywords. See the docstring of that
|
variable for details.
|
|
The following command handles footnotes:
|
|
‘C-c C-x f’
|
The footnote action command.
|
|
When the cursor is on a footnote reference, jump to the definition.
|
When it is at a definition, jump to the (first) reference.
|
|
Otherwise, create a new footnote. Depending on the option
|
‘org-footnote-define-inline’(1), the definition will be placed
|
right into the text as part of the reference, or separately into
|
the location determined by the option ‘org-footnote-section’.
|
|
When this command is called with a prefix argument, a menu of
|
additional options is offered:
|
s Sort the footnote definitions by reference sequence. During editing,
|
Org makes no effort to sort footnote definitions into a particular
|
sequence. If you want them sorted, use this command, which will
|
also move entries according to ‘org-footnote-section’. Automatic
|
sorting after each insertion/deletion can be configured using the
|
option ‘org-footnote-auto-adjust’.
|
r Renumber the simple ‘fn:N’ footnotes. Automatic renumbering
|
after each insertion/deletion can be configured using the option
|
‘org-footnote-auto-adjust’.
|
S Short for first ‘r’, then ‘s’ action.
|
n Normalize the footnotes by collecting all definitions (including
|
inline definitions) into a special section, and then numbering them
|
in sequence. The references will then also be numbers.
|
d Delete the footnote at point, and all definitions of and references
|
to it.
|
Depending on the variable ‘org-footnote-auto-adjust’(2),
|
renumbering and sorting footnotes can be automatic after each
|
insertion or deletion.
|
|
‘C-c C-c’
|
If the cursor is on a footnote reference, jump to the definition.
|
If it is a the definition, jump back to the reference. When called
|
at a footnote location with a prefix argument, offer the same menu
|
as ‘C-c C-x f’.
|
‘C-c C-o or mouse-1/2’
|
Footnote labels are also links to the corresponding
|
definition/reference, and you can use the usual commands to follow
|
these links.
|
|
‘C-c '’
|
‘C-c '’
|
Edit the footnote definition corresponding to the reference at
|
point in a separate window. The window can be closed by pressing
|
‘C-c '’.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) The corresponding in-buffer setting is: ‘#+STARTUP: fninline’ or
|
‘#+STARTUP: nofninline’
|
|
(2) the corresponding in-buffer options are ‘fnadjust’ and
|
‘nofnadjust’.
|
|
|
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|
2.11 The Orgstruct minor mode
|
=============================
|
|
If you like the intuitive way the Org mode structure editing and list
|
formatting works, you might want to use these commands in other modes
|
like Text mode or Mail mode as well. The minor mode ‘orgstruct-mode’
|
makes this possible. Toggle the mode with ‘M-x orgstruct-mode <RET>’,
|
or turn it on by default, for example in Message mode, with one of:
|
|
(add-hook 'message-mode-hook 'turn-on-orgstruct)
|
(add-hook 'message-mode-hook 'turn-on-orgstruct++)
|
|
When this mode is active and the cursor is on a line that looks to
|
Org like a headline or the first line of a list item, most structure
|
editing commands will work, even if the same keys normally have
|
different functionality in the major mode you are using. If the cursor
|
is not in one of those special lines, Orgstruct mode lurks silently in
|
the shadows.
|
|
When you use ‘orgstruct++-mode’, Org will also export indentation and
|
autofill settings into that mode, and detect item context after the
|
first line of an item.
|
|
You can also use Org structure editing to fold and unfold headlines
|
in _any_ file, provided you defined ‘orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp’:
|
the regular expression must match the local prefix to use before Org’s
|
headlines. For example, if you set this variable to ‘";; "’ in Emacs
|
Lisp files, you will be able to fold and unfold headlines in Emacs Lisp
|
commented lines. Some commands like ‘org-demote’ are disabled when the
|
prefix is set, but folding/unfolding will work correctly.
|
|
|
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|
2.12 Org syntax
|
===============
|
|
A reference document providing a formal description of Org’s syntax is
|
available as a draft on Worg
|
(https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html), written and maintained
|
by Nicolas Goaziou. It defines Org’s core internal concepts such as
|
‘headlines’, ‘sections’, ‘affiliated keywords’, ‘(greater) elements’ and
|
‘objects’. Each part of an Org file falls into one of the categories
|
above.
|
|
To explore the abstract structure of an Org buffer, run this in a
|
buffer:
|
|
M-: (org-element-parse-buffer) <RET>
|
|
It will output a list containing the buffer’s content represented as
|
an abstract structure. The export engine relies on the information
|
stored in this list. Most interactive commands (e.g., for structure
|
editing) also rely on the syntactic meaning of the surrounding context.
|
|
You can check syntax in your documents using ‘org-lint’ command.
|
|
|
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|
|
3 Tables
|
********
|
|
Org comes with a fast and intuitive table editor. Spreadsheet-like
|
calculations are supported using the Emacs ‘calc’ package (*note Calc:
|
(calc)Top.).
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Built-in table editor:: Simple tables
|
* Column width and alignment:: Overrule the automatic settings
|
* Column groups:: Grouping to trigger vertical lines
|
* Orgtbl mode:: The table editor as minor mode
|
* The spreadsheet:: The table editor has spreadsheet capabilities
|
* Org-Plot:: Plotting from org tables
|
|
|
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|
|
3.1 The built-in table editor
|
=============================
|
|
Org makes it easy to format tables in plain ASCII. Any line with ‘|’ as
|
the first non-whitespace character is considered part of a table. ‘|’
|
is also the column separator(1). A table might look like this:
|
|
| Name | Phone | Age |
|
|-------+-------+-----|
|
| Peter | 1234 | 17 |
|
| Anna | 4321 | 25 |
|
|
A table is re-aligned automatically each time you press <TAB> or
|
<RET> or ‘C-c C-c’ inside the table. <TAB> also moves to the next field
|
(<RET> to the next row) and creates new table rows at the end of the
|
table or before horizontal lines. The indentation of the table is set
|
by the first line. Any line starting with ‘|-’ is considered as a
|
horizontal separator line and will be expanded on the next re-align to
|
span the whole table width. So, to create the above table, you would
|
only type
|
|
|Name|Phone|Age|
|
|-
|
|
and then press <TAB> to align the table and start filling in fields.
|
Even faster would be to type ‘|Name|Phone|Age’ followed by ‘C-c <RET>’.
|
|
When typing text into a field, Org treats <DEL>, <Backspace>, and all
|
character keys in a special way, so that inserting and deleting avoids
|
shifting other fields. Also, when typing _immediately after the cursor
|
was moved into a new field with ‘<TAB>’, ‘S-<TAB>’ or ‘<RET>’_, the
|
field is automatically made blank. If this behavior is too
|
unpredictable for you, configure the option
|
‘org-table-auto-blank-field’.
|
|
Creation and conversion
|
.......................
|
|
‘C-c | (org-table-create-or-convert-from-region)’
|
Convert the active region to a table. If every line contains at
|
least one TAB character, the function assumes that the material is
|
tab separated. If every line contains a comma, comma-separated
|
values (CSV) are assumed. If not, lines are split at whitespace
|
into fields. You can use a prefix argument to force a specific
|
separator: ‘C-u’ forces CSV, ‘C-u C-u’ forces TAB, ‘C-u C-u C-u’
|
will prompt for a regular expression to match the separator, and a
|
numeric argument N indicates that at least N consecutive spaces, or
|
alternatively a TAB will be the separator.
|
If there is no active region, this command creates an empty Org
|
table. But it is easier just to start typing, like
|
‘|Name|Phone|Age <RET> |- <TAB>’.
|
|
Re-aligning and field motion
|
............................
|
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‘C-c C-c (org-table-align)’
|
Re-align the table and don’t move to another field.
|
‘C-c <SPC> (org-table-blank-field)’
|
Blank the field at point.
|
‘<TAB> (org-table-next-field)’
|
Re-align the table, move to the next field. Creates a new row if
|
necessary.
|
‘S-<TAB> (org-table-previous-field)’
|
Re-align, move to previous field.
|
‘<RET> (org-table-next-row)’
|
Re-align the table and move down to next row. Creates a new row if
|
necessary. At the beginning or end of a line, <RET> still does
|
NEWLINE, so it can be used to split a table.
|
‘M-a (org-table-beginning-of-field)’
|
Move to beginning of the current table field, or on to the previous
|
field.
|
‘M-e (org-table-end-of-field)’
|
Move to end of the current table field, or on to the next field.
|
|
Column and row editing
|
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|
|
‘M-<LEFT> (org-table-move-column-left)’
|
‘M-<RIGHT> (org-table-move-column-right)’
|
Move the current column left/right.
|
‘M-S-<LEFT> (org-table-delete-column)’
|
Kill the current column.
|
‘M-S-<RIGHT> (org-table-insert-column)’
|
Insert a new column to the left of the cursor position.
|
‘M-<UP> (org-table-move-row-up)’
|
‘M-<DOWN> (org-table-move-row-down)’
|
Move the current row up/down.
|
‘M-S-<UP> (org-table-kill-row)’
|
Kill the current row or horizontal line.
|
‘M-S-<DOWN> (org-table-insert-row)’
|
Insert a new row above the current row. With a prefix argument,
|
the line is created below the current one.
|
‘C-c - (org-table-insert-hline)’
|
Insert a horizontal line below current row. With a prefix
|
argument, the line is created above the current line.
|
‘C-c <RET> (org-table-hline-and-move)’
|
Insert a horizontal line below current row, and move the cursor
|
into the row below that line.
|
‘C-c ^ (org-table-sort-lines)’
|
Sort the table lines in the region. The position of point
|
indicates the column to be used for sorting, and the range of lines
|
is the range between the nearest horizontal separator lines, or the
|
entire table. If point is before the first column, you will be
|
prompted for the sorting column. If there is an active region, the
|
mark specifies the first line and the sorting column, while point
|
should be in the last line to be included into the sorting. The
|
command prompts for the sorting type (alphabetically, numerically,
|
or by time). You can sort in normal or reverse order. You can
|
also supply your own key extraction and comparison functions. When
|
called with a prefix argument, alphabetic sorting will be
|
case-sensitive.
|
|
Regions
|
.......
|
|
‘C-c C-x M-w (org-table-copy-region)’
|
Copy a rectangular region from a table to a special clipboard.
|
Point and mark determine edge fields of the rectangle. If there is
|
no active region, copy just the current field. The process ignores
|
horizontal separator lines.
|
‘C-c C-x C-w (org-table-cut-region)’
|
Copy a rectangular region from a table to a special clipboard, and
|
blank all fields in the rectangle. So this is the “cut” operation.
|
‘C-c C-x C-y (org-table-paste-rectangle)’
|
Paste a rectangular region into a table. The upper left corner
|
ends up in the current field. All involved fields will be
|
overwritten. If the rectangle does not fit into the present table,
|
the table is enlarged as needed. The process ignores horizontal
|
separator lines.
|
‘M-<RET> (org-table-wrap-region)’
|
Split the current field at the cursor position and move the rest to
|
the line below. If there is an active region, and both point and
|
mark are in the same column, the text in the column is wrapped to
|
minimum width for the given number of lines. A numeric prefix
|
argument may be used to change the number of desired lines. If
|
there is no region, but you specify a prefix argument, the current
|
field is made blank, and the content is appended to the field
|
above.
|
|
Calculations
|
............
|
|
‘C-c + (org-table-sum)’
|
Sum the numbers in the current column, or in the rectangle defined
|
by the active region. The result is shown in the echo area and can
|
be inserted with ‘C-y’.
|
‘S-<RET> (org-table-copy-down)’
|
When current field is empty, copy from first non-empty field above.
|
When not empty, copy current field down to next row and move cursor
|
along with it. Depending on the option ‘org-table-copy-increment’,
|
integer field values will be incremented during copy. Integers
|
that are too large will not be incremented. Also, a ‘0’ prefix
|
argument temporarily disables the increment. This key is also used
|
by shift-selection and related modes (*note Conflicts::).
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
.............
|
|
‘C-c ` (org-table-edit-field)’
|
Edit the current field in a separate window. This is useful for
|
fields that are not fully visible (*note Column width and
|
alignment::). When called with a ‘C-u’ prefix, just make the full
|
field visible, so that it can be edited in place. When called with
|
two ‘C-u’ prefixes, make the editor window follow the cursor
|
through the table and always show the current field. The follow
|
mode exits automatically when the cursor leaves the table, or when
|
you repeat this command with ‘C-u C-u C-c `’.
|
‘M-x org-table-import <RET>’
|
Import a file as a table. The table should be TAB or whitespace
|
separated. Use, for example, to import a spreadsheet table or data
|
from a database, because these programs generally can write
|
TAB-separated text files. This command works by inserting the file
|
into the buffer and then converting the region to a table. Any
|
prefix argument is passed on to the converter, which uses it to
|
determine the separator.
|
‘C-c | (org-table-create-or-convert-from-region)’
|
Tables can also be imported by pasting tabular text into the Org
|
buffer, selecting the pasted text with ‘C-x C-x’ and then using the
|
‘C-c |’ command (see above under Creation and conversion).
|
‘M-x org-table-export <RET>’
|
Export the table, by default as a TAB-separated file. Use for data
|
exchange with, for example, spreadsheet or database programs. The
|
format used to export the file can be configured in the option
|
‘org-table-export-default-format’. You may also use properties
|
‘TABLE_EXPORT_FILE’ and ‘TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT’ to specify the file
|
name and the format for table export in a subtree. Org supports
|
quite general formats for exported tables. The exporter format is
|
the same as the format used by Orgtbl radio tables, see *note
|
Translator functions::, for a detailed description.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) To insert a vertical bar into a table field, use ‘\vert’ or,
|
inside a word ‘abc\vert{}def’.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Column width and alignment, Next: Column groups, Prev: Built-in table editor, Up: Tables
|
|
3.2 Column width and alignment
|
==============================
|
|
The width of columns is automatically determined by the table editor.
|
And also the alignment of a column is determined automatically from the
|
fraction of number-like versus non-number fields in the column.
|
|
Sometimes a single field or a few fields need to carry more text,
|
leading to inconveniently wide columns. Or maybe you want to make a
|
table with several columns having a fixed width, regardless of content.
|
To set the width of a column, one field anywhere in the column may
|
contain just the string ‘<N>’ where ‘N’ is an integer specifying the
|
width of the column in characters. The next re-align will then set the
|
width of this column to this value.
|
|
|---+------------------------------| |---+--------|
|
| | | | | <6> |
|
| 1 | one | | 1 | one |
|
| 2 | two | ----\ | 2 | two |
|
| 3 | This is a long chunk of text | ----/ | 3 | This=> |
|
| 4 | four | | 4 | four |
|
|---+------------------------------| |---+--------|
|
|
Fields that are wider become clipped and end in the string ‘=>’. Note
|
that the full text is still in the buffer but is hidden. To see the
|
full text, hold the mouse over the field—a tool-tip window will show the
|
full content. To edit such a field, use the command ‘C-c `’ (that is
|
‘C-c’ followed by the grave accent). This will open a new window with
|
the full field. Edit it and finish with ‘C-c C-c’.
|
|
When visiting a file containing a table with narrowed columns, the
|
necessary character hiding has not yet happened, and the table needs to
|
be aligned before it looks nice. Setting the option
|
‘org-startup-align-all-tables’ will realign all tables in a file upon
|
visiting, but also slow down startup. You can also set this option on a
|
per-file basis with:
|
|
#+STARTUP: align
|
#+STARTUP: noalign
|
|
If you would like to overrule the automatic alignment of number-rich
|
columns to the right and of string-rich columns to the left, you can use
|
‘<r>’, ‘<c>’(1) or ‘<l>’ in a similar fashion. You may also combine
|
alignment and field width like this: ‘<r10>’.
|
|
Lines which only contain these formatting cookies will be removed
|
automatically when exporting the document.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Centering does not work inside Emacs, but it does have an effect
|
when exporting to HTML.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Column groups, Next: Orgtbl mode, Prev: Column width and alignment, Up: Tables
|
|
3.3 Column groups
|
=================
|
|
When Org exports tables, it does so by default without vertical lines
|
because that is visually more satisfying in general. Occasionally
|
however, vertical lines can be useful to structure a table into groups
|
of columns, much like horizontal lines can do for groups of rows. In
|
order to specify column groups, you can use a special row where the
|
first field contains only ‘/’. The further fields can either contain
|
‘<’ to indicate that this column should start a group, ‘>’ to indicate
|
the end of a group, or ‘<>’ (no space between ‘<’ and ‘>’) to make a
|
column a group of its own. Boundaries between column groups will upon
|
export be marked with vertical lines. Here is an example:
|
|
| N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | ~sqrt(n)~ | ~sqrt[4](N)~ |
|
|---+-----+-----+-----+-----------+--------------|
|
| / | < | | > | < | > |
|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
| 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
|
| 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
|
|---+-----+-----+-----+-----------+--------------|
|
#+TBLFM: $2=$1^2::$3=$1^3::$4=$1^4::$5=sqrt($1)::$6=sqrt(sqrt(($1)))
|
|
It is also sufficient to just insert the column group starters after
|
every vertical line you would like to have:
|
|
| N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
|
|----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
|
| / | < | | | < | |
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Orgtbl mode, Next: The spreadsheet, Prev: Column groups, Up: Tables
|
|
3.4 The Orgtbl minor mode
|
=========================
|
|
If you like the intuitive way the Org table editor works, you might also
|
want to use it in other modes like Text mode or Mail mode. The minor
|
mode Orgtbl mode makes this possible. You can always toggle the mode
|
with ‘M-x orgtbl-mode <RET>’. To turn it on by default, for example in
|
Message mode, use
|
|
(add-hook 'message-mode-hook 'turn-on-orgtbl)
|
|
Furthermore, with some special setup, it is possible to maintain
|
tables in arbitrary syntax with Orgtbl mode. For example, it is
|
possible to construct LaTeX tables with the underlying ease and power of
|
Orgtbl mode, including spreadsheet capabilities. For details, see *note
|
Tables in arbitrary syntax::.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: The spreadsheet, Next: Org-Plot, Prev: Orgtbl mode, Up: Tables
|
|
3.5 The spreadsheet
|
===================
|
|
The table editor makes use of the Emacs ‘calc’ package to implement
|
spreadsheet-like capabilities. It can also evaluate Emacs Lisp forms to
|
derive fields from other fields. While fully featured, Org’s
|
implementation is not identical to other spreadsheets. For example, Org
|
knows the concept of a _column formula_ that will be applied to all
|
non-header fields in a column without having to copy the formula to each
|
relevant field. There is also a formula debugger, and a formula editor
|
with features for highlighting fields in the table corresponding to the
|
references at the point in the formula, moving these references by arrow
|
keys
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* References:: How to refer to another field or range
|
* Formula syntax for Calc:: Using Calc to compute stuff
|
* Formula syntax for Lisp:: Writing formulas in Emacs Lisp
|
* Durations and time values:: How to compute durations and time values
|
* Field and range formulas:: Formula for specific (ranges of) fields
|
* Column formulas:: Formulas valid for an entire column
|
* Lookup functions:: Lookup functions for searching tables
|
* Editing and debugging formulas:: Fixing formulas
|
* Updating the table:: Recomputing all dependent fields
|
* Advanced features:: Field and column names, parameters and automatic recalc
|
|
|
File: org, Node: References, Next: Formula syntax for Calc, Up: The spreadsheet
|
|
3.5.1 References
|
----------------
|
|
To compute fields in the table from other fields, formulas must
|
reference other fields or ranges. In Org, fields can be referenced by
|
name, by absolute coordinates, and by relative coordinates. To find out
|
what the coordinates of a field are, press ‘C-c ?’ in that field, or
|
press ‘C-c }’ to toggle the display of a grid.
|
|
Field references
|
................
|
|
Formulas can reference the value of another field in two ways. Like in
|
any other spreadsheet, you may reference fields with a letter/number
|
combination like ‘B3’, meaning the 2nd field in the 3rd row. However,
|
Org prefers(1) to use another, more general representation that looks
|
like this:
|
@ROW$COLUMN
|
|
Column specifications can be absolute like ‘$1’, ‘$2’,...‘$N’, or
|
relative to the current column (i.e., the column of the field which is
|
being computed) like ‘$+1’ or ‘$-2’. ‘$<’ and ‘$>’ are immutable
|
references to the first and last column, respectively, and you can use
|
‘$>>>’ to indicate the third column from the right.
|
|
The row specification only counts data lines and ignores horizontal
|
separator lines (hlines). Like with columns, you can use absolute row
|
numbers ‘@1’, ‘@2’,...‘@N’, and row numbers relative to the current row
|
like ‘@+3’ or ‘@-1’. ‘@<’ and ‘@>’ are immutable references the first
|
and last(2) row in the table, respectively. You may also specify the
|
row relative to one of the hlines: ‘@I’ refers to the first hline, ‘@II’
|
to the second, etc. ‘@-I’ refers to the first such line above the
|
current line, ‘@+I’ to the first such line below the current line. You
|
can also write ‘@III+2’ which is the second data line after the third
|
hline in the table.
|
|
‘@0’ and ‘$0’ refer to the current row and column, respectively,
|
i.e., to the row/column for the field being computed. Also, if you omit
|
either the column or the row part of the reference, the current
|
row/column is implied.
|
|
Org’s references with _unsigned_ numbers are fixed references in the
|
sense that if you use the same reference in the formula for two
|
different fields, the same field will be referenced each time. Org’s
|
references with _signed_ numbers are floating references because the
|
same reference operator can reference different fields depending on the
|
field being calculated by the formula.
|
|
Here are a few examples:
|
|
@2$3 2nd row, 3rd column (same as ‘C2’)
|
$5 column 5 in the current row (same as ‘E&’)
|
@2 current column, row 2
|
@-1$-3 the field one row up, three columns to the left
|
@-I$2 field just under hline above current row, column 2
|
@>$5 field in the last row, in column 5
|
|
Range references
|
................
|
|
You may reference a rectangular range of fields by specifying two field
|
references connected by two dots ‘..’. If both fields are in the
|
current row, you may simply use ‘$2..$7’, but if at least one field is
|
in a different row, you need to use the general ‘@row$column’ format at
|
least for the first field (i.e the reference must start with ‘@’ in
|
order to be interpreted correctly). Examples:
|
|
$1..$3 first three fields in the current row
|
$P..$Q range, using column names (see under Advanced)
|
$<<<..$>> start in third column, continue to the last but one
|
@2$1..@4$3 6 fields between these two fields (same as ‘A2..C4’)
|
@-1$-2..@-1 3 fields in the row above, starting from 2 columns on the left
|
@I..II between first and second hline, short for ‘@I..@II’
|
|
Range references return a vector of values that can be fed into Calc
|
vector functions. Empty fields in ranges are normally suppressed, so
|
that the vector contains only the non-empty fields. For other options
|
with the mode switches ‘E’, ‘N’ and examples *note Formula syntax for
|
Calc::.
|
|
Field coordinates in formulas
|
.............................
|
|
One of the very first actions during evaluation of Calc formulas and
|
Lisp formulas is to substitute ‘@#’ and ‘$#’ in the formula with the row
|
or column number of the field where the current result will go to. The
|
traditional Lisp formula equivalents are ‘org-table-current-dline’ and
|
‘org-table-current-column’. Examples:
|
|
‘if(@# % 2, $#, string(""))’
|
Insert column number on odd rows, set field to empty on even rows.
|
‘$2 = '(identity remote(FOO, @@#$1))’
|
Copy text or values of each row of column 1 of the table named
|
‘FOO’ into column 2 of the current table.
|
‘@3 = 2 * remote(FOO, @1$$#)’
|
Insert the doubled value of each column of row 1 of the table named
|
‘FOO’ into row 3 of the current table.
|
|
For the second/third example, the table named ‘FOO’ must have at least
|
as many rows/columns as the current table. Note that this is
|
inefficient(3) for large number of rows/columns.
|
|
Named references
|
................
|
|
‘$name’ is interpreted as the name of a column, parameter or constant.
|
Constants are defined globally through the option
|
‘org-table-formula-constants’, and locally (for the file) through a line
|
like
|
|
#+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
|
|
Also properties (*note Properties and columns::) can be used as
|
constants in table formulas: for a property ‘:Xyz:’ use the name
|
‘$PROP_Xyz’, and the property will be searched in the current outline
|
entry and in the hierarchy above it. If you have the ‘constants.el’
|
package, it will also be used to resolve constants, including natural
|
constants like ‘$h’ for Planck’s constant, and units like ‘$km’ for
|
kilometers(4). Column names and parameters can be specified in special
|
table lines. These are described below, see *note Advanced features::.
|
All names must start with a letter, and further consist of letters and
|
numbers.
|
|
Remote references
|
.................
|
|
You may also reference constants, fields and ranges from a different
|
table, either in the current file or even in a different file. The
|
syntax is
|
|
remote(NAME-OR-ID,REF)
|
|
where NAME can be the name of a table in the current file as set by a
|
‘#+NAME: Name’ line before the table. It can also be the ID of an
|
entry, even in a different file, and the reference then refers to the
|
first table in that entry. REF is an absolute field or range reference
|
as described above for example ‘@3$3’ or ‘$somename’, valid in the
|
referenced table.
|
|
Indirection of NAME-OR-ID: When NAME-OR-ID has the format
|
‘@ROW$COLUMN’ it will be substituted with the name or ID found in this
|
field of the current table. For example ‘remote($1, @>$2)’ =>
|
‘remote(year_2013, @>$1)’. The format ‘B3’ is not supported because it
|
can not be distinguished from a plain table name or ID.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Org will understand references typed by the user as ‘B4’, but it
|
will not use this syntax when offering a formula for editing. You can
|
customize this behavior using the option
|
‘org-table-use-standard-references’.
|
|
(2) For backward compatibility you can also use special names like
|
‘$LR5’ and ‘$LR12’ to refer in a stable way to the 5th and 12th field in
|
the last row of the table. However, this syntax is deprecated, it
|
should not be used for new documents. Use ‘@>$’ instead.
|
|
(3) The computation time scales as O(N^2) because the table named
|
‘FOO’ is parsed for each field to be read.
|
|
(4) ‘constants.el’ can supply the values of constants in two
|
different unit systems, ‘SI’ and ‘cgs’. Which one is used depends on
|
the value of the variable ‘constants-unit-system’. You can use the
|
‘#+STARTUP’ options ‘constSI’ and ‘constcgs’ to set this value for the
|
current buffer.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Formula syntax for Calc, Next: Formula syntax for Lisp, Prev: References, Up: The spreadsheet
|
|
3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc
|
-----------------------------
|
|
A formula can be any algebraic expression understood by the Emacs ‘Calc’
|
package. Note that ‘calc’ has the non-standard convention that ‘/’ has
|
lower precedence than ‘*’, so that ‘a/b*c’ is interpreted as ‘a/(b*c)’.
|
Before evaluation by ‘calc-eval’ (*note calc-eval: (calc)Calling Calc
|
from Your Programs.), variable substitution takes place according to the
|
rules described above. The range vectors can be directly fed into the
|
Calc vector functions like ‘vmean’ and ‘vsum’.
|
|
A formula can contain an optional mode string after a semicolon.
|
This string consists of flags to influence Calc and other modes during
|
execution. By default, Org uses the standard Calc modes (precision 12,
|
angular units degrees, fraction and symbolic modes off). The display
|
format, however, has been changed to ‘(float 8)’ to keep tables compact.
|
The default settings can be configured using the option
|
‘org-calc-default-modes’.
|
|
List of modes:
|
|
‘p20’
|
Set the internal Calc calculation precision to 20 digits.
|
‘n3’, ‘s3’, ‘e2’, ‘f4’
|
Normal, scientific, engineering or fixed format of the result of
|
Calc passed back to Org. Calc formatting is unlimited in precision
|
as long as the Calc calculation precision is greater.
|
‘D’, ‘R’
|
Degree and radian angle modes of Calc.
|
‘F’, ‘S’
|
Fraction and symbolic modes of Calc.
|
‘T’, ‘t’, ‘U’
|
Duration computations in Calc or Lisp, *note Durations and time
|
values::.
|
‘E’
|
If and how to consider empty fields. Without ‘E’ empty fields in
|
range references are suppressed so that the Calc vector or Lisp
|
list contains only the non-empty fields. With ‘E’ the empty fields
|
are kept. For empty fields in ranges or empty field references the
|
value ‘nan’ (not a number) is used in Calc formulas and the empty
|
string is used for Lisp formulas. Add ‘N’ to use 0 instead for
|
both formula types. For the value of a field the mode ‘N’ has
|
higher precedence than ‘E’.
|
‘N’
|
Interpret all fields as numbers, use 0 for non-numbers. See the
|
next section to see how this is essential for computations with
|
Lisp formulas. In Calc formulas it is used only occasionally
|
because there number strings are already interpreted as numbers
|
without ‘N’.
|
‘L’
|
Literal, for Lisp formulas only. See the next section.
|
|
Unless you use large integer numbers or high-precision-calculation and
|
-display for floating point numbers you may alternatively provide a
|
‘printf’ format specifier to reformat the Calc result after it has been
|
passed back to Org instead of letting Calc already do the formatting(1).
|
A few examples:
|
|
$1+$2 Sum of first and second field
|
$1+$2;%.2f Same, format result to two decimals
|
exp($2)+exp($1) Math functions can be used
|
$0;%.1f Reformat current cell to 1 decimal
|
($3-32)*5/9 Degrees F -> C conversion
|
$c/$1/$cm Hz -> cm conversion, using ‘constants.el’
|
tan($1);Dp3s1 Compute in degrees, precision 3, display SCI 1
|
sin($1);Dp3%.1e Same, but use printf specifier for display
|
taylor($3,x=7,2) Taylor series of $3, at x=7, second degree
|
|
Calc also contains a complete set of logical operations, (*note
|
Logical Operations: (calc)Logical Operations.). For example
|
|
‘if($1 < 20, teen, string(""))’
|
"teen" if age $1 is less than 20, else the Org table result field
|
is set to empty with the empty string.
|
‘if("$1" == "nan" || "$2" == "nan", string(""), $1 + $2); E f-1’
|
Sum of the first two columns. When at least one of the input
|
fields is empty the Org table result field is set to empty. ‘E’ is
|
required to not convert empty fields to 0. ‘f-1’ is an optional
|
Calc format string similar to ‘%.1f’ but leaves empty results
|
empty.
|
‘if(typeof(vmean($1..$7)) == 12, string(""), vmean($1..$7); E’
|
Mean value of a range unless there is any empty field. Every field
|
in the range that is empty is replaced by ‘nan’ which lets ‘vmean’
|
result in ‘nan’. Then ‘typeof == 12’ detects the ‘nan’ from
|
‘vmean’ and the Org table result field is set to empty. Use this
|
when the sample set is expected to never have missing values.
|
‘if("$1..$7" == "[]", string(""), vmean($1..$7))’
|
Mean value of a range with empty fields skipped. Every field in
|
the range that is empty is skipped. When all fields in the range
|
are empty the mean value is not defined and the Org table result
|
field is set to empty. Use this when the sample set can have a
|
variable size.
|
‘vmean($1..$7); EN’
|
To complete the example before: Mean value of a range with empty
|
fields counting as samples with value 0. Use this only when
|
incomplete sample sets should be padded with 0 to the full size.
|
|
You can add your own Calc functions defined in Emacs Lisp with
|
‘defmath’ and use them in formula syntax for Calc.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) The ‘printf’ reformatting is limited in precision because the
|
value passed to it is converted into an ‘integer’ or ‘double’. The
|
‘integer’ is limited in size by truncating the signed value to 32 bits.
|
The ‘double’ is limited in precision to 64 bits overall which leaves
|
approximately 16 significant decimal digits.
|
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3.5.3 Emacs Lisp forms as formulas
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|
|
It is also possible to write a formula in Emacs Lisp. This can be
|
useful for string manipulation and control structures, if Calc’s
|
functionality is not enough.
|
|
If a formula starts with an apostrophe followed by an opening
|
parenthesis, then it is evaluated as a Lisp form. The evaluation should
|
return either a string or a number. Just as with ‘calc’ formulas, you
|
can specify modes and a printf format after a semicolon.
|
|
With Emacs Lisp forms, you need to be conscious about the way field
|
references are interpolated into the form. By default, a reference will
|
be interpolated as a Lisp string (in double-quotes) containing the
|
field. If you provide the ‘N’ mode switch, all referenced elements will
|
be numbers (non-number fields will be zero) and interpolated as Lisp
|
numbers, without quotes. If you provide the ‘L’ flag, all fields will
|
be interpolated literally, without quotes. I.e., if you want a
|
reference to be interpreted as a string by the Lisp form, enclose the
|
reference operator itself in double-quotes, like ‘"$3"’. Ranges are
|
inserted as space-separated fields, so you can embed them in list or
|
vector syntax.
|
|
Here are a few examples—note how the ‘N’ mode is used when we do
|
computations in Lisp:
|
|
‘'(concat (substring $1 1 2) (substring $1 0 1) (substring $1 2))’
|
Swap the first two characters of the content of column 1.
|
‘'(+ $1 $2);N’
|
Add columns 1 and 2, equivalent to Calc’s ‘$1+$2’.
|
‘'(apply '+ '($1..$4));N’
|
Compute the sum of columns 1 to 4, like Calc’s ‘vsum($1..$4)’.
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3.5.4 Durations and time values
|
-------------------------------
|
|
If you want to compute time values use the ‘T’, ‘t’, or ‘U’ flag, either
|
in Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
|
|
| Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
|
|---------+----------+----------|
|
| 2:12 | 1:47 | 03:59:00 |
|
| 2:12 | 1:47 | 03:59 |
|
| 3:02:20 | -2:07:00 | 0.92 |
|
#+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T::@3$3=$1+$2;U::@4$3=$1+$2;t
|
|
Input duration values must be of the form ‘HH:MM[:SS]’, where seconds
|
are optional. With the ‘T’ flag, computed durations will be displayed
|
as ‘HH:MM:SS’ (see the first formula above). With the ‘U’ flag, seconds
|
will be omitted so that the result will be only ‘HH:MM’ (see second
|
formula above). Zero-padding of the hours field will depend upon the
|
value of the variable ‘org-table-duration-hour-zero-padding’.
|
|
With the ‘t’ flag, computed durations will be displayed according to
|
the value of the option ‘org-table-duration-custom-format’, which
|
defaults to ‘'hours’ and will display the result as a fraction of hours
|
(see the third formula in the example above).
|
|
Negative duration values can be manipulated as well, and integers
|
will be considered as seconds in addition and subtraction.
|
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3.5.5 Field and range formulas
|
------------------------------
|
|
To assign a formula to a particular field, type it directly into the
|
field, preceded by ‘:=’, for example ‘:=vsum(@II..III)’. When you press
|
<TAB> or <RET> or ‘C-c C-c’ with the cursor still in the field, the
|
formula will be stored as the formula for this field, evaluated, and the
|
current field will be replaced with the result.
|
|
Formulas are stored in a special line starting with ‘#+TBLFM:’
|
directly below the table. If you type the equation in the 4th field of
|
the 3rd data line in the table, the formula will look like ‘@3$4=$1+$2’.
|
When inserting/deleting/swapping columns and rows with the appropriate
|
commands, absolute references (but not relative ones) in stored formulas
|
are modified in order to still reference the same field. To avoid this,
|
in particular in range references, anchor ranges at the table borders
|
(using ‘@<’, ‘@>’, ‘$<’, ‘$>’), or at hlines using the ‘@I’ notation.
|
Automatic adaptation of field references does of course not happen if
|
you edit the table structure with normal editing commands—then you must
|
fix the equations yourself.
|
|
Instead of typing an equation into the field, you may also use the
|
following command
|
|
‘C-u C-c = (org-table-eval-formula)’
|
Install a new formula for the current field. The command prompts
|
for a formula with default taken from the ‘#+TBLFM:’ line, applies
|
it to the current field, and stores it.
|
|
The left-hand side of a formula can also be a special expression in
|
order to assign the formula to a number of different fields. There is
|
no keyboard shortcut to enter such range formulas. To add them, use the
|
formula editor (*note Editing and debugging formulas::) or edit the
|
‘#+TBLFM:’ line directly.
|
|
‘$2=’
|
Column formula, valid for the entire column. This is so common
|
that Org treats these formulas in a special way, see *note Column
|
formulas::.
|
‘@3=’
|
Row formula, applies to all fields in the specified row. ‘@>=’
|
means the last row.
|
‘@1$2..@4$3=’
|
Range formula, applies to all fields in the given rectangular
|
range. This can also be used to assign a formula to some but not
|
all fields in a row.
|
‘$name=’
|
Named field, see *note Advanced features::.
|
|
|
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|
3.5.6 Column formulas
|
---------------------
|
|
When you assign a formula to a simple column reference like ‘$3=’, the
|
same formula will be used in all fields of that column, with the
|
following very convenient exceptions: (i) If the table contains
|
horizontal separator hlines with rows above and below, everything before
|
the first such hline is considered part of the table _header_ and will
|
not be modified by column formulas. Therefore a header is mandatory
|
when you use column formulas and want to add hlines to group rows, like
|
for example to separate a total row at the bottom from the summand rows
|
above. (ii) Fields that already get a value from a field/range formula
|
will be left alone by column formulas. These conditions make column
|
formulas very easy to use.
|
|
To assign a formula to a column, type it directly into any field in
|
the column, preceded by an equal sign, like ‘=$1+$2’. When you press
|
<TAB> or <RET> or ‘C-c C-c’ with the cursor still in the field, the
|
formula will be stored as the formula for the current column, evaluated
|
and the current field replaced with the result. If the field contains
|
only ‘=’, the previously stored formula for this column is used. For
|
each column, Org will only remember the most recently used formula. In
|
the ‘#+TBLFM:’ line, column formulas will look like ‘$4=$1+$2’. The
|
left-hand side of a column formula cannot be the name of column, it must
|
be the numeric column reference or ‘$>’.
|
|
Instead of typing an equation into the field, you may also use the
|
following command:
|
|
‘C-c = (org-table-eval-formula)’
|
Install a new formula for the current column and replace current
|
field with the result of the formula. The command prompts for a
|
formula, with default taken from the ‘#+TBLFM’ line, applies it to
|
the current field and stores it. With a numeric prefix
|
argument(e.g., ‘C-5 C-c =’) the command will apply it to that many
|
consecutive fields in the current column.
|
|
|
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|
|
3.5.7 Lookup functions
|
----------------------
|
|
Org has three predefined Emacs Lisp functions for lookups in tables.
|
‘(org-lookup-first VAL S-LIST R-LIST &optional PREDICATE)’
|
Searches for the first element ‘S’ in list ‘S-LIST’ for which
|
(PREDICATE VAL S)
|
is ‘t’; returns the value from the corresponding position in list
|
‘R-LIST’. The default ‘PREDICATE’ is ‘equal’. Note that the
|
parameters ‘VAL’ and ‘S’ are passed to ‘PREDICATE’ in the same
|
order as the corresponding parameters are in the call to
|
‘org-lookup-first’, where ‘VAL’ precedes ‘S-LIST’. If ‘R-LIST’ is
|
‘nil’, the matching element ‘S’ of ‘S-LIST’ is returned.
|
‘(org-lookup-last VAL S-LIST R-LIST &optional PREDICATE)’
|
Similar to ‘org-lookup-first’ above, but searches for the last
|
element for which ‘PREDICATE’ is ‘t’.
|
‘(org-lookup-all VAL S-LIST R-LIST &optional PREDICATE)’
|
Similar to ‘org-lookup-first’, but searches for all elements for
|
which ‘PREDICATE’ is ‘t’, and returns all corresponding values.
|
This function can not be used by itself in a formula, because it
|
returns a list of values. However, powerful lookups can be built
|
when this function is combined with other Emacs Lisp functions.
|
|
If the ranges used in these functions contain empty fields, the ‘E’
|
mode for the formula should usually be specified: otherwise empty fields
|
will not be included in ‘S-LIST’ and/or ‘R-LIST’ which can, for example,
|
result in an incorrect mapping from an element of ‘S-LIST’ to the
|
corresponding element of ‘R-LIST’.
|
|
These three functions can be used to implement associative arrays,
|
count matching cells, rank results, group data etc. For practical
|
examples see this tutorial on Worg
|
(https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-lookups.html).
|
|
|
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|
|
3.5.8 Editing and debugging formulas
|
------------------------------------
|
|
You can edit individual formulas in the minibuffer or directly in the
|
field. Org can also prepare a special buffer with all active formulas
|
of a table. When offering a formula for editing, Org converts
|
references to the standard format (like ‘B3’ or ‘D&’) if possible. If
|
you prefer to only work with the internal format (like ‘@3$2’ or ‘$4’),
|
configure the option ‘org-table-use-standard-references’.
|
|
‘C-c = or C-u C-c = (org-table-eval-formula)’
|
Edit the formula associated with the current column/field in the
|
minibuffer. See *note Column formulas::, and *note Field and range
|
formulas::.
|
‘C-u C-u C-c = (org-table-eval-formula)’
|
Re-insert the active formula (either a field formula, or a column
|
formula) into the current field, so that you can edit it directly
|
in the field. The advantage over editing in the minibuffer is that
|
you can use the command ‘C-c ?’.
|
‘C-c ? (org-table-field-info)’
|
While editing a formula in a table field, highlight the field(s)
|
referenced by the reference at the cursor position in the formula.
|
‘C-c }’
|
Toggle the display of row and column numbers for a table, using
|
overlays (‘org-table-toggle-coordinate-overlays’). These are
|
updated each time the table is aligned; you can force it with ‘C-c
|
C-c’.
|
‘C-c {’
|
Toggle the formula debugger on and off
|
(‘org-table-toggle-formula-debugger’). See below.
|
‘C-c ' (org-table-edit-formulas)’
|
Edit all formulas for the current table in a special buffer, where
|
the formulas will be displayed one per line. If the current field
|
has an active formula, the cursor in the formula editor will mark
|
it. While inside the special buffer, Org will automatically
|
highlight any field or range reference at the cursor position. You
|
may edit, remove and add formulas, and use the following commands:
|
|
‘C-c C-c or C-x C-s (org-table-fedit-finish)’
|
Exit the formula editor and store the modified formulas. With
|
‘C-u’ prefix, also apply the new formulas to the entire table.
|
‘C-c C-q (org-table-fedit-abort)’
|
Exit the formula editor without installing changes.
|
‘C-c C-r (org-table-fedit-toggle-ref-type)’
|
Toggle all references in the formula editor between standard
|
(like ‘B3’) and internal (like ‘@3$2’).
|
‘<TAB> (org-table-fedit-lisp-indent)’
|
Pretty-print or indent Lisp formula at point. When in a line
|
containing a Lisp formula, format the formula according to
|
Emacs Lisp rules. Another <TAB> collapses the formula back
|
again. In the open formula, <TAB> re-indents just like in
|
Emacs Lisp mode.
|
‘M-<TAB> (lisp-complete-symbol)’
|
Complete Lisp symbols, just like in Emacs Lisp mode.(1)
|
‘S-<UP>/<DOWN>/<LEFT>/<RIGHT>’
|
Shift the reference at point. For example, if the reference
|
is ‘B3’ and you press ‘S-<RIGHT>’, it will become ‘C3’. This
|
also works for relative references and for hline references.
|
‘M-S-<UP> (org-table-fedit-line-up)’
|
‘M-S-<DOWN> (org-table-fedit-line-down)’
|
Move the test line for column formulas in the Org buffer up
|
and down.
|
‘M-<UP> (org-table-fedit-scroll-down)’
|
‘M-<DOWN> (org-table-fedit-scroll-up)’
|
Scroll the window displaying the table.
|
‘C-c }’
|
Turn the coordinate grid in the table on and off.
|
|
Making a table field blank does not remove the formula associated
|
with the field, because that is stored in a different line (the
|
‘#+TBLFM’ line)—during the next recalculation the field will be filled
|
again. To remove a formula from a field, you have to give an empty
|
reply when prompted for the formula, or to edit the ‘#+TBLFM’ line.
|
|
You may edit the ‘#+TBLFM’ directly and re-apply the changed
|
equations with ‘C-c C-c’ in that line or with the normal recalculation
|
commands in the table.
|
|
Using multiple ‘#+TBLFM’ lines
|
..............................
|
|
You may apply the formula temporarily. This is useful when you switch
|
the formula. Place multiple ‘#+TBLFM’ lines right after the table, and
|
then press ‘C-c C-c’ on the formula to apply. Here is an example:
|
|
| x | y |
|
|---+---|
|
| 1 | |
|
| 2 | |
|
#+TBLFM: $2=$1*1
|
#+TBLFM: $2=$1*2
|
|
Pressing ‘C-c C-c’ in the line of ‘#+TBLFM: $2=$1*2’ yields:
|
|
| x | y |
|
|---+---|
|
| 1 | 2 |
|
| 2 | 4 |
|
#+TBLFM: $2=$1*1
|
#+TBLFM: $2=$1*2
|
|
Note: If you recalculate this table (with ‘C-u C-c *’, for example), you
|
will get the following result of applying only the first ‘#+TBLFM’ line.
|
|
| x | y |
|
|---+---|
|
| 1 | 1 |
|
| 2 | 2 |
|
#+TBLFM: $2=$1*1
|
#+TBLFM: $2=$1*2
|
|
Debugging formulas
|
..................
|
|
When the evaluation of a formula leads to an error, the field content
|
becomes the string ‘#ERROR’. If you would like see what is going on
|
during variable substitution and calculation in order to find a bug,
|
turn on formula debugging in the ‘Tbl’ menu and repeat the calculation,
|
for example by pressing ‘C-u C-u C-c = <RET>’ in a field. Detailed
|
information will be displayed.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Many desktops intercept ‘M-<TAB>’ to switch windows. Use ‘C-M-i’
|
or ‘<ESC> <TAB>’ instead for completion (*note Completion::).
|
|
|
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|
|
3.5.9 Updating the table
|
------------------------
|
|
Recalculation of a table is normally not automatic, but needs to be
|
triggered by a command. See *note Advanced features::, for a way to
|
make recalculation at least semi-automatic.
|
|
In order to recalculate a line of a table or the entire table, use
|
the following commands:
|
|
‘C-c * (org-table-recalculate)’
|
Recalculate the current row by first applying the stored column
|
formulas from left to right, and all field/range formulas in the
|
current row.
|
‘C-u C-c *’
|
‘C-u C-c C-c’
|
Recompute the entire table, line by line. Any lines before the
|
first hline are left alone, assuming that these are part of the
|
table header.
|
‘C-u C-u C-c * or C-u C-u C-c C-c (org-table-iterate)’
|
Iterate the table by recomputing it until no further changes occur.
|
This may be necessary if some computed fields use the value of
|
other fields that are computed later in the calculation sequence.
|
‘M-x org-table-recalculate-buffer-tables <RET>’
|
Recompute all tables in the current buffer.
|
‘M-x org-table-iterate-buffer-tables <RET>’
|
Iterate all tables in the current buffer, in order to converge
|
table-to-table dependencies.
|
|
|
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|
|
3.5.10 Advanced features
|
------------------------
|
|
If you want the recalculation of fields to happen automatically, or if
|
you want to be able to assign names(1) to fields and columns, you need
|
to reserve the first column of the table for special marking characters.
|
|
‘C-# (org-table-rotate-recalc-marks)’
|
Rotate the calculation mark in first column through the states ‘ ’,
|
‘#’, ‘*’, ‘!’, ‘$’. When there is an active region, change all
|
marks in the region.
|
|
Here is an example of a table that collects exam results of students
|
and makes use of these features:
|
|
|---+---------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------|
|
| | Student | Prob 1 | Prob 2 | Prob 3 | Total | Note |
|
|---+---------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------|
|
| ! | | P1 | P2 | P3 | Tot | |
|
| # | Maximum | 10 | 15 | 25 | 50 | 10.0 |
|
| ^ | | m1 | m2 | m3 | mt | |
|
|---+---------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------|
|
| # | Peter | 10 | 8 | 23 | 41 | 8.2 |
|
| # | Sam | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1.8 |
|
|---+---------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------|
|
| | Average | | | | 25.0 | |
|
| ^ | | | | | at | |
|
| $ | max=50 | | | | | |
|
|---+---------+--------+--------+--------+-------+------|
|
#+TBLFM: $6=vsum($P1..$P3)::$7=10*$Tot/$max;%.1f::$at=vmean(@-II..@-I);%.1f
|
|
Important: please note that for these special tables, recalculating the
|
table with ‘C-u C-c *’ will only affect rows that are marked ‘#’ or ‘*’,
|
and fields that have a formula assigned to the field itself. The column
|
formulas are not applied in rows with empty first field.
|
|
The marking characters have the following meaning:
|
|
‘!’
|
The fields in this line define names for the columns, so that you
|
may refer to a column as ‘$Tot’ instead of ‘$6’.
|
‘^’
|
This row defines names for the fields _above_ the row. With such a
|
definition, any formula in the table may use ‘$m1’ to refer to the
|
value ‘10’. Also, if you assign a formula to a names field, it
|
will be stored as ‘$name=...’.
|
‘_’
|
Similar to ‘^’, but defines names for the fields in the row
|
_below_.
|
‘$’
|
Fields in this row can define _parameters_ for formulas. For
|
example, if a field in a ‘$’ row contains ‘max=50’, then formulas
|
in this table can refer to the value 50 using ‘$max’. Parameters
|
work exactly like constants, only that they can be defined on a
|
per-table basis.
|
‘#’
|
Fields in this row are automatically recalculated when pressing
|
<TAB> or <RET> or ‘S-<TAB>’ in this row. Also, this row is
|
selected for a global recalculation with ‘C-u C-c *’. Unmarked
|
lines will be left alone by this command.
|
‘*’
|
Selects this line for global recalculation with ‘C-u C-c *’, but
|
not for automatic recalculation. Use this when automatic
|
recalculation slows down editing too much.
|
‘ ’
|
Unmarked lines are exempt from recalculation with ‘C-u C-c *’. All
|
lines that should be recalculated should be marked with ‘#’ or ‘*’.
|
‘/’
|
Do not export this line. Useful for lines that contain the
|
narrowing ‘<N>’ markers or column group markers.
|
|
Finally, just to whet your appetite for what can be done with the
|
fantastic ‘calc.el’ package, here is a table that computes the Taylor
|
series of degree ‘n’ at location ‘x’ for a couple of functions.
|
|
|---+-------------+---+-----+--------------------------------------|
|
| | Func | n | x | Result |
|
|---+-------------+---+-----+--------------------------------------|
|
| # | exp(x) | 1 | x | 1 + x |
|
| # | exp(x) | 2 | x | 1 + x + x^2 / 2 |
|
| # | exp(x) | 3 | x | 1 + x + x^2 / 2 + x^3 / 6 |
|
| # | x^2+sqrt(x) | 2 | x=0 | x*(0.5 / 0) + x^2 (2 - 0.25 / 0) / 2 |
|
| # | x^2+sqrt(x) | 2 | x=1 | 2 + 2.5 x - 2.5 + 0.875 (x - 1)^2 |
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| * | tan(x) | 3 | x | 0.0175 x + 1.77e-6 x^3 |
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|---+-------------+---+-----+--------------------------------------|
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#+TBLFM: $5=taylor($2,$4,$3);n3
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|
---------- Footnotes ----------
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|
(1) Such names must start by an alphabetic character and use only
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alphanumeric/underscore characters.
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File: org, Node: Org-Plot, Prev: The spreadsheet, Up: Tables
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|
3.6 Org-Plot
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============
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|
Org-Plot can produce graphs of information stored in org tables, either
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graphically or in ASCII-art.
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Graphical plots using ‘Gnuplot’
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-------------------------------
|
|
Org-Plot produces 2D and 3D graphs using ‘Gnuplot’
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<http://www.gnuplot.info/> and ‘gnuplot-mode’
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<http://xafs.org/BruceRavel/GnuplotMode>. To see this in action, ensure
|
that you have both Gnuplot and Gnuplot mode installed on your system,
|
then call ‘C-c " g’ or ‘M-x org-plot/gnuplot <RET>’ on the following
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table.
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#+PLOT: title:"Citas" ind:1 deps:(3) type:2d with:histograms set:"yrange [0:]"
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| Sede | Max cites | H-index |
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|-----------+-----------+---------|
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| Chile | 257.72 | 21.39 |
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| Leeds | 165.77 | 19.68 |
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| Sao Paolo | 71.00 | 11.50 |
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| Stockholm | 134.19 | 14.33 |
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| Morelia | 257.56 | 17.67 |
|
|
Notice that Org Plot is smart enough to apply the table’s headers as
|
labels. Further control over the labels, type, content, and appearance
|
of plots can be exercised through the ‘#+PLOT:’ lines preceding a table.
|
See below for a complete list of Org-plot options. The ‘#+PLOT:’ lines
|
are optional. For more information and examples see the Org-plot
|
tutorial at <https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-plot.html>.
|
|
Plot Options
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............
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|
‘set’
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Specify any ‘gnuplot’ option to be set when graphing.
|
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‘title’
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Specify the title of the plot.
|
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‘ind’
|
Specify which column of the table to use as the ‘x’ axis.
|
|
‘deps’
|
Specify the columns to graph as a Lisp style list, surrounded by
|
parentheses and separated by spaces for example ‘dep:(3 4)’ to
|
graph the third and fourth columns (defaults to graphing all other
|
columns aside from the ‘ind’ column).
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|
‘type’
|
Specify whether the plot will be ‘2d’, ‘3d’, or ‘grid’.
|
|
‘with’
|
Specify a ‘with’ option to be inserted for every col being plotted
|
(e.g., ‘lines’, ‘points’, ‘boxes’, ‘impulses’, etc...). Defaults
|
to ‘lines’.
|
|
‘file’
|
If you want to plot to a file, specify
|
‘"PATH/TO/DESIRED/OUTPUT-FILE"’.
|
|
‘labels’
|
List of labels to be used for the ‘deps’ (defaults to the column
|
headers if they exist).
|
|
‘line’
|
Specify an entire line to be inserted in the Gnuplot script.
|
|
‘map’
|
When plotting ‘3d’ or ‘grid’ types, set this to ‘t’ to graph a flat
|
mapping rather than a ‘3d’ slope.
|
|
‘timefmt’
|
Specify format of Org mode timestamps as they will be parsed by
|
Gnuplot. Defaults to ‘%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S’.
|
|
‘script’
|
If you want total control, you can specify a script file (place the
|
file name between double-quotes) which will be used to plot.
|
Before plotting, every instance of ‘$datafile’ in the specified
|
script will be replaced with the path to the generated data file.
|
Note: even if you set this option, you may still want to specify
|
the plot type, as that can impact the content of the data file.
|
|
ASCII bar plots
|
---------------
|
|
While the cursor is on a column, typing ‘C-c " a’ or ‘M-x
|
orgtbl-ascii-plot <RET>’ create a new column containing an ASCII-art
|
bars plot. The plot is implemented through a regular column formula.
|
When the source column changes, the bar plot may be updated by
|
refreshing the table, for example typing ‘C-u C-c *’.
|
|
| Sede | Max cites | |
|
|---------------+-----------+--------------|
|
| Chile | 257.72 | WWWWWWWWWWWW |
|
| Leeds | 165.77 | WWWWWWWh |
|
| Sao Paolo | 71.00 | WWW; |
|
| Stockholm | 134.19 | WWWWWW: |
|
| Morelia | 257.56 | WWWWWWWWWWWH |
|
| Rochefourchat | 0.00 | |
|
#+TBLFM: $3='(orgtbl-ascii-draw $2 0.0 257.72 12)
|
|
The formula is an elisp call:
|
(orgtbl-ascii-draw COLUMN MIN MAX WIDTH)
|
|
‘COLUMN’
|
is a reference to the source column.
|
|
‘MIN MAX’
|
are the minimal and maximal values displayed. Sources values
|
outside this range are displayed as ‘too small’ or ‘too large’.
|
|
‘WIDTH’
|
is the width in characters of the bar-plot. It defaults to ‘12’.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Hyperlinks, Next: TODO items, Prev: Tables, Up: Top
|
|
4 Hyperlinks
|
************
|
|
Like HTML, Org provides links inside a file, external links to other
|
files, Usenet articles, emails, and much more.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Link format:: How links in Org are formatted
|
* Internal links:: Links to other places in the current file
|
* External links:: URL-like links to the world
|
* Handling links:: Creating, inserting and following
|
* Using links outside Org:: Linking from my C source code?
|
* Link abbreviations:: Shortcuts for writing complex links
|
* Search options:: Linking to a specific location
|
* Custom searches:: When the default search is not enough
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Link format, Next: Internal links, Up: Hyperlinks
|
|
4.1 Link format
|
===============
|
|
Org will recognize plain URL-like links and activate them as clickable
|
links. The general link format, however, looks like this:
|
|
[[link][description]] or alternatively [[link]]
|
|
Once a link in the buffer is complete (all brackets present), Org will
|
change the display so that ‘description’ is displayed instead of
|
‘[[link][description]]’ and ‘link’ is displayed instead of ‘[[link]]’.
|
Links will be highlighted in the face ‘org-link’, which by default is an
|
underlined face. You can directly edit the visible part of a link.
|
Note that this can be either the ‘link’ part (if there is no
|
description) or the ‘description’ part. To edit also the invisible
|
‘link’ part, use ‘C-c C-l’ with the cursor on the link.
|
|
If you place the cursor at the beginning or just behind the end of
|
the displayed text and press <BACKSPACE>, you will remove the
|
(invisible) bracket at that location. This makes the link incomplete
|
and the internals are again displayed as plain text. Inserting the
|
missing bracket hides the link internals again. To show the internal
|
structure of all links, use the menu entry ‘Org->Hyperlinks->Literal
|
links’.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Internal links, Next: External links, Prev: Link format, Up: Hyperlinks
|
|
4.2 Internal links
|
==================
|
|
If the link does not look like a URL, it is considered to be internal in
|
the current file. The most important case is a link like
|
‘[[#my-custom-id]]’ which will link to the entry with the ‘CUSTOM_ID’
|
property ‘my-custom-id’. You are responsible yourself to make sure
|
these custom IDs are unique in a file.
|
|
Links such as ‘[[My Target]]’ or ‘[[My Target][Find my target]]’ lead
|
to a text search in the current file.
|
|
The link can be followed with ‘C-c C-o’ when the cursor is on the
|
link, or with a mouse click (*note Handling links::). Links to custom
|
IDs will point to the corresponding headline. The preferred match for a
|
text link is a dedicated target: the same string in double angular
|
brackets, like ‘<<My Target>>’.
|
|
If no dedicated target exists, the link will then try to match the
|
exact name of an element within the buffer. Naming is done with the
|
‘#+NAME’ keyword, which has to be put in the line before the element it
|
refers to, as in the following example
|
|
#+NAME: My Target
|
| a | table |
|
|----+------------|
|
| of | four cells |
|
|
If none of the above succeeds, Org will search for a headline that is
|
exactly the link text but may also include a TODO keyword and tags(1).
|
|
During export, internal links will be used to mark objects and assign
|
them a number. Marked objects will then be referenced by links pointing
|
to them. In particular, links without a description will appear as the
|
number assigned to the marked object(2). In the following excerpt from
|
an Org buffer
|
|
- one item
|
- <<target>>another item
|
Here we refer to item [[target]].
|
|
The last sentence will appear as ‘Here we refer to item 2’ when
|
exported.
|
|
In non-Org files, the search will look for the words in the link
|
text. In the above example the search would be for ‘my target’.
|
|
Following a link pushes a mark onto Org’s own mark ring. You can
|
return to the previous position with ‘C-c &’. Using this command
|
several times in direct succession goes back to positions recorded
|
earlier.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Radio targets:: Make targets trigger links in plain text
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) To insert a link targeting a headline, in-buffer completion can
|
be used. Just type a star followed by a few optional letters into the
|
buffer and press ‘M-<TAB>’. All headlines in the current buffer will be
|
offered as completions.
|
|
(2) When targeting a ‘#+NAME’ keyword, ‘#+CAPTION’ keyword is
|
mandatory in order to get proper numbering (*note Images and tables::).
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Radio targets, Up: Internal links
|
|
4.2.1 Radio targets
|
-------------------
|
|
Org can automatically turn any occurrences of certain target names in
|
normal text into a link. So without explicitly creating a link, the
|
text connects to the target radioing its position. Radio targets are
|
enclosed by triple angular brackets. For example, a target ‘<<<My
|
Target>>>’ causes each occurrence of ‘my target’ in normal text to
|
become activated as a link. The Org file is scanned automatically for
|
radio targets only when the file is first loaded into Emacs. To update
|
the target list during editing, press ‘C-c C-c’ with the cursor on or at
|
a target.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: External links, Next: Handling links, Prev: Internal links, Up: Hyperlinks
|
|
4.3 External links
|
==================
|
|
Org supports links to files, websites, Usenet and email messages, BBDB
|
database entries and links to both IRC conversations and their logs.
|
External links are URL-like locators. They start with a short
|
identifying string followed by a colon. There can be no space after the
|
colon. The following list shows examples for each link type.
|
|
http://www.astro.uva.nl/~dominik on the web
|
doi:10.1000/182 DOI for an electronic resource
|
file:/home/dominik/images/jupiter.jpg file, absolute path
|
/home/dominik/images/jupiter.jpg same as above
|
file:papers/last.pdf file, relative path
|
./papers/last.pdf same as above
|
file:/ssh:myself@some.where:papers/last.pdf file, path on remote machine
|
/ssh:myself@some.where:papers/last.pdf same as above
|
file:sometextfile::NNN file, jump to line number
|
file:projects.org another Org file
|
file:projects.org::some words text search in Org file(1)
|
file:projects.org::*task title heading search in Org file(2)
|
docview:papers/last.pdf::NNN open in doc-view mode at page
|
id:B7423F4D-2E8A-471B-8810-C40F074717E9 Link to heading by ID
|
news:comp.emacs Usenet link
|
mailto:adent@galaxy.net Mail link
|
mhe:folder MH-E folder link
|
mhe:folder#id MH-E message link
|
rmail:folder RMAIL folder link
|
rmail:folder#id RMAIL message link
|
gnus:group Gnus group link
|
gnus:group#id Gnus article link
|
bbdb:R.*Stallman BBDB link (with regexp)
|
irc:/irc.com/#emacs/bob IRC link
|
info:org#External links Info node or index link
|
shell:ls *.org A shell command
|
elisp:org-agenda Interactive Elisp command
|
elisp:(find-file-other-frame "Elisp.org") Elisp form to evaluate
|
|
On top of these built-in link types, some are available through the
|
‘contrib/’ directory (*note Installation::). For example, these links
|
to VM or Wanderlust messages are available when you load the
|
corresponding libraries from the ‘contrib/’ directory:
|
|
vm:folder VM folder link
|
vm:folder#id VM message link
|
vm://myself@some.where.org/folder#id VM on remote machine
|
vm-imap:account:folder VM IMAP folder link
|
vm-imap:account:folder#id VM IMAP message link
|
wl:folder WANDERLUST folder link
|
wl:folder#id WANDERLUST message link
|
|
For customizing Org to add new link types *note Adding hyperlink
|
types::.
|
|
A link should be enclosed in double brackets and may contain a
|
descriptive text to be displayed instead of the URL (*note Link
|
format::), for example:
|
|
[[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][GNU Emacs]]
|
|
If the description is a file name or URL that points to an image, HTML
|
export (*note HTML export::) will inline the image as a clickable
|
button. If there is no description at all and the link points to an
|
image, that image will be inlined into the exported HTML file.
|
|
Org also finds external links in the normal text and activates them
|
as links. If spaces must be part of the link (for example in
|
‘bbdb:Richard Stallman’), or if you need to remove ambiguities about the
|
end of the link, enclose them in square brackets.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) The actual behavior of the search will depend on the value of the
|
option ‘org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline’. If its value is
|
‘nil’, then a fuzzy text search will be done. If it is ‘t’, then only
|
the exact headline will be matched, ignoring spaces and cookies. If the
|
value is ‘query-to-create’, then an exact headline will be searched; if
|
it is not found, then the user will be queried to create it.
|
|
(2) Headline searches always match the exact headline, ignoring
|
spaces and cookies. If the headline is not found and the value of the
|
option ‘org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline’ is ‘query-to-create’,
|
then the user will be queried to create it.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Handling links, Next: Using links outside Org, Prev: External links, Up: Hyperlinks
|
|
4.4 Handling links
|
==================
|
|
Org provides methods to create a link in the correct syntax, to insert
|
it into an Org file, and to follow the link.
|
|
‘C-c l (org-store-link)’
|
Store a link to the current location. This is a _global_ command
|
(you must create the key binding yourself) which can be used in any
|
buffer to create a link. The link will be stored for later
|
insertion into an Org buffer (see below). What kind of link will
|
be created depends on the current buffer:
|
|
Org mode buffers
|
For Org files, if there is a ‘<<target>>’ at the cursor, the link
|
points to the target. Otherwise it points to the current headline,
|
which will also be the description(1).
|
|
If the headline has a ‘CUSTOM_ID’ property, a link to this custom
|
ID will be stored. In addition or alternatively (depending on the
|
value of ‘org-id-link-to-org-use-id’), a globally unique ‘ID’
|
property will be created and/or used to construct a link(2). So
|
using this command in Org buffers will potentially create two
|
links: a human-readable from the custom ID, and one that is
|
globally unique and works even if the entry is moved from file to
|
file. Later, when inserting the link, you need to decide which one
|
to use.
|
|
Email/News clients: VM, Rmail, Wanderlust, MH-E, Gnus
|
Pretty much all Emacs mail clients are supported. The link will
|
point to the current article, or, in some GNUS buffers, to the
|
group. The description is constructed from the author and the
|
subject.
|
|
Web browsers: Eww, W3 and W3M
|
Here the link will be the current URL, with the page title as
|
description.
|
|
Contacts: BBDB
|
Links created in a BBDB buffer will point to the current entry.
|
|
Chat: IRC
|
For IRC links, if you set the option ‘org-irc-link-to-logs’ to ‘t’,
|
a ‘file:/’ style link to the relevant point in the logs for the
|
current conversation is created. Otherwise an ‘irc:/’ style link
|
to the user/channel/server under the point will be stored.
|
|
Other files
|
For any other files, the link will point to the file, with a search
|
string (*note Search options::) pointing to the contents of the
|
current line. If there is an active region, the selected words
|
will form the basis of the search string. If the automatically
|
created link is not working correctly or accurately enough, you can
|
write custom functions to select the search string and to do the
|
search for particular file types—see *note Custom searches::. The
|
key binding ‘C-c l’ is only a suggestion—see *note Installation::.
|
|
Agenda view
|
When the cursor is in an agenda view, the created link points to
|
the entry referenced by the current line.
|
|
‘C-c C-l (org-insert-link)’
|
Insert a link(3). This prompts for a link to be inserted into the
|
buffer. You can just type a link, using text for an internal link,
|
or one of the link type prefixes mentioned in the examples above.
|
The link will be inserted into the buffer(4), along with a
|
descriptive text. If some text was selected when this command is
|
called, the selected text becomes the default description.
|
|
Inserting stored links
|
All links stored during the current session are part of the history
|
for this prompt, so you can access them with <UP> and <DOWN> (or
|
‘M-p/n’).
|
|
Completion support
|
Completion with <TAB> will help you to insert valid link prefixes
|
like ‘https:’, including the prefixes defined through link
|
abbreviations (*note Link abbreviations::). If you press <RET>
|
after inserting only the PREFIX, Org will offer specific completion
|
support for some link types(5) For example, if you type ‘file
|
<RET>’, file name completion (alternative access: ‘C-u C-c C-l’,
|
see below) will be offered, and after ‘bbdb <RET>’ you can complete
|
contact names.
|
‘C-u C-c C-l’
|
When ‘C-c C-l’ is called with a ‘C-u’ prefix argument, a link to a
|
file will be inserted and you may use file name completion to
|
select the name of the file. The path to the file is inserted
|
relative to the directory of the current Org file, if the linked
|
file is in the current directory or in a sub-directory of it, or if
|
the path is written relative to the current directory using ‘../’.
|
Otherwise an absolute path is used, if possible with ‘~/’ for your
|
home directory. You can force an absolute path with two ‘C-u’
|
prefixes.
|
‘C-c C-l (with cursor on existing link)’
|
When the cursor is on an existing link, ‘C-c C-l’ allows you to
|
edit the link and description parts of the link.
|
‘C-c C-o (org-open-at-point)’
|
Open link at point. This will launch a web browser for URLs (using
|
‘browse-url-at-point’), run VM/MH-E/Wanderlust/Rmail/Gnus/BBDB for
|
the corresponding links, and execute the command in a shell link.
|
When the cursor is on an internal link, this command runs the
|
corresponding search. When the cursor is on a TAG list in a
|
headline, it creates the corresponding TAGS view. If the cursor is
|
on a timestamp, it compiles the agenda for that date. Furthermore,
|
it will visit text and remote files in ‘file:’ links with Emacs and
|
select a suitable application for local non-text files.
|
Classification of files is based on file extension only. See
|
option ‘org-file-apps’. If you want to override the default
|
application and visit the file with Emacs, use a ‘C-u’ prefix. If
|
you want to avoid opening in Emacs, use a ‘C-u C-u’ prefix.
|
If the cursor is on a headline, but not on a link, offer all links
|
in the headline and entry text. If you want to setup the frame
|
configuration for following links, customize
|
‘org-link-frame-setup’.
|
|
‘<RET>’
|
When ‘org-return-follows-link’ is set, ‘<RET>’ will also follow the
|
link at point.
|
‘mouse-2’
|
‘mouse-1’
|
On links, ‘mouse-1’ and ‘mouse-2’ will open the link just as ‘C-c
|
C-o’ would.
|
‘mouse-3’
|
Like ‘mouse-2’, but force file links to be opened with Emacs, and
|
internal links to be displayed in another window(6).
|
‘C-c C-x C-v (org-toggle-inline-images)’
|
Toggle the inline display of linked images. Normally this will
|
only inline images that have no description part in the link, i.e.,
|
images that will also be inlined during export. When called with a
|
prefix argument, also display images that do have a link
|
description. You can ask for inline images to be displayed at
|
startup by configuring the variable
|
‘org-startup-with-inline-images’(7).
|
‘C-c % (org-mark-ring-push)’
|
Push the current position onto the mark ring, to be able to return
|
easily. Commands following an internal link do this automatically.
|
‘C-c & (org-mark-ring-goto)’
|
Jump back to a recorded position. A position is recorded by the
|
commands following internal links, and by ‘C-c %’. Using this
|
command several times in direct succession moves through a ring of
|
previously recorded positions.
|
‘C-c C-x C-n (org-next-link)’
|
‘C-c C-x C-p (org-previous-link)’
|
Move forward/backward to the next link in the buffer. At the limit
|
of the buffer, the search fails once, and then wraps around. The
|
key bindings for this are really too long; you might want to bind
|
this also to ‘C-n’ and ‘C-p’
|
(add-hook 'org-load-hook
|
(lambda ()
|
(define-key org-mode-map "\C-n" 'org-next-link)
|
(define-key org-mode-map "\C-p" 'org-previous-link)))
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) If the headline contains a timestamp, it will be removed from the
|
link and result in a wrong link—you should avoid putting timestamp in
|
the headline.
|
|
(2) The library ‘org-id.el’ must first be loaded, either through
|
‘org-customize’ by enabling ‘org-id’ in ‘org-modules’, or by adding
|
‘(require 'org-id)’ in your Emacs init file.
|
|
(3) Note that you don’t have to use this command to insert a link.
|
Links in Org are plain text, and you can type or paste them straight
|
into the buffer. By using this command, the links are automatically
|
enclosed in double brackets, and you will be asked for the optional
|
descriptive text.
|
|
(4) After insertion of a stored link, the link will be removed from
|
the list of stored links. To keep it in the list later use, use a
|
triple ‘C-u’ prefix argument to ‘C-c C-l’, or configure the option
|
‘org-keep-stored-link-after-insertion’.
|
|
(5) This works if a completion function is defined in the ‘:complete’
|
property of a link in ‘org-link-parameters’.
|
|
(6) See the option ‘org-display-internal-link-with-indirect-buffer’
|
|
(7) with corresponding ‘#+STARTUP’ keywords ‘inlineimages’ and
|
‘noinlineimages’
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Using links outside Org, Next: Link abbreviations, Prev: Handling links, Up: Hyperlinks
|
|
4.5 Using links outside Org
|
===========================
|
|
You can insert and follow links that have Org syntax not only in Org,
|
but in any Emacs buffer. For this, you should create two global
|
commands, like this (please select suitable global keys yourself):
|
|
(global-set-key "\C-c L" 'org-insert-link-global)
|
(global-set-key "\C-c o" 'org-open-at-point-global)
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4.6 Link abbreviations
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======================
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Long URLs can be cumbersome to type, and often many similar links are
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needed in a document. For this you can use link abbreviations. An
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abbreviated link looks like this
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[[linkword:tag][description]]
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where the tag is optional. The linkword must be a word, starting with a
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letter, followed by letters, numbers, ‘-’, and ‘_’. Abbreviations are
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resolved according to the information in the variable
|
‘org-link-abbrev-alist’ that relates the linkwords to replacement text.
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Here is an example:
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(setq org-link-abbrev-alist
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'(("bugzilla" . "http://10.1.2.9/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=")
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("url-to-ja" . "http://translate.google.fr/translate?sl=en&tl=ja&u=%h")
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("google" . "http://www.google.com/search?q=")
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("gmap" . "http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s")
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("omap" . "http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=%s&polygon=1")
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("ads" . "http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?author=%s&db_key=AST")))
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If the replacement text contains the string ‘%s’, it will be replaced
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with the tag. Using ‘%h’ instead of ‘%s’ will url-encode the tag (see
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the example above, where we need to encode the URL parameter.) Using
|
‘%(my-function)’ will pass the tag to a custom function, and replace it
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by the resulting string.
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If the replacement text doesn’t contain any specifier, the tag will
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simply be appended in order to create the link.
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Instead of a string, you may also specify a function that will be
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called with the tag as the only argument to create the link.
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With the above setting, you could link to a specific bug with
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‘[[bugzilla:129]]’, search the web for ‘OrgMode’ with
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‘[[google:OrgMode]]’, show the map location of the Free Software
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Foundation ‘[[gmap:51 Franklin Street, Boston]]’ or of Carsten office
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‘[[omap:Science Park 904, Amsterdam, The Netherlands]]’ and find out
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what the Org author is doing besides Emacs hacking with
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‘[[ads:Dominik,C]]’.
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If you need special abbreviations just for a single Org buffer, you
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can define them in the file with
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#+LINK: bugzilla http://10.1.2.9/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=
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#+LINK: google http://www.google.com/search?q=%s
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In-buffer completion (*note Completion::) can be used after ‘[’ to
|
complete link abbreviations. You may also define a function that
|
implements special (e.g., completion) support for inserting such a link
|
with ‘C-c C-l’. Such a function should not accept any arguments, and
|
return the full link with prefix. You can add a completion function to
|
a link like this:
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(org-link-set-parameters ``type'' :complete #'some-function)
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4.7 Search options in file links
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================================
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File links can contain additional information to make Emacs jump to a
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particular location in the file when following a link. This can be a
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line number or a search option after a double(1) colon. For example,
|
when the command ‘C-c l’ creates a link (*note Handling links::) to a
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file, it encodes the words in the current line as a search string that
|
can be used to find this line back later when following the link with
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‘C-c C-o’.
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Here is the syntax of the different ways to attach a search to a file
|
link, together with an explanation:
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[[file:~/code/main.c::255]]
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[[file:~/xx.org::My Target]]
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[[file:~/xx.org::*My Target]]
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[[file:~/xx.org::#my-custom-id]]
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[[file:~/xx.org::/regexp/]]
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‘255’
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Jump to line 255.
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‘My Target’
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Search for a link target ‘<<My Target>>’, or do a text search for
|
‘my target’, similar to the search in internal links, see *note
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Internal links::. In HTML export (*note HTML export::), such a
|
file link will become an HTML reference to the corresponding named
|
anchor in the linked file.
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‘*My Target’
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In an Org file, restrict search to headlines.
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‘#my-custom-id’
|
Link to a heading with a ‘CUSTOM_ID’ property
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‘/regexp/’
|
Do a regular expression search for ‘regexp’. This uses the Emacs
|
command ‘occur’ to list all matches in a separate window. If the
|
target file is in Org mode, ‘org-occur’ is used to create a sparse
|
tree with the matches.
|
|
As a degenerate case, a file link with an empty file name can be used
|
to search the current file. For example, ‘[[file:::find me]]’ does a
|
search for ‘find me’ in the current file, just as ‘[[find me]]’ would.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) For backward compatibility, line numbers can also follow a single
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colon.
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4.8 Custom Searches
|
===================
|
|
The default mechanism for creating search strings and for doing the
|
actual search related to a file link may not work correctly in all
|
cases. For example, BibTeX database files have many entries like
|
‘year="1993"’ which would not result in good search strings, because the
|
only unique identification for a BibTeX entry is the citation key.
|
|
If you come across such a problem, you can write custom functions to
|
set the right search string for a particular file type, and to do the
|
search for the string in the file. Using ‘add-hook’, these functions
|
need to be added to the hook variables
|
‘org-create-file-search-functions’ and
|
‘org-execute-file-search-functions’. See the docstring for these
|
variables for more information. Org actually uses this mechanism for
|
BibTeX database files, and you can use the corresponding code as an
|
implementation example. See the file ‘org-bibtex.el’.
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5 TODO items
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************
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Org mode does not maintain TODO lists as separate documents(1).
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Instead, TODO items are an integral part of the notes file, because TODO
|
items usually come up while taking notes! With Org mode, simply mark
|
any entry in a tree as being a TODO item. In this way, information is
|
not duplicated, and the entire context from which the TODO item emerged
|
is always present.
|
|
Of course, this technique for managing TODO items scatters them
|
throughout your notes file. Org mode compensates for this by providing
|
methods to give you an overview of all the things that you have to do.
|
|
* Menu:
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* TODO basics:: Marking and displaying TODO entries
|
* TODO extensions:: Workflow and assignments
|
* Progress logging:: Dates and notes for progress
|
* Priorities:: Some things are more important than others
|
* Breaking down tasks:: Splitting a task into manageable pieces
|
* Checkboxes:: Tick-off lists
|
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---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Of course, you can make a document that contains only long lists
|
of TODO items, but this is not required.
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5.1 Basic TODO functionality
|
============================
|
|
Any headline becomes a TODO item when it starts with the word ‘TODO’,
|
for example:
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*** TODO Write letter to Sam Fortune
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|
The most important commands to work with TODO entries are:
|
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‘C-c C-t (org-todo)’
|
|
Rotate the TODO state of the current item among
|
|
,-> (unmarked) -> TODO -> DONE --.
|
'--------------------------------'
|
|
If TODO keywords have fast access keys (see *note Fast access to
|
TODO states::), you will be prompted for a TODO keyword through the
|
fast selection interface; this is the default behavior when
|
‘org-use-fast-todo-selection’ is non-‘nil’.
|
|
The same rotation can also be done “remotely” from agenda buffers
|
with the ‘t’ command key (*note Agenda commands::).
|
|
‘C-u C-c C-t’
|
When TODO keywords have no selection keys, select a specific
|
keyword using completion; otherwise force cycling through TODO
|
states with no prompt. When ‘org-use-fast-todo-selection’ is set
|
to ‘prefix’, use the fast selection interface.
|
|
‘S-<RIGHT> / S-<LEFT>’
|
Select the following/preceding TODO state, similar to cycling.
|
Useful mostly if more than two TODO states are possible (*note TODO
|
extensions::). See also *note Conflicts::, for a discussion of the
|
interaction with ‘shift-selection-mode’. See also the variable
|
‘org-treat-S-cursor-todo-selection-as-state-change’.
|
‘C-c / t (org-show-todo-tree)’
|
View TODO items in a _sparse tree_ (*note Sparse trees::). Folds
|
the entire buffer, but shows all TODO items (with not-DONE state)
|
and the headings hierarchy above them. With a prefix argument (or
|
by using ‘C-c / T’), search for a specific TODO. You will be
|
prompted for the keyword, and you can also give a list of keywords
|
like ‘KWD1|KWD2|...’ to list entries that match any one of these
|
keywords. With a numeric prefix argument N, show the tree for the
|
Nth keyword in the option ‘org-todo-keywords’. With two prefix
|
arguments, find all TODO states, both un-done and done.
|
‘C-c a t (org-todo-list)’
|
Show the global TODO list. Collects the TODO items (with not-DONE
|
states) from all agenda files (*note Agenda views::) into a single
|
buffer. The new buffer will be in ‘agenda-mode’, which provides
|
commands to examine and manipulate the TODO entries from the new
|
buffer (*note Agenda commands::). *Note Global TODO list::, for
|
more information.
|
‘S-M-<RET> (org-insert-todo-heading)’
|
Insert a new TODO entry below the current one.
|
|
Changing a TODO state can also trigger tag changes. See the docstring
|
of the option ‘org-todo-state-tags-triggers’ for details.
|
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5.2 Extended use of TODO keywords
|
=================================
|
|
By default, marked TODO entries have one of only two states: TODO and
|
DONE. Org mode allows you to classify TODO items in more complex ways
|
with _TODO keywords_ (stored in ‘org-todo-keywords’). With special
|
setup, the TODO keyword system can work differently in different files.
|
|
Note that tags are another way to classify headlines in general and
|
TODO items in particular (*note Tags::).
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Workflow states:: From TODO to DONE in steps
|
* TODO types:: I do this, Fred does the rest
|
* Multiple sets in one file:: Mixing it all, and still finding your way
|
* Fast access to TODO states:: Single letter selection of a state
|
* Per-file keywords:: Different files, different requirements
|
* Faces for TODO keywords:: Highlighting states
|
* TODO dependencies:: When one task needs to wait for others
|
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|
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|
|
5.2.1 TODO keywords as workflow states
|
--------------------------------------
|
|
You can use TODO keywords to indicate different _sequential_ states in
|
the process of working on an item, for example(1):
|
|
(setq org-todo-keywords
|
'((sequence "TODO" "FEEDBACK" "VERIFY" "|" "DONE" "DELEGATED")))
|
|
The vertical bar separates the TODO keywords (states that _need
|
action_) from the DONE states (which need _no further action_). If you
|
don’t provide the separator bar, the last state is used as the DONE
|
state. With this setup, the command ‘C-c C-t’ will cycle an entry from
|
TODO to FEEDBACK, then to VERIFY, and finally to DONE and DELEGATED.
|
You may also use a numeric prefix argument to quickly select a specific
|
state. For example ‘C-3 C-c C-t’ will change the state immediately to
|
VERIFY. Or you can use ‘S-<LEFT>’ to go backward through the sequence.
|
If you define many keywords, you can use in-buffer completion (*note
|
Completion::) or even a special one-key selection scheme (*note Fast
|
access to TODO states::) to insert these words into the buffer.
|
Changing a TODO state can be logged with a timestamp, see *note Tracking
|
TODO state changes::, for more information.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Changing this variable only becomes effective after restarting
|
Org mode in a buffer.
|
|
|
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|
5.2.2 TODO keywords as types
|
----------------------------
|
|
The second possibility is to use TODO keywords to indicate different
|
_types_ of action items. For example, you might want to indicate that
|
items are for “work” or “home”. Or, when you work with several people
|
on a single project, you might want to assign action items directly to
|
persons, by using their names as TODO keywords. This would be set up
|
like this:
|
|
(setq org-todo-keywords '((type "Fred" "Sara" "Lucy" "|" "DONE")))
|
|
In this case, different keywords do not indicate a sequence, but
|
rather different types. So the normal work flow would be to assign a
|
task to a person, and later to mark it DONE. Org mode supports this
|
style by adapting the workings of the command ‘C-c C-t’(1). When used
|
several times in succession, it will still cycle through all names, in
|
order to first select the right type for a task. But when you return to
|
the item after some time and execute ‘C-c C-t’ again, it will switch
|
from any name directly to DONE. Use prefix arguments or completion to
|
quickly select a specific name. You can also review the items of a
|
specific TODO type in a sparse tree by using a numeric prefix to ‘C-c /
|
t’. For example, to see all things Lucy has to do, you would use ‘C-3
|
C-c / t’. To collect Lucy’s items from all agenda files into a single
|
buffer, you would use the numeric prefix argument as well when creating
|
the global TODO list: ‘C-3 C-c a t’.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) This is also true for the ‘t’ command in the agenda buffers.
|
|
|
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|
5.2.3 Multiple keyword sets in one file
|
---------------------------------------
|
|
Sometimes you may want to use different sets of TODO keywords in
|
parallel. For example, you may want to have the basic ‘TODO’/‘DONE’,
|
but also a workflow for bug fixing, and a separate state indicating that
|
an item has been canceled (so it is not DONE, but also does not require
|
action). Your setup would then look like this:
|
|
(setq org-todo-keywords
|
'((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
|
(sequence "REPORT" "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED")
|
(sequence "|" "CANCELED")))
|
|
The keywords should all be different, this helps Org mode to keep
|
track of which subsequence should be used for a given entry. In this
|
setup, ‘C-c C-t’ only operates within a subsequence, so it switches from
|
‘DONE’ to (nothing) to ‘TODO’, and from ‘FIXED’ to (nothing) to
|
‘REPORT’. Therefore you need a mechanism to initially select the
|
correct sequence. Besides the obvious ways like typing a keyword or
|
using completion, you may also apply the following commands:
|
|
‘C-u C-u C-c C-t’
|
‘C-S-<RIGHT>’
|
‘C-S-<LEFT>’
|
These keys jump from one TODO subset to the next. In the above
|
example, ‘C-u C-u C-c C-t’ or ‘C-S-<RIGHT>’ would jump from ‘TODO’
|
or ‘DONE’ to ‘REPORT’, and any of the words in the second row to
|
‘CANCELED’. Note that the ‘C-S-’ key binding conflict with
|
‘shift-selection-mode’ (*note Conflicts::).
|
‘S-<RIGHT>’
|
‘S-<LEFT>’
|
‘S-<LEFT>’ and ‘S-<RIGHT>’ and walk through _all_ keywords from all
|
sets, so for example ‘S-<RIGHT>’ would switch from ‘DONE’ to
|
‘REPORT’ in the example above. See also *note Conflicts::, for a
|
discussion of the interaction with ‘shift-selection-mode’.
|
|
|
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|
|
5.2.4 Fast access to TODO states
|
--------------------------------
|
|
If you would like to quickly change an entry to an arbitrary TODO state
|
instead of cycling through the states, you can set up keys for
|
single-letter access to the states. This is done by adding the
|
selection character after each keyword, in parentheses(1). For example:
|
|
(setq org-todo-keywords
|
'((sequence "TODO(t)" "|" "DONE(d)")
|
(sequence "REPORT(r)" "BUG(b)" "KNOWNCAUSE(k)" "|" "FIXED(f)")
|
(sequence "|" "CANCELED(c)")))
|
|
If you then press ‘C-c C-t’ followed by the selection key, the entry
|
will be switched to this state. ‘<SPC>’ can be used to remove any TODO
|
keyword from an entry.(2)
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) All characters are allowed except ‘@^!’, which have a special
|
meaning here.
|
|
(2) Check also the option ‘org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo’, it
|
allows you to change the TODO state through the tags interface (*note
|
Setting tags::), in case you like to mingle the two concepts. Note that
|
this means you need to come up with unique keys across both sets of
|
keywords.
|
|
|
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|
|
5.2.5 Setting up keywords for individual files
|
----------------------------------------------
|
|
It can be very useful to use different aspects of the TODO mechanism in
|
different files. For file-local settings, you need to add special lines
|
to the file which set the keywords and interpretation for that file
|
only. For example, to set one of the two examples discussed above, you
|
need one of the following lines anywhere in the file:
|
|
#+TODO: TODO FEEDBACK VERIFY | DONE CANCELED
|
(you may also write ‘#+SEQ_TODO’ to be explicit about the
|
interpretation, but it means the same as ‘#+TODO’), or
|
#+TYP_TODO: Fred Sara Lucy Mike | DONE
|
|
A setup for using several sets in parallel would be:
|
|
#+TODO: TODO | DONE
|
#+TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE | FIXED
|
#+TODO: | CANCELED
|
|
To make sure you are using the correct keyword, type ‘#+’ into the
|
buffer and then use ‘M-<TAB>’ completion.
|
|
Remember that the keywords after the vertical bar (or the last
|
keyword if no bar is there) must always mean that the item is DONE
|
(although you may use a different word). After changing one of these
|
lines, use ‘C-c C-c’ with the cursor still in the line to make the
|
changes known to Org mode(1).
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Org mode parses these lines only when Org mode is activated after
|
visiting a file. ‘C-c C-c’ with the cursor in a line starting with ‘#+’
|
is simply restarting Org mode for the current buffer.
|
|
|
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|
|
5.2.6 Faces for TODO keywords
|
-----------------------------
|
|
Org mode highlights TODO keywords with special faces: ‘org-todo’ for
|
keywords indicating that an item still has to be acted upon, and
|
‘org-done’ for keywords indicating that an item is finished. If you are
|
using more than 2 different states, you might want to use special faces
|
for some of them. This can be done using the option
|
‘org-todo-keyword-faces’. For example:
|
|
(setq org-todo-keyword-faces
|
'(("TODO" . org-warning) ("STARTED" . "yellow")
|
("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold))))
|
|
While using a list with face properties as shown for CANCELED
|
_should_ work, this does not always seem to be the case. If necessary,
|
define a special face and use that. A string is interpreted as a color.
|
The option ‘org-faces-easy-properties’ determines if that color is
|
interpreted as a foreground or a background color.
|
|
|
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|
5.2.7 TODO dependencies
|
-----------------------
|
|
The structure of Org files (hierarchy and lists) makes it easy to define
|
TODO dependencies. Usually, a parent TODO task should not be marked
|
DONE until all subtasks (defined as children tasks) are marked as DONE.
|
And sometimes there is a logical sequence to a number of (sub)tasks, so
|
that one task cannot be acted upon before all siblings above it are
|
done. If you customize the option ‘org-enforce-todo-dependencies’, Org
|
will block entries from changing state to DONE while they have children
|
that are not DONE. Furthermore, if an entry has a property ‘ORDERED’,
|
each of its children will be blocked until all earlier siblings are
|
marked DONE. Here is an example:
|
|
* TODO Blocked until (two) is done
|
** DONE one
|
** TODO two
|
|
* Parent
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:ORDERED: t
|
:END:
|
** TODO a
|
** TODO b, needs to wait for (a)
|
** TODO c, needs to wait for (a) and (b)
|
|
You can ensure an entry is never blocked by using the ‘NOBLOCKING’
|
property:
|
|
* This entry is never blocked
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:NOBLOCKING: t
|
:END:
|
|
‘C-c C-x o (org-toggle-ordered-property)’
|
Toggle the ‘ORDERED’ property of the current entry. A property is
|
used for this behavior because this should be local to the current
|
entry, not inherited like a tag. However, if you would like to
|
track the value of this property with a tag for better visibility,
|
customize the option ‘org-track-ordered-property-with-tag’.
|
‘C-u C-u C-u C-c C-t’
|
Change TODO state, circumventing any state blocking.
|
|
If you set the option ‘org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks’, TODO entries
|
that cannot be closed because of such dependencies will be shown in a
|
dimmed font or even made invisible in agenda views (*note Agenda
|
views::).
|
|
You can also block changes of TODO states by looking at checkboxes
|
(*note Checkboxes::). If you set the option
|
‘org-enforce-todo-checkbox-dependencies’, an entry that has unchecked
|
checkboxes will be blocked from switching to DONE.
|
|
If you need more complex dependency structures, for example
|
dependencies between entries in different trees or files, check out the
|
contributed module ‘org-depend.el’.
|
|
|
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|
|
5.3 Progress logging
|
====================
|
|
Org mode can automatically record a timestamp and possibly a note when
|
you mark a TODO item as DONE, or even each time you change the state of
|
a TODO item. This system is highly configurable; settings can be on a
|
per-keyword basis and can be localized to a file or even a subtree. For
|
information on how to clock working time for a task, see *note Clocking
|
work time::.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Closing items:: When was this entry marked DONE?
|
* Tracking TODO state changes:: When did the status change?
|
* Tracking your habits:: How consistent have you been?
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Closing items, Next: Tracking TODO state changes, Up: Progress logging
|
|
5.3.1 Closing items
|
-------------------
|
|
The most basic logging is to keep track of _when_ a certain TODO item
|
was finished. This is achieved with(1)
|
|
(setq org-log-done 'time)
|
|
Then each time you turn an entry from a TODO (not-done) state into any
|
of the DONE states, a line ‘CLOSED: [timestamp]’ will be inserted just
|
after the headline. If you turn the entry back into a TODO item through
|
further state cycling, that line will be removed again. If you turn the
|
entry back to a non-TODO state (by pressing ‘C-c C-t <SPC>’ for
|
example), that line will also be removed, unless you set
|
‘org-closed-keep-when-no-todo’ to non-‘nil’. If you want to record a
|
note along with the timestamp, use(2)
|
|
(setq org-log-done 'note)
|
|
You will then be prompted for a note, and that note will be stored below
|
the entry with a ‘Closing Note’ heading.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) The corresponding in-buffer setting is: ‘#+STARTUP: logdone’
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(2) The corresponding in-buffer setting is: ‘#+STARTUP: lognotedone’.
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5.3.2 Tracking TODO state changes
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When TODO keywords are used as workflow states (*note Workflow
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states::), you might want to keep track of when a state change occurred
|
and maybe take a note about this change. You can either record just a
|
timestamp, or a time-stamped note for a change. These records will be
|
inserted after the headline as an itemized list, newest first(1). When
|
taking a lot of notes, you might want to get the notes out of the way
|
into a drawer (*note Drawers::). Customize ‘org-log-into-drawer’ to get
|
this behavior—the recommended drawer for this is called ‘LOGBOOK’(2).
|
You can also overrule the setting of this variable for a subtree by
|
setting a ‘LOG_INTO_DRAWER’ property.
|
|
Since it is normally too much to record a note for every state, Org
|
mode expects configuration on a per-keyword basis for this. This is
|
achieved by adding special markers ‘!’ (for a timestamp) or ‘@’ (for a
|
note with timestamp) in parentheses after each keyword. For example,
|
with the setting
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(setq org-todo-keywords
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'((sequence "TODO(t)" "WAIT(w@/!)" "|" "DONE(d!)" "CANCELED(c@)")))
|
|
To record a timestamp without a note for TODO keywords configured
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with ‘@’, just type ‘C-c C-c’ to enter a blank note when prompted.
|
|
You not only define global TODO keywords and fast access keys, but also
|
request that a time is recorded when the entry is set to DONE(3), and
|
that a note is recorded when switching to WAIT or CANCELED. The setting
|
for WAIT is even more special: the ‘!’ after the slash means that in
|
addition to the note taken when entering the state, a timestamp should
|
be recorded when leaving the WAIT state, if and only if the target state
|
does not configure logging for entering it. So it has no effect when
|
switching from WAIT to DONE, because DONE is configured to record a
|
timestamp only. But when switching from WAIT back to TODO, the ‘/!’ in
|
the WAIT setting now triggers a timestamp even though TODO has no
|
logging configured.
|
|
You can use the exact same syntax for setting logging preferences
|
local to a buffer:
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#+TODO: TODO(t) WAIT(w@/!) | DONE(d!) CANCELED(c@)
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In order to define logging settings that are local to a subtree or a
|
single item, define a ‘LOGGING’ property in this entry. Any non-empty
|
‘LOGGING’ property resets all logging settings to ‘nil’. You may then
|
turn on logging for this specific tree using ‘#+STARTUP’ keywords like
|
‘lognotedone’ or ‘logrepeat’, as well as adding state specific settings
|
like ‘TODO(!)’. For example
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|
* TODO Log each state with only a time
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:PROPERTIES:
|
:LOGGING: TODO(!) WAIT(!) DONE(!) CANCELED(!)
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:END:
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* TODO Only log when switching to WAIT, and when repeating
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:LOGGING: WAIT(@) logrepeat
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:END:
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* TODO No logging at all
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:PROPERTIES:
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:LOGGING: nil
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:END:
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) See the option ‘org-log-states-order-reversed’
|
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(2) Note that the ‘LOGBOOK’ drawer is unfolded when pressing ‘<SPC>’
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in the agenda to show an entry—use ‘C-u <SPC>’ to keep it folded here
|
|
(3) It is possible that Org mode will record two timestamps when you
|
are using both ‘org-log-done’ and state change logging. However, it
|
will never prompt for two notes—if you have configured both, the state
|
change recording note will take precedence and cancel the ‘Closing
|
Note’.
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5.3.3 Tracking your habits
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Org has the ability to track the consistency of a special category of
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TODOs, called “habits”. A habit has the following properties:
|
|
1. You have enabled the ‘habits’ module by customizing ‘org-modules’.
|
2. The habit is a TODO item, with a TODO keyword representing an open
|
state.
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3. The property ‘STYLE’ is set to the value ‘habit’.
|
4. The TODO has a scheduled date, usually with a ‘.+’ style repeat
|
interval. A ‘++’ style may be appropriate for habits with time
|
constraints, e.g., must be done on weekends, or a ‘+’ style for an
|
unusual habit that can have a backlog, e.g., weekly reports.
|
5. The TODO may also have minimum and maximum ranges specified by
|
using the syntax ‘.+2d/3d’, which says that you want to do the task
|
at least every three days, but at most every two days.
|
6. You must also have state logging for the ‘DONE’ state enabled
|
(*note Tracking TODO state changes::), in order for historical data
|
to be represented in the consistency graph. If it is not enabled
|
it is not an error, but the consistency graphs will be largely
|
meaningless.
|
|
To give you an idea of what the above rules look like in action,
|
here’s an actual habit with some history:
|
|
** TODO Shave
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SCHEDULED: <2009-10-17 Sat .+2d/4d>
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:PROPERTIES:
|
:STYLE: habit
|
:LAST_REPEAT: [2009-10-19 Mon 00:36]
|
:END:
|
- State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-10-15 Thu]
|
- State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-10-12 Mon]
|
- State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-10-10 Sat]
|
- State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-10-04 Sun]
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- State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-10-02 Fri]
|
- State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-09-29 Tue]
|
- State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-09-25 Fri]
|
- State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-09-19 Sat]
|
- State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-09-16 Wed]
|
- State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-09-12 Sat]
|
|
What this habit says is: I want to shave at most every 2 days (given
|
by the ‘SCHEDULED’ date and repeat interval) and at least every 4 days.
|
If today is the 15th, then the habit first appears in the agenda on Oct
|
17, after the minimum of 2 days has elapsed, and will appear overdue on
|
Oct 19, after four days have elapsed.
|
|
What’s really useful about habits is that they are displayed along
|
with a consistency graph, to show how consistent you’ve been at getting
|
that task done in the past. This graph shows every day that the task
|
was done over the past three weeks, with colors for each day. The
|
colors used are:
|
|
‘Blue’
|
If the task wasn’t to be done yet on that day.
|
‘Green’
|
If the task could have been done on that day.
|
‘Yellow’
|
If the task was going to be overdue the next day.
|
‘Red’
|
If the task was overdue on that day.
|
|
In addition to coloring each day, the day is also marked with an
|
asterisk if the task was actually done that day, and an exclamation mark
|
to show where the current day falls in the graph.
|
|
There are several configuration variables that can be used to change
|
the way habits are displayed in the agenda.
|
|
‘org-habit-graph-column’
|
The buffer column at which the consistency graph should be drawn.
|
This will overwrite any text in that column, so it is a good idea
|
to keep your habits’ titles brief and to the point.
|
‘org-habit-preceding-days’
|
The amount of history, in days before today, to appear in
|
consistency graphs.
|
‘org-habit-following-days’
|
The number of days after today that will appear in consistency
|
graphs.
|
‘org-habit-show-habits-only-for-today’
|
If non-‘nil’, only show habits in today’s agenda view. This is set
|
to true by default.
|
|
Lastly, pressing ‘K’ in the agenda buffer will cause habits to
|
temporarily be disabled and they won’t appear at all. Press ‘K’ again
|
to bring them back. They are also subject to tag filtering, if you have
|
habits which should only be done in certain contexts, for example.
|
|
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5.4 Priorities
|
==============
|
|
If you use Org mode extensively, you may end up with enough TODO items
|
that it starts to make sense to prioritize them. Prioritizing can be
|
done by placing a _priority cookie_ into the headline of a TODO item,
|
like this
|
|
*** TODO [#A] Write letter to Sam Fortune
|
|
By default, Org mode supports three priorities: ‘A’, ‘B’, and ‘C’. ‘A’
|
is the highest priority. An entry without a cookie is treated just like
|
priority ‘B’. Priorities make a difference only for sorting in the
|
agenda (*note Weekly/daily agenda::); outside the agenda, they have no
|
inherent meaning to Org mode. The cookies can be highlighted with
|
special faces by customizing ‘org-priority-faces’.
|
|
Priorities can be attached to any outline node; they do not need to
|
be TODO items.
|
|
‘C-c ,’
|
Set the priority of the current headline (‘org-priority’). The
|
command prompts for a priority character ‘A’, ‘B’ or ‘C’. When you
|
press <SPC> instead, the priority cookie is removed from the
|
headline. The priorities can also be changed “remotely” from the
|
agenda buffer with the ‘,’ command (*note Agenda commands::).
|
‘S-<UP> (org-priority-up)’
|
‘S-<DOWN> (org-priority-down)’
|
Increase/decrease priority of current headline(1). Note that these
|
keys are also used to modify timestamps (*note Creating
|
timestamps::). See also *note Conflicts::, for a discussion of the
|
interaction with ‘shift-selection-mode’.
|
|
You can change the range of allowed priorities by setting the options
|
‘org-highest-priority’, ‘org-lowest-priority’, and
|
‘org-default-priority’. For an individual buffer, you may set these
|
values (highest, lowest, default) like this (please make sure that the
|
highest priority is earlier in the alphabet than the lowest priority):
|
|
#+PRIORITIES: A C B
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) See also the option ‘org-priority-start-cycle-with-default’.
|
|
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|
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5.5 Breaking tasks down into subtasks
|
=====================================
|
|
It is often advisable to break down large tasks into smaller, manageable
|
subtasks. You can do this by creating an outline tree below a TODO
|
item, with detailed subtasks on the tree(1). To keep the overview over
|
the fraction of subtasks that are already completed, insert either ‘[/]’
|
or ‘[%]’ anywhere in the headline. These cookies will be updated each
|
time the TODO status of a child changes, or when pressing ‘C-c C-c’ on
|
the cookie. For example:
|
|
* Organize Party [33%]
|
** TODO Call people [1/2]
|
*** TODO Peter
|
*** DONE Sarah
|
** TODO Buy food
|
** DONE Talk to neighbor
|
|
If a heading has both checkboxes and TODO children below it, the
|
meaning of the statistics cookie become ambiguous. Set the property
|
‘COOKIE_DATA’ to either ‘checkbox’ or ‘todo’ to resolve this issue.
|
|
If you would like to have the statistics cookie count any TODO
|
entries in the subtree (not just direct children), configure
|
‘org-hierarchical-todo-statistics’. To do this for a single subtree,
|
include the word ‘recursive’ into the value of the ‘COOKIE_DATA’
|
property.
|
|
* Parent capturing statistics [2/20]
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:COOKIE_DATA: todo recursive
|
:END:
|
|
If you would like a TODO entry to automatically change to DONE when
|
all children are done, you can use the following setup:
|
|
(defun org-summary-todo (n-done n-not-done)
|
"Switch entry to DONE when all subentries are done, to TODO otherwise."
|
(let (org-log-done org-log-states) ; turn off logging
|
(org-todo (if (= n-not-done 0) "DONE" "TODO"))))
|
|
(add-hook 'org-after-todo-statistics-hook 'org-summary-todo)
|
|
Another possibility is the use of checkboxes to identify (a hierarchy
|
of) a large number of subtasks (*note Checkboxes::).
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) To keep subtasks out of the global TODO list, see the
|
‘org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels’.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Checkboxes, Prev: Breaking down tasks, Up: TODO items
|
|
5.6 Checkboxes
|
==============
|
|
Every item in a plain list(1) (*note Plain lists::) can be made into a
|
checkbox by starting it with the string ‘[ ]’. This feature is similar
|
to TODO items (*note TODO items::), but is more lightweight. Checkboxes
|
are not included in the global TODO list, so they are often great to
|
split a task into a number of simple steps. Or you can use them in a
|
shopping list. To toggle a checkbox, use ‘C-c C-c’, or use the mouse
|
(thanks to Piotr Zielinski’s ‘org-mouse.el’).
|
|
Here is an example of a checkbox list.
|
|
* TODO Organize party [2/4]
|
- [-] call people [1/3]
|
- [ ] Peter
|
- [X] Sarah
|
- [ ] Sam
|
- [X] order food
|
- [ ] think about what music to play
|
- [X] talk to the neighbors
|
|
Checkboxes work hierarchically, so if a checkbox item has children
|
that are checkboxes, toggling one of the children checkboxes will make
|
the parent checkbox reflect if none, some, or all of the children are
|
checked.
|
|
The ‘[2/4]’ and ‘[1/3]’ in the first and second line are cookies
|
indicating how many checkboxes present in this entry have been checked
|
off, and the total number of checkboxes present. This can give you an
|
idea on how many checkboxes remain, even without opening a folded entry.
|
The cookies can be placed into a headline or into (the first line of) a
|
plain list item. Each cookie covers checkboxes of direct children
|
structurally below the headline/item on which the cookie appears(2).
|
You have to insert the cookie yourself by typing either ‘[/]’ or ‘[%]’.
|
With ‘[/]’ you get an ‘n out of m’ result, as in the examples above.
|
With ‘[%]’ you get information about the percentage of checkboxes
|
checked (in the above example, this would be ‘[50%]’ and ‘[33%]’,
|
respectively). In a headline, a cookie can count either checkboxes
|
below the heading or TODO states of children, and it will display
|
whatever was changed last. Set the property ‘COOKIE_DATA’ to either
|
‘checkbox’ or ‘todo’ to resolve this issue.
|
|
If the current outline node has an ‘ORDERED’ property, checkboxes
|
must be checked off in sequence, and an error will be thrown if you try
|
to check off a box while there are unchecked boxes above it.
|
|
The following commands work with checkboxes:
|
|
‘C-c C-c (org-toggle-checkbox)’
|
Toggle checkbox status or (with prefix arg) checkbox presence at
|
point. With a single prefix argument, add an empty checkbox or
|
remove the current one(3). With a double prefix argument, set it
|
to ‘[-]’, which is considered to be an intermediate state.
|
‘C-c C-x C-b (org-toggle-checkbox)’
|
Toggle checkbox status or (with prefix arg) checkbox presence at
|
point. With double prefix argument, set it to ‘[-]’, which is
|
considered to be an intermediate state.
|
− If there is an active region, toggle the first checkbox in the
|
region and set all remaining boxes to the same status as the
|
first. With a prefix arg, add or remove the checkbox for all
|
items in the region.
|
− If the cursor is in a headline, toggle the state of the first
|
checkbox in the region between this headline and the next—so
|
_not_ the entire subtree—and propagate this new state to all
|
other checkboxes in the same area.
|
− If there is no active region, just toggle the checkbox at
|
point.
|
‘M-S-<RET> (org-insert-todo-heading)’
|
Insert a new item with a checkbox. This works only if the cursor
|
is already in a plain list item (*note Plain lists::).
|
‘C-c C-x o (org-toggle-ordered-property)’
|
Toggle the ‘ORDERED’ property of the entry, to toggle if checkboxes
|
must be checked off in sequence. A property is used for this
|
behavior because this should be local to the current entry, not
|
inherited like a tag. However, if you would like to track the
|
value of this property with a tag for better visibility, customize
|
‘org-track-ordered-property-with-tag’.
|
‘C-c # (org-update-statistics-cookies)’
|
Update the statistics cookie in the current outline entry. When
|
called with a ‘C-u’ prefix, update the entire file. Checkbox
|
statistic cookies are updated automatically if you toggle
|
checkboxes with ‘C-c C-c’ and make new ones with ‘M-S-<RET>’. TODO
|
statistics cookies update when changing TODO states. If you delete
|
boxes/entries or add/change them by hand, use this command to get
|
things back into sync.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) With the exception of description lists. But you can allow it by
|
modifying ‘org-list-automatic-rules’ accordingly.
|
|
(2) Set the option ‘org-checkbox-hierarchical-statistics’ if you want
|
such cookies to count all checkboxes below the cookie, not just those
|
belonging to direct children.
|
|
(3) ‘C-u C-c C-c’ before the _first_ bullet in a list with no
|
checkbox will add checkboxes to the rest of the list.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Tags, Next: Properties and columns, Prev: TODO items, Up: Top
|
|
6 Tags
|
******
|
|
An excellent way to implement labels and contexts for cross-correlating
|
information is to assign tags to headlines. Org mode has extensive
|
support for tags.
|
|
Every headline can contain a list of tags; they occur at the end of
|
the headline. Tags are normal words containing letters, numbers, ‘_’,
|
and ‘@’. Tags must be preceded and followed by a single colon, e.g.,
|
‘:work:’. Several tags can be specified, as in ‘:work:urgent:’. Tags
|
will by default be in bold face with the same color as the headline.
|
You may specify special faces for specific tags using the option
|
‘org-tag-faces’, in much the same way as you can for TODO keywords
|
(*note Faces for TODO keywords::).
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Tag inheritance:: Tags use the tree structure of the outline
|
* Setting tags:: How to assign tags to a headline
|
* Tag hierarchy:: Create a hierarchy of tags
|
* Tag searches:: Searching for combinations of tags
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Tag inheritance, Next: Setting tags, Up: Tags
|
|
6.1 Tag inheritance
|
===================
|
|
Tags make use of the hierarchical structure of outline trees. If a
|
heading has a certain tag, all subheadings will inherit the tag as well.
|
For example, in the list
|
|
* Meeting with the French group :work:
|
** Summary by Frank :boss:notes:
|
*** TODO Prepare slides for him :action:
|
|
the final heading will have the tags ‘:work:’, ‘:boss:’, ‘:notes:’, and
|
‘:action:’ even though the final heading is not explicitly marked with
|
all those tags. You can also set tags that all entries in a file should
|
inherit just as if these tags were defined in a hypothetical level zero
|
that surrounds the entire file. Use a line like this(1):
|
|
#+FILETAGS: :Peter:Boss:Secret:
|
|
To limit tag inheritance to specific tags, use
|
‘org-tags-exclude-from-inheritance’. To turn it off entirely, use
|
‘org-use-tag-inheritance’.
|
|
When a headline matches during a tags search while tag inheritance is
|
turned on, all the sublevels in the same tree will (for a simple match
|
form) match as well(2). The list of matches may then become very long.
|
If you only want to see the first tags match in a subtree, configure
|
‘org-tags-match-list-sublevels’ (not recommended).
|
|
Tag inheritance is relevant when the agenda search tries to match a
|
tag, either in the ‘tags’ or ‘tags-todo’ agenda types. In other agenda
|
types, ‘org-use-tag-inheritance’ has no effect. Still, you may want to
|
have your tags correctly set in the agenda, so that tag filtering works
|
fine, with inherited tags. Set ‘org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance’ to
|
control this: the default value includes all agenda types, but setting
|
this to ‘nil’ can really speed up agenda generation.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) As with all these in-buffer settings, pressing ‘C-c C-c’
|
activates any changes in the line.
|
|
(2) This is only true if the search does not involve more complex
|
tests including properties (*note Property searches::).
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Setting tags, Next: Tag hierarchy, Prev: Tag inheritance, Up: Tags
|
|
6.2 Setting tags
|
================
|
|
Tags can simply be typed into the buffer at the end of a headline.
|
After a colon, ‘M-<TAB>’ offers completion on tags. There is also a
|
special command for inserting tags:
|
|
‘C-c C-q (org-set-tags-command)’
|
Enter new tags for the current headline. Org mode will either
|
offer completion or a special single-key interface for setting
|
tags, see below. After pressing <RET>, the tags will be inserted
|
and aligned to ‘org-tags-column’. When called with a ‘C-u’ prefix,
|
all tags in the current buffer will be aligned to that column, just
|
to make things look nice. TAGS are automatically realigned after
|
promotion, demotion, and TODO state changes (*note TODO basics::).
|
|
‘C-c C-c (org-set-tags-command)’
|
When the cursor is in a headline, this does the same as ‘C-c C-q’.
|
|
Org supports tag insertion based on a _list of tags_. By default
|
this list is constructed dynamically, containing all tags currently used
|
in the buffer. You may also globally specify a hard list of tags with
|
the variable ‘org-tag-alist’. Finally you can set the default tags for
|
a given file with lines like
|
|
#+TAGS: @work @home @tennisclub
|
#+TAGS: laptop car pc sailboat
|
|
If you have globally defined your preferred set of tags using the
|
variable ‘org-tag-alist’, but would like to use a dynamic tag list in a
|
specific file, add an empty TAGS option line to that file:
|
|
#+TAGS:
|
|
If you have a preferred set of tags that you would like to use in
|
every file, in addition to those defined on a per-file basis by TAGS
|
option lines, then you may specify a list of tags with the variable
|
‘org-tag-persistent-alist’. You may turn this off on a per-file basis
|
by adding a ‘#+STARTUP’ option line to that file:
|
|
#+STARTUP: noptag
|
|
By default Org mode uses the standard minibuffer completion
|
facilities for entering tags. However, it also implements another,
|
quicker, tag selection method called _fast tag selection_. This allows
|
you to select and deselect tags with just a single key press. For this
|
to work well you should assign unique, case-sensitive, letters to most
|
of your commonly used tags. You can do this globally by configuring the
|
variable ‘org-tag-alist’ in your Emacs init file. For example, you may
|
find the need to tag many items in different files with ‘:@home:’. In
|
this case you can set something like:
|
|
(setq org-tag-alist '(("@work" . ?w) ("@home" . ?h) ("laptop" . ?l)))
|
|
If the tag is only relevant to the file you are working on, then you can
|
instead set the TAGS option line as:
|
|
#+TAGS: @work(w) @home(h) @tennisclub(t) laptop(l) pc(p)
|
|
The tags interface will show the available tags in a splash window. If
|
you want to start a new line after a specific tag, insert ‘\n’ into the
|
tag list
|
|
#+TAGS: @work(w) @home(h) @tennisclub(t) \n laptop(l) pc(p)
|
|
or write them in two lines:
|
|
#+TAGS: @work(w) @home(h) @tennisclub(t)
|
#+TAGS: laptop(l) pc(p)
|
|
You can also group together tags that are mutually exclusive by using
|
braces, as in:
|
|
#+TAGS: { @work(w) @home(h) @tennisclub(t) } laptop(l) pc(p)
|
|
you indicate that at most one of ‘@work’, ‘@home’, and ‘@tennisclub’
|
should be selected. Multiple such groups are allowed.
|
|
Don’t forget to press ‘C-c C-c’ with the cursor in one of these lines to
|
activate any changes.
|
|
To set these mutually exclusive groups in the variable ‘org-tag-alist’,
|
you must use the dummy tags ‘:startgroup’ and ‘:endgroup’ instead of the
|
braces. Similarly, you can use ‘:newline’ to indicate a line break.
|
The previous example would be set globally by the following
|
configuration:
|
|
(setq org-tag-alist '((:startgroup . nil)
|
("@work" . ?w) ("@home" . ?h)
|
("@tennisclub" . ?t)
|
(:endgroup . nil)
|
("laptop" . ?l) ("pc" . ?p)))
|
|
If at least one tag has a selection key then pressing ‘C-c C-c’ will
|
automatically present you with a special interface, listing inherited
|
tags, the tags of the current headline, and a list of all valid tags
|
with corresponding keys(1).
|
|
Pressing keys assigned to tags will add or remove them from the list
|
of tags in the current line. Selecting a tag in a group of mutually
|
exclusive tags will turn off any other tags from that group.
|
|
In this interface, you can also use the following special keys:
|
|
‘<TAB>’
|
Enter a tag in the minibuffer, even if the tag is not in the
|
predefined list. You will be able to complete on all tags present
|
in the buffer. You can also add several tags: just separate them
|
with a comma.
|
|
‘<SPC>’
|
Clear all tags for this line.
|
|
‘<RET>’
|
Accept the modified set.
|
|
‘C-g’
|
Abort without installing changes.
|
|
‘q’
|
If ‘q’ is not assigned to a tag, it aborts like ‘C-g’.
|
|
‘!’
|
Turn off groups of mutually exclusive tags. Use this to (as an
|
exception) assign several tags from such a group.
|
|
‘C-c’
|
Toggle auto-exit after the next change (see below). If you are
|
using expert mode, the first ‘C-c’ will display the selection
|
window.
|
|
This method lets you assign tags to a headline with very few keys. With
|
the above setup, you could clear the current tags and set ‘@home’,
|
‘laptop’ and ‘pc’ tags with just the following keys: ‘C-c C-c <SPC> h l
|
p <RET>’. Switching from ‘@home’ to ‘@work’ would be done with ‘C-c C-c
|
w <RET>’ or alternatively with ‘C-c C-c C-c w’. Adding the
|
non-predefined tag ‘Sarah’ could be done with ‘C-c C-c <TAB> S a r a h
|
<RET> <RET>’.
|
|
If you find that most of the time you need only a single key press to
|
modify your list of tags, set ‘org-fast-tag-selection-single-key’. Then
|
you no longer have to press <RET> to exit fast tag selection—it will
|
immediately exit after the first change. If you then occasionally need
|
more keys, press ‘C-c’ to turn off auto-exit for the current tag
|
selection process (in effect: start selection with ‘C-c C-c C-c’ instead
|
of ‘C-c C-c’). If you set the variable to the value ‘expert’, the
|
special window is not even shown for single-key tag selection, it comes
|
up only when you press an extra ‘C-c’.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Keys will automatically be assigned to tags which have no
|
configured keys.
|
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6.3 Tag hierarchy
|
=================
|
|
Tags can be defined in hierarchies. A tag can be defined as a _group
|
tag_ for a set of other tags. The group tag can be seen as the “broader
|
term” for its set of tags. Defining multiple _group tags_ and nesting
|
them creates a tag hierarchy.
|
|
One use-case is to create a taxonomy of terms (tags) that can be used
|
to classify nodes in a document or set of documents.
|
|
When you search for a group tag, it will return matches for all
|
members in the group and its subgroups. In an agenda view, filtering by
|
a group tag will display or hide headlines tagged with at least one of
|
the members of the group or any of its subgroups. This makes tag
|
searches and filters even more flexible.
|
|
You can set group tags by using brackets and inserting a colon
|
between the group tag and its related tags—beware that all whitespaces
|
are mandatory so that Org can parse this line correctly:
|
|
#+TAGS: [ GTD : Control Persp ]
|
|
In this example, ‘GTD’ is the _group tag_ and it is related to two
|
other tags: ‘Control’, ‘Persp’. Defining ‘Control’ and ‘Persp’ as group
|
tags creates a hierarchy of tags:
|
|
#+TAGS: [ Control : Context Task ]
|
#+TAGS: [ Persp : Vision Goal AOF Project ]
|
|
That can conceptually be seen as a hierarchy of tags:
|
|
- GTD
|
- Persp
|
- Vision
|
- Goal
|
- AOF
|
- Project
|
- Control
|
- Context
|
- Task
|
|
You can use the ‘:startgrouptag’, ‘:grouptags’ and ‘:endgrouptag’
|
keyword directly when setting ‘org-tag-alist’ directly:
|
|
(setq org-tag-alist '((:startgrouptag)
|
("GTD")
|
(:grouptags)
|
("Control")
|
("Persp")
|
(:endgrouptag)
|
(:startgrouptag)
|
("Control")
|
(:grouptags)
|
("Context")
|
("Task")
|
(:endgrouptag)))
|
|
The tags in a group can be mutually exclusive if using the same group
|
syntax as is used for grouping mutually exclusive tags together; using
|
curly brackets.
|
|
#+TAGS: { Context : @Home @Work @Call }
|
|
When setting ‘org-tag-alist’ you can use ‘:startgroup’ & ‘:endgroup’
|
instead of ‘:startgrouptag’ & ‘:endgrouptag’ to make the tags mutually
|
exclusive.
|
|
Furthermore, the members of a _group tag_ can also be regular
|
expressions, creating the possibility of a more dynamic and rule-based
|
tag structure. The regular expressions in the group must be specified
|
within { }. Here is an expanded example:
|
|
#+TAGS: [ Vision : {V@.+} ]
|
#+TAGS: [ Goal : {G@.+} ]
|
#+TAGS: [ AOF : {AOF@.+} ]
|
#+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
|
|
Searching for the tag ‘Project’ will now list all tags also including
|
regular expression matches for ‘P@.+’, and similarly for tag searches on
|
‘Vision’, ‘Goal’ and ‘AOF’. For example, this would work well for a
|
project tagged with a common project-identifier, e.g. ‘P@2014_OrgTags’.
|
|
If you want to ignore group tags temporarily, toggle group tags
|
support with ‘org-toggle-tags-groups’, bound to ‘C-c C-x q’. If you
|
want to disable tag groups completely, set ‘org-group-tags’ to ‘nil’.
|
|
|
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|
|
6.4 Tag searches
|
================
|
|
Once a system of tags has been set up, it can be used to collect related
|
information into special lists.
|
|
‘C-c / m or C-c \ (org-match-sparse-tree)’
|
Create a sparse tree with all headlines matching a
|
tags/property/TODO search. With a ‘C-u’ prefix argument, ignore
|
headlines that are not a TODO line. *Note Matching tags and
|
properties::.
|
‘C-c a m (org-tags-view)’
|
Create a global list of tag matches from all agenda files. *Note
|
Matching tags and properties::.
|
‘C-c a M (org-tags-view)’
|
Create a global list of tag matches from all agenda files, but
|
check only TODO items and force checking subitems (see the option
|
‘org-tags-match-list-sublevels’).
|
|
These commands all prompt for a match string which allows basic
|
Boolean logic like ‘+boss+urgent-project1’, to find entries with tags
|
‘boss’ and ‘urgent’, but not ‘project1’, or ‘Kathy|Sally’ to find
|
entries tagged as ‘Kathy’ or ‘Sally’. The full syntax of the search
|
string is rich and allows also matching against TODO keywords, entry
|
levels and properties. For a complete description with many examples,
|
see *note Matching tags and properties::.
|
|
|
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|
|
7 Properties and columns
|
************************
|
|
A property is a key-value pair associated with an entry. Properties can
|
be set so they are associated with a single entry, with every entry in a
|
tree, or with every entry in an Org mode file.
|
|
There are two main applications for properties in Org mode. First,
|
properties are like tags, but with a value. Imagine maintaining a file
|
where you document bugs and plan releases for a piece of software.
|
Instead of using tags like ‘:release_1:’, ‘:release_2:’, you can use a
|
property, say ‘:Release:’, that in different subtrees has different
|
values, such as ‘1.0’ or ‘2.0’. Second, you can use properties to
|
implement (very basic) database capabilities in an Org buffer. Imagine
|
keeping track of your music CDs, where properties could be things such
|
as the album, artist, date of release, number of tracks, and so on.
|
|
Properties can be conveniently edited and viewed in column view
|
(*note Column view::).
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Property syntax:: How properties are spelled out
|
* Special properties:: Access to other Org mode features
|
* Property searches:: Matching property values
|
* Property inheritance:: Passing values down the tree
|
* Column view:: Tabular viewing and editing
|
* Property API:: Properties for Lisp programmers
|
|
|
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|
|
7.1 Property syntax
|
===================
|
|
Properties are key-value pairs. When they are associated with a single
|
entry or with a tree they need to be inserted into a special drawer
|
(*note Drawers::) with the name ‘PROPERTIES’, which has to be located
|
right below a headline, and its planning line (*note Deadlines and
|
scheduling::) when applicable. Each property is specified on a single
|
line, with the key (surrounded by colons) first, and the value after it.
|
Keys are case-insensitive. Here is an example:
|
|
* CD collection
|
** Classic
|
*** Goldberg Variations
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:Title: Goldberg Variations
|
:Composer: J.S. Bach
|
:Artist: Glen Gould
|
:Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
|
:NDisks: 1
|
:END:
|
|
Depending on the value of ‘org-use-property-inheritance’, a property
|
set this way will either be associated with a single entry, or the
|
subtree defined by the entry, see *note Property inheritance::.
|
|
You may define the allowed values for a particular property ‘:Xyz:’
|
by setting a property ‘:Xyz_ALL:’. This special property is
|
_inherited_, so if you set it in a level 1 entry, it will apply to the
|
entire tree. When allowed values are defined, setting the corresponding
|
property becomes easier and is less prone to typing errors. For the
|
example with the CD collection, we can predefine publishers and the
|
number of disks in a box like this:
|
|
* CD collection
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:NDisks_ALL: 1 2 3 4
|
:Publisher_ALL: "Deutsche Grammophon" Philips EMI
|
:END:
|
|
If you want to set properties that can be inherited by any entry in a
|
file, use a line like
|
#+PROPERTY: NDisks_ALL 1 2 3 4
|
|
Contrary to properties set from a special drawer, you have to refresh
|
the buffer with ‘C-c C-c’ to activate this change.
|
|
If you want to add to the value of an existing property, append a ‘+’
|
to the property name. The following results in the property ‘var’
|
having the value “foo=1 bar=2”.
|
#+PROPERTY: var foo=1
|
#+PROPERTY: var+ bar=2
|
|
It is also possible to add to the values of inherited properties.
|
The following results in the ‘genres’ property having the value “Classic
|
Baroque” under the ‘Goldberg Variations’ subtree.
|
* CD collection
|
** Classic
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:GENRES: Classic
|
:END:
|
*** Goldberg Variations
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:Title: Goldberg Variations
|
:Composer: J.S. Bach
|
:Artist: Glen Gould
|
:Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
|
:NDisks: 1
|
:GENRES+: Baroque
|
:END:
|
Note that a property can only have one entry per Drawer.
|
|
Property values set with the global variable ‘org-global-properties’
|
can be inherited by all entries in all Org files.
|
|
The following commands help to work with properties:
|
|
‘M-<TAB> (pcomplete)’
|
After an initial colon in a line, complete property keys. All keys
|
used in the current file will be offered as possible completions.
|
‘C-c C-x p (org-set-property)’
|
Set a property. This prompts for a property name and a value. If
|
necessary, the property drawer is created as well.
|
‘C-u M-x org-insert-drawer <RET>’
|
Insert a property drawer into the current entry. The drawer will
|
be inserted early in the entry, but after the lines with planning
|
information like deadlines.
|
‘C-c C-c (org-property-action)’
|
With the cursor in a property drawer, this executes property
|
commands.
|
‘C-c C-c s (org-set-property)’
|
Set a property in the current entry. Both the property and the
|
value can be inserted using completion.
|
‘S-<RIGHT> (org-property-next-allowed-value)’
|
‘S-<LEFT> (org-property-previous-allowed-value)’
|
Switch property at point to the next/previous allowed value.
|
‘C-c C-c d (org-delete-property)’
|
Remove a property from the current entry.
|
‘C-c C-c D (org-delete-property-globally)’
|
Globally remove a property, from all entries in the current file.
|
‘C-c C-c c (org-compute-property-at-point)’
|
Compute the property at point, using the operator and scope from
|
the nearest column format definition.
|
|
|
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|
|
7.2 Special properties
|
======================
|
|
Special properties provide an alternative access method to Org mode
|
features, like the TODO state or the priority of an entry, discussed in
|
the previous chapters. This interface exists so that you can include
|
these states in a column view (*note Column view::), or to use them in
|
queries. The following property names are special and should not be
|
used as keys in the properties drawer:
|
|
ALLTAGS All tags, including inherited ones.
|
BLOCKED "t" if task is currently blocked by children or siblings.
|
CLOCKSUM The sum of CLOCK intervals in the subtree. ‘org-clock-sum’
|
must be run first to compute the values in the current buffer.
|
CLOCKSUM_T The sum of CLOCK intervals in the subtree for today.
|
‘org-clock-sum-today’ must be run first to compute the
|
values in the current buffer.
|
CLOSED When was this entry closed?
|
DEADLINE The deadline time string, without the angular brackets.
|
FILE The filename the entry is located in.
|
ITEM The headline of the entry.
|
PRIORITY The priority of the entry, a string with a single letter.
|
SCHEDULED The scheduling timestamp, without the angular brackets.
|
TAGS The tags defined directly in the headline.
|
TIMESTAMP The first keyword-less timestamp in the entry.
|
TIMESTAMP_IA The first inactive timestamp in the entry.
|
TODO The TODO keyword of the entry.
|
|
|
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|
|
7.3 Property searches
|
=====================
|
|
To create sparse trees and special lists with selection based on
|
properties, the same commands are used as for tag searches (*note Tag
|
searches::).
|
|
‘C-c / m or C-c \ (org-match-sparse-tree)’
|
Create a sparse tree with all matching entries. With a ‘C-u’
|
prefix argument, ignore headlines that are not a TODO line.
|
‘C-c a m (org-tags-view)’
|
Create a global list of tag/property matches from all agenda files.
|
*Note Matching tags and properties::.
|
‘C-c a M (org-tags-view)’
|
Create a global list of tag matches from all agenda files, but
|
check only TODO items and force checking of subitems (see the
|
option ‘org-tags-match-list-sublevels’).
|
|
The syntax for the search string is described in *note Matching tags
|
and properties::.
|
|
There is also a special command for creating sparse trees based on a
|
single property:
|
|
‘C-c / p’
|
Create a sparse tree based on the value of a property. This first
|
prompts for the name of a property, and then for a value. A sparse
|
tree is created with all entries that define this property with the
|
given value. If you enclose the value in curly braces, it is
|
interpreted as a regular expression and matched against the
|
property values.
|
|
|
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|
|
7.4 Property Inheritance
|
========================
|
|
The outline structure of Org mode documents lends itself to an
|
inheritance model of properties: if the parent in a tree has a certain
|
property, the children can inherit this property. Org mode does not
|
turn this on by default, because it can slow down property searches
|
significantly and is often not needed. However, if you find inheritance
|
useful, you can turn it on by setting the variable
|
‘org-use-property-inheritance’. It may be set to ‘t’ to make all
|
properties inherited from the parent, to a list of properties that
|
should be inherited, or to a regular expression that matches inherited
|
properties. If a property has the value ‘nil’, this is interpreted as
|
an explicit undefine of the property, so that inheritance search will
|
stop at this value and return ‘nil’.
|
|
Org mode has a few properties for which inheritance is hard-coded, at
|
least for the special applications for which they are used:
|
|
‘COLUMNS’
|
The ‘:COLUMNS:’ property defines the format of column view (*note
|
Column view::). It is inherited in the sense that the level where
|
a ‘:COLUMNS:’ property is defined is used as the starting point for
|
a column view table, independently of the location in the subtree
|
from where columns view is turned on.
|
‘CATEGORY’
|
For agenda view, a category set through a ‘:CATEGORY:’ property
|
applies to the entire subtree.
|
‘ARCHIVE’
|
For archiving, the ‘:ARCHIVE:’ property may define the archive
|
location for the entire subtree (*note Moving subtrees::).
|
‘LOGGING’
|
The ‘LOGGING’ property may define logging settings for an entry or
|
a subtree (*note Tracking TODO state changes::).
|
|
|
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|
|
7.5 Column view
|
===============
|
|
A great way to view and edit properties in an outline tree is _column
|
view_. In column view, each outline node is turned into a table row.
|
Columns in this table provide access to properties of the entries. Org
|
mode implements columns by overlaying a tabular structure over the
|
headline of each item. While the headlines have been turned into a
|
table row, you can still change the visibility of the outline tree. For
|
example, you get a compact table by switching to CONTENTS view (‘S-<TAB>
|
S-<TAB>’, or simply ‘c’ while column view is active), but you can still
|
open, read, and edit the entry below each headline. Or, you can switch
|
to column view after executing a sparse tree command and in this way get
|
a table only for the selected items. Column view also works in agenda
|
buffers (*note Agenda views::) where queries have collected selected
|
items, possibly from a number of files.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Defining columns:: The COLUMNS format property
|
* Using column view:: How to create and use column view
|
* Capturing column view:: A dynamic block for column view
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Defining columns, Next: Using column view, Up: Column view
|
|
7.5.1 Defining columns
|
----------------------
|
|
Setting up a column view first requires defining the columns. This is
|
done by defining a column format line.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Scope of column definitions:: Where defined, where valid?
|
* Column attributes:: Appearance and content of a column
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Scope of column definitions, Next: Column attributes, Up: Defining columns
|
|
7.5.1.1 Scope of column definitions
|
...................................
|
|
To define a column format for an entire file, use a line like
|
|
#+COLUMNS: %25ITEM %TAGS %PRIORITY %TODO
|
|
To specify a format that only applies to a specific tree, add a
|
‘:COLUMNS:’ property to the top node of that tree, for example:
|
|
** Top node for columns view
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:COLUMNS: %25ITEM %TAGS %PRIORITY %TODO
|
:END:
|
|
If a ‘:COLUMNS:’ property is present in an entry, it defines columns
|
for the entry itself, and for the entire subtree below it. Since the
|
column definition is part of the hierarchical structure of the document,
|
you can define columns on level 1 that are general enough for all
|
sublevels, and more specific columns further down, when you edit a
|
deeper part of the tree.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Column attributes, Prev: Scope of column definitions, Up: Defining columns
|
|
7.5.1.2 Column attributes
|
.........................
|
|
A column definition sets the attributes of a column. The general
|
definition looks like this:
|
|
%[WIDTH]PROPERTY[(TITLE)][{SUMMARY-TYPE}]
|
|
Except for the percent sign and the property name, all items are
|
optional. The individual parts have the following meaning:
|
|
WIDTH An integer specifying the width of the column in characters.
|
If omitted, the width will be determined automatically.
|
PROPERTY The property that should be edited in this column.
|
Special properties representing meta data are allowed here
|
as well (*note Special properties::)
|
TITLE The header text for the column. If omitted, the property
|
name is used.
|
{SUMMARY-TYPE} The summary type. If specified, the column values for
|
parent nodes are computed from the children(1).
|
Supported summary types are:
|
{+} Sum numbers in this column.
|
{+;%.1f} Like ‘+’, but format result with ‘%.1f’.
|
{$} Currency, short for ‘+;%.2f’.
|
{min} Smallest number in column.
|
{max} Largest number.
|
{mean} Arithmetic mean of numbers.
|
{X} Checkbox status, ‘[X]’ if all children are ‘[X]’.
|
{X/} Checkbox status, ‘[n/m]’.
|
{X%} Checkbox status, ‘[n%]’.
|
{:} Sum times, HH:MM, plain numbers are
|
hours(2).
|
{:min} Smallest time value in column.
|
{:max} Largest time value.
|
{:mean} Arithmetic mean of time values.
|
{@min} Minimum age(3) (in
|
days/hours/mins/seconds).
|
{@max} Maximum age (in days/hours/mins/seconds).
|
{@mean} Arithmetic mean of ages (in days/hours/mins/seconds).
|
{est+} Add ‘low-high’ estimates.
|
|
The ‘est+’ summary type requires further explanation. It is used for
|
combining estimates, expressed as ‘low-high’ ranges or plain numbers.
|
For example, instead of estimating a particular task will take 5 days,
|
you might estimate it as 5–6 days if you’re fairly confident you know
|
how much work is required, or 1–10 days if you don’t really know what
|
needs to be done. Both ranges average at 5.5 days, but the first
|
represents a more predictable delivery.
|
|
When combining a set of such estimates, simply adding the lows and
|
highs produces an unrealistically wide result. Instead, ‘est+’ adds the
|
statistical mean and variance of the sub-tasks, generating a final
|
estimate from the sum. For example, suppose you had ten tasks, each of
|
which was estimated at 0.5 to 2 days of work. Straight addition
|
produces an estimate of 5 to 20 days, representing what to expect if
|
everything goes either extremely well or extremely poorly. In contrast,
|
‘est+’ estimates the full job more realistically, at 10–15 days.
|
|
Numbers are right-aligned when a format specifier with an explicit
|
width like ‘%5d’ or ‘%5.1f’ is used.
|
|
You can also define custom summary types by setting
|
‘org-columns-summary-types’, which see.
|
|
Here is an example for a complete columns definition, along with
|
allowed values.
|
|
:COLUMNS: %25ITEM %9Approved(Approved?){X} %Owner %11Status \(4)
|
%10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM %CLOCKSUM_T
|
:Owner_ALL: Tammy Mark Karl Lisa Don
|
:Status_ALL: "In progress" "Not started yet" "Finished" ""
|
:Approved_ALL: "[ ]" "[X]"
|
|
The first column, ‘%25ITEM’, means the first 25 characters of the item
|
itself, i.e., of the headline. You probably always should start the
|
column definition with the ‘ITEM’ specifier. The other specifiers
|
create columns ‘Owner’ with a list of names as allowed values, for
|
‘Status’ with four different possible values, and for a checkbox field
|
‘Approved’. When no width is given after the ‘%’ character, the column
|
will be exactly as wide as it needs to be in order to fully display all
|
values. The ‘Approved’ column does have a modified title (‘Approved?’,
|
with a question mark). Summaries will be created for the
|
‘Time_Estimate’ column by adding time duration expressions like HH:MM,
|
and for the ‘Approved’ column, by providing an ‘[X]’ status if all
|
children have been checked. The ‘CLOCKSUM’ and ‘CLOCKSUM_T’ columns are
|
special, they lists the sums of CLOCK intervals in the subtree, either
|
for all clocks or just for today.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
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|
(1) If more than one summary type apply to the property, the parent
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values are computed according to the first of them.
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|
(2) A time can also be a duration, using effort modifiers defined in
|
‘org-effort-durations’, e.g., ‘3d 1h’. If any value in the column is as
|
such, the summary will also be an effort duration.
|
|
(3) An age is defined as a duration since a given time-stamp (*note
|
Timestamps::). It can also be expressed as days, hours, minutes and
|
seconds, identified by ‘d’, ‘h’, ‘m’ and ‘s’ suffixes, all mandatory,
|
e.g., ‘0d 13h 0m 10s’.
|
|
(4) Please note that the COLUMNS definition must be on a single
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line—it is wrapped here only because of formatting constraints.
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7.5.2 Using column view
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-----------------------
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Turning column view on and off
|
..............................
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‘C-c C-x C-c (org-columns)’
|
Turn on column view. If the cursor is before the first headline in
|
the file, or the function called with the universal prefix
|
argument, column view is turned on for the entire file, using the
|
‘#+COLUMNS’ definition. If the cursor is somewhere inside the
|
outline, this command searches the hierarchy, up from point, for a
|
‘:COLUMNS:’ property that defines a format. When one is found, the
|
column view table is established for the tree starting at the entry
|
that contains the ‘:COLUMNS:’ property. If no such property is
|
found, the format is taken from the ‘#+COLUMNS’ line or from the
|
variable ‘org-columns-default-format’, and column view is
|
established for the current entry and its subtree.
|
‘r (org-columns-redo)’
|
Recreate the column view, to include recent changes made in the
|
buffer.
|
‘g (org-columns-redo)’
|
Same as ‘r’.
|
‘q (org-columns-quit)’
|
Exit column view.
|
|
Editing values
|
..............
|
|
‘<LEFT> <RIGHT> <UP> <DOWN>’
|
Move through the column view from field to field.
|
‘S-<LEFT>/<RIGHT>’
|
Switch to the next/previous allowed value of the field. For this,
|
you have to have specified allowed values for a property.
|
‘1..9,0’
|
Directly select the Nth allowed value, ‘0’ selects the 10th value.
|
‘n (org-columns-next-allowed-value)’
|
‘p (org-columns-previous-allowed-value)’
|
Same as ‘S-<LEFT>/<RIGHT>’
|
‘e (org-columns-edit-value)’
|
Edit the property at point. For the special properties, this will
|
invoke the same interface that you normally use to change that
|
property. For example, when editing a TAGS property, the tag
|
completion or fast selection interface will pop up.
|
‘C-c C-c (org-columns-set-tags-or-toggle)’
|
When there is a checkbox at point, toggle it.
|
‘v (org-columns-show-value)’
|
View the full value of this property. This is useful if the width
|
of the column is smaller than that of the value.
|
‘a (org-columns-edit-allowed)’
|
Edit the list of allowed values for this property. If the list is
|
found in the hierarchy, the modified value is stored there. If no
|
list is found, the new value is stored in the first entry that is
|
part of the current column view.
|
|
Modifying the table structure
|
.............................
|
|
‘< (org-columns-narrow)’
|
‘> (org-columns-widen)’
|
Make the column narrower/wider by one character.
|
‘S-M-<RIGHT> (org-columns-new)’
|
Insert a new column, to the left of the current column.
|
‘S-M-<LEFT> (org-columns-delete)’
|
Delete the current column.
|
|
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7.5.3 Capturing column view
|
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|
|
Since column view is just an overlay over a buffer, it cannot be
|
exported or printed directly. If you want to capture a column view, use
|
a ‘columnview’ dynamic block (*note Dynamic blocks::). The frame of
|
this block looks like this:
|
|
* The column view
|
#+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "label"
|
|
#+END:
|
|
This dynamic block has the following parameters:
|
|
‘:id’
|
This is the most important parameter. Column view is a feature
|
that is often localized to a certain (sub)tree, and the capture
|
block might be at a different location in the file. To identify
|
the tree whose view to capture, you can use 4 values:
|
local use the tree in which the capture block is located
|
global make a global view, including all headings in the file
|
"file:PATH-TO-FILE"
|
run column view at the top of this file
|
"ID" call column view in the tree that has an ‘:ID:’
|
property with the value label. You can use
|
‘M-x org-id-copy <RET>’ to create a globally unique ‘ID’ for
|
the current entry and copy it to the kill-ring.
|
‘:hlines’
|
When ‘t’, insert an hline after every line. When a number N,
|
insert an hline before each headline with level ‘<= N’.
|
‘:vlines’
|
When set to ‘t’, force column groups to get vertical lines.
|
‘:maxlevel’
|
When set to a number, don’t capture entries below this level.
|
‘:skip-empty-rows’
|
When set to ‘t’, skip rows where the only non-empty specifier of
|
the column view is ‘ITEM’.
|
‘:indent’
|
When non-‘nil’, indent each ‘ITEM’ field according to its level.
|
|
The following commands insert or update the dynamic block:
|
|
‘C-c C-x i (org-insert-columns-dblock)’
|
Insert a dynamic block capturing a column view. You will be
|
prompted for the scope or ‘ID’ of the view.
|
‘C-c C-c or C-c C-x C-u (org-dblock-update)’
|
Update dynamic block at point.
|
‘C-u C-c C-x C-u (org-update-all-dblocks)’
|
Update all dynamic blocks (*note Dynamic blocks::). This is useful
|
if you have several clock table blocks, column-capturing blocks or
|
other dynamic blocks in a buffer.
|
|
You can add formulas to the column view table and you may add
|
plotting instructions in front of the table—these will survive an update
|
of the block. If there is a ‘#+TBLFM:’ after the table, the table will
|
actually be recalculated automatically after an update.
|
|
An alternative way to capture and process property values into a
|
table is provided by Eric Schulte’s ‘org-collector.el’ which is a
|
contributed package(1). It provides a general API to collect properties
|
from entries in a certain scope, and arbitrary Lisp expressions to
|
process these values before inserting them into a table or a dynamic
|
block.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Contributed packages are not part of Emacs, but are distributed
|
with the main distribution of Org (visit <https://orgmode.org>).
|
|
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7.6 The Property API
|
====================
|
|
There is a full API for accessing and changing properties. This API can
|
be used by Emacs Lisp programs to work with properties and to implement
|
features based on them. For more information see *note Using the
|
property API::.
|
|
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|
8 Dates and times
|
*****************
|
|
To assist project planning, TODO items can be labeled with a date and/or
|
a time. The specially formatted string carrying the date and time
|
information is called a _timestamp_ in Org mode. This may be a little
|
confusing because timestamp is often used to indicate when something was
|
created or last changed. However, in Org mode this term is used in a
|
much wider sense.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Timestamps:: Assigning a time to a tree entry
|
* Creating timestamps:: Commands which insert timestamps
|
* Deadlines and scheduling:: Planning your work
|
* Clocking work time:: Tracking how long you spend on a task
|
* Effort estimates:: Planning work effort in advance
|
* Timers:: Notes with a running timer
|
|
|
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8.1 Timestamps, deadlines, and scheduling
|
=========================================
|
|
A timestamp is a specification of a date (possibly with a time or a
|
range of times) in a special format, either ‘<2003-09-16 Tue>’(1) or
|
‘<2003-09-16 Tue 09:39>’ or ‘<2003-09-16 Tue 12:00-12:30>’(2). A
|
timestamp can appear anywhere in the headline or body of an Org tree
|
entry. Its presence causes entries to be shown on specific dates in the
|
agenda (*note Weekly/daily agenda::). We distinguish:
|
|
PLAIN TIMESTAMP; EVENT; APPOINTMENT
|
A simple timestamp just assigns a date/time to an item. This is
|
just like writing down an appointment or event in a paper agenda.
|
In the agenda display, the headline of an entry associated with a
|
plain timestamp will be shown exactly on that date.
|
|
* Meet Peter at the movies
|
<2006-11-01 Wed 19:15>
|
* Discussion on climate change
|
<2006-11-02 Thu 20:00-22:00>
|
|
TIMESTAMP WITH REPEATER INTERVAL
|
A timestamp may contain a _repeater interval_, indicating that it
|
applies not only on the given date, but again and again after a
|
certain interval of N days (d), weeks (w), months (m), or years
|
(y). The following will show up in the agenda every Wednesday:
|
|
* Pick up Sam at school
|
<2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
|
|
DIARY-STYLE SEXP ENTRIES
|
For more complex date specifications, Org mode supports using the
|
special sexp diary entries implemented in the Emacs calendar/diary
|
package(3). For example with optional time
|
|
* 22:00-23:00 The nerd meeting on every 2nd Thursday of the month
|
<%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
|
|
TIME/DATE RANGE
|
Two timestamps connected by ‘--’ denote a range. The headline will
|
be shown on the first and last day of the range, and on any dates
|
that are displayed and fall in the range. Here is an example:
|
|
** Meeting in Amsterdam
|
<2004-08-23 Mon>--<2004-08-26 Thu>
|
|
INACTIVE TIMESTAMP
|
Just like a plain timestamp, but with square brackets instead of
|
angular ones. These timestamps are inactive in the sense that they
|
do _not_ trigger an entry to show up in the agenda.
|
|
* Gillian comes late for the fifth time
|
[2006-11-01 Wed]
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) In this simplest form, the day name is optional when you type the
|
date yourself. However, any dates inserted or modified by Org will add
|
that day name, for reading convenience.
|
|
(2) This is inspired by the standard ISO 8601 date/time format. To
|
use an alternative format, see *note Custom time format::.
|
|
(3) When working with the standard diary sexp functions, you need to
|
be very careful with the order of the arguments. That order depends
|
evilly on the variable ‘calendar-date-style’ (or, for older Emacs
|
versions, ‘european-calendar-style’). For example, to specify a date
|
December 1, 2005, the call might look like ‘(diary-date 12 1 2005)’ or
|
‘(diary-date 1 12 2005)’ or ‘(diary-date 2005 12 1)’, depending on the
|
settings. This has been the source of much confusion. Org mode users
|
can resort to special versions of these functions like ‘org-date’ or
|
‘org-anniversary’. These work just like the corresponding ‘diary-’
|
functions, but with stable ISO order of arguments (year, month, day)
|
wherever applicable, independent of the value of ‘calendar-date-style’.
|
|
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8.2 Creating timestamps
|
=======================
|
|
For Org mode to recognize timestamps, they need to be in the specific
|
format. All commands listed below produce timestamps in the correct
|
format.
|
|
‘C-c . (org-time-stamp)’
|
Prompt for a date and insert a corresponding timestamp. When the
|
cursor is at an existing timestamp in the buffer, the command is
|
used to modify this timestamp instead of inserting a new one. When
|
this command is used twice in succession, a time range is inserted.
|
‘C-c ! (org-time-stamp-inactive)’
|
Like ‘C-c .’, but insert an inactive timestamp that will not cause
|
an agenda entry.
|
‘C-u C-c .’
|
‘C-u C-c !’
|
Like ‘C-c .’ and ‘C-c !’, but use the alternative format which
|
contains date and time. The default time can be rounded to
|
multiples of 5 minutes, see the option
|
‘org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes’.
|
‘C-c C-c’
|
Normalize timestamp, insert/fix day name if missing or wrong.
|
‘C-c < (org-date-from-calendar)’
|
Insert a timestamp corresponding to the cursor date in the
|
Calendar.
|
‘C-c > (org-goto-calendar)’
|
Access the Emacs calendar for the current date. If there is a
|
timestamp in the current line, go to the corresponding date
|
instead.
|
‘C-c C-o (org-open-at-point)’
|
Access the agenda for the date given by the timestamp or -range at
|
point (*note Weekly/daily agenda::).
|
‘S-<LEFT> (org-timestamp-down-day)’
|
‘S-<RIGHT> (org-timestamp-up-day)’
|
Change date at cursor by one day. These key bindings conflict with
|
shift-selection and related modes (*note Conflicts::).
|
‘S-<UP> (org-timestamp-up)’
|
‘S-<DOWN> (org-timestamp-down-down)’
|
Change the item under the cursor in a timestamp. The cursor can be
|
on a year, month, day, hour or minute. When the timestamp contains
|
a time range like ‘15:30-16:30’, modifying the first time will also
|
shift the second, shifting the time block with constant length. To
|
change the length, modify the second time. Note that if the cursor
|
is in a headline and not at a timestamp, these same keys modify the
|
priority of an item. (*note Priorities::). The key bindings also
|
conflict with shift-selection and related modes (*note
|
Conflicts::).
|
‘C-c C-y (org-evaluate-time-range)’
|
Evaluate a time range by computing the difference between start and
|
end. With a prefix argument, insert result after the time range
|
(in a table: into the following column).
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* The date/time prompt:: How Org mode helps you entering date and time
|
* Custom time format:: Making dates look different
|
|
|
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8.2.1 The date/time prompt
|
--------------------------
|
|
When Org mode prompts for a date/time, the default is shown in default
|
date/time format, and the prompt therefore seems to ask for a specific
|
format. But it will in fact accept date/time information in a variety
|
of formats. Generally, the information should start at the beginning of
|
the string. Org mode will find whatever information is in there and
|
derive anything you have not specified from the _default date and time_.
|
The default is usually the current date and time, but when modifying an
|
existing timestamp, or when entering the second stamp of a range, it is
|
taken from the stamp in the buffer. When filling in information, Org
|
mode assumes that most of the time you will want to enter a date in the
|
future: if you omit the month/year and the given day/month is before
|
today, it will assume that you mean a future date(1). If the date has
|
been automatically shifted into the future, the time prompt will show
|
this with ‘(=>F).’
|
|
For example, let’s assume that today is June 13, 2006. Here is how
|
various inputs will be interpreted, the items filled in by Org mode are
|
in bold.
|
|
3-2-5 ⇒ 2003-02-05
|
2/5/3 ⇒ 2003-02-05
|
14 ⇒ 2006-06-14
|
12 ⇒ 2006-07-12
|
2/5 ⇒ 2007-02-05
|
Fri ⇒ nearest Friday after the default date
|
sep 15 ⇒ 2006-09-15
|
feb 15 ⇒ 2007-02-15
|
sep 12 9 ⇒ 2009-09-12
|
12:45 ⇒ 2006-06-13 12:45
|
22 sept 0:34 ⇒ 2006-09-22 00:34
|
w4 ⇒ ISO week four of the current year 2006
|
2012 w4 fri ⇒ Friday of ISO week 4 in 2012
|
2012-w04-5 ⇒ Same as above
|
|
Furthermore you can specify a relative date by giving, as the _first_
|
thing in the input: a plus/minus sign, a number and a letter ([hdwmy])
|
to indicate change in hours, days, weeks, months, or years. With a
|
single plus or minus, the date is always relative to today. With a
|
double plus or minus, it is relative to the default date. If instead of
|
a single letter, you use the abbreviation of day name, the date will be
|
the Nth such day, e.g.:
|
|
+0 ⇒ today
|
. ⇒ today
|
+4d ⇒ four days from today
|
+4 ⇒ same as above
|
+2w ⇒ two weeks from today
|
++5 ⇒ five days from default date
|
+2tue ⇒ second Tuesday from now
|
-wed ⇒ last Wednesday
|
|
The function understands English month and weekday abbreviations. If
|
you want to use unabbreviated names and/or other languages, configure
|
the variables ‘parse-time-months’ and ‘parse-time-weekdays’.
|
|
Not all dates can be represented in a given Emacs implementation. By
|
default Org mode forces dates into the compatibility range 1970–2037
|
which works on all Emacs implementations. If you want to use dates
|
outside of this range, read the docstring of the variable
|
‘org-read-date-force-compatible-dates’.
|
|
You can specify a time range by giving start and end times or by
|
giving a start time and a duration (in HH:MM format). Use one or two
|
dash(es) as the separator in the former case and use ’+’ as the
|
separator in the latter case, e.g.:
|
|
11am-1:15pm ⇒ 11:00-13:15
|
11am--1:15pm ⇒ same as above
|
11am+2:15 ⇒ same as above
|
|
Parallel to the minibuffer prompt, a calendar is popped up(2). When
|
you exit the date prompt, either by clicking on a date in the calendar,
|
or by pressing <RET>, the date selected in the calendar will be combined
|
with the information entered at the prompt. You can control the
|
calendar fully from the minibuffer:
|
|
<RET> Choose date at cursor in calendar.
|
mouse-1 Select date by clicking on it.
|
S-<RIGHT>/<LEFT> One day forward/backward.
|
S-<DOWN>/<UP> One week forward/backward.
|
M-S-<RIGHT>/<LEFT> One month forward/backward.
|
> / < Scroll calendar forward/backward by one month.
|
M-v / C-v Scroll calendar forward/backward by 3 months.
|
M-S-<DOWN>/<UP> Scroll calendar forward/backward by one year.
|
|
The actions of the date/time prompt may seem complex, but I assure
|
you they will grow on you, and you will start getting annoyed by pretty
|
much any other way of entering a date/time out there. To help you
|
understand what is going on, the current interpretation of your input
|
will be displayed live in the minibuffer(3).
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) See the variable ‘org-read-date-prefer-future’. You may set that
|
variable to the symbol ‘time’ to even make a time before now shift the
|
date to tomorrow.
|
|
(2) If you don’t need/want the calendar, configure the variable
|
‘org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt’.
|
|
(3) If you find this distracting, turn the display off with
|
‘org-read-date-display-live’.
|
|
|
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8.2.2 Custom time format
|
------------------------
|
|
Org mode uses the standard ISO notation for dates and times as it is
|
defined in ISO 8601. If you cannot get used to this and require another
|
representation of date and time to keep you happy, you can get it by
|
customizing the options ‘org-display-custom-times’ and
|
‘org-time-stamp-custom-formats’.
|
|
‘C-c C-x C-t (org-toggle-time-stamp-overlays)’
|
Toggle the display of custom formats for dates and times.
|
|
Org mode needs the default format for scanning, so the custom date/time
|
format does not _replace_ the default format—instead it is put _over_
|
the default format using text properties. This has the following
|
consequences:
|
• You cannot place the cursor onto a timestamp anymore, only before
|
or after.
|
• The ‘S-<UP>/<DOWN>’ keys can no longer be used to adjust each
|
component of a timestamp. If the cursor is at the beginning of the
|
stamp, ‘S-<UP>/<DOWN>’ will change the stamp by one day, just like
|
‘S-<LEFT>/<RIGHT>’. At the end of the stamp, the time will be
|
changed by one minute.
|
• If the timestamp contains a range of clock times or a repeater,
|
these will not be overlaid, but remain in the buffer as they were.
|
• When you delete a timestamp character-by-character, it will only
|
disappear from the buffer after _all_ (invisible) characters
|
belonging to the ISO timestamp have been removed.
|
• If the custom timestamp format is longer than the default and you
|
are using dates in tables, table alignment will be messed up. If
|
the custom format is shorter, things do work as expected.
|
|
|
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8.3 Deadlines and scheduling
|
============================
|
|
A timestamp may be preceded by special keywords to facilitate planning.
|
Both the timestamp and the keyword have to be positioned immediately
|
after the task they refer to.
|
|
DEADLINE
|
|
Meaning: the task (most likely a TODO item, though not necessarily)
|
is supposed to be finished on that date.
|
|
On the deadline date, the task will be listed in the agenda. In
|
addition, the agenda for _today_ will carry a warning about the
|
approaching or missed deadline, starting
|
‘org-deadline-warning-days’ before the due date, and continuing
|
until the entry is marked DONE. An example:
|
|
*** TODO write article about the Earth for the Guide
|
DEADLINE: <2004-02-29 Sun>
|
The editor in charge is [[bbdb:Ford Prefect]]
|
|
You can specify a different lead time for warnings for a specific
|
deadline using the following syntax. Here is an example with a
|
warning period of 5 days ‘DEADLINE: <2004-02-29 Sun -5d>’. This
|
warning is deactivated if the task gets scheduled and you set
|
‘org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled’ to ‘t’.
|
|
SCHEDULED
|
|
Meaning: you are planning to start working on that task on the
|
given date.
|
|
The headline will be listed under the given date(1). In addition,
|
a reminder that the scheduled date has passed will be present in
|
the compilation for _today_, until the entry is marked DONE, i.e.,
|
the task will automatically be forwarded until completed.
|
|
*** TODO Call Trillian for a date on New Years Eve.
|
SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat>
|
|
If you want to _delay_ the display of this task in the agenda, use
|
‘SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>’: the task is still scheduled on
|
the 25th but will appear two days later. In case the task contains
|
a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all occurrences; if
|
you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled occurrence of
|
the task, use ‘--2d’ instead. See ‘org-scheduled-delay-days’ and
|
‘org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline’ for details on how to
|
control this globally or per agenda.
|
|
Important: Scheduling an item in Org mode should not be understood
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in the same way that we understand scheduling a meeting. Setting a
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date for a meeting is just a simple appointment, you should mark
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this entry with a simple plain timestamp, to get this item shown on
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the date where it applies. This is a frequent misunderstanding by
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Org users. In Org mode, scheduling means setting a date when you
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want to start working on an action item.
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You may use timestamps with repeaters in scheduling and deadline
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entries. Org mode will issue early and late warnings based on the
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assumption that the timestamp represents the nearest instance of the
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repeater. However, the use of diary sexp entries like ‘<%%(diary-float
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t 42)>’ in scheduling and deadline timestamps is limited. Org mode does
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not know enough about the internals of each sexp function to issue early
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and late warnings. However, it will show the item on each day where the
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sexp entry matches.
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* Menu:
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* Inserting deadline/schedule:: Planning items
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* Repeated tasks:: Items that show up again and again
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) It will still be listed on that date after it has been marked
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DONE. If you don’t like this, set the variable
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‘org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done’.
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File: org, Node: Inserting deadline/schedule, Next: Repeated tasks, Up: Deadlines and scheduling
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8.3.1 Inserting deadlines or schedules
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The following commands allow you to quickly insert a deadline or to
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schedule an item:
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‘C-c C-d (org-deadline)’
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Insert ‘DEADLINE’ keyword along with a stamp. Any CLOSED timestamp
|
will be removed. When called with a prefix arg, an existing
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deadline will be removed from the entry. Depending on the variable
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‘org-log-redeadline’(1), a note will be taken when changing an
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existing deadline.
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‘C-c C-s (org-schedule)’
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Insert ‘SCHEDULED’ keyword along with a stamp. Any CLOSED
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timestamp will be removed. When called with a prefix argument,
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remove the scheduling date from the entry. Depending on the
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variable ‘org-log-reschedule’(2), a note will be taken when
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changing an existing scheduling time.
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‘C-c / d (org-check-deadlines)’
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Create a sparse tree with all deadlines that are either past-due,
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or which will become due within ‘org-deadline-warning-days’. With
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‘C-u’ prefix, show all deadlines in the file. With a numeric
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prefix, check that many days. For example, ‘C-1 C-c / d’ shows all
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deadlines due tomorrow.
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‘C-c / b (org-check-before-date)’
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Sparse tree for deadlines and scheduled items before a given date.
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‘C-c / a (org-check-after-date)’
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Sparse tree for deadlines and scheduled items after a given date.
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Note that ‘org-schedule’ and ‘org-deadline’ supports setting the date
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by indicating a relative time: e.g., +1d will set the date to the next
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day after today, and –1w will set the date to the previous week before
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any current timestamp.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) with corresponding ‘#+STARTUP’ keywords ‘logredeadline’,
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‘lognoteredeadline’, and ‘nologredeadline’
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(2) with corresponding ‘#+STARTUP’ keywords ‘logreschedule’,
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‘lognotereschedule’, and ‘nologreschedule’
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File: org, Node: Repeated tasks, Prev: Inserting deadline/schedule, Up: Deadlines and scheduling
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8.3.2 Repeated tasks
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Some tasks need to be repeated again and again. Org mode helps to
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organize such tasks using a so-called repeater in a ‘DEADLINE’,
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‘SCHEDULED’, or plain timestamp. In the following example
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** TODO Pay the rent
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DEADLINE: <2005-10-01 Sat +1m>
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the ‘+1m’ is a repeater; the intended interpretation is that the task
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has a deadline on <2005-10-01> and repeats itself every (one) month
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starting from that time. You can use yearly, monthly, weekly, daily and
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hourly repeat cookies by using the ‘y/w/m/d/h’ letters. If you need
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both a repeater and a special warning period in a deadline entry, the
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repeater should come first and the warning period last: ‘DEADLINE:
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<2005-10-01 Sat +1m -3d>’.
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Deadlines and scheduled items produce entries in the agenda when they
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are over-due, so it is important to be able to mark such an entry as
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completed once you have done so. When you mark a ‘DEADLINE’ or a
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‘SCHEDULED’ with the TODO keyword DONE, it will no longer produce
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entries in the agenda. The problem with this is, however, that then
|
also the _next_ instance of the repeated entry will not be active. Org
|
mode deals with this in the following way: When you try to mark such an
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entry DONE (using ‘C-c C-t’), it will shift the base date of the
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repeating timestamp by the repeater interval, and immediately set the
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entry state back to TODO(1). In the example above, setting the state to
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DONE would actually switch the date like this:
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** TODO Pay the rent
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DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue +1m>
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To mark a task with a repeater as ‘DONE’, use ‘C-- 1 C-c C-t’ (i.e.,
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‘org-todo’ with a numeric prefix argument of -1.)
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A timestamp(2) will be added under the deadline, to keep a record
|
that you actually acted on the previous instance of this deadline.
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As a consequence of shifting the base date, this entry will no longer
|
be visible in the agenda when checking past dates, but all future
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instances will be visible.
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With the ‘+1m’ cookie, the date shift will always be exactly one
|
month. So if you have not paid the rent for three months, marking this
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entry DONE will still keep it as an overdue deadline. Depending on the
|
task, this may not be the best way to handle it. For example, if you
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forgot to call your father for 3 weeks, it does not make sense to call
|
him 3 times in a single day to make up for it. Finally, there are tasks
|
like changing batteries which should always repeat a certain time after
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the last time you did it. For these tasks, Org mode has special
|
repeaters ‘++’ and ‘.+’. For example:
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** TODO Call Father
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DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
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Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
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but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
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the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
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and marked it done on Saturday.
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** TODO Empty kitchen trash
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DEADLINE: <2008-02-08 Fri 20:00 ++1d>
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Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one day, and
|
also by as many days as it takes to get the timestamp into the
|
future. Since there is a time in the timestamp, the next
|
deadline in the future will be on today's date if you
|
complete the task before 20:00.
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** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
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DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
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Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
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today.
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You may have both scheduling and deadline information for a specific
|
task. If the repeater is set for the scheduling information only, you
|
probably want the repeater to be ignored after the deadline. If so, set
|
the variable ‘org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown’ to
|
‘repeated-after-deadline’. However, any scheduling information without
|
a repeater is no longer relevant once the task is done, and thus,
|
removed upon repeating the task. If you want both scheduling and
|
deadline information to repeat after the same interval, set the same
|
repeater for both timestamps.
|
|
An alternative to using a repeater is to create a number of copies of
|
a task subtree, with dates shifted in each copy. The command ‘C-c C-x
|
c’ was created for this purpose, it is described in *note Structure
|
editing::.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
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(1) In fact, the target state is taken from, in this sequence, the
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‘REPEAT_TO_STATE’ property or the variable ‘org-todo-repeat-to-state’.
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If neither of these is specified, the target state defaults to the first
|
state of the TODO state sequence.
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(2) You can change this using the option ‘org-log-repeat’, or the
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‘#+STARTUP’ options ‘logrepeat’, ‘lognoterepeat’, and ‘nologrepeat’.
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With ‘lognoterepeat’, you will also be prompted for a note.
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File: org, Node: Clocking work time, Next: Effort estimates, Prev: Deadlines and scheduling, Up: Dates and times
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8.4 Clocking work time
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======================
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Org mode allows you to clock the time you spend on specific tasks in a
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project. When you start working on an item, you can start the clock.
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When you stop working on that task, or when you mark the task done, the
|
clock is stopped and the corresponding time interval is recorded. It
|
also computes the total time spent on each subtree(1) of a project. And
|
it remembers a history or tasks recently clocked, so that you can jump
|
quickly between a number of tasks absorbing your time.
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To save the clock history across Emacs sessions, use
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(setq org-clock-persist 'history)
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(org-clock-persistence-insinuate)
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When you clock into a new task after resuming Emacs, the incomplete
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clock(2) will be found (*note Resolving idle time::) and you will be
|
prompted about what to do with it.
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* Menu:
|
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* Clocking commands:: Starting and stopping a clock
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* The clock table:: Detailed reports
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* Resolving idle time:: Resolving time when you’ve been idle
|
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---------- Footnotes ----------
|
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(1) Clocking only works if all headings are indented with less than
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30 stars. This is a hardcoded limitation of ‘lmax’ in ‘org-clock-sum’.
|
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(2) To resume the clock under the assumption that you have worked on
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this task while outside Emacs, use ‘(setq org-clock-persist t)’.
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File: org, Node: Clocking commands, Next: The clock table, Up: Clocking work time
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8.4.1 Clocking commands
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-----------------------
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‘C-c C-x C-i (org-clock-in)’
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!Start the clock on the current item (clock-in). This inserts the
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‘CLOCK’ keyword together with a timestamp. If this is not the
|
first clocking of this item, the multiple ‘CLOCK’ lines will be
|
wrapped into a ‘:LOGBOOK:’ drawer (see also the variable
|
‘org-clock-into-drawer’). You can also overrule the setting of
|
this variable for a subtree by setting a ‘CLOCK_INTO_DRAWER’ or
|
‘LOG_INTO_DRAWER’ property. When called with a ‘C-u’ prefix
|
argument, select the task from a list of recently clocked tasks.
|
With two ‘C-u C-u’ prefixes, clock into the task at point and mark
|
it as the default task; the default task will then always be
|
available with letter ‘d’ when selecting a clocking task. With
|
three ‘C-u C-u C-u’ prefixes, force continuous clocking by starting
|
the clock when the last clock stopped.
|
While the clock is running, the current clocking time is shown in
|
the mode line, along with the title of the task. The clock time
|
shown will be all time ever clocked for this task and its children.
|
If the task has an effort estimate (*note Effort estimates::), the
|
mode line displays the current clocking time against it(1) If the
|
task is a repeating one (*note Repeated tasks::), only the time
|
since the last reset of the task (2) will be shown. More control
|
over what time is shown can be exercised with the
|
‘CLOCK_MODELINE_TOTAL’ property. It may have the values ‘current’
|
to show only the current clocking instance, ‘today’ to show all
|
time clocked on this task today (see also the variable
|
‘org-extend-today-until’), ‘all’ to include all time, or ‘auto’
|
which is the default(3).
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Clicking with ‘mouse-1’ onto the mode line entry will pop up a menu
|
with clocking options.
|
‘C-c C-x C-o (org-clock-out)’
|
Stop the clock (clock-out). This inserts another timestamp at the
|
same location where the clock was last started. It also directly
|
computes the resulting time and inserts it after the time range as
|
‘=> HH:MM’. See the variable ‘org-log-note-clock-out’ for the
|
possibility to record an additional note together with the
|
clock-out timestamp(4).
|
‘C-c C-x C-x (org-clock-in-last)’
|
Reclock the last clocked task. With one ‘C-u’ prefix argument,
|
select the task from the clock history. With two ‘C-u’ prefixes,
|
force continuous clocking by starting the clock when the last clock
|
stopped.
|
‘C-c C-x C-e (org-clock-modify-effort-estimate)’
|
Update the effort estimate for the current clock task.
|
‘C-c C-c or C-c C-y (org-evaluate-time-range)’
|
Recompute the time interval after changing one of the timestamps.
|
This is only necessary if you edit the timestamps directly. If you
|
change them with ‘S-<cursor>’ keys, the update is automatic.
|
‘C-S-<up/down> (org-clock-timestamps-up/down)’
|
On ‘CLOCK’ log lines, increase/decrease both timestamps so that the
|
clock duration keeps the same.
|
‘S-M-<up/down> (org-timestamp-up/down)’
|
On ‘CLOCK’ log lines, increase/decrease the timestamp at point and
|
the one of the previous (or the next clock) timestamp by the same
|
duration. For example, if you hit ‘S-M-<UP>’ to increase a
|
clocked-out timestamp by five minutes, then the clocked-in
|
timestamp of the next clock will be increased by five minutes.
|
‘C-c C-t (org-todo)’
|
Changing the TODO state of an item to DONE automatically stops the
|
clock if it is running in this same item.
|
‘C-c C-x C-q (org-clock-cancel)’
|
Cancel the current clock. This is useful if a clock was started by
|
mistake, or if you ended up working on something else.
|
‘C-c C-x C-j (org-clock-goto)’
|
Jump to the headline of the currently clocked in task. With a
|
‘C-u’ prefix arg, select the target task from a list of recently
|
clocked tasks.
|
‘C-c C-x C-d (org-clock-display)’
|
Display time summaries for each subtree in the current buffer.
|
This puts overlays at the end of each headline, showing the total
|
time recorded under that heading, including the time of any
|
subheadings. You can use visibility cycling to study the tree, but
|
the overlays disappear when you change the buffer (see variable
|
‘org-remove-highlights-with-change’) or press ‘C-c C-c’.
|
|
The ‘l’ key may be used the agenda (*note Weekly/daily agenda::) to
|
show which tasks have been worked on or closed during a day.
|
|
*Important:* note that both ‘org-clock-out’ and ‘org-clock-in-last’
|
can have a global key binding and will not modify the window
|
disposition.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) To add an effort estimate “on the fly”, hook a function doing
|
this to ‘org-clock-in-prepare-hook’.
|
|
(2) as recorded by the ‘LAST_REPEAT’ property
|
|
(3) See also the variable ‘org-clock-modeline-total’.
|
|
(4) The corresponding in-buffer setting is: ‘#+STARTUP:
|
lognoteclock-out’
|
|
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File: org, Node: The clock table, Next: Resolving idle time, Prev: Clocking commands, Up: Clocking work time
|
|
8.4.2 The clock table
|
---------------------
|
|
Org mode can produce quite complex reports based on the time clocking
|
information. Such a report is called a _clock table_, because it is
|
formatted as one or several Org tables.
|
|
‘C-c C-x C-r (org-clock-report)’
|
Insert a dynamic block (*note Dynamic blocks::) containing a clock
|
report as an Org mode table into the current file. When the cursor
|
is at an existing clock table, just update it. When called with a
|
prefix argument, jump to the first clock report in the current
|
document and update it. The clock table always includes also trees
|
with ‘:ARCHIVE:’ tag.
|
‘C-c C-c or C-c C-x C-u (org-dblock-update)’
|
Update dynamic block at point.
|
‘C-u C-c C-x C-u’
|
Update all dynamic blocks (*note Dynamic blocks::). This is useful
|
if you have several clock table blocks in a buffer.
|
‘S-<LEFT>’
|
‘S-<RIGHT> (org-clocktable-try-shift)’
|
Shift the current ‘:block’ interval and update the table. The
|
cursor needs to be in the ‘#+BEGIN: clocktable’ line for this
|
command. If ‘:block’ is ‘today’, it will be shifted to ‘today-1’
|
etc.
|
|
Here is an example of the frame for a clock table as it is inserted
|
into the buffer with the ‘C-c C-x C-r’ command:
|
|
#+BEGIN: clocktable :maxlevel 2 :emphasize nil :scope file
|
#+END: clocktable
|
The ‘BEGIN’ line specifies a number of options to define the scope,
|
structure, and formatting of the report. Defaults for all these options
|
can be configured in the variable ‘org-clocktable-defaults’.
|
|
First there are options that determine which clock entries are to be
|
selected:
|
:maxlevel Maximum level depth to which times are listed in the table.
|
Clocks at deeper levels will be summed into the upper level.
|
:scope The scope to consider. This can be any of the following:
|
nil the current buffer or narrowed region
|
file the full current buffer
|
subtree the subtree where the clocktable is located
|
treeN the surrounding level N tree, for example ‘tree3’
|
tree the surrounding level 1 tree
|
agenda all agenda files
|
("file"..) scan these files
|
function the list of files returned by a function of no argument
|
file-with-archives current file and its archives
|
agenda-with-archives all agenda files, including archives
|
:block The time block to consider. This block is specified either
|
absolutely, or relative to the current time and may be any of
|
these formats:
|
2007-12-31 New year eve 2007
|
2007-12 December 2007
|
2007-W50 ISO-week 50 in 2007
|
2007-Q2 2nd quarter in 2007
|
2007 the year 2007
|
today, yesterday, today-N a relative day
|
thisweek, lastweek, thisweek-N a relative week
|
thismonth, lastmonth, thismonth-N a relative month
|
thisyear, lastyear, thisyear-N a relative year
|
untilnow
|
Use ‘S-<LEFT>/<RIGHT>’ keys to shift the time interval.
|
:tstart A time string specifying when to start considering times.
|
Relative times like ‘"<-2w>"’ can also be used. See
|
*note Matching tags and properties:: for relative time syntax.
|
:tend A time string specifying when to stop considering times.
|
Relative times like ‘"<now>"’ can also be used. See
|
*note Matching tags and properties:: for relative time syntax.
|
:wstart The starting day of the week. The default is 1 for monday.
|
:mstart The starting day of the month. The default 1 is for the first
|
day of the month.
|
:step ‘week’ or ‘day’, to split the table into chunks.
|
To use this, ‘:block’ or ‘:tstart’, ‘:tend’ are needed.
|
:stepskip0 Do not show steps that have zero time.
|
:fileskip0 Do not show table sections from files which did not contribute.
|
:tags A tags match to select entries that should contribute. See
|
*note Matching tags and properties:: for the match syntax.
|
|
Then there are options which determine the formatting of the table.
|
These options are interpreted by the function
|
‘org-clocktable-write-default’, but you can specify your own function
|
using the ‘:formatter’ parameter.
|
:emphasize When ‘t’, emphasize level one and level two items.
|
:lang Language(1) to use for descriptive cells like "Task".
|
:link Link the item headlines in the table to their origins.
|
:narrow An integer to limit the width of the headline column in
|
the org table. If you write it like ‘50!’, then the
|
headline will also be shortened in export.
|
:indent Indent each headline field according to its level.
|
:tcolumns Number of columns to be used for times. If this is smaller
|
than ‘:maxlevel’, lower levels will be lumped into one column.
|
:level Should a level number column be included?
|
:sort A cons cell like containing the column to sort and a sorting type.
|
E.g., ‘:sort (1 . ?a)’ sorts the first column alphabetically.
|
:compact Abbreviation for ‘:level nil :indent t :narrow 40! :tcolumns 1’
|
All are overwritten except if there is an explicit ‘:narrow’
|
:timestamp A timestamp for the entry, when available. Look for ‘SCHEDULED’,
|
‘DEADLINE’, ‘TIMESTAMP’ and ‘TIMESTAMP_IA’, in this order.
|
:properties List of properties that should be shown in the table. Each
|
property will get its own column.
|
:inherit-props When this flag is ‘t’, the values for ‘:properties’ will be inherited.
|
:formula Content of a ‘#+TBLFM’ line to be added and evaluated.
|
As a special case, ‘:formula %’ adds a column with % time.
|
If you do not specify a formula here, any existing formula
|
below the clock table will survive updates and be evaluated.
|
:formatter A function to format clock data and insert it into the buffer.
|
To get a clock summary of the current level 1 tree, for the current
|
day, you could write
|
#+BEGIN: clocktable :maxlevel 2 :block today :scope tree1 :link t
|
#+END: clocktable
|
and to use a specific time range you could write(2)
|
#+BEGIN: clocktable :tstart "<2006-08-10 Thu 10:00>"
|
:tend "<2006-08-10 Thu 12:00>"
|
#+END: clocktable
|
A range starting a week ago and ending right now could be written as
|
#+BEGIN: clocktable :tstart "<-1w>" :tend "<now>"
|
#+END: clocktable
|
A summary of the current subtree with % times would be
|
#+BEGIN: clocktable :scope subtree :link t :formula %
|
#+END: clocktable
|
A horizontally compact representation of everything clocked during
|
last week would be
|
#+BEGIN: clocktable :scope agenda :block lastweek :compact t
|
#+END: clocktable
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Language terms can be set through the variable
|
‘org-clock-clocktable-language-setup’.
|
|
(2) Note that all parameters must be specified in a single line—the
|
line is broken here only to fit it into the manual.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Resolving idle time, Prev: The clock table, Up: Clocking work time
|
|
8.4.3 Resolving idle time and continuous clocking
|
-------------------------------------------------
|
|
Resolving idle time
|
...................
|
|
If you clock in on a work item, and then walk away from your
|
computer—perhaps to take a phone call—you often need to “resolve” the
|
time you were away by either subtracting it from the current clock, or
|
applying it to another one.
|
|
By customizing the variable ‘org-clock-idle-time’ to some integer,
|
such as 10 or 15, Emacs can alert you when you get back to your computer
|
after being idle for that many minutes(1), and ask what you want to do
|
with the idle time. There will be a question waiting for you when you
|
get back, indicating how much idle time has passed (constantly updated
|
with the current amount), as well as a set of choices to correct the
|
discrepancy:
|
|
‘k’
|
To keep some or all of the minutes and stay clocked in, press ‘k’.
|
Org will ask how many of the minutes to keep. Press <RET> to keep
|
them all, effectively changing nothing, or enter a number to keep
|
that many minutes.
|
‘K’
|
If you use the shift key and press ‘K’, it will keep however many
|
minutes you request and then immediately clock out of that task.
|
If you keep all of the minutes, this is the same as just clocking
|
out of the current task.
|
‘s’
|
To keep none of the minutes, use ‘s’ to subtract all the away time
|
from the clock, and then check back in from the moment you
|
returned.
|
‘S’
|
To keep none of the minutes and just clock out at the start of the
|
away time, use the shift key and press ‘S’. Remember that using
|
shift will always leave you clocked out, no matter which option you
|
choose.
|
‘C’
|
To cancel the clock altogether, use ‘C’. Note that if instead of
|
canceling you subtract the away time, and the resulting clock
|
amount is less than a minute, the clock will still be canceled
|
rather than clutter up the log with an empty entry.
|
|
What if you subtracted those away minutes from the current clock, and
|
now want to apply them to a new clock? Simply clock in to any task
|
immediately after the subtraction. Org will notice that you have
|
subtracted time “on the books”, so to speak, and will ask if you want to
|
apply those minutes to the next task you clock in on.
|
|
There is one other instance when this clock resolution magic occurs.
|
Say you were clocked in and hacking away, and suddenly your cat chased a
|
mouse who scared a hamster that crashed into your UPS’s power button!
|
You suddenly lose all your buffers, but thanks to auto-save you still
|
have your recent Org mode changes, including your last clock in.
|
|
If you restart Emacs and clock into any task, Org will notice that
|
you have a dangling clock which was never clocked out from your last
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session. Using that clock’s starting time as the beginning of the
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unaccounted-for period, Org will ask how you want to resolve that time.
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The logic and behavior is identical to dealing with away time due to
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idleness; it is just happening due to a recovery event rather than a set
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amount of idle time.
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You can also check all the files visited by your Org agenda for
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dangling clocks at any time using ‘M-x org-resolve-clocks <RET>’ (or
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‘C-c C-x C-z’).
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Continuous clocking
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...................
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You may want to start clocking from the time when you clocked out the
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previous task. To enable this systematically, set
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‘org-clock-continuously’ to ‘t’. Each time you clock in, Org retrieves
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the clock-out time of the last clocked entry for this session, and start
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the new clock from there.
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If you only want this from time to time, use three universal prefix
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arguments with ‘org-clock-in’ and two ‘C-u C-u’ with
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‘org-clock-in-last’.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) On computers using macOS, idleness is based on actual user
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idleness, not just Emacs’ idle time. For X11, you can install a utility
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program ‘x11idle.c’, available in the ‘contrib/scripts’ directory of the
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Org git distribution, or install the ‘xprintidle’ package and set it to
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the variable ‘org-clock-x11idle-program-name’ if you are running Debian,
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to get the same general treatment of idleness. On other systems, idle
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time refers to Emacs idle time only.
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File: org, Node: Effort estimates, Next: Timers, Prev: Clocking work time, Up: Dates and times
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8.5 Effort estimates
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====================
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If you want to plan your work in a very detailed way, or if you need to
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produce offers with quotations of the estimated work effort, you may
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want to assign effort estimates to entries. If you are also clocking
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your work, you may later want to compare the planned effort with the
|
actual working time, a great way to improve planning estimates. Effort
|
estimates are stored in a special property ‘EFFORT’. You can set the
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effort for an entry with the following commands:
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‘C-c C-x e (org-set-effort)’
|
Set the effort estimate for the current entry. With a numeric
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prefix argument, set it to the Nth allowed value (see below). This
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command is also accessible from the agenda with the ‘e’ key.
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‘C-c C-x C-e (org-clock-modify-effort-estimate)’
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Modify the effort estimate of the item currently being clocked.
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Clearly the best way to work with effort estimates is through column
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view (*note Column view::). You should start by setting up discrete
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values for effort estimates, and a ‘COLUMNS’ format that displays these
|
values together with clock sums (if you want to clock your time). For a
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specific buffer you can use
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#+PROPERTY: Effort_ALL 0 0:10 0:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00
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#+COLUMNS: %40ITEM(Task) %17Effort(Estimated Effort){:} %CLOCKSUM
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or, even better, you can set up these values globally by customizing the
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variables ‘org-global-properties’ and ‘org-columns-default-format’. In
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particular if you want to use this setup also in the agenda, a global
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setup may be advised.
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The way to assign estimates to individual items is then to switch to
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column mode, and to use ‘S-<RIGHT>’ and ‘S-<LEFT>’ to change the value.
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The values you enter will immediately be summed up in the hierarchy. In
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the column next to it, any clocked time will be displayed.
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If you switch to column view in the daily/weekly agenda, the effort
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column will summarize the estimated work effort for each day(1), and you
|
can use this to find space in your schedule. To get an overview of the
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entire part of the day that is committed, you can set the option
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‘org-agenda-columns-add-appointments-to-effort-sum’. The appointments
|
on a day that take place over a specified time interval will then also
|
be added to the load estimate of the day.
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Effort estimates can be used in secondary agenda filtering that is
|
triggered with the ‘/’ key in the agenda (*note Agenda commands::). If
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you have these estimates defined consistently, two or three key presses
|
will narrow down the list to stuff that fits into an available time
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slot.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) Please note the pitfalls of summing hierarchical data in a flat
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list (*note Agenda column view::).
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8.6 Taking notes with a timer
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=============================
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Org provides two types of timers. There is a relative timer that counts
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up, which can be useful when taking notes during, for example, a meeting
|
or a video viewing. There is also a countdown timer.
|
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The relative and countdown are started with separate commands.
|
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‘C-c C-x 0 (org-timer-start)’
|
Start or reset the relative timer. By default, the timer is set to
|
0. When called with a ‘C-u’ prefix, prompt the user for a starting
|
offset. If there is a timer string at point, this is taken as the
|
default, providing a convenient way to restart taking notes after a
|
break in the process. When called with a double prefix argument
|
‘C-u C-u’, change all timer strings in the active region by a
|
certain amount. This can be used to fix timer strings if the timer
|
was not started at exactly the right moment.
|
‘C-c C-x ; (org-timer-set-timer)’
|
Start a countdown timer. The user is prompted for a duration.
|
‘org-timer-default-timer’ sets the default countdown value. Giving
|
a numeric prefix argument overrides this default value. This
|
command is available as ‘;’ in agenda buffers.
|
|
Once started, relative and countdown timers are controlled with the
|
same commands.
|
|
‘C-c C-x . (org-timer)’
|
Insert the value of the current relative or countdown timer into
|
the buffer. If no timer is running, the relative timer will be
|
started. When called with a prefix argument, the relative timer is
|
restarted.
|
‘C-c C-x - (org-timer-item)’
|
Insert a description list item with the value of the current
|
relative or countdown timer. With a prefix argument, first reset
|
the relative timer to 0.
|
‘M-<RET> (org-insert-heading)’
|
Once the timer list is started, you can also use ‘M-<RET>’ to
|
insert new timer items.
|
‘C-c C-x , (org-timer-pause-or-continue)’
|
Pause the timer, or continue it if it is already paused.
|
‘C-c C-x _ (org-timer-stop)’
|
Stop the timer. After this, you can only start a new timer, not
|
continue the old one. This command also removes the timer from the
|
mode line.
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9 Capture - Refile - Archive
|
****************************
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An important part of any organization system is the ability to quickly
|
capture new ideas and tasks, and to associate reference material with
|
them. Org does this using a process called capture. It also can store
|
files related to a task (attachments) in a special directory. Once in
|
the system, tasks and projects need to be moved around. Moving
|
completed project trees to an archive file keeps the system compact and
|
fast.
|
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* Menu:
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* Capture:: Capturing new stuff
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* Attachments:: Add files to tasks
|
* RSS feeds:: Getting input from RSS feeds
|
* Protocols:: External (e.g., Browser) access to Emacs and Org
|
* Refile and copy:: Moving/copying a tree from one place to another
|
* Archiving:: What to do with finished projects
|
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File: org, Node: Capture, Next: Attachments, Up: Capture - Refile - Archive
|
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9.1 Capture
|
===========
|
|
Capture lets you quickly store notes with little interruption of your
|
work flow. Org’s method for capturing new items is heavily inspired by
|
John Wiegley excellent ‘remember.el’ package. Up to version 6.36, Org
|
used a special setup for ‘remember.el’, then replaced it with
|
‘org-remember.el’. As of version 8.0, ‘org-remember.el’ has been
|
completely replaced by ‘org-capture.el’.
|
|
If your configuration depends on ‘org-remember.el’, you need to
|
update it and use the setup described below. To convert your
|
‘org-remember-templates’, run the command
|
M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates <RET>
|
and then customize the new variable with ‘M-x customize-variable
|
org-capture-templates’, check the result, and save the customization.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Setting up capture:: Where notes will be stored
|
* Using capture:: Commands to invoke and terminate capture
|
* Capture templates:: Define the outline of different note types
|
|
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|
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9.1.1 Setting up capture
|
------------------------
|
|
The following customization sets a default target file for notes, and
|
defines a global key(1) for capturing new material.
|
|
(setq org-default-notes-file (concat org-directory "/notes.org"))
|
(define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Please select your own key, ‘C-c c’ is only a suggestion.
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9.1.2 Using capture
|
-------------------
|
|
‘C-c c (org-capture)’
|
Call the command ‘org-capture’. Note that this key binding is
|
global and not active by default: you need to install it. If you
|
have templates defined *note Capture templates::, it will offer
|
these templates for selection or use a new Org outline node as the
|
default template. It will insert the template into the target file
|
and switch to an indirect buffer narrowed to this new node. You
|
may then insert the information you want.
|
|
‘C-c C-c (org-capture-finalize)’
|
Once you have finished entering information into the capture
|
buffer, ‘C-c C-c’ will return you to the window configuration
|
before the capture process, so that you can resume your work
|
without further distraction. When called with a prefix arg,
|
finalize and then jump to the captured item.
|
|
‘C-c C-w (org-capture-refile)’
|
Finalize the capture process by refiling (*note Refile and copy::)
|
the note to a different place. Please realize that this is a
|
normal refiling command that will be executed—so the cursor
|
position at the moment you run this command is important. If you
|
have inserted a tree with a parent and children, first move the
|
cursor back to the parent. Any prefix argument given to this
|
command will be passed on to the ‘org-refile’ command.
|
|
‘C-c C-k (org-capture-kill)’
|
Abort the capture process and return to the previous state.
|
|
You can also call ‘org-capture’ in a special way from the agenda,
|
using the ‘k c’ key combination. With this access, any timestamps
|
inserted by the selected capture template will default to the cursor
|
date in the agenda, rather than to the current date.
|
|
To find the locations of the last stored capture, use ‘org-capture’
|
with prefix commands:
|
|
‘C-u C-c c’
|
Visit the target location of a capture template. You get to select
|
the template in the usual way.
|
‘C-u C-u C-c c’
|
Visit the last stored capture item in its buffer.
|
|
You can also jump to the bookmark ‘org-capture-last-stored’, which
|
will automatically be created unless you set ‘org-capture-bookmark’ to
|
‘nil’.
|
|
To insert the capture at point in an Org buffer, call ‘org-capture’
|
with a ‘C-0’ prefix argument.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Capture templates, Prev: Using capture, Up: Capture
|
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9.1.3 Capture templates
|
-----------------------
|
|
You can use templates for different types of capture items, and for
|
different target locations. The easiest way to create such templates is
|
through the customize interface.
|
|
‘C-c c C’
|
Customize the variable ‘org-capture-templates’.
|
|
Before we give the formal description of template definitions, let’s
|
look at an example. Say you would like to use one template to create
|
general TODO entries, and you want to put these entries under the
|
heading ‘Tasks’ in your file ‘~/org/gtd.org’. Also, a date tree in the
|
file ‘journal.org’ should capture journal entries. A possible
|
configuration would look like:
|
|
(setq org-capture-templates
|
'(("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline "~/org/gtd.org" "Tasks")
|
"* TODO %?\n %i\n %a")
|
("j" "Journal" entry (file+olp+datetree "~/org/journal.org")
|
"* %?\nEntered on %U\n %i\n %a")))
|
|
If you then press ‘C-c c t’, Org will prepare the template for you like
|
this:
|
* TODO
|
[[file:LINK TO WHERE YOU INITIATED CAPTURE]]
|
|
During expansion of the template, ‘%a’ has been replaced by a link to
|
the location from where you called the capture command. This can be
|
extremely useful for deriving tasks from emails, for example. You fill
|
in the task definition, press ‘C-c C-c’ and Org returns you to the same
|
place where you started the capture process.
|
|
To define special keys to capture to a particular template without
|
going through the interactive template selection, you can create your
|
key binding like this:
|
|
(define-key global-map "\C-cx"
|
(lambda () (interactive) (org-capture nil "x")))
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Template elements:: What is needed for a complete template entry
|
* Template expansion:: Filling in information about time and context
|
* Templates in contexts:: Only show a template in a specific context
|
|
|
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|
|
9.1.3.1 Template elements
|
.........................
|
|
Now lets look at the elements of a template definition. Each entry in
|
‘org-capture-templates’ is a list with the following items:
|
|
KEYS
|
The keys that will select the template, as a string, characters
|
only, for example ‘"a"’ for a template to be selected with a single
|
key, or ‘"bt"’ for selection with two keys. When using several
|
keys, keys using the same prefix key must be sequential in the list
|
and preceded by a 2-element entry explaining the prefix key, for
|
example
|
("b" "Templates for marking stuff to buy")
|
If you do not define a template for the ‘C’ key, this key will be
|
used to open the customize buffer for this complex variable.
|
|
DESCRIPTION
|
A short string describing the template, which will be shown during
|
selection.
|
|
TYPE
|
The type of entry, a symbol. Valid values are:
|
|
‘entry’
|
An Org mode node, with a headline. Will be filed as the child
|
of the target entry or as a top-level entry. The target file
|
should be an Org mode file.
|
‘item’
|
A plain list item, placed in the first plain list at the
|
target location. Again the target file should be an Org file.
|
‘checkitem’
|
A checkbox item. This only differs from the plain list item
|
by the default template.
|
‘table-line’
|
a new line in the first table at the target location. Where
|
exactly the line will be inserted depends on the properties
|
‘:prepend’ and ‘:table-line-pos’ (see below).
|
‘plain’
|
Text to be inserted as it is.
|
|
TARGET
|
Specification of where the captured item should be placed. In Org
|
mode files, targets usually define a node. Entries will become
|
children of this node. Other types will be added to the table or
|
list in the body of this node. Most target specifications contain
|
a file name. If that file name is the empty string, it defaults to
|
‘org-default-notes-file’. A file can also be given as a variable
|
or as a function called with no argument. When an absolute path is
|
not specified for a target, it is taken as relative to
|
‘org-directory’.
|
|
Valid values are:
|
|
‘(file "path/to/file")’
|
Text will be placed at the beginning or end of that file.
|
|
‘(id "id of existing org entry")’
|
Filing as child of this entry, or in the body of the entry.
|
|
‘(file+headline "path/to/file" "node headline")’
|
Fast configuration if the target heading is unique in the
|
file.
|
|
‘(file+olp "path/to/file" "Level 1 heading" "Level 2" ...)’
|
For non-unique headings, the full path is safer.
|
|
‘(file+regexp "path/to/file" "regexp to find location")’
|
Use a regular expression to position the cursor.
|
|
‘(file+olp+datetree "path/to/file" [ "Level 1 heading" ....])’
|
This target(1) will create a heading in a date tree(2) for
|
today’s date. If the optional outline path is given, the tree
|
will be built under the node it is pointing to, instead of at
|
top level. Check out the ‘:time-prompt’ and ‘:tree-type’
|
properties below for additional options.
|
|
‘(file+function "path/to/file" function-finding-location)’
|
A function to find the right location in the file.
|
|
‘(clock)’
|
File to the entry that is currently being clocked.
|
|
‘(function function-finding-location)’
|
Most general way: write your own function which both visits
|
the file and moves point to the right location.
|
|
TEMPLATE
|
The template for creating the capture item. If you leave this
|
empty, an appropriate default template will be used. Otherwise
|
this is a string with escape codes, which will be replaced
|
depending on time and context of the capture call. The string with
|
escapes may be loaded from a template file, using the special
|
syntax ‘(file "path/to/template")’. See below for more details.
|
|
PROPERTIES
|
The rest of the entry is a property list of additional options.
|
Recognized properties are:
|
|
‘:prepend’
|
Normally new captured information will be appended at the
|
target location (last child, last table line, last list
|
item...). Setting this property will change that.
|
|
‘:immediate-finish’
|
When set, do not offer to edit the information, just file it
|
away immediately. This makes sense if the template only needs
|
information that can be added automatically.
|
|
‘:empty-lines’
|
Set this to the number of lines to insert before and after the
|
new item. Default 0, only common other value is 1.
|
|
‘:clock-in’
|
Start the clock in this item.
|
|
‘:clock-keep’
|
Keep the clock running when filing the captured entry.
|
|
‘:clock-resume’
|
If starting the capture interrupted a clock, restart that
|
clock when finished with the capture. Note that ‘:clock-keep’
|
has precedence over ‘:clock-resume’. When setting both to
|
‘t’, the current clock will run and the previous one will not
|
be resumed.
|
|
‘:time-prompt’
|
Prompt for a date/time to be used for date/week trees and when
|
filling the template. Without this property, capture uses the
|
current date and time. Even if this property has not been
|
set, you can force the same behavior by calling ‘org-capture’
|
with a ‘C-1’ prefix argument.
|
|
‘:tree-type’
|
When ‘week’, make a week tree instead of the month tree, i.e.
|
place the headings for each day under a heading with the
|
current iso week.
|
|
‘:unnarrowed’
|
Do not narrow the target buffer, simply show the full buffer.
|
Default is to narrow it so that you only see the new material.
|
|
‘:table-line-pos’
|
Specification of the location in the table where the new line
|
should be inserted. It can be a string, a variable holding a
|
string or a function returning a string. The string should
|
look like ‘"II-3"’ meaning that the new line should become the
|
third line before the second horizontal separator line.
|
|
‘:kill-buffer’
|
If the target file was not yet visited when capture was
|
invoked, kill the buffer again after capture is completed.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Org used to offer four different targets for date/week tree
|
capture. Now, Org automatically translates these to use
|
‘file+olp+datetree’, applying the ‘:time-prompt’ and ‘:tree-type’
|
properties. Please rewrite your date/week-tree targets using
|
‘file+olp+datetree’ since the older targets are now deprecated.
|
|
(2) A date tree is an outline structure with years on the highest
|
level, months or ISO-weeks as sublevels and then dates on the lowest
|
level. Tags are allowed in the tree structure.
|
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9.1.3.2 Template expansion
|
..........................
|
|
In the template itself, special ‘%’-escapes(1) allow dynamic insertion
|
of content. The templates are expanded in the order given here:
|
|
%[FILE] Insert the contents of the file given by FILE.
|
%(SEXP) Evaluate Elisp SEXP and replace with the result.
|
For convenience, %:keyword (see below) placeholders
|
within the expression will be expanded prior to this.
|
The sexp must return a string.
|
%<...> The result of format-time-string on the ... format specification.
|
%t Timestamp, date only.
|
%T Timestamp, with date and time.
|
%u, %U Like the above, but inactive timestamps.
|
%i Initial content, the region when capture is called while the
|
region is active.
|
The entire text will be indented like ‘%i’ itself.
|
%a Annotation, normally the link created with ‘org-store-link’.
|
%A Like ‘%a’, but prompt for the description part.
|
%l Like %a, but only insert the literal link.
|
%c Current kill ring head.
|
%x Content of the X clipboard.
|
%k Title of the currently clocked task.
|
%K Link to the currently clocked task.
|
%n User name (taken from ‘user-full-name’).
|
%f File visited by current buffer when org-capture was called.
|
%F Full path of the file or directory visited by current buffer.
|
%:keyword Specific information for certain link types, see below.
|
%^g Prompt for tags, with completion on tags in target file.
|
%^G Prompt for tags, with completion all tags in all agenda files.
|
%^t Like ‘%t’, but prompt for date. Similarly ‘%^T’, ‘%^u’, ‘%^U’.
|
You may define a prompt like ‘%^{Birthday}t’.
|
%^C Interactive selection of which kill or clip to use.
|
%^L Like ‘%^C’, but insert as link.
|
%^{PROP}p Prompt the user for a value for property PROP.
|
%^{PROMPT} prompt the user for a string and replace this sequence with it.
|
You may specify a default value and a completion table with
|
%^{prompt|default|completion2|completion3...}.
|
The arrow keys access a prompt-specific history.
|
%\1 ... %\N Insert the text entered at the Nth %^{PROMPT}, where ‘N’ is
|
a number, starting from 1.(2)
|
%? After completing the template, position cursor here.
|
|
For specific link types, the following keywords will be defined(3):
|
|
Link type | Available keywords
|
---------------------------------+----------------------------------------------
|
bbdb | %:name %:company
|
irc | %:server %:port %:nick
|
vm, vm-imap, wl, mh, mew, rmail, | %:type %:subject %:message-id
|
gnus, notmuch | %:from %:fromname %:fromaddress
|
| %:to %:toname %:toaddress
|
| %:date (message date header field)
|
| %:date-timestamp (date as active timestamp)
|
| %:date-timestamp-inactive (date as inactive timestamp)
|
| %:fromto (either "to NAME" or "from NAME")(4)
|
gnus | %:group, for messages also all email fields
|
eww, w3, w3m | %:url
|
info | %:file %:node
|
calendar | %:date
|
org-protocol | %:link %:description %:annotation
|
|
To place the cursor after template expansion use:
|
|
%? After completing the template, position cursor here.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) If you need one of these sequences literally, escape the ‘%’ with
|
a backslash.
|
|
(2) As required in Emacs Lisp, it is necessary to escape any
|
backslash character in a string with another backslash. So, in order to
|
use ‘%\1’ placeholder, you need to write ‘%\\1’ in the template.
|
|
(3) If you define your own link types (*note Adding hyperlink
|
types::), any property you store with ‘org-store-link-props’ can be
|
accessed in capture templates in a similar way.
|
|
(4) This will always be the other, not the user. See the variable
|
‘org-from-is-user-regexp’.
|
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9.1.3.3 Templates in contexts
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To control whether a capture template should be accessible from a
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specific context, you can customize ‘org-capture-templates-contexts’.
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Let’s say for example that you have a capture template ‘"p"’ for storing
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Gnus emails containing patches. Then you would configure this option
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like this:
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(setq org-capture-templates-contexts
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'(("p" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
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You can also tell that the command key ‘"p"’ should refer to another
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template. In that case, add this command key like this:
|
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(setq org-capture-templates-contexts
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'(("p" "q" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
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See the docstring of the variable for more information.
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9.2 Attachments
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===============
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It is often useful to associate reference material with an outline
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node/task. Small chunks of plain text can simply be stored in the
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subtree of a project. Hyperlinks (*note Hyperlinks::) can establish
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associations with files that live elsewhere on your computer or in the
|
cloud, like emails or source code files belonging to a project. Another
|
method is attachments, which are files located in a directory belonging
|
to an outline node. Org uses directories named by the unique ID of each
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entry. These directories are located in the ‘data’ directory which
|
lives in the same directory where your Org file lives(1). If you
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initialize this directory with ‘git init’, Org will automatically commit
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changes when it sees them. The attachment system has been contributed
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to Org by John Wiegley.
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In cases where it seems better to do so, you can also attach a
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directory of your choice to an entry. You can also make children
|
inherit the attachment directory from a parent, so that an entire
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subtree uses the same attached directory.
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The following commands deal with attachments:
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‘C-c C-a (org-attach)’
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The dispatcher for commands related to the attachment system.
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After these keys, a list of commands is displayed and you must
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press an additional key to select a command:
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‘a (org-attach-attach)’
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Select a file and move it into the task’s attachment
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directory. The file will be copied, moved, or linked,
|
depending on ‘org-attach-method’. Note that hard links are
|
not supported on all systems.
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‘c/m/l’
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Attach a file using the copy/move/link method. Note that hard
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links are not supported on all systems.
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‘u (org-attach-url)’
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Attach a file from URL
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‘n (org-attach-new)’
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Create a new attachment as an Emacs buffer.
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‘z (org-attach-sync)’
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Synchronize the current task with its attachment directory, in
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case you added attachments yourself.
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‘o (org-attach-open)’
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Open current task’s attachment. If there is more than one,
|
prompt for a file name first. Opening will follow the rules
|
set by ‘org-file-apps’. For more details, see the information
|
on following hyperlinks (*note Handling links::).
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‘O (org-attach-open-in-emacs)’
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Also open the attachment, but force opening the file in Emacs.
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‘f (org-attach-reveal)’
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Open the current task’s attachment directory.
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‘F (org-attach-reveal-in-emacs)’
|
Also open the directory, but force using ‘dired’ in Emacs.
|
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‘d (org-attach-delete-one)’
|
Select and delete a single attachment.
|
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‘D (org-attach-delete-all)’
|
Delete all of a task’s attachments. A safer way is to open
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the directory in ‘dired’ and delete from there.
|
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‘s (org-attach-set-directory)’
|
Set a specific directory as the entry’s attachment directory.
|
This works by putting the directory path into the ‘ATTACH_DIR’
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property.
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‘i (org-attach-set-inherit)’
|
Set the ‘ATTACH_DIR_INHERIT’ property, so that children will
|
use the same directory for attachments as the parent does.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) If you move entries or Org files from one directory to another,
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you may want to configure ‘org-attach-directory’ to contain an absolute
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path.
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9.3 RSS feeds
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=============
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Org can add and change entries based on information found in RSS feeds
|
and Atom feeds. You could use this to make a task out of each new
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podcast in a podcast feed. Or you could use a phone-based note-creating
|
service on the web to import tasks into Org. To access feeds, configure
|
the variable ‘org-feed-alist’. The docstring of this variable has
|
detailed information. Here is just an example:
|
|
(setq org-feed-alist
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'(("Slashdot"
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"http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot"
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"~/txt/org/feeds.org" "Slashdot Entries")))
|
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will configure that new items from the feed provided by
|
‘rss.slashdot.org’ will result in new entries in the file
|
‘~/org/feeds.org’ under the heading ‘Slashdot Entries’, whenever the
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following command is used:
|
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‘C-c C-x g (org-feed-update-all)’
|
‘C-c C-x g’
|
Collect items from the feeds configured in ‘org-feed-alist’ and act
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upon them.
|
‘C-c C-x G (org-feed-goto-inbox)’
|
Prompt for a feed name and go to the inbox configured for this
|
feed.
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Under the same headline, Org will create a drawer ‘FEEDSTATUS’ in
|
which it will store information about the status of items in the feed,
|
to avoid adding the same item several times.
|
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For more information, including how to read atom feeds, see
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‘org-feed.el’ and the docstring of ‘org-feed-alist’.
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9.4 Protocols for external access
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Org protocol is a mean to trigger custom actions in Emacs from external
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applications. Any application that supports calling external programs
|
with an URL as argument may be used with this functionality. For
|
example, you can configure bookmarks in your web browser to send a link
|
to the current page to Org and create a note from it using capture
|
(*note Capture::). You can also create a bookmark that tells Emacs to
|
open the local source file of a remote website you are browsing.
|
|
In order to use Org protocol from an application, you need to
|
register ‘org-protocol://’ as a valid scheme-handler. External calls
|
are passed to Emacs through the ‘emacsclient’ command, so you also need
|
to ensure an Emacs server is running. More precisely, when the
|
application calls
|
|
emacsclient org-protocol://PROTOCOL?key1=val1&key2=val2
|
|
Emacs calls the handler associated to ‘PROTOCOL’ with argument ‘(:key1
|
val1 :key2 val2)’.
|
|
Org protocol comes with three predefined protocols, detailed in the
|
following sections. Configure ‘org-protocol-protocol-alist’ to define
|
your own.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* store-link protocol:: Store a link, push URL to kill-ring.
|
* capture protocol:: Fill a buffer with external information.
|
* open-source protocol:: Edit published contents.
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9.4.1 ‘store-link’ protocol
|
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|
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Using ‘store-link’ handler, you can copy links, insertable through ‘M-x
|
org-insert-link’ or yanking thereafter. More precisely, the command
|
|
emacsclient org-protocol://store-link?url=URL&title=TITLE
|
|
stores the following link:
|
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[[URL][TITLE]]
|
|
In addition, ‘URL’ is pushed on the kill-ring for yanking. You need
|
to encode ‘URL’ and ‘TITLE’ if they contain slashes, and probably quote
|
those for the shell.
|
|
To use this feature from a browser, add a bookmark with an arbitrary
|
name, e.g., ‘Org: store-link’ and enter this as _Location_:
|
|
javascript:location.href='org-protocol://store-link?url='+
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encodeURIComponent(location.href);
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9.4.2 ‘capture’ protocol
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|
|
Activating ‘capture’ handler pops up a ‘Capture’ buffer and fills the
|
capture template associated to the ‘X’ key with them.
|
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emacsclient org-protocol://capture?template=X?url=URL?title=TITLE?body=BODY
|
|
To use this feature, add a bookmark with an arbitrary name, e.g.
|
‘Org: capture’ and enter this as ‘Location’:
|
|
javascript:location.href='org-protocol://capture?template=x'+
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'&url='+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href)+
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'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)+
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'&body='+encodeURIComponent(window.getSelection());
|
|
The result depends on the capture template used, which is set in the
|
bookmark itself, as in the example above, or in
|
‘org-protocol-default-template-key’.
|
|
The following template placeholders are available:
|
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%:link The URL
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%:description The webpage title
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%:annotation Equivalent to [[%:link][%:description]]
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%i The selected text
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9.4.3 ‘open-source’ protocol
|
----------------------------
|
|
The ‘open-source’ handler is designed to help with editing local sources
|
when reading a document. To that effect, you can use a bookmark with
|
the following location:
|
|
javascript:location.href='org-protocol://open-source?&url='+
|
encodeURIComponent(location.href)
|
|
The variable ‘org-protocol-project-alist’ maps URLs to local file
|
names, by stripping URL parameters from the end and replacing the
|
‘:base-url’ with ‘:working-directory’ and ‘:online-suffix’ with
|
‘:working-suffix’. For example, assuming you own a local copy of
|
<https://orgmode.org/worg/> contents at ‘/home/user/worg’, you can set
|
‘org-protocol-project-alist’ to the following
|
|
(setq org-protocol-project-alist
|
'(("Worg"
|
:base-url "https://orgmode.org/worg/"
|
:working-directory "/home/user/worg/"
|
:online-suffix ".html"
|
:working-suffix ".org")))
|
|
If you are now browsing
|
<https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-protocol.html> and find a typo
|
or have an idea about how to enhance the documentation, simply click the
|
bookmark and start editing.
|
|
However, such mapping may not yield the desired results. Suppose you
|
maintain an online store located at <http://example.com/>. The local
|
sources reside in ‘/home/user/example/’. It is common practice to serve
|
all products in such a store through one file and rewrite URLs that do
|
not match an existing file on the server. That way, a request to
|
<http://example.com/print/posters.html> might be rewritten on the server
|
to something like
|
<http://example.com/shop/products.php/posters.html.php>. The
|
‘open-source’ handler probably cannot find a file named
|
‘/home/user/example/print/posters.html.php’ and fails.
|
|
Such an entry in ‘org-protocol-project-alist’ may hold an additional
|
property ‘:rewrites’. This property is a list of cons cells, each of
|
which maps a regular expression to a path relative to the
|
‘:working-directory’.
|
|
Now map the URL to the path ‘/home/user/example/products.php’ by
|
adding ‘:rewrites’ rules like this:
|
|
(setq org-protocol-project-alist
|
'(("example.com"
|
:base-url "http://example.com/"
|
:working-directory "/home/user/example/"
|
:online-suffix ".php"
|
:working-suffix ".php"
|
:rewrites (("example.com/print/" . "products.php")
|
("example.com/$" . "index.php")))))
|
|
Since ‘example.com/$’ is used as a regular expression, it maps
|
<http://example.com/>, <https://example.com>, <http://www.example.com/>
|
and similar to ‘/home/user/example/index.php’.
|
|
The ‘:rewrites’ rules are searched as a last resort if and only if no
|
existing file name is matched.
|
|
Two functions can help you filling ‘org-protocol-project-alist’ with
|
valid contents: ‘org-protocol-create’ and ‘org-protocol-create-for-org’.
|
The latter is of use if you’re editing an Org file that is part of a
|
publishing project.
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9.5 Refile and copy
|
===================
|
|
When reviewing the captured data, you may want to refile or to copy some
|
of the entries into a different list, for example into a project.
|
Cutting, finding the right location, and then pasting the note is
|
cumbersome. To simplify this process, you can use the following special
|
command:
|
|
‘C-c M-w (org-copy)’
|
Copying works like refiling, except that the original note is not
|
deleted.
|
‘C-c C-w (org-refile)’
|
Refile the entry or region at point. This command offers possible
|
locations for refiling the entry and lets you select one with
|
completion. The item (or all items in the region) is filed below
|
the target heading as a subitem. Depending on
|
‘org-reverse-note-order’, it will be either the first or last
|
subitem.
|
By default, all level 1 headlines in the current buffer are
|
considered to be targets, but you can have more complex definitions
|
across a number of files. See the variable ‘org-refile-targets’
|
for details. If you would like to select a location via a
|
file-path-like completion along the outline path, see the variables
|
‘org-refile-use-outline-path’ and
|
‘org-outline-path-complete-in-steps’. If you would like to be able
|
to create new nodes as new parents for refiling on the fly, check
|
the variable ‘org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes’. When the
|
variable ‘org-log-refile’(1) is set, a timestamp or a note will be
|
recorded when an entry has been refiled.
|
‘C-u C-c C-w’
|
Use the refile interface to jump to a heading.
|
‘C-u C-u C-c C-w (org-refile-goto-last-stored)’
|
Jump to the location where ‘org-refile’ last moved a tree to.
|
‘C-2 C-c C-w’
|
Refile as the child of the item currently being clocked.
|
‘C-3 C-c C-w’
|
Refile and keep the entry in place. Also see ‘org-refile-keep’ to
|
make this the default behavior, and beware that this may result in
|
duplicated ‘ID’ properties.
|
‘C-0 C-c C-w or C-u C-u C-u C-c C-w (org-refile-cache-clear)’
|
Clear the target cache. Caching of refile targets can be turned on
|
by setting ‘org-refile-use-cache’. To make the command see new
|
possible targets, you have to clear the cache with this command.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) with corresponding ‘#+STARTUP’ keywords ‘logrefile’,
|
‘lognoterefile’, and ‘nologrefile’
|
|
|
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9.6 Archiving
|
=============
|
|
When a project represented by a (sub)tree is finished, you may want to
|
move the tree out of the way and to stop it from contributing to the
|
agenda. Archiving is important to keep your working files compact and
|
global searches like the construction of agenda views fast.
|
|
‘C-c C-x C-a (org-archive-subtree-default)’
|
Archive the current entry using the command specified in the
|
variable ‘org-archive-default-command’.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Moving subtrees:: Moving a tree to an archive file
|
* Internal archiving:: Switch off a tree but keep it in the file
|
|
|
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|
|
9.6.1 Moving a tree to the archive file
|
---------------------------------------
|
|
The most common archiving action is to move a project tree to another
|
file, the archive file.
|
|
‘C-c C-x C-s or short C-c $ (org-archive-subtree)’
|
Archive the subtree starting at the cursor position to the location
|
given by ‘org-archive-location’.
|
‘C-u C-c C-x C-s’
|
Check if any direct children of the current headline could be moved
|
to the archive. To do this, each subtree is checked for open TODO
|
entries. If none are found, the command offers to move it to the
|
archive location. If the cursor is _not_ on a headline when this
|
command is invoked, the level 1 trees will be checked.
|
‘C-u C-u C-c C-x C-s’
|
As above, but check subtree for timestamps instead of TODO entries.
|
The command will offer to archive the subtree if it _does_ contain
|
a timestamp, and that timestamp is in the past.
|
|
The default archive location is a file in the same directory as the
|
current file, with the name derived by appending ‘_archive’ to the
|
current file name. You can also choose what heading to file archived
|
items under, with the possibility to add them to a datetree in a file.
|
For information and examples on how to specify the file and the heading,
|
see the documentation string of the variable ‘org-archive-location’.
|
|
There is also an in-buffer option for setting this variable, for
|
example:
|
|
#+ARCHIVE: %s_done::
|
|
If you would like to have a special ARCHIVE location for a single entry
|
or a (sub)tree, give the entry an ‘:ARCHIVE:’ property with the location
|
as the value (*note Properties and columns::).
|
|
When a subtree is moved, it receives a number of special properties
|
that record context information like the file from where the entry came,
|
its outline path the archiving time etc. Configure the variable
|
‘org-archive-save-context-info’ to adjust the amount of information
|
added.
|
|
|
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|
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9.6.2 Internal archiving
|
------------------------
|
|
If you want to just switch off—for agenda views—certain subtrees without
|
moving them to a different file, you can use the archive tag.
|
|
A headline that is marked with the ‘:ARCHIVE:’ tag (*note Tags::)
|
stays at its location in the outline tree, but behaves in the following
|
way:
|
− It does not open when you attempt to do so with a visibility
|
cycling command (*note Visibility cycling::). You can force
|
cycling archived subtrees with ‘C-<TAB>’, or by setting the option
|
‘org-cycle-open-archived-trees’. Also normal outline commands like
|
‘show-all’ will open archived subtrees.
|
− During sparse tree construction (*note Sparse trees::), matches in
|
archived subtrees are not exposed, unless you configure the option
|
‘org-sparse-tree-open-archived-trees’.
|
− During agenda view construction (*note Agenda views::), the content
|
of archived trees is ignored unless you configure the option
|
‘org-agenda-skip-archived-trees’, in which case these trees will
|
always be included. In the agenda you can press ‘v a’ to get
|
archives temporarily included.
|
− Archived trees are not exported (*note Exporting::), only the
|
headline is. Configure the details using the variable
|
‘org-export-with-archived-trees’.
|
− Archived trees are excluded from column view unless the variable
|
‘org-columns-skip-archived-trees’ is configured to ‘nil’.
|
|
The following commands help manage the ARCHIVE tag:
|
|
‘C-c C-x a (org-toggle-archive-tag)’
|
Toggle the ARCHIVE tag for the current headline. When the tag is
|
set, the headline changes to a shadowed face, and the subtree below
|
it is hidden.
|
‘C-u C-c C-x a’
|
Check if any direct children of the current headline should be
|
archived. To do this, each subtree is checked for open TODO
|
entries. If none are found, the command offers to set the ARCHIVE
|
tag for the child. If the cursor is _not_ on a headline when this
|
command is invoked, the level 1 trees will be checked.
|
‘C-<TAB> (org-force-cycle-archived)’
|
Cycle a tree even if it is tagged with ARCHIVE.
|
‘C-c C-x A (org-archive-to-archive-sibling)’
|
Move the current entry to the _Archive Sibling_. This is a sibling
|
of the entry with the heading ‘Archive’ and the tag ‘ARCHIVE’. The
|
entry becomes a child of that sibling and in this way retains a lot
|
of its original context, including inherited tags and approximate
|
position in the outline.
|
|
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10 Agenda views
|
***************
|
|
Due to the way Org works, TODO items, time-stamped items, and tagged
|
headlines can be scattered throughout a file or even a number of files.
|
To get an overview of open action items, or of events that are important
|
for a particular date, this information must be collected, sorted and
|
displayed in an organized way.
|
|
Org can select items based on various criteria and display them in a
|
separate buffer. Six different view types are provided:
|
|
• an _agenda_ that is like a calendar and shows information for
|
specific dates,
|
• a _TODO list_ that covers all unfinished action items,
|
• a _match view_, showings headlines based on the tags, properties,
|
and TODO state associated with them,
|
• a _text search view_ that shows all entries from multiple files
|
that contain specified keywords,
|
• a _stuck projects view_ showing projects that currently don’t move
|
along, and
|
• _custom views_ that are special searches and combinations of
|
different views.
|
|
The extracted information is displayed in a special _agenda buffer_.
|
This buffer is read-only, but provides commands to visit the
|
corresponding locations in the original Org files, and even to edit
|
these files remotely.
|
|
By default, the report ignores commented (*note Comment lines::) and
|
archived (*note Internal archiving::) entries. You can override this by
|
setting ‘org-agenda-skip-comment-trees’ and
|
‘org-agenda-skip-archived-trees’ to ‘nil’.
|
|
Two variables control how the agenda buffer is displayed and whether
|
the window configuration is restored when the agenda exits:
|
‘org-agenda-window-setup’ and ‘org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit’.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Agenda files:: Files being searched for agenda information
|
* Agenda dispatcher:: Keyboard access to agenda views
|
* Built-in agenda views:: What is available out of the box?
|
* Presentation and sorting:: How agenda items are prepared for display
|
* Agenda commands:: Remote editing of Org trees
|
* Custom agenda views:: Defining special searches and views
|
* Exporting agenda views:: Writing a view to a file
|
* Agenda column view:: Using column view for collected entries
|
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10.1 Agenda files
|
=================
|
|
The information to be shown is normally collected from all _agenda
|
files_, the files listed in the variable ‘org-agenda-files’(1). If a
|
directory is part of this list, all files with the extension ‘.org’ in
|
this directory will be part of the list.
|
|
Thus, even if you only work with a single Org file, that file should
|
be put into the list(2). You can customize ‘org-agenda-files’, but the
|
easiest way to maintain it is through the following commands
|
|
‘C-c [ (org-agenda-file-to-front)’
|
Add current file to the list of agenda files. The file is added to
|
the front of the list. If it was already in the list, it is moved
|
to the front. With a prefix argument, file is added/moved to the
|
end.
|
‘C-c ] (org-remove-file)’
|
Remove current file from the list of agenda files.
|
‘C-' (org-cycle-agenda-files)’
|
‘C-,’
|
Cycle through agenda file list, visiting one file after the other.
|
‘M-x org-switchb <RET>’
|
Command to use an ‘iswitchb’-like interface to switch to and
|
between Org buffers.
|
|
The Org menu contains the current list of files and can be used to visit
|
any of them.
|
|
If you would like to focus the agenda temporarily on a file not in
|
this list, or on just one file in the list, or even on only a subtree in
|
a file, then this can be done in different ways. For a single agenda
|
command, you may press ‘<’ once or several times in the dispatcher
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(*note Agenda dispatcher::). To restrict the agenda scope for an
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extended period, use the following commands:
|
|
‘C-c C-x < (org-agenda-set-restriction-lock)’
|
Permanently restrict the agenda to the current subtree. When with
|
a prefix argument, or with the cursor before the first headline in
|
a file, the agenda scope is set to the entire file. This
|
restriction remains in effect until removed with ‘C-c C-x >’, or by
|
typing either ‘<’ or ‘>’ in the agenda dispatcher. If there is a
|
window displaying an agenda view, the new restriction takes effect
|
immediately.
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‘C-c C-x > (org-agenda-remove-restriction-lock)’
|
Remove the permanent restriction created by ‘C-c C-x <’.
|
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When working with ‘speedbar.el’, you can use the following commands in
|
the Speedbar frame:
|
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‘< in the speedbar frame (org-speedbar-set-agenda-restriction)’
|
Permanently restrict the agenda to the item—either an Org file or a
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subtree in such a file—at the cursor in the Speedbar frame. If
|
there is a window displaying an agenda view, the new restriction
|
takes effect immediately.
|
‘> in the speedbar frame (org-agenda-remove-restriction-lock)’
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Lift the restriction.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) If the value of that variable is not a list, but a single file
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name, then the list of agenda files will be maintained in that external
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file.
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(2) When using the dispatcher, pressing ‘<’ before selecting a
|
command will actually limit the command to the current file, and ignore
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‘org-agenda-files’ until the next dispatcher command.
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10.2 The agenda dispatcher
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The views are created through a dispatcher, which should be bound to a
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global key—for example ‘C-c a’ (*note Activation::). In the following
|
we will assume that ‘C-c a’ is indeed how the dispatcher is accessed and
|
list keyboard access to commands accordingly. After pressing ‘C-c a’,
|
an additional letter is required to execute a command. The dispatcher
|
offers the following default commands:
|
|
‘a’
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Create the calendar-like agenda (*note Weekly/daily agenda::).
|
‘t / T’
|
Create a list of all TODO items (*note Global TODO list::).
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‘m / M’
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Create a list of headlines matching a TAGS expression (*note
|
Matching tags and properties::).
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‘s’
|
Create a list of entries selected by a boolean expression of
|
keywords and/or regular expressions that must or must not occur in
|
the entry.
|
‘/’
|
Search for a regular expression in all agenda files and
|
additionally in the files listed in
|
‘org-agenda-text-search-extra-files’. This uses the Emacs command
|
‘multi-occur’. A prefix argument can be used to specify the number
|
of context lines for each match, default is 1.
|
‘# / !’
|
Create a list of stuck projects (*note Stuck projects::).
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‘<’
|
Restrict an agenda command to the current buffer(1). After
|
pressing ‘<’, you still need to press the character selecting the
|
command.
|
‘< <’
|
If there is an active region, restrict the following agenda command
|
to the region. Otherwise, restrict it to the current subtree(2).
|
After pressing ‘< <’, you still need to press the character
|
selecting the command.
|
|
‘*’
|
Toggle sticky agenda views. By default, Org maintains only a
|
single agenda buffer and rebuilds it each time you change the view,
|
to make sure everything is always up to date. If you often switch
|
between agenda views and the build time bothers you, you can turn
|
on sticky agenda buffers or make this the default by customizing
|
the variable ‘org-agenda-sticky’. With sticky agendas, the agenda
|
dispatcher will not recreate agenda views from scratch, it will
|
only switch to the selected one, and you need to update the agenda
|
by hand with ‘r’ or ‘g’ when needed. You can toggle sticky agenda
|
view any time with ‘org-toggle-sticky-agenda’.
|
|
You can also define custom commands that will be accessible through
|
the dispatcher, just like the default commands. This includes the
|
possibility to create extended agenda buffers that contain several
|
blocks together, for example the weekly agenda, the global TODO list and
|
a number of special tags matches. *Note Custom agenda views::.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
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(1) For backward compatibility, you can also press ‘1’ to restrict to
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the current buffer.
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(2) For backward compatibility, you can also press ‘0’ to restrict to
|
the current region/subtree.
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10.3 The built-in agenda views
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In this section we describe the built-in views.
|
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* Menu:
|
|
* Weekly/daily agenda:: The calendar page with current tasks
|
* Global TODO list:: All unfinished action items
|
* Matching tags and properties:: Structured information with fine-tuned search
|
* Search view:: Find entries by searching for text
|
* Stuck projects:: Find projects you need to review
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10.3.1 The weekly/daily agenda
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|
|
The purpose of the weekly/daily _agenda_ is to act like a page of a
|
paper agenda, showing all the tasks for the current week or day.
|
|
‘C-c a a (org-agenda-list)’
|
Compile an agenda for the current week from a list of Org files.
|
The agenda shows the entries for each day. With a numeric
|
prefix(1) (like ‘C-u 2 1 C-c a a’) you may set the number of days
|
to be displayed.
|
|
The default number of days displayed in the agenda is set by the
|
variable ‘org-agenda-span’ (or the obsolete ‘org-agenda-ndays’). This
|
variable can be set to any number of days you want to see by default in
|
the agenda, or to a span name, such as ‘day’, ‘week’, ‘month’ or ‘year’.
|
For weekly agendas, the default is to start on the previous monday (see
|
‘org-agenda-start-on-weekday’). You can also set the start date using a
|
date shift: ‘(setq org-agenda-start-day "+10d")’ will start the agenda
|
ten days from today in the future.
|
|
Remote editing from the agenda buffer means, for example, that you
|
can change the dates of deadlines and appointments from the agenda
|
buffer. The commands available in the Agenda buffer are listed in *note
|
Agenda commands::.
|
|
Calendar/Diary integration
|
..........................
|
|
Emacs contains the calendar and diary by Edward M. Reingold. The
|
calendar displays a three-month calendar with holidays from different
|
countries and cultures. The diary allows you to keep track of
|
anniversaries, lunar phases, sunrise/set, recurrent appointments
|
(weekly, monthly) and more. In this way, it is quite complementary to
|
Org. It can be very useful to combine output from Org with the diary.
|
|
In order to include entries from the Emacs diary into Org mode’s
|
agenda, you only need to customize the variable
|
|
(setq org-agenda-include-diary t)
|
|
After that, everything will happen automatically. All diary entries
|
including holidays, anniversaries, etc., will be included in the agenda
|
buffer created by Org mode. <SPC>, <TAB>, and <RET> can be used from
|
the agenda buffer to jump to the diary file in order to edit existing
|
diary entries. The ‘i’ command to insert new entries for the current
|
date works in the agenda buffer, as well as the commands ‘S’, ‘M’, and
|
‘C’ to display Sunrise/Sunset times, show lunar phases and to convert to
|
other calendars, respectively. ‘c’ can be used to switch back and forth
|
between calendar and agenda.
|
|
If you are using the diary only for sexp entries and holidays, it is
|
faster to not use the above setting, but instead to copy or even move
|
the entries into an Org file. Org mode evaluates diary-style sexp
|
entries, and does it faster because there is no overhead for first
|
creating the diary display. Note that the sexp entries must start at
|
the left margin, no whitespace is allowed before them. For example, the
|
following segment of an Org file will be processed and entries will be
|
made in the agenda:
|
|
* Holidays
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:CATEGORY: Holiday
|
:END:
|
%%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
|
|
* Birthdays
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:CATEGORY: Ann
|
:END:
|
%%(org-anniversary 1956 5 14)(2) Arthur Dent is %d years old
|
%%(org-anniversary 1869 10 2) Mahatma Gandhi would be %d years old
|
|
Anniversaries from BBDB
|
.......................
|
|
If you are using the Big Brothers Database to store your contacts, you
|
will very likely prefer to store anniversaries in BBDB rather than in a
|
separate Org or diary file. Org supports this and will show BBDB
|
anniversaries as part of the agenda. All you need to do is to add the
|
following to one of your agenda files:
|
|
* Anniversaries
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:CATEGORY: Anniv
|
:END:
|
%%(org-bbdb-anniversaries)
|
|
You can then go ahead and define anniversaries for a BBDB record.
|
Basically, you need to press ‘C-o anniversary <RET>’ with the cursor in
|
a BBDB record and then add the date in the format ‘YYYY-MM-DD’ or
|
‘MM-DD’, followed by a space and the class of the anniversary
|
(‘birthday’ or ‘wedding’, or a format string). If you omit the class,
|
it will default to ‘birthday’. Here are a few examples, the header for
|
the file ‘org-bbdb.el’ contains more detailed information.
|
|
1973-06-22
|
06-22
|
1955-08-02 wedding
|
2008-04-14 %s released version 6.01 of org mode, %d years ago
|
|
After a change to BBDB, or for the first agenda display during an
|
Emacs session, the agenda display will suffer a short delay as Org
|
updates its hash with anniversaries. However, from then on things will
|
be very fast—much faster in fact than a long list of
|
‘%%(diary-anniversary)’ entries in an Org or Diary file.
|
|
If you would like to see upcoming anniversaries with a bit of
|
forewarning, you can use the following instead:
|
|
* Anniversaries
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:CATEGORY: Anniv
|
:END:
|
%%(org-bbdb-anniversaries-future 3)
|
|
That will give you three days’ warning: on the anniversary date
|
itself and the two days prior. The argument is optional: if omitted, it
|
defaults to 7.
|
|
Appointment reminders
|
.....................
|
|
Org can interact with Emacs appointments notification facility. To add
|
the appointments of your agenda files, use the command
|
‘org-agenda-to-appt’. This command lets you filter through the list of
|
your appointments and add only those belonging to a specific category or
|
matching a regular expression. It also reads a ‘APPT_WARNTIME’ property
|
which will then override the value of ‘appt-message-warning-time’ for
|
this appointment. See the docstring for details.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) For backward compatibility, the universal prefix ‘C-u’ causes all
|
TODO entries to be listed before the agenda. This feature is
|
deprecated, use the dedicated TODO list, or a block agenda instead
|
(*note Block agenda::).
|
|
(2) ‘org-anniversary’ is just like ‘diary-anniversary’, but the
|
argument order is always according to ISO and therefore independent of
|
the value of ‘calendar-date-style’.
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10.3.2 The global TODO list
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|
|
The global TODO list contains all unfinished TODO items formatted and
|
collected into a single place.
|
|
‘C-c a t (org-todo-list)’
|
Show the global TODO list. This collects the TODO items from all
|
agenda files (*note Agenda views::) into a single buffer. By
|
default, this lists items with a state the is not a DONE state.
|
The buffer is in ‘agenda-mode’, so there are commands to examine
|
and manipulate the TODO entries directly from that buffer (*note
|
Agenda commands::).
|
‘C-c a T (org-todo-list)’
|
Like the above, but allows selection of a specific TODO keyword.
|
You can also do this by specifying a prefix argument to ‘C-c a t’.
|
You are prompted for a keyword, and you may also specify several
|
keywords by separating them with ‘|’ as the boolean OR operator.
|
With a numeric prefix, the Nth keyword in ‘org-todo-keywords’ is
|
selected. The ‘r’ key in the agenda buffer regenerates it, and you
|
can give a prefix argument to this command to change the selected
|
TODO keyword, for example ‘3 r’. If you often need a search for a
|
specific keyword, define a custom command for it (*note Agenda
|
dispatcher::).
|
Matching specific TODO keywords can also be done as part of a tags
|
search (*note Tag searches::).
|
|
Remote editing of TODO items means that you can change the state of a
|
TODO entry with a single key press. The commands available in the TODO
|
list are described in *note Agenda commands::.
|
|
Normally the global TODO list simply shows all headlines with TODO
|
keywords. This list can become very long. There are two ways to keep
|
it more compact:
|
− Some people view a TODO item that has been _scheduled_ for
|
execution or have a _deadline_ (*note Timestamps::) as no longer
|
_open_. Configure the variables
|
‘org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled’,
|
‘org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines’,
|
‘org-agenda-todo-ignore-timestamp’ and/or
|
‘org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date’ to exclude such items from the
|
global TODO list.
|
− TODO items may have sublevels to break up the task into subtasks.
|
In such cases it may be enough to list only the highest level TODO
|
headline and omit the sublevels from the global list. Configure
|
the variable ‘org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels’ to get this behavior.
|
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10.3.3 Matching tags and properties
|
-----------------------------------
|
|
If headlines in the agenda files are marked with _tags_ (*note Tags::),
|
or have properties (*note Properties and columns::), you can select
|
headlines based on this metadata and collect them into an agenda buffer.
|
The match syntax described here also applies when creating sparse trees
|
with ‘C-c / m’.
|
|
‘C-c a m (org-tags-view)’
|
Produce a list of all headlines that match a given set of tags.
|
The command prompts for a selection criterion, which is a boolean
|
logic expression with tags, like ‘+work+urgent-withboss’ or
|
‘work|home’ (*note Tags::). If you often need a specific search,
|
define a custom command for it (*note Agenda dispatcher::).
|
‘C-c a M (org-tags-view)’
|
Like ‘C-c a m’, but only select headlines that are also TODO items
|
in a not-DONE state and force checking subitems (see variable
|
‘org-tags-match-list-sublevels’). To exclude scheduled/deadline
|
items, see the variable
|
‘org-agenda-tags-todo-honor-ignore-options’. Matching specific
|
TODO keywords together with a tags match is also possible, see
|
*note Tag searches::.
|
|
The commands available in the tags list are described in *note Agenda
|
commands::.
|
|
Match syntax
|
............
|
|
A search string can use Boolean operators ‘&’ for ‘AND’ and ‘|’ for
|
‘OR’. ‘&’ binds more strongly than ‘|’. Parentheses are not
|
implemented. Each element in the search is either a tag, a regular
|
expression matching tags, or an expression like ‘PROPERTY OPERATOR
|
VALUE’ with a comparison operator, accessing a property value. Each
|
element may be preceded by ‘-’, to select against it, and ‘+’ is
|
syntactic sugar for positive selection. The ‘AND’ operator ‘&’ is
|
optional when ‘+’ or ‘-’ is present. Here are some examples, using only
|
tags.
|
|
‘work’
|
Select headlines tagged ‘:work:’.
|
‘work&boss’
|
Select headlines tagged ‘:work:’ and ‘:boss:’.
|
‘+work-boss’
|
Select headlines tagged ‘:work:’, but discard those also tagged
|
‘:boss:’.
|
‘work|laptop’
|
Selects lines tagged ‘:work:’ or ‘:laptop:’.
|
‘work|laptop+night’
|
Like before, but require the ‘:laptop:’ lines to be tagged also
|
‘:night:’.
|
|
Instead of a tag, you may also specify a regular expression enclosed
|
in curly braces. For example, ‘work+{^boss.*}’ matches headlines that
|
contain the tag ‘:work:’ and any tag starting with ‘boss’.
|
|
Group tags (*note Tag hierarchy::) are expanded as regular
|
expressions. E.g., if ‘:work:’ is a group tag for the group
|
‘:work:lab:conf:’, then searching for ‘work’ will search for
|
‘{\(?:work\|lab\|conf\)}’ and searching for ‘-work’ will search for all
|
headlines but those with one of the tags in the group (i.e.,
|
‘-{\(?:work\|lab\|conf\)}’).
|
|
You may also test for properties (*note Properties and columns::) at
|
the same time as matching tags. The properties may be real properties,
|
or special properties that represent other metadata (*note Special
|
properties::). For example, the “property” ‘TODO’ represents the TODO
|
keyword of the entry and the “property” ‘PRIORITY’ represents the
|
PRIORITY keyword of the entry.
|
|
In addition to the properties mentioned above, ‘LEVEL’ represents the
|
level of an entry. So a search ‘+LEVEL=3+boss-TODO="DONE"’ lists all
|
level three headlines that have the tag ‘boss’ and are _not_ marked with
|
the TODO keyword DONE. In buffers with ‘org-odd-levels-only’ set,
|
‘LEVEL’ does not count the number of stars, but ‘LEVEL=2’ will
|
correspond to 3 stars etc.
|
|
Here are more examples:
|
|
‘work+TODO="WAITING"’
|
Select ‘:work:’-tagged TODO lines with the specific TODO keyword
|
‘WAITING’.
|
‘work+TODO="WAITING"|home+TODO="WAITING"’
|
Waiting tasks both at work and at home.
|
|
When matching properties, a number of different operators can be used
|
to test the value of a property. Here is a complex example:
|
|
+work-boss+PRIORITY="A"+Coffee="unlimited"+Effort<2 \
|
+With={Sarah\|Denny}+SCHEDULED>="<2008-10-11>"
|
|
The type of comparison will depend on how the comparison value is
|
written:
|
− If the comparison value is a plain number, a numerical comparison
|
is done, and the allowed operators are ‘<’, ‘=’, ‘>’, ‘<=’, ‘>=’,
|
and ‘<>’.
|
− If the comparison value is enclosed in double-quotes, a string
|
comparison is done, and the same operators are allowed.
|
− If the comparison value is enclosed in double-quotes _and_ angular
|
brackets (like ‘DEADLINE<="<2008-12-24 18:30>"’), both values are
|
assumed to be date/time specifications in the standard Org way, and
|
the comparison will be done accordingly. Special values that will
|
be recognized are ‘"<now>"’ for now (including time), and
|
‘"<today>"’, and ‘"<tomorrow>"’ for these days at 00:00 hours,
|
i.e., without a time specification. Also strings like ‘"<+5d>"’ or
|
‘"<-2m>"’ with units ‘d’, ‘w’, ‘m’, and ‘y’ for day, week, month,
|
and year, respectively, can be used.
|
− If the comparison value is enclosed in curly braces, a regexp match
|
is performed, with ‘=’ meaning that the regexp matches the property
|
value, and ‘<>’ meaning that it does not match.
|
|
So the search string in the example finds entries tagged ‘:work:’ but
|
not ‘:boss:’, which also have a priority value ‘A’, a ‘:Coffee:’
|
property with the value ‘unlimited’, an ‘Effort’ property that is
|
numerically smaller than 2, a ‘:With:’ property that is matched by the
|
regular expression ‘Sarah\|Denny’, and that are scheduled on or after
|
October 11, 2008.
|
|
You can configure Org mode to use property inheritance during a
|
search, but beware that this can slow down searches considerably. See
|
*note Property inheritance::, for details.
|
|
For backward compatibility, and also for typing speed, there is also
|
a different way to test TODO states in a search. For this, terminate
|
the tags/property part of the search string (which may include several
|
terms connected with ‘|’) with a ‘/’ and then specify a Boolean
|
expression just for TODO keywords. The syntax is then similar to that
|
for tags, but should be applied with care: for example, a positive
|
selection on several TODO keywords cannot meaningfully be combined with
|
boolean AND. However, _negative selection_ combined with AND can be
|
meaningful. To make sure that only lines are checked that actually have
|
any TODO keyword (resulting in a speed-up), use ‘C-c a M’, or
|
equivalently start the TODO part after the slash with ‘!’. Using ‘C-c a
|
M’ or ‘/!’ will not match TODO keywords in a DONE state. Examples:
|
|
‘work/WAITING’
|
Same as ‘work+TODO="WAITING"’
|
‘work/!-WAITING-NEXT’
|
Select ‘:work:’-tagged TODO lines that are neither ‘WAITING’ nor
|
‘NEXT’
|
‘work/!+WAITING|+NEXT’
|
Select ‘:work:’-tagged TODO lines that are either ‘WAITING’ or
|
‘NEXT’.
|
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10.3.4 Search view
|
------------------
|
|
This agenda view is a general text search facility for Org mode entries.
|
It is particularly useful to find notes.
|
|
‘C-c a s (org-search-view)’
|
This is a special search that lets you select entries by matching a
|
substring or specific words using a boolean logic.
|
For example, the search string ‘computer equipment’ will find entries
|
that contain ‘computer equipment’ as a substring. If the two words are
|
separated by more space or a line break, the search will still match.
|
Search view can also search for specific keywords in the entry, using
|
Boolean logic. The search string ‘+computer +wifi -ethernet
|
-{8\.11[bg]}’ will search for note entries that contain the keywords
|
‘computer’ and ‘wifi’, but not the keyword ‘ethernet’, and which are
|
also not matched by the regular expression ‘8\.11[bg]’, meaning to
|
exclude both 8.11b and 8.11g. The first ‘+’ is necessary to turn on
|
word search, other ‘+’ characters are optional. For more details, see
|
the docstring of the command ‘org-search-view’.
|
|
Note that in addition to the agenda files, this command will also
|
search the files listed in ‘org-agenda-text-search-extra-files’.
|
|
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10.3.5 Stuck projects
|
---------------------
|
|
If you are following a system like David Allen’s GTD to organize your
|
work, one of the “duties” you have is a regular review to make sure that
|
all projects move along. A _stuck_ project is a project that has no
|
defined next actions, so it will never show up in the TODO lists Org
|
mode produces. During the review, you need to identify such projects
|
and define next actions for them.
|
|
‘C-c a # (org-agenda-list-stuck-projects)’
|
List projects that are stuck.
|
‘C-c a !’
|
Customize the variable ‘org-stuck-projects’ to define what a stuck
|
project is and how to find it.
|
|
You almost certainly will have to configure this view before it will
|
work for you. The built-in default assumes that all your projects are
|
level-2 headlines, and that a project is not stuck if it has at least
|
one entry marked with a TODO keyword TODO or NEXT or NEXTACTION.
|
|
Let’s assume that you, in your own way of using Org mode, identify
|
projects with a tag PROJECT, and that you use a TODO keyword MAYBE to
|
indicate a project that should not be considered yet. Let’s further
|
assume that the TODO keyword DONE marks finished projects, and that NEXT
|
and TODO indicate next actions. The tag @SHOP indicates shopping and is
|
a next action even without the NEXT tag. Finally, if the project
|
contains the special word IGNORE anywhere, it should not be listed
|
either. In this case you would start by identifying eligible projects
|
with a tags/todo match(1) ‘+PROJECT/-MAYBE-DONE’, and then check for
|
TODO, NEXT, @SHOP, and IGNORE in the subtree to identify projects that
|
are not stuck. The correct customization for this is
|
|
(setq org-stuck-projects
|
'("+PROJECT/-MAYBE-DONE" ("NEXT" "TODO") ("@SHOP")
|
"\\<IGNORE\\>"))
|
|
Note that if a project is identified as non-stuck, the subtree of
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this entry will still be searched for stuck projects.
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(1) *Note Tag searches::.
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10.4 Presentation and sorting
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Before displaying items in an agenda view, Org mode visually prepares
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the items and sorts them. Each item occupies a single line. The line
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starts with a _prefix_ that contains the _category_ (*note Categories::)
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of the item and other important information. You can customize in which
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column tags will be displayed through ‘org-agenda-tags-column’. You can
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also customize the prefix using the option ‘org-agenda-prefix-format’.
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This prefix is followed by a cleaned-up version of the outline headline
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associated with the item.
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* Menu:
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* Categories:: Not all tasks are equal
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* Time-of-day specifications:: How the agenda knows the time
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* Sorting agenda items:: The order of things
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* Filtering/limiting agenda items:: Dynamically narrow the agenda
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10.4.1 Categories
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The category is a broad label assigned to each agenda item. By default,
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the category is simply derived from the file name, but you can also
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specify it with a special line in the buffer, like this:
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#+CATEGORY: Thesis
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If you would like to have a special ‘CATEGORY’ for a single entry or a
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(sub)tree, give the entry a ‘:CATEGORY:’ property with the special
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category you want to apply as the value.
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The display in the agenda buffer looks best if the category is not
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longer than 10 characters.
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You can set up icons for category by customizing the
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‘org-agenda-category-icon-alist’ variable.
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10.4.2 Time-of-day specifications
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Org mode checks each agenda item for a time-of-day specification. The
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time can be part of the timestamp that triggered inclusion into the
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agenda, for example as in ‘<2005-05-10 Tue 19:00>’. Time ranges can be
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specified with two timestamps, like
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‘<2005-05-10 Tue 20:30>--<2005-05-10 Tue 22:15>’.
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In the headline of the entry itself, a time(range) may also appear as
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plain text (like ‘12:45’ or a ‘8:30-1pm’)(1).
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If the agenda integrates the Emacs diary (*note Weekly/daily
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agenda::), time specifications in diary entries are recognized as well.
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For agenda display, Org mode extracts the time and displays it in a
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standard 24 hour format as part of the prefix. The example times in the
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previous paragraphs would end up in the agenda like this:
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8:30-13:00 Arthur Dent lies in front of the bulldozer
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12:45...... Ford Prefect arrives and takes Arthur to the pub
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19:00...... The Vogon reads his poem
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20:30-22:15 Marvin escorts the Hitchhikers to the bridge
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If the agenda is in single-day mode, or for the display of today, the
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timed entries are embedded in a time grid, like
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8:00...... ------------------
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8:30-13:00 Arthur Dent lies in front of the bulldozer
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10:00...... ------------------
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12:00...... ------------------
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12:45...... Ford Prefect arrives and takes Arthur to the pub
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14:00...... ------------------
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16:00...... ------------------
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18:00...... ------------------
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19:00...... The Vogon reads his poem
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20:00...... ------------------
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20:30-22:15 Marvin escorts the Hitchhikers to the bridge
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The time grid can be turned on and off with the variable
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‘org-agenda-use-time-grid’, and can be configured with
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‘org-agenda-time-grid’.
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(1) You can, however, disable this by setting
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‘org-agenda-search-headline-for-time’ variable to a ‘nil’ value.
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10.4.3 Sorting agenda items
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Before being inserted into a view, the items are sorted. How this is
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done depends on the type of view.
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• For the daily/weekly agenda, the items for each day are sorted.
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The default order is to first collect all items containing an
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explicit time-of-day specification. These entries will be shown at
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the beginning of the list, as a _schedule_ for the day. After
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that, items remain grouped in categories, in the sequence given by
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‘org-agenda-files’. Within each category, items are sorted by
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priority (*note Priorities::), which is composed of the base
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priority (2000 for priority ‘A’, 1000 for ‘B’, and 0 for ‘C’), plus
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additional increments for overdue scheduled or deadline items.
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• For the TODO list, items remain in the order of categories, but
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within each category, sorting takes place according to priority
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(*note Priorities::). The priority used for sorting derives from
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the priority cookie, with additions depending on how close an item
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is to its due or scheduled date.
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• For tags matches, items are not sorted at all, but just appear in
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the sequence in which they are found in the agenda files.
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Sorting can be customized using the variable
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‘org-agenda-sorting-strategy’, and may also include criteria based on
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the estimated effort of an entry (*note Effort estimates::).
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10.4.4 Filtering/limiting agenda items
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Agenda built-in or customized commands are statically defined. Agenda
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filters and limits provide two ways of dynamically narrowing down the
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list of agenda entries: _filters_ and _limits_. Filters only act on the
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display of the items, while limits take effect before the list of agenda
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entries is built. Filters are more often used interactively, while
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limits are mostly useful when defined as local variables within custom
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agenda commands.
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Filtering in the agenda
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‘/ (org-agenda-filter-by-tag)’
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Filter the agenda view with respect to a tag and/or effort
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estimates. The difference between this and a custom agenda command
|
is that filtering is very fast, so that you can switch quickly
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between different filters without having to recreate the agenda.(1)
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You will be prompted for a tag selection letter; <SPC> will mean
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any tag at all. Pressing <TAB> at that prompt will offer use
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completion to select a tag (including any tags that do not have a
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selection character). The command then hides all entries that do
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not contain or inherit this tag. When called with prefix arg,
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remove the entries that _do_ have the tag. A second ‘/’ at the
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prompt will turn off the filter and unhide any hidden entries.
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Pressing ‘+’ or ‘-’ switches between filtering and excluding the
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next tag.
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Org also supports automatic, context-aware tag filtering. If the
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variable ‘org-agenda-auto-exclude-function’ is set to a
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user-defined function, that function can decide which tags should
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be excluded from the agenda automatically. Once this is set, the
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‘/’ command then accepts ‘<RET>’ as a sub-option key and runs the
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auto exclusion logic. For example, let’s say you use a ‘Net’ tag
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to identify tasks which need network access, an ‘Errand’ tag for
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errands in town, and a ‘Call’ tag for making phone calls. You
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could auto-exclude these tags based on the availability of the
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Internet, and outside of business hours, with something like this:
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(defun org-my-auto-exclude-function (tag)
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(and (cond
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((string= tag "Net")
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(/= 0 (call-process "/sbin/ping" nil nil nil
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"-c1" "-q" "-t1" "mail.gnu.org")))
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((or (string= tag "Errand") (string= tag "Call"))
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(let ((hour (nth 2 (decode-time))))
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(or (< hour 8) (> hour 21)))))
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(concat "-" tag)))
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(setq org-agenda-auto-exclude-function 'org-my-auto-exclude-function)
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‘[ ] { }’
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in search view
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add new search words (‘[’ and ‘]’) or new regular expressions
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(‘{’ and ‘}’) to the query string. The opening bracket/brace
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will add a positive search term prefixed by ‘+’, indicating
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that this search term must occur/match in the entry. The
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closing bracket/brace will add a negative search term which
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must not occur/match in the entry for it to be selected.
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‘< (org-agenda-filter-by-category)’
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Filter the current agenda view with respect to the category of the
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item at point. Pressing ‘<’ another time will remove this filter.
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When called with a prefix argument exclude the category of the item
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at point from the agenda.
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You can add a filter preset in custom agenda commands through the
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option ‘org-agenda-category-filter-preset’. *Note Setting
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options::.
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‘^ (org-agenda-filter-by-top-headline)’
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Filter the current agenda view and only display the siblings and
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the parent headline of the one at point.
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‘= (org-agenda-filter-by-regexp)’
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Filter the agenda view by a regular expression: only show agenda
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entries matching the regular expression the user entered. When
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called with a prefix argument, it will filter _out_ entries
|
matching the regexp. With two universal prefix arguments, it will
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remove all the regexp filters, which can be accumulated.
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You can add a filter preset in custom agenda commands through the
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option ‘org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset’. *Note Setting options::.
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‘_ (org-agenda-filter-by-effort)’
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Filter the agenda view with respect to effort estimates. You first
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need to set up allowed efforts globally, for example
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(setq org-global-properties
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'(("Effort_ALL". "0 0:10 0:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00")))
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You can then filter for an effort by first typing an operator, one
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of ‘<’, ‘>’, and ‘=’, and then the one-digit index of an effort
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estimate in your array of allowed values, where ‘0’ means the 10th
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value. The filter will then restrict to entries with effort
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smaller-or-equal, equal, or larger-or-equal than the selected
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value. For application of the operator, entries without a defined
|
effort will be treated according to the value of
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‘org-sort-agenda-noeffort-is-high’.
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When called with a prefix argument, it will remove entries matching
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the condition. With two universal prefix arguments, it will clear
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effort filters, which can be accumulated.
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You can add a filter preset in custom agenda commands through the
|
option ‘org-agenda-effort-filter-preset’. *Note Setting options::.
|
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‘| (org-agenda-filter-remove-all)’
|
Remove all filters in the current agenda view.
|
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Setting limits for the agenda
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Here is a list of options that you can set, either globally, or locally
|
in your custom agenda views (*note Custom agenda views::).
|
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‘org-agenda-max-entries’
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Limit the number of entries.
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‘org-agenda-max-effort’
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Limit the duration of accumulated efforts (as minutes).
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‘org-agenda-max-todos’
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Limit the number of entries with TODO keywords.
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‘org-agenda-max-tags’
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Limit the number of tagged entries.
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When set to a positive integer, each option will exclude entries from
|
other categories: for example, ‘(setq org-agenda-max-effort 100)’ will
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limit the agenda to 100 minutes of effort and exclude any entry that has
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no effort property. If you want to include entries with no effort
|
property, use a negative value for ‘org-agenda-max-effort’.
|
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One useful setup is to use ‘org-agenda-max-entries’ locally in a
|
custom command. For example, this custom command will display the next
|
five entries with a ‘NEXT’ TODO keyword.
|
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(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
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'(("n" todo "NEXT"
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((org-agenda-max-entries 5)))))
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Once you mark one of these five entry as ‘DONE’, rebuilding the
|
agenda will again the next five entries again, including the first entry
|
that was excluded so far.
|
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You can also dynamically set temporary limits, which will be lost
|
when rebuilding the agenda:
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‘~ (org-agenda-limit-interactively)’
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This prompts for the type of limit to apply and its value.
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(1) Custom commands can preset a filter by binding the variable
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‘org-agenda-tag-filter-preset’ as an option. This filter will then be
|
applied to the view and persist as a basic filter through refreshes and
|
more secondary filtering. The filter is a global property of the entire
|
agenda view—in a block agenda, you should only set this in the global
|
options section, not in the section of an individual block.
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10.5 Commands in the agenda buffer
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Entries in the agenda buffer are linked back to the Org file or diary
|
file where they originate. You are not allowed to edit the agenda
|
buffer itself, but commands are provided to show and jump to the
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original entry location, and to edit the Org files “remotely” from the
|
agenda buffer. In this way, all information is stored only once,
|
removing the risk that your agenda and note files may diverge.
|
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Some commands can be executed with mouse clicks on agenda lines. For
|
the other commands, the cursor needs to be in the desired line.
|
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Motion
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‘n (org-agenda-next-line)’
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Next line (same as <DOWN> and ‘C-n’).
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‘p (org-agenda-previous-line)’
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Previous line (same as <UP> and ‘C-p’).
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‘N (org-agenda-next-item)’
|
Next item: same as next line, but only consider items.
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‘P (org-agenda-previous-item)’
|
Previous item: same as previous line, but only consider items.
|
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View/Go to Org file
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‘<SPC> or mouse-3 (org-agenda-show-and-scroll-up)’
|
Display the original location of the item in another window. With
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prefix arg, make sure that drawers stay folded.
|
‘L (org-agenda-recenter)’
|
Display original location and recenter that window.
|
‘<TAB> or mouse-2 (org-agenda-goto)’
|
Go to the original location of the item in another window.
|
‘<RET> (org-agenda-switch-to)’
|
Go to the original location of the item and delete other windows.
|
‘F (org-agenda-follow-mode)’
|
Toggle Follow mode. In Follow mode, as you move the cursor through
|
the agenda buffer, the other window always shows the corresponding
|
location in the Org file. The initial setting for this mode in new
|
agenda buffers can be set with the variable
|
‘org-agenda-start-with-follow-mode’.
|
‘C-c C-x b (org-agenda-tree-to-indirect-buffer)’
|
Display the entire subtree of the current item in an indirect
|
buffer. With a numeric prefix argument N, go up to level N and
|
then take that tree. If N is negative, go up that many levels.
|
With a ‘C-u’ prefix, do not remove the previously used indirect
|
buffer.
|
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‘C-c C-o (org-agenda-open-link)’
|
Follow a link in the entry. This will offer a selection of any
|
links in the text belonging to the referenced Org node. If there
|
is only one link, it will be followed without a selection prompt.
|
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Change display
|
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‘A’
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Interactively select another agenda view and append it to the
|
current view.
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‘o’
|
Delete other windows.
|
‘v d or short d (org-agenda-day-view)’
|
‘v w or short w (org-agenda-week-view)’
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‘v t (org-agenda-fortnight-view)’
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‘v m (org-agenda-month-view)’
|
‘v y (org-agenda-year-view)’
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‘v <SPC> (org-agenda-reset-view)’
|
Switch to day/week/month/year view. When switching to day or week
|
view, this setting becomes the default for subsequent agenda
|
refreshes. Since month and year views are slow to create, they do
|
not become the default. A numeric prefix argument may be used to
|
jump directly to a specific day of the year, ISO week, month, or
|
year, respectively. For example, ‘32 d’ jumps to February 1st, ‘9
|
w’ to ISO week number 9. When setting day, week, or month view, a
|
year may be encoded in the prefix argument as well. For example,
|
‘200712 w’ will jump to week 12 in 2007. If such a year
|
specification has only one or two digits, it will be mapped to the
|
interval 1938–2037. ‘v <SPC>’ will reset to what is set in
|
‘org-agenda-span’.
|
‘f (org-agenda-later)’
|
Go forward in time to display the following
|
‘org-agenda-current-span’ days. For example, if the display covers
|
a week, switch to the following week. With prefix arg, go forward
|
that many times ‘org-agenda-current-span’ days.
|
‘b (org-agenda-earlier)’
|
Go backward in time to display earlier dates.
|
‘. (org-agenda-goto-today)’
|
Go to today.
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‘j (org-agenda-goto-date)’
|
Prompt for a date and go there.
|
‘J (org-agenda-clock-goto)’
|
Go to the currently clocked-in task in the agenda buffer.
|
‘D (org-agenda-toggle-diary)’
|
Toggle the inclusion of diary entries. See *note Weekly/daily
|
agenda::.
|
‘v l or short l (org-agenda-log-mode)’
|
Toggle Logbook mode. In Logbook mode, entries that were marked
|
DONE while logging was on (variable ‘org-log-done’) are shown in
|
the agenda, as are entries that have been clocked on that day. You
|
can configure the entry types that should be included in log mode
|
using the variable ‘org-agenda-log-mode-items’. When called with a
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‘C-u’ prefix, show all possible logbook entries, including state
|
changes. When called with two prefix arguments ‘C-u C-u’, show
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only logging information, nothing else. ‘v L’ is equivalent to
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‘C-u v l’.
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‘v [ or short [ (org-agenda-manipulate-query-add)’
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Include inactive timestamps into the current view. Only for
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weekly/daily agenda.
|
‘v a (org-agenda-archives-mode)’
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‘v A (org-agenda-archives-mode 'files)’
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Toggle Archives mode. In Archives mode, trees that are marked
|
‘ARCHIVED’ are also scanned when producing the agenda. When you
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use the capital ‘A’, even all archive files are included. To exit
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archives mode, press ‘v a’ again.
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‘v R or short R (org-agenda-clockreport-mode)’
|
Toggle Clockreport mode. In Clockreport mode, the daily/weekly
|
agenda will always show a table with the clocked times for the time
|
span and file scope covered by the current agenda view. The
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initial setting for this mode in new agenda buffers can be set with
|
the variable ‘org-agenda-start-with-clockreport-mode’. By using a
|
prefix argument when toggling this mode (i.e., ‘C-u R’), the clock
|
table will not show contributions from entries that are hidden by
|
agenda filtering(1). See also the variable
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‘org-clock-report-include-clocking-task’.
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‘v c’
|
Show overlapping clock entries, clocking gaps, and other clocking
|
problems in the current agenda range. You can then visit clocking
|
lines and fix them manually. See the variable
|
‘org-agenda-clock-consistency-checks’ for information on how to
|
customize the definition of what constituted a clocking problem.
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To return to normal agenda display, press ‘l’ to exit Logbook mode.
|
‘v E or short E (org-agenda-entry-text-mode)’
|
Toggle entry text mode. In entry text mode, a number of lines from
|
the Org outline node referenced by an agenda line will be displayed
|
below the line. The maximum number of lines is given by the
|
variable ‘org-agenda-entry-text-maxlines’. Calling this command
|
with a numeric prefix argument will temporarily modify that number
|
to the prefix value.
|
‘G (org-agenda-toggle-time-grid)’
|
Toggle the time grid on and off. See also the variables
|
‘org-agenda-use-time-grid’ and ‘org-agenda-time-grid’.
|
‘r (org-agenda-redo)’
|
Recreate the agenda buffer, for example to reflect the changes
|
after modification of the timestamps of items with ‘S-<LEFT>’ and
|
‘S-<RIGHT>’. When the buffer is the global TODO list, a prefix
|
argument is interpreted to create a selective list for a specific
|
TODO keyword.
|
‘g (org-agenda-redo)’
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Same as ‘r’.
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‘C-x C-s or short s (org-save-all-org-buffers)’
|
Save all Org buffers in the current Emacs session, and also the
|
locations of IDs.
|
‘C-c C-x C-c (org-agenda-columns)’
|
Invoke column view (*note Column view::) in the agenda buffer. The
|
column view format is taken from the entry at point, or (if there
|
is no entry at point), from the first entry in the agenda view. So
|
whatever the format for that entry would be in the original buffer
|
(taken from a property, from a ‘#+COLUMNS’ line, or from the
|
default variable ‘org-columns-default-format’), will be used in the
|
agenda.
|
|
‘C-c C-x > (org-agenda-remove-restriction-lock)’
|
Remove the restriction lock on the agenda, if it is currently
|
restricted to a file or subtree (*note Agenda files::).
|
|
Secondary filtering and query editing
|
.....................................
|
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For a detailed description of these commands, *note
|
Filtering/limiting agenda items::.
|
|
‘/ (org-agenda-filter-by-tag)’
|
Filter the agenda view with respect to a tag and/or effort
|
estimates.
|
|
‘< (org-agenda-filter-by-category)’
|
Filter the current agenda view with respect to the category of the
|
item at point.
|
|
‘^ (org-agenda-filter-by-top-headline)’
|
Filter the current agenda view and only display the siblings and
|
the parent headline of the one at point.
|
|
‘= (org-agenda-filter-by-regexp)’
|
Filter the agenda view by a regular expression.
|
|
‘_ (org-agenda-filter-by-effort)’
|
Filter the agenda view with respect to effort estimates.
|
|
‘| (org-agenda-filter-remove-all)’
|
Remove all filters in the current agenda view.
|
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Remote editing
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|
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‘0--9’
|
Digit argument.
|
‘C-_ (org-agenda-undo)’
|
Undo a change due to a remote editing command. The change is
|
undone both in the agenda buffer and in the remote buffer.
|
‘t (org-agenda-todo)’
|
Change the TODO state of the item, both in the agenda and in the
|
original org file.
|
‘C-S-<RIGHT> (org-agenda-todo-nextset)’
|
‘C-S-<LEFT> (org-agenda-todo-previousset)’
|
Switch to the next/previous set of TODO keywords.
|
‘C-k (org-agenda-kill)’
|
Delete the current agenda item along with the entire subtree
|
belonging to it in the original Org file. If the text to be
|
deleted remotely is longer than one line, the kill needs to be
|
confirmed by the user. See variable ‘org-agenda-confirm-kill’.
|
‘C-c C-w (org-agenda-refile)’
|
Refile the entry at point.
|
‘C-c C-x C-a or short a (org-agenda-archive-default-with-confirmation)’
|
Archive the subtree corresponding to the entry at point using the
|
default archiving command set in ‘org-archive-default-command’.
|
When using the ‘a’ key, confirmation will be required.
|
‘C-c C-x a (org-agenda-toggle-archive-tag)’
|
Toggle the ARCHIVE tag for the current headline.
|
‘C-c C-x A (org-agenda-archive-to-archive-sibling)’
|
Move the subtree corresponding to the current entry to its _archive
|
sibling_.
|
‘C-c C-x C-s or short $ (org-agenda-archive)’
|
Archive the subtree corresponding to the current headline. This
|
means the entry will be moved to the configured archive location,
|
most likely a different file.
|
‘T (org-agenda-show-tags)’
|
Show all tags associated with the current item. This is useful if
|
you have turned off ‘org-agenda-show-inherited-tags’, but still
|
want to see all tags of a headline occasionally.
|
‘: (org-agenda-set-tags)’
|
Set tags for the current headline. If there is an active region in
|
the agenda, change a tag for all headings in the region.
|
‘,’
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Set the priority for the current item (‘org-agenda-priority’). Org
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mode prompts for the priority character. If you reply with <SPC>,
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the priority cookie is removed from the entry.
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‘P (org-agenda-show-priority)’
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Display weighted priority of current item.
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‘+ or S-<UP> (org-agenda-priority-up)’
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Increase the priority of the current item. The priority is changed
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in the original buffer, but the agenda is not resorted. Use the
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‘r’ key for this.
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‘- or S-<DOWN> (org-agenda-priority-down)’
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Decrease the priority of the current item.
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‘z or C-c C-z (org-agenda-add-note)’
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Add a note to the entry. This note will be recorded, and then
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filed to the same location where state change notes are put.
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Depending on ‘org-log-into-drawer’, this may be inside a drawer.
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‘C-c C-a (org-attach)’
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Dispatcher for all command related to attachments.
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‘C-c C-s (org-agenda-schedule)’
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Schedule this item. With prefix arg remove the scheduling
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timestamp
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‘C-c C-d (org-agenda-deadline)’
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Set a deadline for this item. With prefix arg remove the deadline.
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‘S-<RIGHT> (org-agenda-do-date-later)’
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Change the timestamp associated with the current line by one day
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into the future. If the date is in the past, the first call to
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this command will move it to today.
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With a numeric prefix argument, change it by that many days. For
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example, ‘3 6 5 S-<RIGHT>’ will change it by a year. With a ‘C-u’
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prefix, change the time by one hour. If you immediately repeat the
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command, it will continue to change hours even without the prefix
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arg. With a double ‘C-u C-u’ prefix, do the same for changing
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minutes.
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The stamp is changed in the original Org file, but the change is
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not directly reflected in the agenda buffer. Use ‘r’ or ‘g’ to
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update the buffer.
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‘S-<LEFT> (org-agenda-do-date-earlier)’
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Change the timestamp associated with the current line by one day
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into the past.
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‘> (org-agenda-date-prompt)’
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Change the timestamp associated with the current line. The key ‘>’
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has been chosen, because it is the same as ‘S-.’ on my keyboard.
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‘I (org-agenda-clock-in)’
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Start the clock on the current item. If a clock is running
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already, it is stopped first.
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‘O (org-agenda-clock-out)’
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Stop the previously started clock.
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‘X (org-agenda-clock-cancel)’
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Cancel the currently running clock.
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‘J (org-agenda-clock-goto)’
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Jump to the running clock in another window.
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‘k (org-agenda-capture)’
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Like ‘org-capture’, but use the date at point as the default date
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for the capture template. See ‘org-capture-use-agenda-date’ to
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make this the default behavior of ‘org-capture’.
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Dragging agenda lines forward/backward
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‘M-<up> (org-agenda-drag-line-backward)’
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Drag the line at point backward one line(2). With a numeric prefix
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argument, drag backward by that many lines.
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‘M-<down> (org-agenda-drag-line-forward)’
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Drag the line at point forward one line. With a numeric prefix
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argument, drag forward by that many lines.
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Bulk remote editing selected entries
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‘m (org-agenda-bulk-mark)’
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Mark the entry at point for bulk action. With numeric prefix
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argument, mark that many successive entries.
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‘* (org-agenda-bulk-mark-all)’
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Mark all visible agenda entries for bulk action.
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‘u (org-agenda-bulk-unmark)’
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Unmark entry at point for bulk action.
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‘U (org-agenda-bulk-remove-all-marks)’
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Unmark all marked entries for bulk action.
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‘M-m (org-agenda-bulk-toggle)’
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Toggle mark of the entry at point for bulk action.
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‘M-* (org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all)’
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Toggle marks of all visible entries for bulk action.
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‘% (org-agenda-bulk-mark-regexp)’
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Mark entries matching a regular expression for bulk action.
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‘B (org-agenda-bulk-action)’
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Bulk action: act on all marked entries in the agenda. This will
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prompt for another key to select the action to be applied. The
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prefix arg to ‘B’ will be passed through to the ‘s’ and ‘d’
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commands, to bulk-remove these special timestamps. By default,
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marks are removed after the bulk. If you want them to persist, set
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‘org-agenda-persistent-marks’ to ‘t’ or hit ‘p’ at the prompt.
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‘*’
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Toggle persistent marks.
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‘$’
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Archive all selected entries.
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‘A’
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Archive entries by moving them to their respective archive
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siblings.
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‘t’
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Change TODO state. This prompts for a single TODO keyword and
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changes the state of all selected entries, bypassing blocking
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and suppressing logging notes (but not timestamps).
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‘+’
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Add a tag to all selected entries.
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‘-’
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Remove a tag from all selected entries.
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‘s’
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Schedule all items to a new date. To shift existing schedule
|
dates by a fixed number of days, use something starting with
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double plus at the prompt, for example ‘++8d’ or ‘++2w’.
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‘d’
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Set deadline to a specific date.
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‘r’
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Prompt for a single refile target and move all entries. The
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entries will no longer be in the agenda; refresh (‘g’) to
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bring them back.
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‘S’
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Reschedule randomly into the coming N days. N will be
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prompted for. With prefix arg (‘C-u B S’), scatter only
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across weekdays.
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‘f’
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Apply a function(3) to marked entries. For example, the
|
function below sets the CATEGORY property of the entries to
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web.
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(defun set-category ()
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(interactive "P")
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(let* ((marker (or (org-get-at-bol 'org-hd-marker)
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(org-agenda-error)))
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(buffer (marker-buffer marker)))
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(with-current-buffer buffer
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(save-excursion
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(save-restriction
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(widen)
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(goto-char marker)
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(org-back-to-heading t)
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(org-set-property "CATEGORY" "web"))))))
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Calendar commands
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‘c (org-agenda-goto-calendar)’
|
Open the Emacs calendar and move to the date at the agenda cursor.
|
‘c (org-calendar-goto-agenda)’
|
When in the calendar, compute and show the Org mode agenda for the
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date at the cursor.
|
‘i (org-agenda-diary-entry)’
|
Insert a new entry into the diary, using the date at the cursor and
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(for block entries) the date at the mark. This will add to the
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Emacs diary file(4), in a way similar to the ‘i’ command in the
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calendar. The diary file will pop up in another window, where you
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can add the entry.
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If you configure ‘org-agenda-diary-file’ to point to an Org mode
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file, Org will create entries (in Org mode syntax) in that file
|
instead. Most entries will be stored in a date-based outline tree
|
that will later make it easy to archive appointments from previous
|
months/years. The tree will be built under an entry with a
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‘DATE_TREE’ property, or else with years as top-level entries.
|
Emacs will prompt you for the entry text—if you specify it, the
|
entry will be created in ‘org-agenda-diary-file’ without further
|
interaction. If you directly press <RET> at the prompt without
|
typing text, the target file will be shown in another window for
|
you to finish the entry there. See also the ‘k r’ command.
|
‘M (org-agenda-phases-of-moon)’
|
Show the phases of the moon for the three months around current
|
date.
|
‘S (org-agenda-sunrise-sunset)’
|
Show sunrise and sunset times. The geographical location must be
|
set with calendar variables, see the documentation for the Emacs
|
calendar.
|
‘C (org-agenda-convert-date)’
|
Convert the date at cursor into many other cultural and historic
|
calendars.
|
‘H (org-agenda-holidays)’
|
Show holidays for three months around the cursor date.
|
|
‘M-x org-icalendar-combine-agenda-files <RET>’
|
Export a single iCalendar file containing entries from all agenda
|
files. This is a globally available command, and also available in
|
the agenda menu.
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Exporting to a file
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‘C-x C-w (org-agenda-write)’
|
Write the agenda view to a file. Depending on the extension of the
|
selected file name, the view will be exported as HTML (‘.html’ or
|
‘.htm’), Postscript (‘.ps’), PDF (‘.pdf’), Org (‘.org’) and plain
|
text (any other extension). When exporting to Org, only the body
|
of original headlines are exported, not subtrees or inherited tags.
|
When called with a ‘C-u’ prefix argument, immediately open the
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newly created file. Use the variable
|
‘org-agenda-exporter-settings’ to set options for ‘ps-print’ and
|
for ‘htmlize’ to be used during export.
|
|
Quit and Exit
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‘q (org-agenda-quit)’
|
Quit agenda, remove the agenda buffer.
|
‘x (org-agenda-exit)’
|
Exit agenda, remove the agenda buffer and all buffers loaded by
|
Emacs for the compilation of the agenda. Buffers created by the
|
user to visit Org files will not be removed.
|
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) Only tags filtering will be respected here, effort filtering is
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ignored.
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(2) Moving agenda lines does not persist after an agenda refresh and
|
does not modify the contributing ‘.org’ files
|
|
(3) You can also create persistent custom functions through
|
‘org-agenda-bulk-custom-functions’.
|
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(4) This file is parsed for the agenda when
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‘org-agenda-include-diary’ is set.
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10.6 Custom agenda views
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Custom agenda commands serve two purposes: to store and quickly access
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frequently used TODO and tags searches, and to create special composite
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agenda buffers. Custom agenda commands will be accessible through the
|
dispatcher (*note Agenda dispatcher::), just like the default commands.
|
|
* Menu:
|
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* Storing searches:: Type once, use often
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* Block agenda:: All the stuff you need in a single buffer
|
* Setting options:: Changing the rules
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10.6.1 Storing searches
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-----------------------
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The first application of custom searches is the definition of keyboard
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shortcuts for frequently used searches, either creating an agenda
|
buffer, or a sparse tree (the latter covering of course only the current
|
buffer).
|
|
Custom commands are configured in the variable
|
‘org-agenda-custom-commands’. You can customize this variable, for
|
example by pressing ‘C-c a C’. You can also directly set it with Emacs
|
Lisp in the Emacs init file. The following example contains all valid
|
agenda views:
|
|
(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
|
'(("x" agenda)
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("y" agenda*)
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("w" todo "WAITING")
|
("W" todo-tree "WAITING")
|
("u" tags "+boss-urgent")
|
("v" tags-todo "+boss-urgent")
|
("U" tags-tree "+boss-urgent")
|
("f" occur-tree "\\<FIXME\\>")
|
("h" . "HOME+Name tags searches") ; description for "h" prefix
|
("hl" tags "+home+Lisa")
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("hp" tags "+home+Peter")
|
("hk" tags "+home+Kim")))
|
|
The initial string in each entry defines the keys you have to press
|
after the dispatcher command ‘C-c a’ in order to access the command.
|
Usually this will be just a single character, but if you have many
|
similar commands, you can also define two-letter combinations where the
|
first character is the same in several combinations and serves as a
|
prefix key(1). The second parameter is the search type, followed by the
|
string or regular expression to be used for the matching. The example
|
above will therefore define:
|
|
‘C-c a x’
|
as a global search for agenda entries planned(2) this week/day.
|
‘C-c a y’
|
as a global search for agenda entries planned this week/day, but
|
only those with an hour specification like ‘[h]h:mm’—think of them
|
as appointments.
|
‘C-c a w’
|
as a global search for TODO entries with ‘WAITING’ as the TODO
|
keyword
|
‘C-c a W’
|
as the same search, but only in the current buffer and displaying
|
the results as a sparse tree
|
‘C-c a u’
|
as a global tags search for headlines marked ‘:boss:’ but not
|
‘:urgent:’
|
‘C-c a v’
|
as the same search as ‘C-c a u’, but limiting the search to
|
headlines that are also TODO items
|
‘C-c a U’
|
as the same search as ‘C-c a u’, but only in the current buffer and
|
displaying the result as a sparse tree
|
‘C-c a f’
|
to create a sparse tree (again: current buffer only) with all
|
entries containing the word ‘FIXME’
|
‘C-c a h’
|
as a prefix command for a HOME tags search where you have to press
|
an additional key (‘l’, ‘p’ or ‘k’) to select a name (Lisa, Peter,
|
or Kim) as additional tag to match.
|
|
Note that the ‘*-tree’ agenda views need to be called from an Org
|
buffer as they operate on the current buffer only.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) You can provide a description for a prefix key by inserting a
|
cons cell with the prefix and the description.
|
|
(2) _Planned_ means here that these entries have some planning
|
information attached to them, like a time-stamp, a scheduled or a
|
deadline string. See ‘org-agenda-entry-types’ on how to set what
|
planning information will be taken into account.
|
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10.6.2 Block agenda
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-------------------
|
|
Another possibility is the construction of agenda views that comprise
|
the results of _several_ commands, each of which creates a block in the
|
agenda buffer. The available commands include ‘agenda’ for the daily or
|
weekly agenda (as created with ‘C-c a a’), ‘alltodo’ for the global TODO
|
list (as constructed with ‘C-c a t’), and the matching commands
|
discussed above: ‘todo’, ‘tags’, and ‘tags-todo’. Here are two
|
examples:
|
|
(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
|
'(("h" "Agenda and Home-related tasks"
|
((agenda "")
|
(tags-todo "home")
|
(tags "garden")))
|
("o" "Agenda and Office-related tasks"
|
((agenda "")
|
(tags-todo "work")
|
(tags "office")))))
|
|
This will define ‘C-c a h’ to create a multi-block view for stuff you
|
need to attend to at home. The resulting agenda buffer will contain
|
your agenda for the current week, all TODO items that carry the tag
|
‘home’, and also all lines tagged with ‘garden’. Finally the command
|
‘C-c a o’ provides a similar view for office tasks.
|
|
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10.6.3 Setting options for custom commands
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|
|
Org mode contains a number of variables regulating agenda construction
|
and display. The global variables define the behavior for all agenda
|
commands, including the custom commands. However, if you want to change
|
some settings just for a single custom view, you can do so. Setting
|
options requires inserting a list of variable names and values at the
|
right spot in ‘org-agenda-custom-commands’. For example:
|
|
(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
|
'(("w" todo "WAITING"
|
((org-agenda-sorting-strategy '(priority-down))
|
(org-agenda-prefix-format " Mixed: ")))
|
("U" tags-tree "+boss-urgent"
|
((org-show-context-detail 'minimal)))
|
("N" search ""
|
((org-agenda-files '("~org/notes.org"))
|
(org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))))
|
|
Now the ‘C-c a w’ command will sort the collected entries only by
|
priority, and the prefix format is modified to just say ‘ Mixed: ’
|
instead of giving the category of the entry. The sparse tags tree of
|
‘C-c a U’ will now turn out ultra-compact, because neither the headline
|
hierarchy above the match, nor the headline following the match will be
|
shown. The command ‘C-c a N’ will do a text search limited to only a
|
single file.
|
|
For command sets creating a block agenda,
|
‘org-agenda-custom-commands’ has two separate spots for setting options.
|
You can add options that should be valid for just a single command in
|
the set, and options that should be valid for all commands in the set.
|
The former are just added to the command entry; the latter must come
|
after the list of command entries. Going back to the block agenda
|
example (*note Block agenda::), let’s change the sorting strategy for
|
the ‘C-c a h’ commands to ‘priority-down’, but let’s sort the results
|
for GARDEN tags query in the opposite order, ‘priority-up’. This would
|
look like this:
|
|
(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
|
'(("h" "Agenda and Home-related tasks"
|
((agenda)
|
(tags-todo "home")
|
(tags "garden"
|
((org-agenda-sorting-strategy '(priority-up)))))
|
((org-agenda-sorting-strategy '(priority-down))))
|
("o" "Agenda and Office-related tasks"
|
((agenda)
|
(tags-todo "work")
|
(tags "office")))))
|
|
As you see, the values and parentheses setting is a little complex.
|
When in doubt, use the customize interface to set this variable—it fully
|
supports its structure. Just one caveat: when setting options in this
|
interface, the _values_ are just Lisp expressions. So if the value is a
|
string, you need to add the double-quotes around the value yourself.
|
|
To control whether an agenda command should be accessible from a
|
specific context, you can customize
|
‘org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts’. Let’s say for example that you
|
have an agenda command ‘"o"’ displaying a view that you only need when
|
reading emails. Then you would configure this option like this:
|
|
(setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
|
'(("o" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
|
|
You can also tell that the command key ‘"o"’ should refer to another
|
command key ‘"r"’. In that case, add this command key like this:
|
|
(setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
|
'(("o" "r" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
|
|
See the docstring of the variable for more information.
|
|
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10.7 Exporting agenda views
|
===========================
|
|
If you are away from your computer, it can be very useful to have a
|
printed version of some agenda views to carry around. Org mode can
|
export custom agenda views as plain text, HTML(1), Postscript, PDF(2),
|
and iCalendar files. If you want to do this only occasionally, use the
|
command
|
|
‘C-x C-w (org-agenda-write)’
|
Write the agenda view to a file. Depending on the extension of the
|
selected file name, the view will be exported as HTML (extension
|
‘.html’ or ‘.htm’), Postscript (extension ‘.ps’), iCalendar
|
(extension ‘.ics’), or plain text (any other extension). Use the
|
variable ‘org-agenda-exporter-settings’ to set options for
|
‘ps-print’ and for ‘htmlize’ to be used during export, for example
|
|
(setq org-agenda-exporter-settings
|
'((ps-number-of-columns 2)
|
(ps-landscape-mode t)
|
(org-agenda-add-entry-text-maxlines 5)
|
(htmlize-output-type 'css)))
|
|
If you need to export certain agenda views frequently, you can
|
associate any custom agenda command with a list of output file names
|
(3). Here is an example that first defines custom commands for the
|
agenda and the global TODO list, together with a number of files to
|
which to export them. Then we define two block agenda commands and
|
specify file names for them as well. File names can be relative to the
|
current working directory, or absolute.
|
|
(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
|
'(("X" agenda "" nil ("agenda.html" "agenda.ps"))
|
("Y" alltodo "" nil ("todo.html" "todo.txt" "todo.ps"))
|
("h" "Agenda and Home-related tasks"
|
((agenda "")
|
(tags-todo "home")
|
(tags "garden"))
|
nil
|
("~/views/home.html"))
|
("o" "Agenda and Office-related tasks"
|
((agenda)
|
(tags-todo "work")
|
(tags "office"))
|
nil
|
("~/views/office.ps" "~/calendars/office.ics"))))
|
|
The extension of the file name determines the type of export. If it
|
is ‘.html’, Org mode will try to use the ‘htmlize.el’ package to convert
|
the buffer to HTML and save it to this file name. If the extension is
|
‘.ps’, ‘ps-print-buffer-with-faces’ is used to produce Postscript
|
output. If the extension is ‘.ics’, iCalendar export is run export over
|
all files that were used to construct the agenda, and limit the export
|
to entries listed in the agenda. Any other extension produces a plain
|
ASCII file.
|
|
The export files are _not_ created when you use one of those commands
|
interactively because this might use too much overhead. Instead, there
|
is a special command to produce _all_ specified files in one step:
|
|
‘C-c a e (org-store-agenda-views)’
|
Export all agenda views that have export file names associated with
|
them.
|
|
You can use the options section of the custom agenda commands to also
|
set options for the export commands. For example:
|
|
(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
|
'(("X" agenda ""
|
((ps-number-of-columns 2)
|
(ps-landscape-mode t)
|
(org-agenda-prefix-format " [ ] ")
|
(org-agenda-with-colors nil)
|
(org-agenda-remove-tags t))
|
("theagenda.ps"))))
|
|
This command sets two options for the Postscript exporter, to make it
|
print in two columns in landscape format—the resulting page can be cut
|
in two and then used in a paper agenda. The remaining settings modify
|
the agenda prefix to omit category and scheduling information, and
|
instead include a checkbox to check off items. We also remove the tags
|
to make the lines compact, and we don’t want to use colors for the
|
black-and-white printer. Settings specified in
|
‘org-agenda-exporter-settings’ will also apply, but the settings in
|
‘org-agenda-custom-commands’ take precedence.
|
|
From the command line you may also use
|
emacs -eval (org-batch-store-agenda-views) -kill
|
or, if you need to modify some parameters(4)
|
emacs -eval '(org-batch-store-agenda-views \
|
org-agenda-span (quote month) \
|
org-agenda-start-day "2007-11-01" \
|
org-agenda-include-diary nil \
|
org-agenda-files (quote ("~/org/project.org")))' \
|
-kill
|
which will create the agenda views restricted to the file
|
‘~/org/project.org’, without diary entries and with a 30-day extent.
|
|
You can also extract agenda information in a way that allows further
|
processing by other programs. See *note Extracting agenda
|
information::, for more information.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) You need to install ‘htmlize.el’ from Hrvoje Niksic’s repository.
|
(https://github.com/hniksic/emacs-htmlize)
|
|
(2) To create PDF output, the ghostscript ‘ps2pdf’ utility must be
|
installed on the system. Selecting a PDF file will also create the
|
postscript file.
|
|
(3) If you want to store standard views like the weekly agenda or the
|
global TODO list as well, you need to define custom commands for them in
|
order to be able to specify file names.
|
|
(4) Quoting depends on the system you use, please check the FAQ for
|
examples.
|
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10.8 Using column view in the agenda
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====================================
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Column view (*note Column view::) is normally used to view and edit
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properties embedded in the hierarchical structure of an Org file. It
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can be quite useful to use column view also from the agenda, where
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entries are collected by certain criteria.
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‘C-c C-x C-c (org-agenda-columns)’
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Turn on column view in the agenda.
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To understand how to use this properly, it is important to realize
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that the entries in the agenda are no longer in their proper outline
|
environment. This causes the following issues:
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1. Org needs to make a decision which ‘COLUMNS’ format to use. Since
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the entries in the agenda are collected from different files, and
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different files may have different ‘COLUMNS’ formats, this is a
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non-trivial problem. Org first checks if the variable
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‘org-agenda-overriding-columns-format’ is currently set, and if so,
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takes the format from there. Otherwise it takes the format
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associated with the first item in the agenda, or, if that item does
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not have a specific format—defined in a property, or in its file—it
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uses ‘org-columns-default-format’.
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2. If any of the columns has a summary type defined (*note Column
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attributes::), turning on column view in the agenda will visit all
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relevant agenda files and make sure that the computations of this
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property are up to date. This is also true for the special
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‘CLOCKSUM’ property. Org will then sum the values displayed in the
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agenda. In the daily/weekly agenda, the sums will cover a single
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day; in all other views they cover the entire block. It is vital
|
to realize that the agenda may show the same entry _twice_—for
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example as scheduled and as a deadline—and it may show two entries
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from the same hierarchy—for example a _parent_ and its _child_. In
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these cases, the summation in the agenda will lead to incorrect
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results because some values will count double.
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3. When the column view in the agenda shows the ‘CLOCKSUM’, that is
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always the entire clocked time for this item. So even in the
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daily/weekly agenda, the clocksum listed in column view may
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originate from times outside the current view. This has the
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advantage that you can compare these values with a column listing
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the planned total effort for a task—one of the major applications
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for column view in the agenda. If you want information about
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clocked time in the displayed period use clock table mode (press
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‘R’ in the agenda).
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4. When the column view in the agenda shows the ‘CLOCKSUM_T’, that is
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always today’s clocked time for this item. So even in the weekly
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agenda, the clocksum listed in column view only originates from
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today. This lets you compare the time you spent on a task for
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today, with the time already spent —via ‘CLOCKSUM’—and with the
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planned total effort for it.
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11 Markup for rich export
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*************************
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When exporting Org mode documents, the exporter tries to reflect the
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structure of the document as accurately as possible in the back-end.
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Since export targets like HTML and LaTeX allow much richer formatting,
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Org mode has rules on how to prepare text for rich export. This section
|
summarizes the markup rules used in an Org mode buffer.
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* Menu:
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* Paragraphs:: The basic unit of text
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* Emphasis and monospace:: Bold, italic, etc.
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* Horizontal rules:: Make a line
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* Images and tables:: Images, tables and caption mechanism
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* Literal examples:: Source code examples with special formatting
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* Special symbols:: Greek letters and other symbols
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* Subscripts and superscripts:: Simple syntax for raising/lowering text
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* Embedded LaTeX:: LaTeX can be freely used inside Org documents
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11.1 Paragraphs, line breaks, and quoting
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=========================================
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Paragraphs are separated by at least one empty line. If you need to
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enforce a line break within a paragraph, use ‘\\’ at the end of a line.
|
|
To preserve the line breaks, indentation and blank lines in a region,
|
but otherwise use normal formatting, you can use this construct, which
|
can also be used to format poetry.
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#+BEGIN_VERSE
|
Great clouds overhead
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Tiny black birds rise and fall
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Snow covers Emacs
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-- AlexSchroeder
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#+END_VERSE
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When quoting a passage from another document, it is customary to
|
format this as a paragraph that is indented on both the left and the
|
right margin. You can include quotations in Org mode documents like
|
this:
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#+BEGIN_QUOTE
|
Everything should be made as simple as possible,
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but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
|
#+END_QUOTE
|
|
If you would like to center some text, do it like this:
|
#+BEGIN_CENTER
|
Everything should be made as simple as possible, \\
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but not any simpler
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#+END_CENTER
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11.2 Emphasis and monospace
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===========================
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You can make words *bold*, /italic/, _underlined_, ‘=verbatim=’ and
|
‘~code~’, and, if you must, ‘+strike-through+’. Text in the code and
|
verbatim string is not processed for Org mode specific syntax, it is
|
exported verbatim.
|
|
To turn off fontification for marked up text, you can set
|
‘org-fontify-emphasized-text’ to ‘nil’. To narrow down the list of
|
available markup syntax, you can customize ‘org-emphasis-alist’. To
|
fine tune what characters are allowed before and after the markup
|
characters, you can tweak ‘org-emphasis-regexp-components’. Beware that
|
changing one of the above variables will not take effect until you
|
reload Org, for which you may need to restart Emacs.
|
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11.3 Horizontal rules
|
=====================
|
|
A line consisting of only dashes, and at least 5 of them, will be
|
exported as a horizontal line.
|
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|
11.4 Images and Tables
|
======================
|
|
Both the native Org mode tables (*note Tables::) and tables formatted
|
with the ‘table.el’ package will be exported properly. For Org mode
|
tables, the lines before the first horizontal separator line will become
|
table header lines. You can use the following lines somewhere before
|
the table to assign a caption and a label for cross references, and in
|
the text you can refer to the object with ‘[[tab:basic-data]]’ (*note
|
Internal links::):
|
|
#+CAPTION: This is the caption for the next table (or link)
|
#+NAME: tab:basic-data
|
| ... | ...|
|
|-----|----|
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|
Optionally, the caption can take the form:
|
#+CAPTION[Caption for list of tables]: Caption for table.
|
|
Some back-ends allow you to directly include images into the exported
|
document. Org does this, if a link to an image files does not have a
|
description part, for example ‘[[./img/a.jpg]]’. If you wish to define
|
a caption for the image and maybe a label for internal cross references,
|
make sure that the link is on a line by itself and precede it with
|
‘#+CAPTION’ and ‘#+NAME’ as follows:
|
|
#+CAPTION: This is the caption for the next figure link (or table)
|
#+NAME: fig:SED-HR4049
|
[[./img/a.jpg]]
|
|
Such images can be displayed within the buffer. *Note the discussion of
|
image links: Handling links.
|
|
Even though images and tables are prominent examples of captioned
|
structures, the same caption mechanism can apply to many others (e.g.,
|
LaTeX equations, source code blocks). Depending on the export back-end,
|
those may or may not be handled.
|
|
|
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|
11.5 Literal examples
|
=====================
|
|
You can include literal examples that should not be subjected to markup.
|
Such examples will be typeset in monospace, so this is well suited for
|
source code and similar examples.
|
|
#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
|
Some example from a text file.
|
#+END_EXAMPLE
|
|
Note that such blocks may be indented in order to align nicely with
|
indented text and in particular with plain list structure (*note Plain
|
lists::). For simplicity when using small examples, you can also start
|
the example lines with a colon followed by a space. There may also be
|
additional whitespace before the colon:
|
|
Here is an example
|
: Some example from a text file.
|
|
If the example is source code from a programming language, or any
|
other text that can be marked up by font-lock in Emacs, you can ask for
|
the example to look like the fontified Emacs buffer(1). This is done
|
with the ‘src’ block, where you also need to specify the name of the
|
major mode that should be used to fontify the example(2), see *note Easy
|
templates:: for shortcuts to easily insert code blocks.
|
|
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
|
(defun org-xor (a b)
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"Exclusive or."
|
(if a (not b) b))
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#+END_SRC
|
|
Both in ‘example’ and in ‘src’ snippets, you can add a ‘-n’ switch to
|
the end of the ‘BEGIN’ line, to get the lines of the example numbered.
|
The ‘-n’ takes an optional numeric argument specifying the starting line
|
number of the block. If you use a ‘+n’ switch, the numbering from the
|
previous numbered snippet will be continued in the current one. The
|
‘+n’ can also take a numeric argument. The value of the argument will
|
be added to the last line of the previous block to determine the
|
starting line number.
|
|
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
|
;; this will export with line number 20
|
(message "This is line 21")
|
#+END_SRC
|
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
|
;; This will be listed as line 31
|
(message "This is line 32")
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
In literal examples, Org will interpret strings like ‘(ref:name)’ as
|
labels, and use them as targets for special hyperlinks like ‘[[(name)]]’
|
(i.e., the reference name enclosed in single parenthesis). In HTML,
|
hovering the mouse over such a link will remote-highlight the
|
corresponding code line, which is kind of cool.
|
|
You can also add a ‘-r’ switch which removes the labels from the
|
source code(3). With the ‘-n’ switch, links to these references will be
|
labeled by the line numbers from the code listing, otherwise links will
|
use the labels with no parentheses. Here is an example:
|
|
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n -r
|
(save-excursion (ref:sc)
|
(goto-char (point-min))) (ref:jump)
|
#+END_SRC
|
In line [[(sc)]] we remember the current position. [[(jump)][Line (jump)]]
|
jumps to point-min.
|
|
Finally, you can use ‘-i’ to preserve the indentation of a specific
|
code block (*note Editing source code::).
|
|
If the syntax for the label format conflicts with the language
|
syntax, use a ‘-l’ switch to change the format, for example ‘#+BEGIN_SRC
|
pascal -n -r -l "((%s))"’. See also the variable
|
‘org-coderef-label-format’.
|
|
HTML export also allows examples to be published as text areas (*note
|
Text areas in HTML export::).
|
|
Because the ‘#+BEGIN_...’ and ‘#+END_...’ patterns need to be added
|
so often, shortcuts are provided using the Easy templates facility
|
(*note Easy templates::).
|
|
‘C-c '’
|
Edit the source code example at point in its native mode. This
|
works by switching to a temporary buffer with the source code. You
|
need to exit by pressing ‘C-c '’ again(4). The edited version will
|
then replace the old version in the Org buffer. Fixed-width
|
regions (where each line starts with a colon followed by a space)
|
will be edited using ‘artist-mode’(5) to allow creating ASCII
|
drawings easily. Using this command in an empty line will create a
|
new fixed-width region.
|
‘C-c l’
|
Calling ‘org-store-link’ while editing a source code example in a
|
temporary buffer created with ‘C-c '’ will prompt for a label.
|
Make sure that it is unique in the current buffer, and insert it
|
with the proper formatting like ‘(ref:label)’ at the end of the
|
current line. Then the label is stored as a link ‘(label)’, for
|
retrieval with ‘C-c C-l’.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) This works automatically for the HTML back-end (it requires
|
version 1.34 of the ‘htmlize.el’ package, which you need to install).
|
Fontified code chunks in LaTeX can be achieved using either the
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<https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/listings/?lang=en>
|
or the <https://github.com/gpoore/minted> package. If you use minted or
|
listing, you must load the packages manually, for example by adding the
|
desired package to ‘org-latex-packages-alist’. Refer to
|
‘org-latex-listings’ for details.
|
|
(2) Code in ‘src’ blocks may also be evaluated either interactively
|
or on export. *Note Working with source code::, for more information on
|
evaluating code blocks.
|
|
(3) Adding ‘-k’ to ‘-n -r’ will keep the labels in the source code
|
while using line numbers for the links, which might be useful to explain
|
those in an Org mode example code.
|
|
(4) Upon exit, lines starting with ‘*’, ‘,*’, ‘#+’ and ‘,#+’ will get
|
a comma prepended, to keep them from being interpreted by Org as outline
|
nodes or special syntax. These commas will be stripped for editing with
|
‘C-c '’, and also for export.
|
|
(5) You may select a different-mode with the variable
|
‘org-edit-fixed-width-region-mode’.
|
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|
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|
|
11.6 Special symbols
|
====================
|
|
You can use LaTeX-like syntax to insert special symbols—named
|
entities—like ‘\alpha’ to indicate the Greek letter, or ‘\to’ to
|
indicate an arrow. Completion for these symbols is available, just type
|
‘\’ and maybe a few letters, and press ‘M-<TAB>’ to see possible
|
completions. If you need such a symbol inside a word, terminate it with
|
a pair of curly brackets. For example
|
|
Pro tip: Given a circle \Gamma of diameter d, the length of its circumference
|
is \pi{}d.
|
|
A large number of entities is provided, with names taken from both
|
HTML and LaTeX; you can comfortably browse the complete list from a
|
dedicated buffer using the command ‘org-entities-help’. It is also
|
possible to provide your own special symbols in the variable
|
‘org-entities-user’.
|
|
During export, these symbols are transformed into the native format
|
of the exporter back-end. Strings like ‘\alpha’ are exported as
|
‘α’ in the HTML output, and as ‘\(\alpha\)’ in the LaTeX output.
|
Similarly, ‘\nbsp’ becomes ‘ ’ in HTML and ‘~’ in LaTeX.
|
|
Entities may also be used as a may to escape markup in an Org
|
document, e.g., ‘\under{}not underlined\under’ exports as ‘_not
|
underlined_’.
|
|
If you would like to see entities displayed as UTF-8 characters, use
|
the following command(1):
|
|
‘C-c C-x \’
|
Toggle display of entities as UTF-8 characters. This does not
|
change the buffer content which remains plain ASCII, but it
|
overlays the UTF-8 character for display purposes only.
|
|
In addition to regular entities defined above, Org exports in a
|
special way(2) the following commonly used character combinations: ‘\-’
|
is treated as a shy hyphen, ‘--’ and ‘---’ are converted into dashes,
|
and ‘...’ becomes a compact set of dots.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) You can turn this on by default by setting the variable
|
‘org-pretty-entities’, or on a per-file base with the ‘#+STARTUP’ option
|
‘entitiespretty’.
|
|
(2) This behavior can be disabled with ‘-’ export setting (*note
|
Export settings::).
|
|
|
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|
|
11.7 Subscripts and superscripts
|
================================
|
|
‘^’ and ‘_’ are used to indicate super- and subscripts. To increase the
|
readability of ASCII text, it is not necessary—but OK—to surround
|
multi-character sub- and superscripts with curly braces. Those are,
|
however, mandatory, when more than one word is involved. For example
|
|
The radius of the sun is R_sun = 6.96 x 10^8 m. On the other hand, the
|
radius of Alpha Centauri is R_{Alpha Centauri} = 1.28 x R_{sun}.
|
|
If you write a text where the underscore is often used in a different
|
context, Org’s convention to always interpret these as subscripts can
|
get in your way. Configure the variable ‘org-use-sub-superscripts’ to
|
change this convention. For example, when setting this variable to
|
‘{}’, ‘a_b’ will not be interpreted as a subscript, but ‘a_{b}’ will.
|
|
‘C-c C-x \’
|
In addition to showing entities as UTF-8 characters, this command
|
will also format sub- and superscripts in a WYSIWYM way.
|
|
|
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|
|
11.8 Embedded LaTeX
|
===================
|
|
Plain ASCII is normally sufficient for almost all note taking.
|
Exceptions include scientific notes, which often require mathematical
|
symbols and the occasional formula. LaTeX(1) is widely used to typeset
|
scientific documents. Org mode supports embedding LaTeX code into its
|
files, because many academics are used to writing and reading LaTeX
|
source code, and because it can be readily processed to produce pretty
|
output for a number of export back-ends.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* LaTeX fragments:: Complex formulas made easy
|
* Previewing LaTeX fragments:: What will this snippet look like?
|
* CDLaTeX mode:: Speed up entering of formulas
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) LaTeX is a macro system based on Donald E. Knuth’s TeX system.
|
Many of the features described here as “LaTeX” are really from TeX, but
|
for simplicity I am blurring this distinction.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: LaTeX fragments, Next: Previewing LaTeX fragments, Up: Embedded LaTeX
|
|
11.8.1 LaTeX fragments
|
----------------------
|
|
Org mode can contain LaTeX math fragments, and it supports ways to
|
process these for several export back-ends. When exporting to LaTeX,
|
the code is left as it is. When exporting to HTML, Org can use either
|
MathJax (http://www.mathjax.org) (*note Math formatting in HTML
|
export::) or transcode the math into images (see *note Previewing LaTeX
|
fragments::).
|
|
LaTeX fragments don’t need any special marking at all. The following
|
snippets will be identified as LaTeX source code:
|
• Environments of any kind(1). The only requirement is that the
|
‘\begin’ statement appears on a new line, at the beginning of the
|
line or after whitespaces only.
|
• Text within the usual LaTeX math delimiters. To avoid conflicts
|
with currency specifications, single ‘$’ characters are only
|
recognized as math delimiters if the enclosed text contains at most
|
two line breaks, is directly attached to the ‘$’ characters with no
|
whitespace in between, and if the closing ‘$’ is followed by
|
whitespace or punctuation (parentheses and quotes are considered to
|
be punctuation in this context). For the other delimiters, there
|
is no such restriction, so when in doubt, use ‘\(...\)’ as inline
|
math delimiters.
|
|
For example:
|
|
\begin{equation}
|
x=\sqrt{b}
|
\end{equation}
|
|
If $a^2=b$ and \( b=2 \), then the solution must be
|
either $$ a=+\sqrt{2} $$ or \[ a=-\sqrt{2} \].
|
|
LaTeX processing can be configured with the variable
|
‘org-export-with-latex’. The default setting is ‘t’ which means MathJax
|
for HTML, and no processing for ASCII and LaTeX back-ends. You can also
|
set this variable on a per-file basis using one of these lines:
|
|
#+OPTIONS: tex:t Do the right thing automatically (MathJax)
|
#+OPTIONS: tex:nil Do not process LaTeX fragments at all
|
#+OPTIONS: tex:verbatim Verbatim export, for jsMath or so
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) When MathJax is used, only the environments recognized by MathJax
|
will be processed. When ‘dvipng’ program, ‘dvisvgm’ program or
|
‘imagemagick’ suite is used to create images, any LaTeX environment will
|
be handled.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Previewing LaTeX fragments, Next: CDLaTeX mode, Prev: LaTeX fragments, Up: Embedded LaTeX
|
|
11.8.2 Previewing LaTeX fragments
|
---------------------------------
|
|
If you have a working LaTeX installation and ‘dvipng’, ‘dvisvgm’ or
|
‘convert’ installed(1), LaTeX fragments can be processed to produce
|
images of the typeset expressions to be used for inclusion while
|
exporting to HTML (see *note LaTeX fragments::), or for inline
|
previewing within Org mode.
|
|
You can customize the variables ‘org-format-latex-options’ and
|
‘org-format-latex-header’ to influence some aspects of the preview. In
|
particular, the ‘:scale’ (and for HTML export, ‘:html-scale’) property
|
of the former can be used to adjust the size of the preview images.
|
|
‘C-c C-x C-l’
|
Produce a preview image of the LaTeX fragment at point and overlay
|
it over the source code. If there is no fragment at point, process
|
all fragments in the current entry (between two headlines). When
|
called with a prefix argument, process the entire subtree. When
|
called with two prefix arguments, or when the cursor is before the
|
first headline, process the entire buffer.
|
‘C-c C-c’
|
Remove the overlay preview images.
|
|
You can turn on the previewing of all LaTeX fragments in a file with
|
|
#+STARTUP: latexpreview
|
|
To disable it, simply use
|
|
#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) These are respectively available at
|
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvipng/>, <http://dvisvgm.bplaced.net/>
|
and from the ‘imagemagick’ suite. Choose the converter by setting the
|
variable ‘org-preview-latex-default-process’ accordingly.
|
|
|
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|
|
11.8.3 Using CDLaTeX to enter math
|
----------------------------------
|
|
CDLaTeX mode is a minor mode that is normally used in combination with a
|
major LaTeX mode like AUCTeX in order to speed-up insertion of
|
environments and math templates. Inside Org mode, you can make use of
|
some of the features of CDLaTeX mode. You need to install ‘cdlatex.el’
|
and ‘texmathp.el’ (the latter comes also with AUCTeX) from
|
<https://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/c.dominik/Tools/cdlatex>. Don’t use CDLaTeX
|
mode itself under Org mode, but use the light version ‘org-cdlatex-mode’
|
that comes as part of Org mode. Turn it on for the current buffer with
|
‘M-x org-cdlatex-mode <RET>’, or for all Org files with
|
|
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'turn-on-org-cdlatex)
|
|
When this mode is enabled, the following features are present (for
|
more details see the documentation of CDLaTeX mode):
|
• Environment templates can be inserted with ‘C-c {’.
|
• The <TAB> key will do template expansion if the cursor is inside a
|
LaTeX fragment(1). For example, <TAB> will expand ‘fr’ to
|
‘\frac{}{}’ and position the cursor correctly inside the first
|
brace. Another <TAB> will get you into the second brace. Even
|
outside fragments, <TAB> will expand environment abbreviations at
|
the beginning of a line. For example, if you write ‘equ’ at the
|
beginning of a line and press <TAB>, this abbreviation will be
|
expanded to an ‘equation’ environment. To get a list of all
|
abbreviations, type ‘M-x cdlatex-command-help <RET>’.
|
• Pressing ‘_’ and ‘^’ inside a LaTeX fragment will insert these
|
characters together with a pair of braces. If you use <TAB> to
|
move out of the braces, and if the braces surround only a single
|
character or macro, they are removed again (depending on the
|
variable ‘cdlatex-simplify-sub-super-scripts’).
|
• Pressing the grave accent ‘`’ followed by a character inserts math
|
macros, also outside LaTeX fragments. If you wait more than 1.5
|
seconds after the grave accent, a help window will pop up.
|
• Pressing the apostrophe ‘'’ followed by another character modifies
|
the symbol before point with an accent or a font. If you wait more
|
than 1.5 seconds after the apostrophe, a help window will pop up.
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Character modification will work only inside LaTeX fragments;
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outside the quote is normal.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) Org mode has a method to test if the cursor is inside such a
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fragment, see the documentation of the function
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‘org-inside-LaTeX-fragment-p’.
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12 Exporting
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Sometimes, you may want to pretty print your notes, publish them on the
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web or even share them with people not using Org. In these cases, the
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Org export facilities can be used to convert your documents to a variety
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of other formats, while retaining as much structure (*note Document
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structure::) and markup (*note Markup::) as possible.
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Libraries responsible for such translation are called back-ends. Org
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ships with the following ones
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• ascii (ASCII format)
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• beamer (LaTeX Beamer format)
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• html (HTML format)
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• icalendar (iCalendar format)
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• latex (LaTeX format)
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• md (Markdown format)
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• odt (OpenDocument Text format)
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• org (Org format)
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• texinfo (Texinfo format)
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• man (Man page format)
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Org also uses additional libraries located in ‘contrib/’ directory
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(*note Installation::). Users can install additional export libraries
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for additional formats from the Emacs packaging system. For easy
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discovery, these packages have a common naming scheme: ‘ox-NAME’, where
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NAME is one of the formats. For example, ‘ox-koma-letter’ for
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‘koma-letter’ back-end.
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Org loads back-ends for the following formats by default: ‘ascii’,
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‘html’, ‘icalendar’, ‘latex’ and ‘odt’.
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Org can load additional back-ends either of two ways: through the
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‘org-export-backends’ variable configuration; or, by requiring the
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library in the Emacs init file like this:
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(require 'ox-md)
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* Menu:
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* The export dispatcher:: The main interface
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* Export settings:: Common export settings
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* Table of contents:: The if and where of the table of contents
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* Include files:: Include additional files into a document
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* Macro replacement:: Use macros to create templates
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* Comment lines:: What will not be exported
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* ASCII/Latin-1/UTF-8 export:: Exporting to flat files with encoding
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* Beamer export:: Exporting as a Beamer presentation
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* HTML export:: Exporting to HTML
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* LaTeX export:: Exporting to LaTeX, and processing to PDF
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* Markdown export:: Exporting to Markdown
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* OpenDocument Text export:: Exporting to OpenDocument Text
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* Org export:: Exporting to Org
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* Texinfo export:: Exporting to Texinfo
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* iCalendar export:: Exporting to iCalendar
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* Other built-in back-ends:: Exporting to a man page
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* Advanced configuration:: Fine-tuning the export output
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* Export in foreign buffers:: Author tables and lists in Org syntax
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12.1 The export dispatcher
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==========================
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The export dispatcher is the main interface for Org’s exports. A
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hierarchical menu presents the currently configured export formats.
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Options are shown as easy toggle switches on the same screen.
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Org also has a minimal prompt interface for the export dispatcher.
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When the variable ‘org-export-dispatch-use-expert-ui’ is set to a
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non-‘nil’ value, Org prompts in the minibuffer. To switch back to the
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hierarchical menu, press <?>.
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‘C-c C-e’ (‘org-export-dispatch’)
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Invokes the export dispatcher interface. The options show default
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settings. The ‘C-u’ prefix argument preserves options from the
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previous export, including any sub-tree selections.
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Org exports the entire buffer by default. If the Org buffer has an
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active region, then Org exports just that region.
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These are the export options, the key combinations that toggle them
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(*note Export settings::):
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‘C-a’
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Toggles asynchronous export. Asynchronous export uses an external
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Emacs process with a specially configured initialization file to
|
complete the exporting process in the background thereby releasing
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the current interface. This is particularly useful when exporting
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long documents.
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Output from an asynchronous export is saved on the “the export
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stack”. To view this stack, call the export dispatcher with a
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double ‘C-u’ prefix argument. If already in the export dispatcher
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menu, ‘&’ displays the stack.
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To make the background export process the default, customize the
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variable, ‘org-export-in-background’.
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‘C-b’
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Toggle body-only export. Useful for excluding headers and footers
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in the export. Affects only those back-end formats that have such
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sections—like ‘<head>...</head>’ in HTML.
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‘C-s’
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Toggle sub-tree export. When turned on, Org exports only the
|
sub-tree starting from the cursor position at the time the export
|
dispatcher was invoked. Org uses the top heading of this sub-tree
|
as the document’s title. If the cursor is not on a heading, Org
|
uses the nearest enclosing header. If the cursor is in the
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document preamble, Org signals an error and aborts export.
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To make the sub-tree export the default, customize the variable,
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‘org-export-initial-scope’.
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‘C-v’
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Toggle visible-only export. Useful for exporting only visible
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parts of an Org document by adjusting outline visibility settings.
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12.2 Export settings
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====================
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Export options can be set: globally with variables; for an individual
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file by making variables buffer-local with in-buffer settings (*note
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In-buffer settings::), by setting individual keywords, or by specifying
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them in a compact form with the ‘#+OPTIONS’ keyword; or for a tree by
|
setting properties (*note Properties and columns::). Options set at a
|
specific level override options set at a more general level.
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In-buffer settings may appear anywhere in the file, either directly
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or indirectly through a file included using ‘#+SETUPFILE: filename or
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URL’ syntax. Option keyword sets tailored to a particular back-end can
|
be inserted from the export dispatcher (*note The export dispatcher::)
|
using the ‘Insert template’ command by pressing ‘#’. To insert keywords
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individually, a good way to make sure the keyword is correct is to type
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‘#+’ and then to use ‘M-<TAB>’(1) for completion.
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The export keywords available for every back-end, and their
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equivalent global variables, include:
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‘AUTHOR’
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The document author (‘user-full-name’).
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‘CREATOR’
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Entity responsible for output generation
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(‘org-export-creator-string’).
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‘DATE’
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A date or a time-stamp(2).
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‘EMAIL’
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The email address (‘user-mail-address’).
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‘LANGUAGE’
|
Language to use for translating certain strings
|
(‘org-export-default-language’). With ‘#+LANGUAGE: fr’, for
|
example, Org translates _Table of contents_ to the French _Table
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des matières_.
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‘SELECT_TAGS’
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The default value is ‘:export:’. When a tree is tagged with
|
‘:export:’ (‘org-export-select-tags’), Org selects that tree and
|
its sub-trees for export. Org excludes trees with ‘:noexport:’
|
tags, see below. When selectively exporting files with ‘:export:’
|
tags set, Org does not export any text that appears before the
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first headline.
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‘EXCLUDE_TAGS’
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The default value is ‘:noexport:’. When a tree is tagged with
|
‘:noexport:’ (‘org-export-exclude-tags’), Org excludes that tree
|
and its sub-trees from export. Entries tagged with ‘:noexport:’
|
will be unconditionally excluded from the export, even if they have
|
an ‘:export:’ tag. Even if a sub-tree is not exported, Org will
|
execute any code blocks contained in them.
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‘TITLE’
|
Org displays this title. For long titles, use multiple ‘#+TITLE’
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lines.
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‘EXPORT_FILE_NAME’
|
The name of the output file to be generated. Otherwise, Org
|
generates the file name based on the buffer name and the extension
|
based on the back-end format.
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The ‘#+OPTIONS’ keyword is a compact form. To configure multiple
|
options, use several ‘#+OPTIONS’ lines. ‘#+OPTIONS’ recognizes the
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following arguments.
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‘':’
|
Toggle smart quotes (‘org-export-with-smart-quotes’). Depending on
|
the language used, when activated, Org treats pairs of double
|
quotes as primary quotes, pairs of single quotes as secondary
|
quotes, and single quote marks as apostrophes.
|
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‘*:’
|
Toggle emphasized text (‘org-export-with-emphasize’).
|
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‘-:’
|
Toggle conversion of special strings
|
(‘org-export-with-special-strings’).
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‘::’
|
Toggle fixed-width sections (‘org-export-with-fixed-width’).
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‘<:’
|
Toggle inclusion of time/date active/inactive stamps
|
(‘org-export-with-timestamps’).
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‘\n:’
|
Toggles whether to preserve line breaks
|
(‘org-export-preserve-breaks’).
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‘^:’
|
Toggle TeX-like syntax for sub- and superscripts. If you write
|
"^:{}", ‘a_{b}’ will be interpreted, but the simple ‘a_b’ will be
|
left as it is (‘org-export-with-sub-superscripts’).
|
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‘arch:’
|
Configure how archived trees are exported. When set to ‘headline’,
|
the export process skips the contents and processes only the
|
headlines (‘org-export-with-archived-trees’).
|
|
‘author:’
|
Toggle inclusion of author name into exported file
|
(‘org-export-with-author’).
|
|
‘broken-links:’
|
Toggles if Org should continue exporting upon finding a broken
|
internal link. When set to ‘mark’, Org clearly marks the problem
|
link in the output (‘org-export-with-broken-links’).
|
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‘c:’
|
Toggle inclusion of CLOCK keywords (‘org-export-with-clocks’).
|
|
‘creator:’
|
Toggle inclusion of creator information in the exported file
|
(‘org-export-with-creator’).
|
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‘d:’
|
Toggles inclusion of drawers, or list of drawers to include, or
|
list of drawers to exclude (‘org-export-with-drawers’).
|
|
‘date:’
|
Toggle inclusion of a date into exported file
|
(‘org-export-with-date’).
|
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‘e:’
|
Toggle inclusion of entities (‘org-export-with-entities’).
|
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‘email:’
|
Toggle inclusion of the author’s e-mail into exported file
|
(‘org-export-with-email’).
|
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‘f:’
|
Toggle the inclusion of footnotes (‘org-export-with-footnotes’).
|
|
‘H:’
|
Set the number of headline levels for export
|
(‘org-export-headline-levels’). Below that level, headlines are
|
treated differently. In most back-ends, they become list items.
|
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‘inline:’
|
Toggle inclusion of inlinetasks (‘org-export-with-inlinetasks’).
|
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‘num:’
|
Toggle section-numbers (‘org-export-with-section-numbers’). When
|
set to number ‘n’, Org numbers only those headlines at level ‘n’ or
|
above. Setting ‘UNNUMBERED’ property to non-‘nil’ disables
|
numbering of a heading. Since subheadings inherit from this
|
property, it affects their numbering, too.
|
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‘p:’
|
Toggle export of planning information (‘org-export-with-planning’).
|
“Planning information” comes from lines located right after the
|
headline and contain any combination of these cookies:
|
‘SCHEDULED:’, ‘DEADLINE:’, or ‘CLOSED:’.
|
|
‘pri:’
|
Toggle inclusion of priority cookies (‘org-export-with-priority’).
|
|
‘prop:’
|
Toggle inclusion of property drawers, or list the properties to
|
include (‘org-export-with-properties’).
|
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‘stat:’
|
Toggle inclusion of statistics cookies
|
(‘org-export-with-statistics-cookies’).
|
|
‘tags:’
|
Toggle inclusion of tags, may also be ‘not-in-toc’
|
(‘org-export-with-tags’).
|
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‘tasks:’
|
Toggle inclusion of tasks (TODO items); or ‘nil’ to remove all
|
tasks; or ‘todo’ to remove DONE tasks; or list the keywords to keep
|
(‘org-export-with-tasks’).
|
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‘tex:’
|
‘nil’ does not export; ‘t’ exports; ‘verbatim’ keeps everything in
|
verbatim (‘org-export-with-latex’).
|
|
‘timestamp:’
|
Toggle inclusion of the creation time in the exported file
|
(‘org-export-time-stamp-file’).
|
|
‘title:’
|
Toggle inclusion of title (‘org-export-with-title’).
|
|
‘toc:’
|
Toggle inclusion of the table of contents, or set the level limit
|
(‘org-export-with-toc’).
|
|
‘todo:’
|
Toggle inclusion of TODO keywords into exported text
|
(‘org-export-with-todo-keywords’).
|
|
‘|:’
|
Toggle inclusion of tables (‘org-export-with-tables’).
|
|
When exporting sub-trees, special node properties in them can
|
override the above keywords. They are special because they have an
|
‘EXPORT_’ prefix. For example, ‘DATE’ and ‘EXPORT_FILE_NAME’ keywords
|
become, respectively, ‘EXPORT_DATE’ and ‘EXPORT_FILE_NAME’. Except for
|
‘SETUPFILE’, all other keywords listed above have an ‘EXPORT_’
|
equivalent.
|
|
If ‘org-export-allow-bind-keywords’ is non-‘nil’, Emacs variables can
|
become buffer-local during export by using the BIND keyword. Its syntax
|
is ‘#+BIND: variable value’. This is particularly useful for in-buffer
|
settings that cannot be changed using keywords.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Many desktops intercept ‘M-<TAB>’ to switch windows. Use ‘C-M-i’
|
or ‘<ESC> <TAB>’ instead.
|
|
(2) The variable ‘org-export-date-timestamp-format’ defines how this
|
time-stamp will be exported.
|
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|
12.3 Table of contents
|
======================
|
|
Org normally inserts the table of contents directly before the first
|
headline of the file. Org sets the TOC depth the same as the headline
|
levels in the file. Use a lower number for lower TOC depth. To turn
|
off TOC entirely, use ‘nil’. This is configured in the
|
‘org-export-with-toc’ variable or as keywords in an Org file as:
|
|
#+OPTIONS: toc:2 only include two levels in TOC
|
#+OPTIONS: toc:nil no default TOC at all
|
|
To move the table of contents to a different location, first turn off
|
the default with ‘org-export-with-toc’ variable or with ‘#+OPTIONS:
|
toc:nil’. Then insert ‘#+TOC: headlines N’ at the desired location(s).
|
|
#+OPTIONS: toc:nil no default TOC
|
...
|
#+TOC: headlines 2 insert TOC here, with two headline levels
|
|
To adjust the TOC depth for a specific section of the Org document,
|
append an additional ‘local’ parameter. This parameter becomes a
|
relative depth for the current level.
|
|
Note that for this feature to work properly in LaTeX export, the Org
|
file requires the inclusion of the ‘titletoc’ package. Because of
|
compatibility issues, ‘titletoc’ has to be loaded _before_ ‘hyperref’.
|
Customize the ‘org-latex-default-packages-alist’ variable.
|
|
* Section #+TOC: headlines 1 local insert local TOC, with direct children
|
only
|
|
Use the ‘TOC’ keyword to generate list of tables (resp. all listings)
|
with captions.
|
|
#+TOC: listings build a list of listings
|
#+TOC: tables build a list of tables
|
|
Normally Org uses the headline for its entry in the table of
|
contents. But with ‘ALT_TITLE’ property, a different entry can be
|
specified for the table of contents.
|
|
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12.4 Include files
|
==================
|
|
Include other files during export. For example, to include your
|
‘.emacs’ file, you could use:
|
|
#+INCLUDE: "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp
|
|
The first parameter is the file name to include. The optional second
|
parameter specifies the block type: ‘example’, ‘export’ or ‘src’. The
|
optional third parameter specifies the source code language to use for
|
formatting the contents. This is relevant to both ‘export’ and ‘src’
|
block types.
|
|
If an include file is specified as having a markup language, Org
|
neither checks for valid syntax nor changes the contents in any way.
|
For ‘example’ and ‘src’ blocks, Org code-escapes the contents before
|
inclusion.
|
|
If an include file is not specified as having any markup language,
|
Org assumes it be in Org format and proceeds as usual with a few
|
exceptions. Org makes the footnote labels (*note Footnotes::) in the
|
included file local to that file. The contents of the included file
|
will belong to the same structure—headline, item—containing the
|
‘INCLUDE’ keyword. In particular, headlines within the file will become
|
children of the current section. That behavior can be changed by
|
providing an additional keyword parameter, ‘:minlevel’. It shifts the
|
headlines in the included file to become the lowest level. For example,
|
this syntax makes the included file a sibling of the current top-level
|
headline:
|
|
#+INCLUDE: "~/my-book/chapter2.org" :minlevel 1
|
|
Inclusion of only portions of files are specified using ranges
|
parameter with ‘:lines’ keyword. The line at the upper end of the range
|
will not be included. The start and/or the end of the range may be
|
omitted to use the obvious defaults.
|
|
#+INCLUDE: "~/.emacs" :lines "5-10" Include lines 5 to 10, 10 excluded
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#+INCLUDE: "~/.emacs" :lines "-10" Include lines 1 to 10, 10 excluded
|
#+INCLUDE: "~/.emacs" :lines "10-" Include lines from 10 to EOF
|
|
Inclusions may specify a file-link to extract an object matched by
|
‘org-link-search’(1) (*note Search options::).
|
|
To extract only the contents of the matched object, set
|
‘:only-contents’ property to non-‘nil’. This will omit any planning
|
lines or property drawers. The ranges for ‘:lines’ keyword are relative
|
to the requested element. Some examples:
|
|
#+INCLUDE: "./paper.org::#theory" :only-contents t
|
Include the body of the heading with the custom id ‘theory’
|
#+INCLUDE: "./paper.org::mytable" Include named element.
|
#+INCLUDE: "./paper.org::*conclusion" :lines 1-20
|
Include the first 20 lines of the headline named ‘conclusion’.
|
|
‘C-c '’
|
Visit the include file at point.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Note that ‘org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline’ is locally
|
bound to non-‘nil’. Therefore, ‘org-link-search’ only matches headlines
|
and named elements.
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12.5 Macro replacement
|
======================
|
|
Macros replace text snippets during export. Macros are defined globally
|
in ‘org-export-global-macros’, or document-wise with the following
|
syntax:
|
|
#+MACRO: name replacement text $1, $2 are arguments
|
|
which can be referenced using ‘{{{name(arg1, arg2)}}}’(1).
|
|
Org recognizes macro references in following Org markup areas:
|
paragraphs, headlines, verse blocks, tables cells and lists. Org also
|
recognizes macro references in keywords, such as ‘#+CAPTION’, ‘#+TITLE’,
|
‘#+AUTHOR’, ‘#+DATE’, and for some back-end specific export options.
|
|
Org comes with following pre-defined macros:
|
|
‘{{{title}}}’
|
‘{{{author}}}’
|
‘{{{email}}}’
|
Org replaces these macro references with available information at
|
the time of export.
|
|
‘{{{date}}}’
|
‘{{{date(FORMAT)}}}’
|
This macro refers to the ‘#+DATE’ keyword. FORMAT is an optional
|
argument to the ‘{{{date}}}’ macro that will be used only if
|
‘#+DATE’ is a single timestamp. FORMAT should be a format string
|
understood by ‘format-time-string’.
|
|
‘{{{time(FORMAT)}}}’
|
‘{{{modification-time(FORMAT, VC)}}}’
|
These macros refer to the document’s date and time of export and
|
date and time of modification. FORMAT is a string understood by
|
‘format-time-string’. If the second argument to the
|
‘modification-time’ macro is non-‘nil’, Org uses ‘vc.el’ to
|
retrieve the document’s modification time from the version control
|
system. Otherwise Org reads the file attributes.
|
|
‘{{{input-file}}}’
|
This macro refers to the filename of the exported file.
|
|
‘{{{property(PROPERTY-NAME)}}}’
|
‘{{{property(PROPERTY-NAME,SEARCH-OPTION)}}}’
|
This macro returns the value of property PROPERTY-NAME in the
|
current entry. If SEARCH-OPTION (*note Search options::) refers to
|
a remote entry, that will be used instead.
|
|
‘{{{n}}}’
|
‘{{{n(NAME)}}}’
|
‘{{{n(NAME,ACTION)}}}’
|
This macro implements custom counters by returning the number of
|
times the macro has been expanded so far while exporting the
|
buffer. You can create more than one counter using different NAME
|
values. If ACTION is ‘-’, previous value of the counter is held,
|
i.e. the specified counter is not incremented. If the value is a
|
number, the specified counter is set to that value. If it is any
|
other non-empty string, the specified counter is reset to 1. You
|
may leave NAME empty to reset the default counter.
|
|
The surrounding brackets can be made invisible by setting
|
‘org-hide-macro-markers’ non-‘nil’.
|
|
Org expands macros at the very beginning of the export process.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Since commas separate the arguments, commas within arguments have
|
to be escaped with the backslash character. So only those backslash
|
characters before a comma need escaping with another backslash
|
character.
|
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12.6 Comment lines
|
==================
|
|
Lines starting with zero or more whitespace characters followed by one
|
‘#’ and a whitespace are treated as comments and, as such, are not
|
exported.
|
|
Likewise, regions surrounded by ‘#+BEGIN_COMMENT’ ...
|
‘#+END_COMMENT’ are not exported.
|
|
Finally, a ‘COMMENT’ keyword at the beginning of an entry, but after
|
any other keyword or priority cookie, comments out the entire subtree.
|
In this case, the subtree is not exported and no code block within it is
|
executed either(1). The command below helps changing the comment status
|
of a headline.
|
|
‘C-c ;’
|
Toggle the ‘COMMENT’ keyword at the beginning of an entry.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) For a less drastic behavior, consider using a select tag (*note
|
Export settings::) instead.
|
|
|
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|
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12.7 ASCII/Latin-1/UTF-8 export
|
===============================
|
|
ASCII export produces an output file containing only plain ASCII
|
characters. This is the most simplest and direct text output. It does
|
not contain any Org markup either. Latin-1 and UTF-8 export use
|
additional characters and symbols available in these encoding standards.
|
All three of these export formats offer the most basic of text output
|
for maximum portability.
|
|
On export, Org fills and justifies text according to the text width
|
set in ‘org-ascii-text-width’.
|
|
Org exports links using a footnote-like style where the descriptive
|
part is in the text and the link is in a note before the next heading.
|
See the variable ‘org-ascii-links-to-notes’ for details.
|
|
ASCII export commands
|
---------------------
|
|
‘C-c C-e t a/l/u (org-ascii-export-to-ascii)’
|
Export as an ASCII file with a ‘.txt’ extension. For ‘myfile.org’,
|
Org exports to ‘myfile.txt’, overwriting without warning. For
|
‘myfile.txt’, Org exports to ‘myfile.txt.txt’ in order to prevent
|
data loss.
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‘C-c C-e t A/L/U (org-ascii-export-as-ascii)’
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Export to a temporary buffer. Does not create a file.
|
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ASCII specific export settings
|
------------------------------
|
|
The ASCII export back-end has one extra keyword for customizing ASCII
|
output. Setting this keyword works similar to the general options
|
(*note Export settings::).
|
|
‘SUBTITLE’
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The document subtitle. For long subtitles, use multiple
|
‘#+SUBTITLE’ lines in the Org file. Org prints them on one
|
continuous line, wrapping into multiple lines if necessary.
|
|
Header and sectioning structure
|
-------------------------------
|
|
Org converts the first three outline levels into headlines for ASCII
|
export. The remaining levels are turned into lists. To change this
|
cut-off point where levels become lists, *note Export settings::.
|
|
Quoting ASCII text
|
------------------
|
|
To insert text within the Org file by the ASCII back-end, use one the
|
following constructs, inline, keyword, or export block:
|
|
Inline text @@ascii:and additional text@@ within a paragraph.
|
|
#+ASCII: Some text
|
|
#+BEGIN_EXPORT ascii
|
Org exports text in this block only when using ASCII back-end.
|
#+END_EXPORT
|
|
ASCII specific attributes
|
-------------------------
|
|
ASCII back-end recognizes only one attribute, ‘:width’, which specifies
|
the width of a horizontal rule in number of characters. The keyword and
|
syntax for specifying widths is:
|
|
#+ATTR_ASCII: :width 10
|
-----
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|
ASCII special blocks
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--------------------
|
|
Besides ‘#+BEGIN_CENTER’ blocks (*note Paragraphs::), ASCII back-end has
|
these two left and right justification blocks:
|
|
#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT
|
It's just a jump to the left...
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#+END_JUSTIFYLEFT
|
|
#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT
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...and then a step to the right.
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#+END_JUSTIFYRIGHT
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12.8 Beamer export
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==================
|
|
Org uses _Beamer_ export to convert an Org file tree structure into a
|
high-quality interactive slides for presentations. _Beamer_ is a LaTeX
|
document class for creating presentations in PDF, HTML, and other
|
popular display formats.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Beamer export commands:: For creating Beamer documents.
|
* Beamer specific export settings:: For customizing Beamer export.
|
* Sectioning Frames and Blocks in Beamer:: For composing Beamer slides.
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* Beamer specific syntax:: For using in Org documents.
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* Editing support:: For using helper functions.
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* A Beamer example:: A complete presentation.
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12.8.1 Beamer export commands
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-----------------------------
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‘C-c C-e l b (org-beamer-export-to-latex)’
|
Export as LaTeX file with a ‘.tex’ extension. For ‘myfile.org’,
|
Org exports to ‘myfile.tex’, overwriting without warning.
|
‘C-c C-e l B (org-beamer-export-as-latex)’
|
Export to a temporary buffer. Does not create a file.
|
‘C-c C-e l P (org-beamer-export-to-pdf)’
|
Export as LaTeX file and then convert it to PDF format.
|
‘C-c C-e l O’
|
Export as LaTeX file, convert it to PDF format, and then open the
|
PDF file.
|
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12.8.2 Beamer specific export settings
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--------------------------------------
|
|
Beamer export back-end has several additional keywords for customizing
|
Beamer output. These keywords work similar to the general options
|
settings (*note Export settings::).
|
|
‘BEAMER_THEME’
|
The Beamer layout theme (‘org-beamer-theme’). Use square brackets
|
for options. For example:
|
#+BEAMER_THEME: Rochester [height=20pt]
|
|
‘BEAMER_FONT_THEME’
|
The Beamer font theme.
|
|
‘BEAMER_INNER_THEME’
|
The Beamer inner theme.
|
|
‘BEAMER_OUTER_THEME’
|
The Beamer outer theme.
|
|
‘BEAMER_HEADER’
|
Arbitrary lines inserted in the preamble, just before the
|
‘hyperref’ settings.
|
|
‘DESCRIPTION’
|
The document description. For long descriptions, use multiple
|
‘#+DESCRIPTION’ keywords. By default, ‘hyperref’ inserts
|
‘#+DESCRIPTION’ as metadata. Use ‘org-latex-hyperref-template’ to
|
configure document metadata. Use ‘org-latex-title-command’ to
|
configure typesetting of description as part of front matter.
|
|
‘KEYWORDS’
|
The keywords for defining the contents of the document. Use
|
multiple ‘#+KEYWORDS’ lines if necessary. By default, ‘hyperref’
|
inserts ‘#+KEYWORDS’ as metadata. Use
|
‘org-latex-hyperref-template’ to configure document metadata. Use
|
‘org-latex-title-command’ to configure typesetting of keywords as
|
part of front matter.
|
|
‘SUBTITLE’
|
Document’s subtitle. For typesetting, use
|
‘org-beamer-subtitle-format’ string. Use
|
‘org-latex-hyperref-template’ to configure document metadata. Use
|
‘org-latex-title-command’ to configure typesetting of subtitle as
|
part of front matter.
|
|
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12.8.3 Sectioning, Frames and Blocks in Beamer
|
----------------------------------------------
|
|
Org transforms heading levels into Beamer’s sectioning elements, frames
|
and blocks. Any Org tree with a not-too-deep-level nesting should in
|
principle be exportable as a Beamer presentation.
|
|
− Org headlines become Beamer frames when the heading level in Org is
|
equal to ‘org-beamer-frame-level’ or ‘H’ value in an ‘OPTIONS’ line
|
(*note Export settings::).
|
|
Org overrides headlines to frames conversion for the current tree
|
of an Org file if it encounters the ‘BEAMER_ENV’ property set to
|
‘frame’ or ‘fullframe’. Org ignores whatever
|
‘org-beamer-frame-level’ happens to be for that headline level in
|
the Org tree. In Beamer terminology, a ‘fullframe’ is a frame
|
without its title.
|
|
− Org exports a Beamer frame’s objects as ‘block’ environments. Org
|
can enforce wrapping in special block types when ‘BEAMER_ENV’
|
property is set(1). For valid values see
|
‘org-beamer-environments-default’. To add more values, see
|
‘org-beamer-environments-extra’.
|
|
− If ‘BEAMER_ENV’ is set to ‘appendix’, Org exports the entry as an
|
appendix. When set to ‘note’, Org exports the entry as a note
|
within the frame or between frames, depending on the entry’s
|
heading level. When set to ‘noteNH’, Org exports the entry as a
|
note without its title. When set to ‘againframe’, Org exports the
|
entry with ‘\againframe’ command, which makes setting the
|
‘BEAMER_REF’ property mandatory because ‘\againframe’ needs frame
|
to resume.
|
|
When ‘ignoreheading’ is set, Org export ignores the entry’s
|
headline but not its content. This is useful for inserting content
|
between frames. It is also useful for properly closing a ‘column’
|
environment.
|
|
When ‘BEAMER_ACT’ is set for a headline, Org export translates that
|
headline as an overlay or action specification. When enclosed in square
|
brackets, Org export makes the overlay specification a default. Use
|
‘BEAMER_OPT’ to set any options applicable to the current Beamer frame
|
or block. The Beamer export back-end wraps with appropriate angular or
|
square brackets. It also adds the ‘fragile’ option for any code that
|
may require a verbatim block.
|
|
To create a column on the Beamer slide, use the ‘BEAMER_COL’ property
|
for its headline in the Org file. Set the value of ‘BEAMER_COL’ to a
|
decimal number representing the fraction of the total text width.
|
Beamer export uses this value to set the column’s width and fills the
|
column with the contents of the Org entry. If the Org entry has no
|
specific environment defined, Beamer export ignores the heading. If the
|
Org entry has a defined environment, Beamer export uses the heading as
|
title. Behind the scenes, Beamer export automatically handles LaTeX
|
column separations for contiguous headlines. To manually adjust them
|
for any unique configurations needs, use the ‘BEAMER_ENV’ property.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) If ‘BEAMER_ENV’ is set, Org export adds ‘:B_environment:’ tag to
|
make it visible. The tag serves as a visual aid and has no semantic
|
relevance.
|
|
|
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12.8.4 Beamer specific syntax
|
-----------------------------
|
|
Since Org’s Beamer export back-end is an extension of the LaTeX
|
back-end, it recognizes other LaTeX specific syntax—for example,
|
‘#+LATEX:’ or ‘#+ATTR_LATEX:’. *Note LaTeX export::, for details.
|
|
Beamer export wraps the table of contents generated with ‘toc:t’
|
‘OPTION’ keyword in a ‘frame’ environment. Beamer export does not wrap
|
the table of contents generated with ‘TOC’ keyword (*note Table of
|
contents::). Use square brackets for specifying options.
|
|
#+TOC: headlines [currentsection]
|
|
Insert Beamer-specific code using the following constructs:
|
|
#+BEAMER: \pause
|
|
#+BEGIN_EXPORT beamer
|
Only Beamer export back-end will export this line.
|
#+END_BEAMER
|
|
Text @@beamer:some code@@ within a paragraph.
|
|
Inline constructs, such as the last one above, are useful for adding
|
overlay specifications to objects with ‘bold’, ‘item’, ‘link’,
|
‘radio-target’ and ‘target’ types. Enclose the value in angular
|
brackets and place the specification at the beginning the object as
|
shown in this example:
|
|
A *@@beamer:<2->@@useful* feature
|
|
Beamer export recognizes the ‘ATTR_BEAMER’ keyword with the following
|
attributes from Beamer configurations: ‘:environment’ for changing local
|
Beamer environment, ‘:overlay’ for specifying Beamer overlays in angular
|
or square brackets, and ‘:options’ for inserting optional arguments.
|
|
#+ATTR_BEAMER: :environment nonindentlist
|
- item 1, not indented
|
- item 2, not indented
|
- item 3, not indented
|
|
#+ATTR_BEAMER: :overlay <+->
|
- item 1
|
- item 2
|
|
#+ATTR_BEAMER: :options [Lagrange]
|
Let $G$ be a finite group, and let $H$ be
|
a subgroup of $G$. Then the order of $H$ divides the order of $G$.
|
|
|
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12.8.5 Editing support
|
----------------------
|
|
The ‘org-beamer-mode’ is a special minor mode for faster editing of
|
Beamer documents.
|
|
#+STARTUP: beamer
|
|
‘C-c C-b (org-beamer-select-environment)’
|
The ‘org-beamer-mode’ provides this key for quicker selections in
|
Beamer normal environments, and for selecting the ‘BEAMER_COL’
|
property.
|
|
|
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|
12.8.6 A Beamer example
|
-----------------------
|
|
Here is an example of an Org document ready for Beamer export.
|
|
#+TITLE: Example Presentation
|
#+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
|
#+OPTIONS: H:2 toc:t num:t
|
#+LATEX_CLASS: beamer
|
#+LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [presentation]
|
#+BEAMER_THEME: Madrid
|
#+COLUMNS: %45ITEM %10BEAMER_ENV(Env) %10BEAMER_ACT(Act) %4BEAMER_COL(Col) %8BEAMER_OPT(Opt)
|
|
* This is the first structural section
|
|
** Frame 1
|
*** Thanks to Eric Fraga :B_block:
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:BEAMER_COL: 0.48
|
:BEAMER_ENV: block
|
:END:
|
for the first viable Beamer setup in Org
|
*** Thanks to everyone else :B_block:
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:BEAMER_COL: 0.48
|
:BEAMER_ACT: <2->
|
:BEAMER_ENV: block
|
:END:
|
for contributing to the discussion
|
**** This will be formatted as a beamer note :B_note:
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:BEAMER_env: note
|
:END:
|
** Frame 2 (where we will not use columns)
|
*** Request
|
Please test this stuff!
|
|
|
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|
12.9 HTML export
|
================
|
|
Org mode contains an HTML exporter with extensive HTML formatting
|
compatible with XHTML 1.0 strict standard.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* HTML Export commands:: Invoking HTML export
|
* HTML Specific export settings:: Settings for HTML export
|
* HTML doctypes:: Exporting various (X)HTML flavors
|
* HTML preamble and postamble:: Inserting preamble and postamble
|
* Quoting HTML tags:: Using direct HTML in Org files
|
* Links in HTML export:: Interpreting and formatting links
|
* Tables in HTML export:: Formatting and modifying tables
|
* Images in HTML export:: Inserting figures with HTML output
|
* Math formatting in HTML export:: Handling math equations
|
* Text areas in HTML export:: Showing an alternate approach, an example
|
* CSS support:: Styling HTML output
|
* JavaScript support:: Folding scripting in the web browser
|
|
|
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|
12.9.1 HTML export commands
|
---------------------------
|
|
‘C-c C-e h h (org-html-export-to-html)’
|
Export as HTML file with a ‘.html’ extension. For ‘myfile.org’,
|
Org exports to ‘myfile.html’, overwriting without warning. ‘C-c
|
C-e h o’ Exports to HTML and opens it in a web browser.
|
|
‘C-c C-e h H (org-html-export-as-html)’
|
Exports to a temporary buffer. Does not create a file.
|
|
|
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|
12.9.2 HTML Specific export settings
|
------------------------------------
|
|
HTML export has a number of keywords, similar to the general options
|
settings described in *note Export settings::.
|
|
‘DESCRIPTION’
|
This is the document’s description, which the HTML exporter inserts
|
it as a HTML meta tag in the HTML file. For long descriptions, use
|
multiple ‘#+DESCRIPTION’ lines. The exporter takes care of
|
wrapping the lines properly.
|
|
‘HTML_DOCTYPE’
|
Specify the document type, for example: HTML5 (‘org-html-doctype’).
|
|
‘HTML_CONTAINER’
|
Specify the HTML container, such as ‘div’, for wrapping sections
|
and elements (‘org-html-container-element’).
|
|
‘HTML_LINK_HOME’
|
The URL for home link (‘org-html-link-home’).
|
|
‘HTML_LINK_UP’
|
The URL for the up link of exported HTML pages
|
(‘org-html-link-up’).
|
|
‘HTML_MATHJAX’
|
Options for MathJax (‘org-html-mathjax-options’). MathJax is used
|
to typeset LaTeX math in HTML documents. *Note Math formatting in
|
HTML export::, for an example.
|
|
‘HTML_HEAD’
|
Arbitrary lines for appending to the HTML document’s head
|
(‘org-html-head’).
|
|
‘HTML_HEAD_EXTRA’
|
More arbitrary lines for appending to the HTML document’s head
|
(‘org-html-head-extra’).
|
|
‘KEYWORDS’
|
Keywords to describe the document’s content. HTML exporter inserts
|
these keywords as HTML meta tags. For long keywords, use multiple
|
‘#+KEYWORDS’ lines.
|
|
‘LATEX_HEADER’
|
Arbitrary lines for appending to the preamble; HTML exporter
|
appends when transcoding LaTeX fragments to images (*note Math
|
formatting in HTML export::).
|
|
‘SUBTITLE’
|
The document’s subtitle. HTML exporter formats subtitle if
|
document type is ‘HTML5’ and the CSS has a ‘subtitle’ class.
|
|
Some of these keywords are explained in more detail in the following
|
sections of the manual.
|
|
|
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|
12.9.3 HTML doctypes
|
--------------------
|
|
Org can export to various (X)HTML flavors.
|
|
Set the ‘org-html-doctype’ variable for different (X)HTML variants.
|
Depending on the variant, the HTML exporter adjusts the syntax of HTML
|
conversion accordingly. Org includes the following ready-made variants:
|
|
• “html4-strict”
|
• “html4-transitional”
|
• “html4-frameset”
|
• “xhtml-strict”
|
• “xhtml-transitional”
|
• “xhtml-frameset”
|
• “xhtml-11”
|
• “html5”
|
• “xhtml5”
|
|
See the variable ‘org-html-doctype-alist’ for details. The default is
|
“xhtml-strict”.
|
|
Org’s HTML exporter does not by default enable new block elements
|
introduced with the HTML5 standard. To enable them, set
|
‘org-html-html5-fancy’ to non-‘nil’. Or use an ‘OPTIONS’ line in the
|
file to set ‘html5-fancy’. HTML5 documents can now have arbitrary
|
‘#+BEGIN’ and ‘#+END’ blocks. For example:
|
|
#+BEGIN_aside
|
Lorem ipsum
|
#+END_aside
|
|
Will export to:
|
|
<aside>
|
<p>Lorem ipsum</p>
|
</aside>
|
|
While this:
|
|
#+ATTR_HTML: :controls controls :width 350
|
#+BEGIN_video
|
#+HTML: <source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
|
#+HTML: <source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
|
Your browser does not support the video tag.
|
#+END_video
|
|
Exports to:
|
|
<video controls="controls" width="350">
|
<source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
|
<source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
|
<p>Your browser does not support the video tag.</p>
|
</video>
|
|
When special blocks do not have a corresponding HTML5 element, the
|
HTML exporter reverts to standard translation (see
|
‘org-html-html5-elements’). For example, ‘#+BEGIN_lederhosen’ exports
|
to ‘<div class="lederhosen">’.
|
|
Special blocks cannot have headlines. For the HTML exporter to wrap
|
the headline and its contents in ‘<section>’ or ‘<article>’ tags, set
|
the ‘HTML_CONTAINER’ property for the headline.
|
|
|
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12.9.4 HTML preamble and postamble
|
----------------------------------
|
|
The HTML exporter has delineations for preamble and postamble. The
|
default value for ‘org-html-preamble’ is ‘t’, which makes the HTML
|
exporter insert the preamble. See the variable
|
‘org-html-preamble-format’ for the format string.
|
|
Set ‘org-html-preamble’ to a string to override the default format
|
string. If the string is a function, the HTML exporter expects the
|
function to return a string upon execution. The HTML exporter inserts
|
this string in the preamble. The HTML exporter will not insert a
|
preamble if ‘org-html-preamble’ is set ‘nil’.
|
|
The default value for ‘org-html-postamble’ is ‘auto’, which makes the
|
HTML exporter build a postamble from looking up author’s name, email
|
address, creator’s name, and date. Set ‘org-html-postamble’ to ‘t’ to
|
insert the postamble in the format specified in the
|
‘org-html-postamble-format’ variable. The HTML exporter will not insert
|
a postamble if ‘org-html-postamble’ is set to ‘nil’.
|
|
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12.9.5 Quoting HTML tags
|
------------------------
|
|
The HTML export back-end transforms ‘<’ and ‘>’ to ‘<’ and ‘>’.
|
To include raw HTML code in the Org file so the HTML export back-end can
|
insert that HTML code in the output, use this inline syntax: ‘@@html:’.
|
For example: ‘@@html:<b>@@bold text@@html:</b>@@’. For larger raw HTML
|
code blocks, use these HTML export code blocks:
|
|
#+HTML: Literal HTML code for export
|
|
or
|
|
#+BEGIN_EXPORT html
|
All lines between these markers are exported literally
|
#+END_EXPORT
|
|
|
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|
12.9.6 Links in HTML export
|
---------------------------
|
|
The HTML export back-end transforms Org’s internal links (*note Internal
|
links::) to equivalent HTML links in the output. The back-end similarly
|
handles Org’s automatic links created by radio targets (*note Radio
|
targets::) similarly. For Org links to external files, the back-end
|
transforms the links to _relative_ paths.
|
|
For Org links to other ‘.org’ files, the back-end automatically
|
changes the file extension to ‘.html’ and makes file paths relative. If
|
the ‘.org’ files have an equivalent ‘.html’ version at the same
|
location, then the converted links should work without any further
|
manual intervention. However, to disable this automatic path
|
translation, set ‘org-html-link-org-files-as-html’ to ‘nil’. When
|
disabled, the HTML export back-end substitutes the ‘id:’-based links in
|
the HTML output. For more about linking files when publishing to a
|
directory, *note Publishing links::.
|
|
Org files can also have special directives to the HTML export
|
back-end. For example, by using ‘#+ATTR_HTML’ lines to specify new
|
format attributes to ‘<a>’ or ‘<img>’ tags. This example shows changing
|
the link’s ‘title’ and ‘style’:
|
|
#+ATTR_HTML: :title The Org mode homepage :style color:red;
|
[[https://orgmode.org]]
|
|
|
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|
12.9.7 Tables in HTML export
|
----------------------------
|
|
The HTML export back-end uses ‘org-html-table-default-attributes’ when
|
exporting Org tables to HTML. By default, the exporter does not draw
|
frames and cell borders. To change for this for a table, use the
|
following lines before the table in the Org file:
|
|
#+CAPTION: This is a table with lines around and between cells
|
#+ATTR_HTML: :border 2 :rules all :frame border
|
|
The HTML export back-end preserves column groupings in Org tables
|
(*note Column groups::) when exporting to HTML.
|
|
Additional options for customizing tables for HTML export.
|
|
‘org-html-table-align-individual-fields’
|
Non-‘nil’ attaches style attributes for alignment to each table
|
field.
|
|
‘org-html-table-caption-above’
|
Non-‘nil’ places caption string at the beginning of the table.
|
|
‘org-html-table-data-tags’
|
Opening and ending tags for table data fields.
|
|
‘org-html-table-default-attributes’
|
Default attributes and values for table tags.
|
|
‘org-html-table-header-tags’
|
Opening and ending tags for table’s header fields.
|
|
‘org-html-table-row-tags’
|
Opening and ending tags for table rows.
|
|
‘org-html-table-use-header-tags-for-first-column’
|
Non-‘nil’ formats column one in tables with header tags.
|
|
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12.9.8 Images in HTML export
|
----------------------------
|
|
The HTML export back-end has features to convert Org image links to HTML
|
inline images and HTML clickable image links.
|
|
When the link in the Org file has no description, the HTML export
|
back-end by default in-lines that image. For example:
|
‘[[file:myimg.jpg]]’ is in-lined, while ‘[[file:myimg.jpg][the image]]’
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links to the text, ‘the image’.
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For more details, see the variable ‘org-html-inline-images’.
|
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On the other hand, if the description part of the Org link is itself
|
another link, such as ‘file:’ or ‘http:’ URL pointing to an image, the
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HTML export back-end in-lines this image and links to the main image.
|
This Org syntax enables the back-end to link low-resolution thumbnail to
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the high-resolution version of the image, as shown in this example:
|
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[[file:highres.jpg][file:thumb.jpg]]
|
|
To change attributes of in-lined images, use ‘#+ATTR_HTML’ lines in
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the Org file. This example shows realignment to right, and adds ‘alt’
|
and ‘title’ attributes in support of text viewers and modern web
|
accessibility standards.
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#+CAPTION: A black cat stalking a spider
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#+ATTR_HTML: :alt cat/spider image :title Action! :align right
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[[./img/a.jpg]]
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The HTML export back-end copies the ‘http’ links from the Org file as
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is.
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12.9.9 Math formatting in HTML export
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LaTeX math snippets (*note LaTeX fragments::) can be displayed in two
|
different ways on HTML pages. The default is to use MathJax
|
(http://www.mathjax.org) which should work out of the box with Org(1).
|
Some MathJax display options can be configured via
|
‘org-html-mathjax-options’, or in the buffer. For example, with the
|
following settings,
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#+HTML_MATHJAX: align: left indent: 5em tagside: left font: Neo-Euler
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equation labels will be displayed on the left margin and equations
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will be five ems from the left margin.
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See the docstring of ‘org-html-mathjax-options’ for all supported
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variables. The MathJax template can be configure via
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‘org-html-mathjax-template’.
|
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If you prefer, you can also request that LaTeX fragments are
|
processed into small images that will be inserted into the browser page.
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Before the availability of MathJax, this was the default method for Org
|
files. This method requires that the ‘dvipng’ program, ‘dvisvgm’ or
|
‘imagemagick’ suite is available on your system. You can still get this
|
processing with
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#+OPTIONS: tex:dvipng
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#+OPTIONS: tex:dvisvgm
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or:
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#+OPTIONS: tex:imagemagick
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) By default Org loads MathJax from cdnjs.com (https://cdnjs.com)
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as recommended by MathJax (http://www.mathjax.org).
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12.9.10 Text areas in HTML export
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Before Org mode’s Babel, one popular approach to publishing code in HTML
|
was by using ‘:textarea’. The advantage of this approach was that
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copying and pasting was built into browsers with simple JavaScript
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commands. Even editing before pasting was made simple.
|
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The HTML export back-end can create such text areas. It requires an
|
‘#+ATTR_HTML:’ line as shown in the example below with the ‘:textarea’
|
option. This must be followed by either an ‘example’ or a ‘src’ code
|
block. Other Org block types will not honor the ‘:textarea’ option.
|
|
By default, the HTML export back-end creates a text area 80
|
characters wide and height just enough to fit the content. Override
|
these defaults with ‘:width’ and ‘:height’ options on the ‘#+ATTR_HTML:’
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line.
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#+ATTR_HTML: :textarea t :width 40
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#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
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(defun org-xor (a b)
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"Exclusive or."
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(if a (not b) b))
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#+END_EXAMPLE
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12.9.11 CSS support
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-------------------
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You can modify the CSS style definitions for the exported file. The
|
HTML exporter assigns the following special CSS classes(1) to
|
appropriate parts of the document—your style specifications may change
|
these, in addition to any of the standard classes like for headlines,
|
tables, etc.
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p.author author information, including email
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p.date publishing date
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p.creator creator info, about org mode version
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.title document title
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.subtitle document subtitle
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.todo TODO keywords, all not-done states
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.done the DONE keywords, all states that count as done
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.WAITING each TODO keyword also uses a class named after itself
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.timestamp timestamp
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.timestamp-kwd keyword associated with a timestamp, like ‘SCHEDULED’
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.timestamp-wrapper span around keyword plus timestamp
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.tag tag in a headline
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._HOME each tag uses itself as a class, "@" replaced by "_"
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.target target for links
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.linenr the line number in a code example
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.code-highlighted for highlighting referenced code lines
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div.outline-N div for outline level N (headline plus text))
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div.outline-text-N extra div for text at outline level N
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.section-number-N section number in headlines, different for each level
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.figure-number label like "Figure 1:"
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.table-number label like "Table 1:"
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.listing-number label like "Listing 1:"
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div.figure how to format an in-lined image
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pre.src formatted source code
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pre.example normal example
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p.verse verse paragraph
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div.footnotes footnote section headline
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p.footnote footnote definition paragraph, containing a footnote
|
.footref a footnote reference number (always a <sup>)
|
.footnum footnote number in footnote definition (always <sup>)
|
.org-svg default class for a linked ‘.svg’ image
|
|
The HTML export back-end includes a compact default style in each
|
exported HTML file. To override the default style with another style,
|
use these keywords in the Org file. They will replace the global
|
defaults the HTML exporter uses.
|
|
#+HTML_HEAD: <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style1.css" />
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#+HTML_HEAD_EXTRA: <link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style2.css" />
|
|
To just turn off the default style, customize
|
‘org-html-head-include-default-style’ variable, or use this option line
|
in the Org file.
|
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#+OPTIONS: html-style:nil
|
|
For longer style definitions, either use several ‘#+HTML_HEAD’ and
|
‘#+HTML_HEAD_EXTRA’ lines, or use ‘<style>’ ‘</style>’ blocks around
|
them. Both of these approaches can avoid referring to an external file.
|
|
In order to add styles to a sub-tree, use the
|
‘:HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS:’ property to assign a class to the tree. In
|
order to specify CSS styles for a particular headline, you can use the
|
id specified in a ‘:CUSTOM_ID:’ property.
|
|
Never change the ‘org-html-style-default’ constant. Instead use
|
other simpler ways of customizing as described above.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
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(1) If the classes on TODO keywords and tags lead to conflicts, use
|
the variables ‘org-html-todo-kwd-class-prefix’ and
|
‘org-html-tag-class-prefix’ to make them unique.
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12.9.12 JavaScript supported display of web pages
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Sebastian Rose has written a JavaScript program especially designed to
|
enhance the web viewing experience of HTML files created with Org. This
|
program enhances large files in two different ways of viewing. One is
|
an _Info_-like mode where each section is displayed separately and
|
navigation can be done with the ‘n’ and ‘p’ keys (and some other keys as
|
well, press ‘?’ for an overview of the available keys). The second one
|
has a _folding_ view, much like Org provides inside Emacs. The script
|
is available at <https://orgmode.org/org-info.js> and the documentation
|
at <https://orgmode.org/worg/code/org-info-js/>. The script is hosted
|
on <https://orgmode.org>, but for reliability, prefer installing it on
|
your own web server.
|
|
To use this program, just add this line to the Org file:
|
|
#+INFOJS_OPT: view:info toc:nil
|
|
The HTML header now has the code needed to automatically invoke the
|
script. For setting options, use the syntax from the above line for
|
options described below:
|
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path: The path to the script. The default grabs the script from
|
<https://orgmode.org/org-info.js>, but you might want to have
|
a local copy and use a path like ‘../scripts/org-info.js’.
|
view: Initial view when the website is first shown. Possible values are:
|
info Info-like interface with one section per page.
|
overview Folding interface, initially showing only top-level.
|
content Folding interface, starting with all headlines visible.
|
showall Folding interface, all headlines and text visible.
|
sdepth: Maximum headline level that will still become an independent
|
section for info and folding modes. The default is taken from
|
‘org-export-headline-levels’ (= the ‘H’ switch in ‘#+OPTIONS’).
|
If this is smaller than in ‘org-export-headline-levels’, each
|
info/folding section can still contain child headlines.
|
toc: Should the table of contents _initially_ be visible?
|
Even when ‘nil’, you can always get to the "toc" with ‘i’.
|
tdepth: The depth of the table of contents. The defaults are taken from
|
the variables ‘org-export-headline-levels’ and ‘org-export-with-toc’.
|
ftoc: Does the CSS of the page specify a fixed position for the "toc"?
|
If yes, the toc will never be displayed as a section.
|
ltoc: Should there be short contents (children) in each section?
|
Make this ‘above’ if the section should be above initial text.
|
mouse: Headings are highlighted when the mouse is over them. Should be
|
‘underline’ (default) or a background color like ‘#cccccc’.
|
buttons: Should view-toggle buttons be everywhere? When ‘nil’ (the
|
default), only one such button will be present.
|
You can choose default values for these options by customizing the
|
variable ‘org-html-infojs-options’. If you want the script to always
|
apply to your pages, configure the variable ‘org-html-use-infojs’.
|
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12.10 LaTeX export
|
==================
|
|
The LaTeX export back-end can handle complex documents, incorporate
|
standard or custom LaTeX document classes, generate documents using
|
alternate LaTeX engines, and produce fully linked PDF files with
|
indexes, bibliographies, and tables of contents, destined for
|
interactive online viewing or high-quality print publication.
|
|
While the details are covered in-depth in this section, here are some
|
quick references to variables for the impatient: for engines, see
|
‘org-latex-compiler’; for build sequences, see ‘org-latex-pdf-process’;
|
for packages, see ‘org-latex-default-packages-alist’ and
|
‘org-latex-packages-alist’.
|
|
An important note about the LaTeX export back-end: it is sensitive to
|
blank lines in the Org document. That’s because LaTeX itself depends on
|
blank lines to tell apart syntactical elements, such as paragraphs.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* LaTeX export commands:: For producing LaTeX and PDF documents.
|
* LaTeX specific export settings:: Unique to this LaTeX back-end.
|
* LaTeX header and sectioning:: For file structure.
|
* Quoting LaTeX code:: Directly in the Org document.
|
* Tables in LaTeX export:: Attributes specific to tables.
|
* Images in LaTeX export:: Attributes specific to images.
|
* Plain lists in LaTeX export:: Attributes specific to lists.
|
* Source blocks in LaTeX export:: Attributes specific to source code blocks.
|
* Example blocks in LaTeX export:: Attributes specific to example blocks.
|
* Special blocks in LaTeX export:: Attributes specific to special blocks.
|
* Horizontal rules in LaTeX export:: Attributes specific to horizontal rules.
|
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12.10.1 LaTeX export commands
|
-----------------------------
|
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‘C-c C-e l l (org-latex-export-to-latex)’
|
Export as LaTeX file with a ‘.tex’ extension. For ‘myfile.org’,
|
Org exports to ‘myfile.tex’, overwriting without warning. ‘C-c C-e
|
l l’ Exports to LaTeX file.
|
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‘C-c C-e l L (org-latex-export-as-latex)’
|
Export to a temporary buffer. Do not create a file.
|
‘C-c C-e l p (org-latex-export-to-pdf)’
|
Export as LaTeX file and convert it to PDF file.
|
‘C-c C-e l o’
|
Export as LaTeX file and convert it to PDF, then open the PDF using
|
the default viewer.
|
|
The LaTeX export back-end can use any of these LaTeX engines:
|
‘pdflatex’, ‘xelatex’, and ‘lualatex’. These engines compile LaTeX
|
files with different compilers, packages, and output options. The LaTeX
|
export back-end finds the compiler version to use from
|
‘org-latex-compiler’ variable or the ‘#+LATEX_COMPILER’ keyword in the
|
Org file. See the docstring for the ‘org-latex-default-packages-alist’
|
for loading packages with certain compilers. Also see
|
‘org-latex-bibtex-compiler’ to set the bibliography compiler(1).
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) This does not allow setting different bibliography compilers for
|
different files. However, “smart” LaTeX compilation systems, such as
|
‘latexmk’, can select the correct bibliography compiler.
|
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12.10.2 LaTeX specific export settings
|
--------------------------------------
|
|
The LaTeX export back-end has several additional keywords for
|
customizing LaTeX output. Setting these keywords works similar to the
|
general options (*note Export settings::).
|
|
‘DESCRIPTION’
|
The document’s description. The description along with author
|
name, keywords, and related file metadata are inserted in the
|
output file by the ‘hyperref’ package. See
|
‘org-latex-hyperref-template’ for customizing metadata items. See
|
‘org-latex-title-command’ for typesetting description into the
|
document’s front matter. Use multiple ‘#+DESCRIPTION’ lines for
|
long descriptions.
|
|
‘LATEX_CLASS’
|
This is LaTeX document class, such as ‘article’, ‘report’, ‘book’,
|
and so on, which contain predefined preamble and headline level
|
mapping that the LaTeX export back-end needs. The back-end reads
|
the default class name from the ‘org-latex-default-class’ variable.
|
Org has ‘article’ as the default class. A valid default class must
|
be an element of ‘org-latex-classes’.
|
|
‘LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS’
|
Options the LaTeX export back-end uses when calling the LaTeX
|
document class.
|
|
‘LATEX_COMPILER’
|
The compiler, such as ‘pdflatex’, ‘xelatex’, ‘lualatex’, for
|
producing the PDF (‘org-latex-compiler’).
|
|
‘LATEX_HEADER’
|
Arbitrary lines to add to the document’s preamble, before the
|
‘hyperref’ settings. See ‘org-latex-classes’ for adjusting the
|
structure and order of the LaTeX headers.
|
|
‘LATEX_HEADER_EXTRA’
|
Arbitrary lines to add to the document’s preamble, before the
|
‘hyperref’ settings. See ‘org-latex-classes’ for adjusting the
|
structure and order of the LaTeX headers.
|
|
‘KEYWORDS’
|
The keywords for the document. The description along with author
|
name, keywords, and related file metadata are inserted in the
|
output file by the ‘hyperref’ package. See
|
‘org-latex-hyperref-template’ for customizing metadata items. See
|
‘org-latex-title-command’ for typesetting description into the
|
document’s front matter. Use multiple ‘#+KEYWORDS’ lines if
|
necessary.
|
|
‘SUBTITLE’
|
The document’s subtitle. It is typeset as per
|
‘org-latex-subtitle-format’. If ‘org-latex-subtitle-separate’ is
|
non-‘nil’, it is typed as part of the ‘\title’-macro. See
|
‘org-latex-hyperref-template’ for customizing metadata items. See
|
‘org-latex-title-command’ for typesetting description into the
|
document’s front matter.
|
|
The following sections have further details.
|
|
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12.10.3 LaTeX header and sectioning structure
|
---------------------------------------------
|
|
The LaTeX export back-end converts the first three of Org’s outline
|
levels into LaTeX headlines. The remaining Org levels are exported as
|
‘itemize’ or ‘enumerate’ lists. To change this globally for the cut-off
|
point between levels and lists, (*note Export settings::).
|
|
By default, the LaTeX export back-end uses the ‘article’ class.
|
|
To change the default class globally, edit ‘org-latex-default-class’.
|
To change the default class locally in an Org file, add option lines
|
‘#+LATEX_CLASS: myclass’. To change the default class for just a part
|
of the Org file, set a sub-tree property, ‘EXPORT_LATEX_CLASS’. The
|
class name entered here must be valid member of ‘org-latex-classes’.
|
This variable defines a header template for each class into which the
|
exporter splices the values of ‘org-latex-default-packages-alist’ and
|
‘org-latex-packages-alist’. Use the same three variables to define
|
custom sectioning or custom classes.
|
|
The LaTeX export back-end sends the ‘LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS’ keyword and
|
‘EXPORT_LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS’ property as options to the LaTeX
|
‘\documentclass’ macro. The options and the syntax for specifying them,
|
including enclosing them in square brackets, follow LaTeX conventions.
|
|
#+LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [a4paper,11pt,twoside,twocolumn]
|
|
The LaTeX export back-end appends values from ‘LATEX_HEADER’ and
|
‘LATEX_HEADER_EXTRA’ keywords to the LaTeX header. The docstring for
|
‘org-latex-classes’ explains in more detail. Also note that LaTeX
|
export back-end does not append ‘LATEX_HEADER_EXTRA’ to the header when
|
previewing LaTeX snippets (*note Previewing LaTeX fragments::).
|
|
A sample Org file with the above headers:
|
|
#+LATEX_CLASS: article
|
#+LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [a4paper]
|
#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{xyz}
|
|
* Headline 1
|
some text
|
* Headline 2
|
some more text
|
|
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12.10.4 Quoting LaTeX code
|
--------------------------
|
|
The LaTeX export back-end can insert any arbitrary LaTeX code, *note
|
Embedded LaTeX::. There are three ways to embed such code in the Org
|
file and they all use different quoting syntax.
|
|
Inserting in-line quoted with symbols:
|
Code embedded in-line @@latex:any arbitrary LaTeX code@@ in a paragraph.
|
|
Inserting as one or more keyword lines in the Org file:
|
#+LATEX: any arbitrary LaTeX code
|
|
Inserting as an export block in the Org file, where the back-end
|
exports any code between begin and end markers:
|
#+BEGIN_EXPORT latex
|
any arbitrary LaTeX code
|
#+END_EXPORT
|
|
|
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12.10.5 Tables in LaTeX export
|
------------------------------
|
|
The LaTeX export back-end can pass several LaTeX attributes for table
|
contents and layout. Besides specifying label and caption (*note Images
|
and tables::), the other valid LaTeX attributes include:
|
|
‘:mode’
|
The LaTeX export back-end wraps the table differently depending on
|
the mode for accurate rendering of math symbols. Mode is either
|
‘table’, ‘math’, ‘inline-math’ or ‘verbatim’. For ‘math’ or
|
‘inline-math’ mode, LaTeX export back-end wraps the table in a math
|
environment, but every cell in it is exported as-is. The LaTeX
|
export back-end determines the default mode from
|
‘org-latex-default-table-mode’. For , The LaTeX export back-end
|
merges contiguous tables in the same mode into a single
|
environment.
|
‘:environment’
|
Set the default LaTeX table environment for the LaTeX export
|
back-end to use when exporting Org tables. Common LaTeX table
|
environments are provided by these packages: ‘tabularx’,
|
‘longtable’, ‘array’, ‘tabu’, and ‘bmatrix’. For packages, such as
|
‘tabularx’ and ‘tabu’, or any newer replacements, include them in
|
the ‘org-latex-packages-alist’ variable so the LaTeX export
|
back-end can insert the appropriate load package headers in the
|
converted LaTeX file. Look in the docstring for the
|
‘org-latex-packages-alist’ variable for configuring these packages
|
for LaTeX snippet previews, if any.
|
‘:caption’
|
Use ‘#+CAPTION’ keyword to set a simple caption for a table (*note
|
Images and tables::). For custom captions, use ‘:caption’
|
attribute, which accepts raw LaTeX code. ‘:caption’ value
|
overrides ‘#+CAPTION’ value.
|
‘:float’
|
‘:placement’
|
The table environments by default are not floats in LaTeX. To make
|
them floating objects use ‘:float’ with one of the following
|
options: ‘sideways’, ‘multicolumn’, ‘t’, and ‘nil’. Note that
|
‘sidewaystable’ has been deprecated since Org 8.3. LaTeX floats
|
can also have additional layout ‘:placement’ attributes. These are
|
the usual ‘[h t b p ! H]’ permissions specified in square brackets.
|
Note that for ‘:float sideways’ tables, the LaTeX export back-end
|
ignores ‘:placement’ attributes.
|
‘:align’
|
‘:font’
|
‘:width’
|
The LaTeX export back-end uses these attributes for regular tables
|
to set their alignments, fonts, and widths.
|
‘:spread’
|
When ‘:spread’ is non-‘nil’, the LaTeX export back-end spreads or
|
shrinks the table by the ‘:width’ for ‘tabu’ and ‘longtabu’
|
environments. ‘:spread’ has no effect if ‘:width’ is not set.
|
‘:booktabs’
|
‘:center’
|
‘:rmlines’
|
All three commands are toggles. ‘:booktabs’ brings in modern
|
typesetting enhancements to regular tables. The ‘booktabs’ package
|
has to be loaded through ‘org-latex-packages-alist’. ‘:center’ is
|
for centering the table. ‘:rmlines’ removes all but the very first
|
horizontal line made of ASCII characters from "table.el" tables
|
only.
|
‘:math-prefix’
|
‘:math-suffix’
|
‘:math-arguments’
|
The LaTeX export back-end inserts ‘:math-prefix’ string value in a
|
math environment before the table. The LaTeX export back-end
|
inserts ‘:math-suffix’ string value in a math environment after the
|
table. The LaTeX export back-end inserts ‘:math-arguments’ string
|
value between the macro name and the table’s contents.
|
‘:math-arguments’ comes in use for matrix macros that require more
|
than one argument, such as ‘qbordermatrix’.
|
|
LaTeX table attributes help formatting tables for a wide range of
|
situations, such as matrix product or spanning multiple pages:
|
|
#+ATTR_LATEX: :environment longtable :align l|lp{3cm}r|l
|
| ..... | ..... |
|
| ..... | ..... |
|
|
#+ATTR_LATEX: :mode math :environment bmatrix :math-suffix \times
|
| a | b |
|
| c | d |
|
#+ATTR_LATEX: :mode math :environment bmatrix
|
| 1 | 2 |
|
| 3 | 4 |
|
|
Set the caption with the LaTeX command
|
‘\bicaption{HeadingA}{HeadingB}’:
|
|
#+ATTR_LATEX: :caption \bicaption{HeadingA}{HeadingB}
|
| ..... | ..... |
|
| ..... | ..... |
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12.10.6 Images in LaTeX export
|
------------------------------
|
|
The LaTeX export back-end processes image links in Org files that do not
|
have descriptions, such as these links ‘[[file:img.jpg]]’ or
|
‘[[./img.jpg]]’, as direct image insertions in the final PDF output. In
|
the PDF, they are no longer links but actual images embedded on the
|
page. The LaTeX export back-end uses ‘\includegraphics’ macro to insert
|
the image. But for TikZ(1) images, the back-end uses an ‘\input’ macro
|
wrapped within a ‘tikzpicture’ environment.
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For specifying image ‘:width’, ‘:height’, and other ‘:options’, use
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this syntax:
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#+ATTR_LATEX: :width 5cm :options angle=90
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[[./img/sed-hr4049.pdf]]
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For custom commands for captions, use the ‘:caption’ attribute. It
|
will override the default ‘#+CAPTION’ value:
|
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#+ATTR_LATEX: :caption \bicaption{HeadingA}{HeadingB}
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[[./img/sed-hr4049.pdf]]
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When captions follow the method as described in *note Images and
|
tables::, the LaTeX export back-end wraps the picture in a floating
|
‘figure’ environment. To float an image without specifying a caption,
|
set the ‘:float’ attribute to one of the following:
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− ‘t’: for a standard ‘figure’ environment; used by default whenever
|
an image has a caption.
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− ‘multicolumn’: to span the image across multiple columns of a page;
|
the back-end wraps the image in a ‘figure*’ environment.
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− ‘wrap’: for text to flow around the image on the right; the figure
|
occupies the left half of the page.
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− ‘sideways’: for a new page with the image sideways, rotated ninety
|
degrees, in a ‘sidewaysfigure’ environment; overrides ‘:placement’
|
setting.
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− ‘nil’: to avoid a ‘:float’ even if using a caption.
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Use the ‘placement’ attribute to modify a floating environment’s
|
placement.
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#+ATTR_LATEX: :float wrap :width 0.38\textwidth :placement
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{r}{0.4\textwidth} [[./img/hst.png]]
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The LaTeX export back-end centers all images by default. Setting
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‘:center’ attribute to ‘nil’ disables centering. To disable centering
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globally, set ‘org-latex-images-centered’ to ‘t’.
|
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Set the ‘:comment-include’ attribute to non-‘nil’ value for the LaTeX
|
export back-end to comment out the ‘\includegraphics’ macro.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgf/>
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12.10.7 Plain lists in LaTeX export
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-----------------------------------
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The LaTeX export back-end accepts the ‘:environment’ and ‘:options’
|
attributes for plain lists. Both attributes work together for
|
customizing lists, as shown in the examples:
|
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#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage[inline]{enumitem}
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Some ways to say "Hello":
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#+ATTR_LATEX: :environment itemize*
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#+ATTR_LATEX: :options [label={}, itemjoin={,}, itemjoin*={, and}]
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- Hola
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- Bonjour
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- Guten Tag.
|
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Since LaTeX supports only four levels of nesting for lists, use an
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external package, such as ‘enumitem’ in LaTeX, for levels deeper than
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four:
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#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{enumitem}
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#+LATEX_HEADER: \renewlist{itemize}{itemize}{9}
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#+LATEX_HEADER: \setlist[itemize]{label=$\circ$}
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- One
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- Two
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- Three
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- Four
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- Five
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12.10.8 Source blocks in LaTeX export
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|
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The LaTeX export back-end can make source code blocks into floating
|
objects through the attributes ‘:float’ and ‘:options’. For ‘:float’:
|
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− ‘t’: makes a source block float; by default floats any source block
|
with a caption.
|
− ‘multicolumn’: spans the source block across multiple columns of a
|
page.
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− ‘nil’: avoids a ‘:float’ even if using a caption; useful for source
|
code blocks that may not fit on a page.
|
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#+ATTR_LATEX: :float nil
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
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Lisp code that may not fit in a single page.
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#+END_SRC
|
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The LaTeX export back-end passes string values in ‘:options’ to LaTeX
|
packages for customization of that specific source block. In the
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example below, the ‘:options’ are set for Minted. Minted is a source
|
code highlighting LaTeXpackage with many configurable options.
|
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#+ATTR_LATEX: :options commentstyle=\bfseries
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
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(defun Fib (n)
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(if (< n 2) n (+ (Fib (- n 1)) (Fib (- n 2)))))
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#+END_SRC
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To apply similar configuration options for all source blocks in a
|
file, use the ‘org-latex-listings-options’ and
|
‘org-latex-minted-options’ variables.
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12.10.9 Example blocks in LaTeX export
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--------------------------------------
|
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The LaTeX export back-end wraps the contents of example blocks in a
|
‘verbatim’ environment. To change this behavior to use another
|
environment globally, specify an appropriate export filter (*note
|
Advanced configuration::). To change this behavior to use another
|
environment for each block, use the ‘:environment’ parameter to specify
|
a custom environment.
|
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#+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
|
#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
|
This sentence is false.
|
#+END_EXAMPLE
|
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12.10.10 Special blocks in LaTeX export
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---------------------------------------
|
|
For other special blocks in the Org file, the LaTeX export back-end
|
makes a special environment of the same name. The back-end also takes
|
‘:options’, if any, and appends as-is to that environment’s opening
|
string. For example:
|
|
#+BEGIN_abstract
|
We demonstrate how to solve the Syracuse problem.
|
#+END_abstract
|
|
#+ATTR_LATEX: :options [Proof of important theorem]
|
#+BEGIN_proof
|
...
|
Therefore, any even number greater than 2 is the sum of two primes.
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#+END_proof
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exports to
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\begin{abstract}
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We demonstrate how to solve the Syracuse problem.
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\end{abstract}
|
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\begin{proof}[Proof of important theorem]
|
...
|
Therefore, any even number greater than 2 is the sum of two primes.
|
\end{proof}
|
|
If you need to insert a specific caption command, use ‘:caption’
|
attribute. It will override standard ‘#+CAPTION’ value, if any. For
|
example:
|
|
#+ATTR_LATEX: :caption \MyCaption{HeadingA}
|
#+BEGIN_proof
|
...
|
#+END_proof
|
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12.10.11 Horizontal rules in LaTeX export
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-----------------------------------------
|
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The LaTeX export back-end converts horizontal rules by the specified
|
‘:width’ and ‘:thickness’ attributes. For example:
|
|
#+ATTR_LATEX: :width .6\textwidth :thickness 0.8pt
|
-----
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|
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12.11 Markdown export
|
=====================
|
|
The Markdown export back-end, ‘md’, converts an Org file to Markdown
|
format, as defined at <http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/>.
|
|
The ‘md’ back-end is built on top of the HTML back-end (*note HTML
|
export::). As a consequence, it converts every Org construct not
|
supported by Markdown syntax, such as tables, to HTML.
|
|
Markdown export commands
|
------------------------
|
|
‘C-c C-e m m (org-md-export-to-markdown)’
|
Export to a text file with Markdown syntax. For ‘myfile.org’, Org
|
exports to ‘myfile.md’, overwritten without warning.
|
‘C-c C-e m M (org-md-export-as-markdown)’
|
Export to a temporary buffer. Does not create a file.
|
‘C-c C-e m o’
|
Export as a text file with Markdown syntax, then open it.
|
|
Header and sectioning structure
|
-------------------------------
|
|
Based on ‘org-md-headline-style’, markdown export can generate headlines
|
of both ‘atx’ and ‘setext’ types. ‘atx’ limits headline levels to two.
|
‘setext’ limits headline levels to six. Beyond these limits, the export
|
back-end converts headlines to lists. To set a limit to a level before
|
the absolute limit (*note Export settings::).
|
|
|
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|
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12.12 OpenDocument Text export
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==============================
|
|
The ODT export back-end handles creating of OpenDocument Text (ODT)
|
format files. The format complies with ‘OpenDocument-v1.2
|
specification’(1) and is compatible with LibreOffice 3.4.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Pre-requisites for ODT export:: Required packages.
|
* ODT export commands:: Invoking export.
|
* ODT specific export settings:: Configuration options.
|
* Extending ODT export:: Producing ‘.doc’, ‘.pdf’ files.
|
* Applying custom styles:: Styling the output.
|
* Links in ODT export:: Handling and formatting links.
|
* Tables in ODT export:: Org table conversions.
|
* Images in ODT export:: Inserting images.
|
* Math formatting in ODT export:: Formatting LaTeX fragments.
|
* Labels and captions in ODT export:: Rendering objects.
|
* Literal examples in ODT export:: For source code and example blocks.
|
* Advanced topics in ODT export:: For power users.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument)
|
Version 1.2
|
(http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/OpenDocument-v1.2.html)
|
|
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12.12.1 Pre-requisites for ODT export
|
-------------------------------------
|
|
The ODT export back-end relies on the ‘zip’ program to create the final
|
compressed ODT output. Check if ‘zip’ is locally available and
|
executable. Without ‘zip’, export cannot finish.
|
|
|
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12.12.2 ODT export commands
|
---------------------------
|
|
‘C-c C-e o o (org-odt-export-to-odt)’
|
|
Export as OpenDocument Text file.
|
|
If ‘org-odt-preferred-output-format’ is specified, the ODT export
|
back-end automatically converts the exported file to that format.
|
*Note Automatically exporting to other formats:
|
x-export-to-other-formats.
|
|
For ‘myfile.org’, Org exports to ‘myfile.odt’, overwriting without
|
warning. The ODT export back-end exports a region only if a region
|
was active. Note for exporting active regions, the
|
‘transient-mark-mode’ has to be turned on.
|
|
If the selected region is a single tree, the ODT export back-end
|
makes the tree head the document title. Incidentally, ‘C-c @’
|
selects the current sub-tree. If the tree head entry has, or
|
inherits, an ‘EXPORT_FILE_NAME’ property, the ODT export back-end
|
uses that for file name.
|
|
‘C-c C-e o O’ Export to an OpenDocument Text file format and open
|
it.
|
|
When ‘org-odt-preferred-output-format’ is specified, open the
|
converted file instead. *Note Automatically exporting to other
|
formats: x-export-to-other-formats.
|
|
|
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|
12.12.3 ODT specific export settings
|
------------------------------------
|
|
The ODT export back-end has several additional keywords for customizing
|
ODT output. Setting these keywords works similar to the general options
|
(*note Export settings::).
|
|
‘DESCRIPTION’
|
This is the document’s description, which the ODT export back-end
|
inserts as document metadata. For long descriptions, use multiple
|
‘#+DESCRIPTION’ lines.
|
|
‘KEYWORDS’
|
The keywords for the document. The ODT export back-end inserts the
|
description along with author name, keywords, and related file
|
metadata as metadata in the output file. Use multiple ‘#+KEYWORDS’
|
lines if necessary.
|
|
‘ODT_STYLES_FILE’
|
The ODT export back-end uses the ‘org-odt-styles-file’ by default.
|
See *note Applying custom styles:: for details.
|
|
‘SUBTITLE’
|
The document subtitle.
|
|
|
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|
12.12.4 Extending ODT export
|
----------------------------
|
|
The ODT export back-end can produce documents in other formats besides
|
ODT using a specialized ODT converter process. Its common interface
|
works with popular converters to produce formats such as ‘doc’, or
|
convert a document from one format, say ‘csv’, to another format, say
|
‘xls’.
|
|
Customize ‘org-odt-convert-process’ variable to point to ‘unoconv’,
|
which is the ODT’s preferred converter. Working installations of
|
LibreOffice would already have ‘unoconv’ installed. Alternatively,
|
other converters may be substituted here. *Note Configuring a document
|
converter::.
|
|
Automatically exporting to other formats
|
........................................
|
|
If ODT format is just an intermediate step to get to other formats, such
|
as ‘doc’, ‘docx’, ‘rtf’, or ‘pdf’, etc., then extend the ODT export
|
back-end to directly produce that format. Specify the final format in
|
the ‘org-odt-preferred-output-format’ variable. This is one way to
|
extend (*note Exporting to ODT: x-export-to-odt.).
|
|
Converting between document formats
|
...................................
|
|
The Org export back-end is made to be inter-operable with a wide range
|
of text document format converters. Newer generation converters, such
|
as LibreOffice and Pandoc, can handle hundreds of formats at once. Org
|
provides a consistent interaction with whatever converter is installed.
|
Here are some generic commands:
|
|
‘M-x org-odt-convert <RET>’
|
Convert an existing document from one format to another. With a
|
prefix argument, opens the newly produced file.
|
|
|
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|
12.12.5 Applying custom styles
|
------------------------------
|
|
The ODT export back-end comes with many OpenDocument styles (*note
|
Working with OpenDocument style files::). To expand or further
|
customize these built-in style sheets, either edit the style sheets
|
directly or generate them using an application such as LibreOffice. The
|
example here shows creating a style using LibreOffice.
|
|
Applying custom styles: the easy way
|
....................................
|
|
1. Create a sample ‘example.org’ file with settings as shown below,
|
and export it to ODT format.
|
|
#+OPTIONS: H:10 num:t
|
|
2. Open the above ‘example.odt’ using LibreOffice. Use the ‘Stylist’
|
to locate the target styles, which typically have the ‘Org’ prefix.
|
Open one, modify, and save as either OpenDocument Text (‘.odt’) or
|
OpenDocument Template (‘.ott’) file.
|
|
3. Customize the variable ‘org-odt-styles-file’ and point it to the
|
newly created file. For additional configuration options *note
|
Overriding factory styles: x-overriding-factory-styles.
|
|
To apply and ODT style to a particular file, use the
|
‘#+ODT_STYLES_FILE’ option as shown in the example below:
|
|
#+ODT_STYLES_FILE: "/path/to/example.ott"
|
|
or
|
|
#+ODT_STYLES_FILE: ("/path/to/file.ott" ("styles.xml" "image/hdr.png"))
|
|
Using third-party styles and templates
|
......................................
|
|
The ODT export back-end relies on many templates and style names. Using
|
third-party styles and templates can lead to mismatches. Templates
|
derived from built in ODT templates and styles seem to have fewer
|
problems.
|
|
|
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|
12.12.6 Links in ODT export
|
---------------------------
|
|
ODT export back-end creates native cross-references for internal links
|
and Internet-style links for all other link types.
|
|
A link with no description and pointing to a
|
regular—un-itemized—outline heading is replaced with a cross-reference
|
and section number of the heading.
|
|
A ‘\ref{label}’-style reference to an image, table etc. is replaced
|
with a cross-reference and sequence number of the labeled entity. *Note
|
Labels and captions in ODT export::.
|
|
|
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|
12.12.7 Tables in ODT export
|
----------------------------
|
|
The ODT export back-end handles native Org mode tables (*note Tables::)
|
and simple ‘table.el’ tables. Complex ‘table.el’ tables having column
|
or row spans are not supported. Such tables are stripped from the
|
exported document.
|
|
By default, the ODT export back-end exports a table with top and
|
bottom frames and with ruled lines separating row and column groups
|
(*note Column groups::). All tables are typeset to occupy the same
|
width. The ODT export back-end honors any table alignments and relative
|
widths for columns (*note Column width and alignment::).
|
|
Note that the ODT export back-end interprets column widths as
|
weighted ratios, the default weight being 1.
|
|
Specifying ‘:rel-width’ property on an ‘#+ATTR_ODT’ line controls the
|
width of the table. For example:
|
|
#+ATTR_ODT: :rel-width 50
|
| Area/Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Sum |
|
|---------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|
| / | < | | | < |
|
| <l13> | <r5> | <r5> | <r5> | <r6> |
|
| North America | 1 | 21 | 926 | 948 |
|
| Middle East | 6 | 75 | 844 | 925 |
|
| Asia Pacific | 9 | 27 | 790 | 826 |
|
|---------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|
| Sum | 16 | 123 | 2560 | 2699 |
|
|
On export, the above table takes 50% of text width area. The
|
exporter sizes the columns in the ratio: 13:5:5:5:6. The first column
|
is left-aligned and rest of the columns, right-aligned. Vertical rules
|
separate the header and the last column. Horizontal rules separate the
|
header and the last row.
|
|
For even more customization, create custom table styles and associate
|
them with a table using the ‘#+ATTR_ODT’ line. *Note Customizing tables
|
in ODT export::.
|
|
|
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|
12.12.8 Images in ODT export
|
----------------------------
|
|
Embedding images
|
................
|
|
The ODT export back-end processes image links in Org files that do not
|
have descriptions, such as these links ‘[[file:img.jpg]]’ or
|
‘[[./img.jpg]]’, as direct image insertions in the final output. Either
|
of these examples works:
|
|
[[file:img.png]]
|
|
[[./img.png]]
|
|
Embedding clickable images
|
..........................
|
|
For clickable images, provide a link whose description is another link
|
to an image file. For example, to embed an image ‘org-mode-unicorn.png’
|
which when clicked jumps to <https://orgmode.org> website, do the
|
following
|
|
[[https://orgmode.org][./org-mode-unicorn.png]]
|
|
Sizing and scaling of embedded images
|
.....................................
|
|
Control the size and scale of the embedded images with the ‘#+ATTR_ODT’
|
attribute.
|
|
The ODT export back-end starts with establishing the size of the
|
image in the final document. The dimensions of this size is measured in
|
centimeters. The back-end then queries the image file for its
|
dimensions measured in pixels. For this measurement, the back-end
|
relies on ImageMagick’s ‘identify’ program or Emacs ‘create-image’ and
|
‘image-size’ API. ImageMagick is the preferred choice for large file
|
sizes or frequent batch operations. The back-end then converts the
|
pixel dimensions using ‘org-odt-pixels-per-inch’ into the familiar 72
|
dpi or 96 dpi. The default value for this is in
|
‘display-pixels-per-inch’, which can be tweaked for better results based
|
on the capabilities of the output device. Here are some common image
|
scaling operations:
|
|
Explicitly size the image
|
To embed ‘img.png’ as a 10 cm x 10 cm image, do the following:
|
|
#+ATTR_ODT: :width 10 :height 10
|
[[./img.png]]
|
|
Scale the image
|
To embed ‘img.png’ at half its size, do the following:
|
|
#+ATTR_ODT: :scale 0.5
|
[[./img.png]]
|
|
Scale the image to a specific width
|
To embed ‘img.png’ with a width of 10 cm while retaining the
|
original height:width ratio, do the following:
|
|
#+ATTR_ODT: :width 10
|
[[./img.png]]
|
|
Scale the image to a specific height
|
To embed ‘img.png’ with a height of 10 cm while retaining the
|
original height:width ratio, do the following
|
|
#+ATTR_ODT: :height 10
|
[[./img.png]]
|
|
Anchoring of images
|
...................
|
|
The ODT export back-end can anchor images to ‘"as-char"’, ‘"paragraph"’,
|
or ‘"page"’. Set the preferred anchor using the ‘:anchor’ property of
|
the ‘#+ATTR_ODT’ line.
|
|
To create an image that is anchored to a page:
|
#+ATTR_ODT: :anchor "page"
|
[[./img.png]]
|
|
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|
12.12.9 Math formatting in ODT export
|
-------------------------------------
|
|
The ODT export back-end has special support built-in for handling math.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Working with LaTeX math snippets:: Embedding in LaTeX format.
|
* Working with MathML or OpenDocument formula files:: Embedding in native format.
|
|
|
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|
Working with LaTeX math snippets
|
................................
|
|
LaTeX math snippets (*note LaTeX fragments::) can be embedded in an ODT
|
document in one of the following ways:
|
|
1. MathML
|
|
Add this line to the Org file. This option is activated on a
|
per-file basis.
|
|
#+OPTIONS: LaTeX:t
|
|
With this option, LaTeX fragments are first converted into MathML
|
fragments using an external LaTeX-to-MathML converter program. The
|
resulting MathML fragments are then embedded as an OpenDocument
|
Formula in the exported document.
|
|
To specify the LaTeX-to-MathML converter, customize the variables
|
‘org-latex-to-mathml-convert-command’ and
|
‘org-latex-to-mathml-jar-file’.
|
|
To use MathToWeb(1) as the preferred converter, configure the above
|
variables as
|
|
(setq org-latex-to-mathml-convert-command
|
"java -jar %j -unicode -force -df %o %I"
|
org-latex-to-mathml-jar-file
|
"/path/to/mathtoweb.jar")
|
To use LaTeXML(2) use
|
(setq org-latex-to-mathml-convert-command
|
"latexmlmath \"%i\" --presentationmathml=%o")
|
|
To quickly verify the reliability of the LaTeX-to-MathML converter,
|
use the following commands:
|
|
‘M-x org-odt-export-as-odf <RET>’
|
Convert a LaTeX math snippet to an OpenDocument formula
|
(‘.odf’) file.
|
|
‘M-x org-odt-export-as-odf-and-open <RET>’
|
Convert a LaTeX math snippet to an OpenDocument formula
|
(‘.odf’) file and open the formula file with the
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system-registered application.
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2. PNG images
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Add this line to the Org file. This option is activated on a
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per-file basis.
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#+OPTIONS: tex:dvipng
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#+OPTIONS: tex:dvisvgm
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or:
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#+OPTIONS: tex:imagemagick
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Under this option, LaTeX fragments are processed into PNG or SVG
|
images and the resulting images are embedded in the exported
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document. This method requires ‘dvipng’ program, ‘dvisvgm’ or
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‘imagemagick’ programs.
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---------- Footnotes ----------
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(1) See MathToWeb
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(http://www.mathtoweb.com/cgi-bin/mathtoweb_home.pl).
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(2) See <http://dlmf.nist.gov/LaTeXML/>.
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Working with MathML or OpenDocument formula files
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.................................................
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When embedding LaTeX math snippets in ODT documents is not reliable,
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there is one more option to try. Embed an equation by linking to its
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MathML (‘.mml’) source or its OpenDocument formula (‘.odf’) file as
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shown below:
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[[./equation.mml]]
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or
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[[./equation.odf]]
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12.12.10 Labels and captions in ODT export
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ODT format handles labeling and captioning of objects based on their
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types. Inline images, tables, LaTeX fragments, and Math formulas are
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numbered and captioned separately. Each object also gets a unique
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sequence number based on its order of first appearance in the Org file.
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Each category has its own sequence. A caption is just a label applied
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to these objects.
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#+CAPTION: Bell curve
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#+LABEL: fig:SED-HR4049
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[[./img/a.png]]
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When rendered, it may show as follows in the exported document:
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Figure 2: Bell curve
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To modify the category component of the caption, customize the option
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‘org-odt-category-map-alist’. For example, to tag embedded images with
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the string ‘Illustration’ instead of the default string ‘Figure’, use
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the following setting:
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(setq org-odt-category-map-alist
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'(("__Figure__" "Illustration" "value" "Figure" org-odt--enumerable-image-p)))
|
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With the above modification, the previous example changes to:
|
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Illustration 2: Bell curve
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12.12.11 Literal examples in ODT export
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---------------------------------------
|
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The ODT export back-end supports literal examples (*note Literal
|
examples::) with full fontification. Internally, the ODT export
|
back-end relies on ‘htmlfontify.el’ to generate the style definitions
|
needed for fancy listings. The auto-generated styles get ‘OrgSrc’
|
prefix and inherit colors from the faces used by Emacs ‘font-lock’
|
library for that source language.
|
|
For custom fontification styles, customize the
|
‘org-odt-create-custom-styles-for-srcblocks’ option.
|
|
To turn off fontification of literal examples, customize the
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‘org-odt-fontify-srcblocks’ option.
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12.12.12 Advanced topics in ODT export
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--------------------------------------
|
|
The ODT export back-end has extensive features useful for power users
|
and frequent uses of ODT formats.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Configuring a document converter:: Registering a document converter.
|
* Working with OpenDocument style files:: Exploring internals.
|
* Creating one-off styles:: Customizing styles, highlighting.
|
* Customizing tables in ODT export:: Defining table templates.
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* Validating OpenDocument XML:: Debugging corrupted OpenDocument files.
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Configuring a document converter
|
................................
|
|
The ODT export back-end works with popular converters with little or no
|
extra configuration. *Note Extending ODT export::. The following is
|
for unsupported converters or tweaking existing defaults.
|
|
1. Register the converter
|
|
Add the name of the converter to the ‘org-odt-convert-processes’
|
variable. Note that it also requires how the converter is invoked
|
on the command line. See the variable’s docstring for details.
|
|
2. Configure its capabilities
|
|
Specify which formats the converter can handle by customizing the
|
variable ‘org-odt-convert-capabilities’. Use the entry for the
|
default values in this variable for configuring the new converter.
|
Also see its docstring for details.
|
|
3. Choose the converter
|
|
Select the newly added converter as the preferred one by
|
customizing the option ‘org-odt-convert-process’.
|
|
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Working with OpenDocument style files
|
.....................................
|
|
This section explores the internals of the ODT exporter; the means by
|
which it produces styled documents; the use of automatic and custom
|
OpenDocument styles.
|
|
a) Factory styles
|
.................
|
|
The ODT exporter relies on two files for generating its output. These
|
files are bundled with the distribution under the directory pointed to
|
by the variable ‘org-odt-styles-dir’. The two files are:
|
|
• ‘OrgOdtStyles.xml’
|
|
This file contributes to the ‘styles.xml’ file of the final ‘ODT’
|
document. This file gets modified for the following purposes:
|
|
1. To control outline numbering based on user settings.
|
|
2. To add styles generated by ‘htmlfontify.el’ for fontification
|
of code blocks.
|
|
• ‘OrgOdtContentTemplate.xml’
|
|
This file contributes to the ‘content.xml’ file of the final ‘ODT’
|
document. The contents of the Org outline are inserted between the
|
‘<office:text>’...‘</office:text>’ elements of this file.
|
|
Apart from serving as a template file for the final ‘content.xml’,
|
the file serves the following purposes:
|
|
1. It contains automatic styles for formatting of tables which
|
are referenced by the exporter.
|
|
2. It contains ‘<text:sequence-decl>’...‘</text:sequence-decl>’
|
elements that control numbering of tables, images, equations,
|
and similar entities.
|
|
b) Overriding factory styles
|
............................
|
|
The following two variables control the location from where the ODT
|
exporter picks up the custom styles and content template files.
|
Customize these variables to override the factory styles used by the
|
exporter.
|
|
• ‘org-odt-styles-file’
|
|
The ODT export back-end uses the file pointed to by this variable,
|
such as ‘styles.xml’, for the final output. It can take one of the
|
following values:
|
|
1. A ‘styles.xml’ file
|
|
Use this file instead of the default ‘styles.xml’
|
|
2. A ‘.odt’ or ‘.ott’ file
|
|
Use the ‘styles.xml’ contained in the specified OpenDocument
|
Text or Template file
|
|
3. A ‘.odt’ or ‘.ott’ file and a subset of files contained within
|
them
|
|
Use the ‘styles.xml’ contained in the specified OpenDocument
|
Text or Template file. Additionally extract the specified
|
member files and embed those within the final ‘ODT’ document.
|
|
Use this option if the ‘styles.xml’ file references additional
|
files like header and footer images.
|
|
4. ‘nil’
|
|
Use the default ‘styles.xml’
|
|
• ‘org-odt-content-template-file’
|
|
Use this variable to specify the blank ‘content.xml’ that will be
|
used in the final output.
|
|
|
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|
Creating one-off styles
|
.......................
|
|
The ODT export back-end can read embedded raw OpenDocument XML from the
|
Org file. Such direct formatting are useful for one-off instances.
|
|
1. Embedding ODT tags as part of regular text
|
|
Enclose OpenDocument syntax in ‘@@odt:...@@’ for inline markup.
|
For example, to highlight a region of text do the following:
|
|
@@odt:<text:span text:style-name="Highlight">This is highlighted
|
text</text:span>@@. But this is regular text.
|
|
*Hint:* To see the above example in action, edit the ‘styles.xml’
|
(*note Factory styles: x-orgodtstyles-xml.) and add a custom
|
‘Highlight’ style as shown below:
|
|
<style:style style:name="Highlight" style:family="text">
|
<style:text-properties fo:background-color="#ff0000"/>
|
</style:style>
|
|
2. Embedding a one-line OpenDocument XML
|
|
The ODT export back-end can read one-liner options with ‘#+ODT:’ in
|
the Org file. For example, to force a page break:
|
|
#+ODT: <text:p text:style-name="PageBreak"/>
|
|
*Hint:* To see the above example in action, edit your ‘styles.xml’
|
(*note Factory styles: x-orgodtstyles-xml.) and add a custom
|
‘PageBreak’ style as shown below.
|
|
<style:style style:name="PageBreak" style:family="paragraph"
|
style:parent-style-name="Text_20_body">
|
<style:paragraph-properties fo:break-before="page"/>
|
</style:style>
|
|
3. Embedding a block of OpenDocument XML
|
|
The ODT export back-end can also read ODT export blocks for
|
OpenDocument XML. Such blocks use the ‘#+BEGIN_EXPORT
|
odt’...‘#+END_EXPORT’ constructs.
|
|
For example, to create a one-off paragraph that uses bold text, do
|
the following:
|
|
#+BEGIN_EXPORT odt
|
<text:p text:style-name="Text_20_body_20_bold">
|
This paragraph is specially formatted and uses bold text.
|
</text:p>
|
#+END_EXPORT
|
|
|
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|
Customizing tables in ODT export
|
................................
|
|
Override the default table format by specifying a custom table style
|
with the ‘#+ATTR_ODT’ line. For a discussion on default formatting of
|
tables *note Tables in ODT export::.
|
|
This feature closely mimics the way table templates are defined in
|
the OpenDocument-v1.2 specification.(1)
|
|
For quick preview of this feature, install the settings below and
|
export the table that follows:
|
|
(setq org-odt-table-styles
|
(append org-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))))))
|
|
#+ATTR_ODT: :style TableWithHeaderRowAndColumn
|
| Name | Phone | Age |
|
| Peter | 1234 | 17 |
|
| Anna | 4321 | 25 |
|
|
The example above used ‘Custom’ template and installed two table
|
styles ‘TableWithHeaderRowAndColumn’ and ‘TableWithFirstRowandLastRow’.
|
*Important:* The OpenDocument styles needed for producing the above
|
template were pre-defined. They are available in the section marked
|
‘Custom Table Template’ in ‘OrgOdtContentTemplate.xml’ (*note Factory
|
styles: x-orgodtcontenttemplate-xml. For adding new templates, define
|
new styles here.
|
|
To use this feature proceed as follows:
|
|
1. Create a table template(2)
|
|
A table template is set of ‘table-cell’ and ‘paragraph’ styles for
|
each of the following table cell categories:
|
|
− Body
|
− First column
|
− Last column
|
− First row
|
− Last row
|
− Even row
|
− Odd row
|
− Even column
|
− Odd Column
|
|
The names for the above styles must be chosen based on the name of
|
the table template using a well-defined convention.
|
|
The naming convention is better illustrated with an example. For a
|
table template with the name ‘Custom’, the needed style names are
|
listed in the following table.
|
|
Table cell type ‘table-cell’ style ‘paragraph’ style
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
Body ‘CustomTableCell’ ‘CustomTableParagraph’
|
First column ‘CustomFirstColumnTableCell’‘CustomFirstColumnTableParagraph’
|
Last column ‘CustomLastColumnTableCell’ ‘CustomLastColumnTableParagraph’
|
First row ‘CustomFirstRowTableCell’ ‘CustomFirstRowTableParagraph’
|
Last row ‘CustomLastRowTableCell’ ‘CustomLastRowTableParagraph’
|
Even row ‘CustomEvenRowTableCell’ ‘CustomEvenRowTableParagraph’
|
Odd row ‘CustomOddRowTableCell’ ‘CustomOddRowTableParagraph’
|
Even column ‘CustomEvenColumnTableCell’ ‘CustomEvenColumnTableParagraph’
|
Odd column ‘CustomOddColumnTableCell’ ‘CustomOddColumnTableParagraph’
|
|
To create a table template with the name ‘Custom’, define the above
|
styles in the
|
‘<office:automatic-styles>’...‘</office:automatic-styles>’ element
|
of the content template file (*note Factory styles:
|
x-orgodtcontenttemplate-xml.).
|
|
2. Define a table style(3)
|
|
To define a table style, create an entry for the style in the
|
variable ‘org-odt-table-styles’ and specify the following:
|
|
− the name of the table template created in step (1)
|
− the set of cell styles in that template that are to be
|
activated
|
|
For example, the entry below defines two different table styles
|
‘TableWithHeaderRowAndColumn’ and ‘TableWithFirstRowandLastRow’
|
based on the same template ‘Custom’. The styles achieve their
|
intended effect by selectively activating the individual cell
|
styles in that template.
|
|
(setq org-odt-table-styles
|
(append org-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))))))
|
|
3. Associate a table with the table style
|
|
To do this, specify the table style created in step (2) as part of
|
the ‘ATTR_ODT’ line as shown below.
|
|
#+ATTR_ODT: :style "TableWithHeaderRowAndColumn"
|
| Name | Phone | Age |
|
| Peter | 1234 | 17 |
|
| Anna | 4321 | 25 |
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) OpenDocument-v1.2 Specification
|
(http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/OpenDocument-v1.2.html)
|
|
(2) See the ‘<table:table-template>’ element of the OpenDocument-v1.2
|
specification
|
|
(3) See the attributes ‘table:template-name’,
|
‘table:use-first-row-styles’, ‘table:use-last-row-styles’,
|
‘table:use-first-column-styles’, ‘table:use-last-column-styles’,
|
‘table:use-banding-rows-styles’, and ‘table:use-banding-column-styles’
|
of the ‘<table:table>’ element in the OpenDocument-v1.2 specification
|
|
|
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|
Validating OpenDocument XML
|
...........................
|
|
Sometimes ODT format files may not open due to ‘.odt’ file corruption.
|
To verify if the ‘.odt’ file is corrupt, validate it against the
|
OpenDocument RELAX NG Compact Syntax—RNC—schema. But first the ‘.odt’
|
files have to be decompressed using ‘zip’. Note that ‘.odt’ files are
|
‘zip’ archives: *note (emacs)File Archives::. The contents of ‘.odt’
|
files are in ‘.xml’. For general help with validation—and
|
schema-sensitive editing—of XML files: *note (nxml-mode)Introduction::.
|
|
Customize ‘org-odt-schema-dir’ to point to a directory with
|
OpenDocument ‘.rnc’ files and the needed schema-locating rules. The ODT
|
export back-end takes care of updating the ‘rng-schema-locating-files’.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Org export, Next: Texinfo export, Prev: OpenDocument Text export, Up: Exporting
|
|
12.13 Org export
|
================
|
|
‘org’ export back-end creates a normalized version of the Org document
|
in current buffer. The exporter evaluates Babel code (*note Evaluating
|
code blocks::) and removes content specific to other back-ends.
|
|
Org export commands
|
-------------------
|
|
‘C-c C-e O o (org-org-export-to-org)’
|
Export as an Org file with a ‘.org’ extension. For ‘myfile.org’,
|
Org exports to ‘myfile.org.org’, overwriting without warning.
|
|
‘C-c C-e O O (org-org-export-as-org)’
|
Export to a temporary buffer. Does not create a file.
|
‘C-c C-e O v’
|
Export to an Org file, then open it.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Texinfo export, Next: iCalendar export, Prev: Org export, Up: Exporting
|
|
12.14 Texinfo export
|
====================
|
|
The ‘texinfo’ export back-end generates documents with Texinfo code that
|
can compile to Info format.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Texinfo export commands:: Invoking commands.
|
* Texinfo specific export settings:: Setting the environment.
|
* Texinfo file header:: Generating the header.
|
* Texinfo title and copyright page:: Creating preamble pages.
|
* Info directory file:: Installing a manual in Info file hierarchy.
|
* Headings and sectioning structure:: Building document structure.
|
* Indices:: Creating indices.
|
* Quoting Texinfo code:: Incorporating literal Texinfo code.
|
* Plain lists in Texinfo export:: List attributes.
|
* Tables in Texinfo export:: Table attributes.
|
* Images in Texinfo export:: Image attributes.
|
* Special blocks in Texinfo export:: Special block attributes.
|
* A Texinfo example:: Processing Org to Texinfo.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Texinfo export commands, Next: Texinfo specific export settings, Up: Texinfo export
|
|
12.14.1 Texinfo export commands
|
-------------------------------
|
|
‘C-c C-e i t (org-texinfo-export-to-texinfo)’
|
Export as a Texinfo file with ‘.texi’ extension. For ‘myfile.org’,
|
Org exports to ‘myfile.texi’, overwriting without warning.
|
‘C-c C-e i i (org-texinfo-export-to-info)’
|
Export to Texinfo format first and then process it to make an Info
|
file. To generate other formats, such as DocBook, customize the
|
‘org-texinfo-info-process’ variable.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Texinfo specific export settings, Next: Texinfo file header, Prev: Texinfo export commands, Up: Texinfo export
|
|
12.14.2 Texinfo specific export settings
|
----------------------------------------
|
|
The Texinfo export back-end has several additional keywords for
|
customizing Texinfo output. Setting these keywords works similar to the
|
general options (*note Export settings::).
|
|
‘SUBTITLE’
|
The document subtitle.
|
|
‘SUBAUTHOR’
|
The document subauthor.
|
|
‘TEXINFO_FILENAME’
|
The Texinfo filename.
|
|
‘TEXINFO_CLASS’
|
The default document class (‘org-texinfo-default-class’), which
|
must be a member of ‘org-texinfo-classes’.
|
|
‘TEXINFO_HEADER’
|
Arbitrary lines inserted at the end of the header.
|
|
‘TEXINFO_POST_HEADER’
|
Arbitrary lines inserted after the end of the header.
|
|
‘TEXINFO_DIR_CATEGORY’
|
The directory category of the document.
|
|
‘TEXINFO_DIR_TITLE’
|
The directory title of the document.
|
|
‘TEXINFO_DIR_DESC’
|
The directory description of the document.
|
|
‘TEXINFO_PRINTED_TITLE’
|
The printed title of the document.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Texinfo file header, Next: Texinfo title and copyright page, Prev: Texinfo specific export settings, Up: Texinfo export
|
|
12.14.3 Texinfo file header
|
---------------------------
|
|
After creating the header for a Texinfo file, the Texinfo back-end
|
automatically generates a name and destination path for the Info file.
|
To override this default with a more sensible path and name, specify the
|
‘#+TEXINFO_FILENAME’ keyword.
|
|
Along with the output’s file name, the Texinfo header also contains
|
language details (*note Export settings::) and encoding system as set in
|
the ‘org-texinfo-coding-system’ variable. Insert ‘#+TEXINFO_HEADER’
|
keywords for each additional command in the header, for example:
|
@code{@synindex}.
|
|
Instead of repeatedly installing the same set of commands, define a
|
class in ‘org-texinfo-classes’ once, and then activate it in the
|
document by setting the ‘#+TEXINFO_CLASS’ keyword to that class.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Texinfo title and copyright page, Next: Info directory file, Prev: Texinfo file header, Up: Texinfo export
|
|
12.14.4 Texinfo title and copyright page
|
----------------------------------------
|
|
The default template for hard copy output has a title page with
|
‘#+TITLE’ and ‘#+AUTHOR’ (*note Export settings::). To replace the
|
regular ‘#+TITLE’ with something different for the printed version, use
|
the ‘#+TEXINFO_PRINTED_TITLE’ and ‘#+SUBTITLE’ keywords. Both expect
|
raw Texinfo code for setting their values.
|
|
If one ‘#+AUTHOR’ is not sufficient, add multiple ‘#+SUBAUTHOR’
|
keywords. They have to be set in raw Texinfo code.
|
|
#+AUTHOR: Jane Smith
|
#+SUBAUTHOR: John Doe
|
#+TEXINFO_PRINTED_TITLE: This Long Title@inlinefmt{tex,@*} Is Broken in @TeX{}
|
|
Copying material is defined in a dedicated headline with a non-‘nil’
|
‘:COPYING:’ property. The back-end inserts the contents within a
|
‘@copying’ command at the beginning of the document. The heading itself
|
does not appear in the structure of the document.
|
|
Copyright information is printed on the back of the title page.
|
|
* Legalese
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:COPYING: t
|
:END:
|
|
This is a short example of a complete Texinfo file, version 1.0.
|
|
Copyright \copy 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Info directory file, Next: Headings and sectioning structure, Prev: Texinfo title and copyright page, Up: Texinfo export
|
|
12.14.5 Info directory file
|
---------------------------
|
|
The end result of the Texinfo export process is the creation of an Info
|
file. This Info file’s metadata has variables for category, title, and
|
description: ‘#+TEXINFO_DIR_CATEGORY’, ‘#+TEXINFO_DIR_TITLE’, and
|
‘#+TEXINFO_DIR_DESC’ that establish where in the Info hierarchy the file
|
fits.
|
|
Here is an example that writes to the Info directory file:
|
|
#+TEXINFO_DIR_CATEGORY: Emacs
|
#+TEXINFO_DIR_TITLE: Org Mode: (org)
|
#+TEXINFO_DIR_DESC: Outline-based notes management and organizer
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Headings and sectioning structure, Next: Indices, Prev: Info directory file, Up: Texinfo export
|
|
12.14.6 Headings and sectioning structure
|
-----------------------------------------
|
|
The Texinfo export back-end uses a pre-defined scheme to convert Org
|
headlines to an equivalent Texinfo structuring commands. A scheme like
|
this maps top-level headlines to numbered chapters tagged as ‘@chapter’
|
and lower-level headlines to unnumbered chapters tagged as
|
‘@unnumbered’. To override such mappings to introduce ‘@part’ or other
|
Texinfo structuring commands, define a new class in
|
‘org-texinfo-classes’. Activate the new class with the
|
‘#+TEXINFO_CLASS’ keyword. When no new class is defined and activated,
|
the Texinfo export back-end defaults to the ‘org-texinfo-default-class’.
|
|
If an Org headline’s level has no associated Texinfo structuring
|
command, or is below a certain threshold (*note Export settings::), then
|
the Texinfo export back-end makes it into a list item.
|
|
The Texinfo export back-end makes any headline with a non-‘nil’
|
‘:APPENDIX:’ property into an appendix. This happens independent of the
|
Org headline level or the ‘#+TEXINFO_CLASS’.
|
|
The Texinfo export back-end creates a menu entry after the Org
|
headline for each regular sectioning structure. To override this with a
|
shorter menu entry, use the ‘:ALT_TITLE:’ property (*note Table of
|
contents::). Texinfo menu entries also have an option for a longer
|
‘:DESCRIPTION:’ property. Here’s an example that uses both to override
|
the default menu entry:
|
|
* Controlling Screen Display
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:ALT_TITLE: Display
|
:DESCRIPTION: Controlling Screen Display
|
:END:
|
|
The text before the first headline belongs to the ‘Top’ node, i.e.,
|
the node in which a reader enters an Info manual. As such, it is
|
expected not to appear in printed output generated from the ‘.texi’
|
file. *note (texinfo)The Top Node::, for more information.
|
|
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File: org, Node: Indices, Next: Quoting Texinfo code, Prev: Headings and sectioning structure, Up: Texinfo export
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|
12.14.7 Indices
|
---------------
|
|
The Texinfo export back-end recognizes these indexing keywords if used
|
in the Org file: ‘#+CINDEX’, ‘#+FINDEX’, ‘#+KINDEX’, ‘#+PINDEX’,
|
‘#+TINDEX’, and ‘#+VINDEX’. Write their value as verbatim Texinfo code;
|
in particular, ‘{’, ‘}’ and ‘@’ characters need to be escaped with ‘@’
|
if they not belong to a Texinfo command.
|
|
#+CINDEX: Defining indexing entries
|
|
For the back-end to generate an index entry for a headline, set the
|
‘:INDEX:’ property to ‘cp’ or ‘vr’. These abbreviations come from
|
Texinfo that stand for concept index and variable index. The Texinfo
|
manual has abbreviations for all other kinds of indexes. The back-end
|
exports the headline as an unnumbered chapter or section command, and
|
then inserts the index after its contents.
|
|
* Concept Index
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:INDEX: cp
|
:END:
|
|
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File: org, Node: Quoting Texinfo code, Next: Plain lists in Texinfo export, Prev: Indices, Up: Texinfo export
|
|
12.14.8 Quoting Texinfo code
|
----------------------------
|
|
Use any of the following three methods to insert or escape raw Texinfo
|
code:
|
|
Richard @@texinfo:@sc{@@Stallman@@texinfo:}@@ commence' GNU.
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|
#+TEXINFO: @need800
|
This paragraph is preceded by...
|
|
#+BEGIN_EXPORT texinfo
|
@auindex Johnson, Mark
|
@auindex Lakoff, George
|
#+END_EXPORT
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Plain lists in Texinfo export, Next: Tables in Texinfo export, Prev: Quoting Texinfo code, Up: Texinfo export
|
|
12.14.9 Plain lists in Texinfo export
|
-------------------------------------
|
|
The Texinfo export back-end by default converts description lists in the
|
Org file using the default command ‘@table’, which results in a table
|
with two columns. To change this behavior, specify ‘:table-type’ with
|
‘ftable’ or ‘vtable’ attributes. For more information, *note
|
(texinfo)Two-column Tables::.
|
|
The Texinfo export back-end by default also applies a text highlight
|
based on the defaults stored in ‘org-texinfo-table-default-markup’. To
|
override the default highlight command, specify another one with the
|
‘:indic’ attribute.
|
|
Org syntax is limited to one entry per list item. Nevertheless, the
|
Texinfo export back-end can split that entry according to any text
|
provided through the ‘:sep’ attribute. Each part then becomes a new
|
entry in the first column of the table.
|
|
The following example illustrates all the attributes above:
|
|
#+ATTR_TEXINFO: :table-type vtable :sep , :indic asis
|
- foo, bar :: This is the common text for variables foo and bar.
|
|
becomes
|
|
@vtable @asis
|
@item foo
|
@itemx bar
|
This is the common text for variables foo and bar.
|
@end table
|
|
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File: org, Node: Tables in Texinfo export, Next: Images in Texinfo export, Prev: Plain lists in Texinfo export, Up: Texinfo export
|
|
12.14.10 Tables in Texinfo export
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---------------------------------
|
|
When exporting tables, the Texinfo export back-end uses the widest cell
|
width in each column. To override this and instead specify as fractions
|
of line length, use the ‘:columns’ attribute. See example below.
|
|
#+ATTR_TEXINFO: :columns .5 .5
|
| a cell | another cell |
|
|
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File: org, Node: Images in Texinfo export, Next: Special blocks in Texinfo export, Prev: Tables in Texinfo export, Up: Texinfo export
|
|
12.14.11 Images in Texinfo export
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---------------------------------
|
|
Insert a file link to the image in the Org file, and the Texinfo export
|
back-end inserts the image. These links must have the usual supported
|
image extensions and no descriptions. To scale the image, use ‘:width’
|
and ‘:height’ attributes. For alternate text, use ‘:alt’ and specify
|
the text using Texinfo code, as shown in the example:
|
|
#+ATTR_TEXINFO: :width 1in :alt Alternate @i{text}
|
[[ridt.pdf]]
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Special blocks in Texinfo export, Next: A Texinfo example, Prev: Images in Texinfo export, Up: Texinfo export
|
|
12.14.12 Special blocks
|
-----------------------
|
|
The Texinfo export back-end converts special blocks to commands with the
|
same name. It also adds any ‘:options’ attributes to the end of the
|
command, as shown in this example:
|
|
#+ATTR_TEXINFO: :options org-org-export-to-org ...
|
#+begin_defun
|
A somewhat obsessive function.
|
#+end_defun
|
|
becomes
|
|
@defun org-org-export-to-org ...
|
A somewhat obsessive function.
|
@end defun
|
|
|
File: org, Node: A Texinfo example, Prev: Special blocks in Texinfo export, Up: Texinfo export
|
|
12.14.13 A Texinfo example
|
--------------------------
|
|
Here is a more detailed example Org file. See *note (texinfo)GNU Sample
|
Texts:: for an equivalent example using Texinfo code.
|
|
#+TITLE: GNU Sample {{{version}}}
|
#+SUBTITLE: for version {{{version}}}, {{{updated}}}
|
#+AUTHOR: A.U. Thor
|
#+EMAIL: bug-sample@gnu.org
|
|
#+OPTIONS: ':t toc:t author:t email:t
|
#+LANGUAGE: en
|
|
#+MACRO: version 2.0
|
#+MACRO: updated last updated 4 March 2014
|
|
#+TEXINFO_FILENAME: sample.info
|
#+TEXINFO_HEADER: @syncodeindex pg cp
|
|
#+TEXINFO_DIR_CATEGORY: Texinfo documentation system
|
#+TEXINFO_DIR_TITLE: sample: (sample)
|
#+TEXINFO_DIR_DESC: Invoking sample
|
|
#+TEXINFO_PRINTED_TITLE: GNU Sample
|
|
This manual is for GNU Sample (version {{{version}}},
|
{{{updated}}}).
|
|
* Copying
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:COPYING: t
|
:END:
|
|
This manual is for GNU Sample (version {{{version}}},
|
{{{updated}}}), which is an example in the Texinfo documentation.
|
|
Copyright \copy 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
|
|
#+BEGIN_QUOTE
|
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
|
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
|
Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software
|
Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts,
|
and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in
|
the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
|
#+END_QUOTE
|
|
* Invoking sample
|
|
#+PINDEX: sample
|
#+CINDEX: invoking @command{sample}
|
|
This is a sample manual. There is no sample program to invoke, but
|
if there were, you could see its basic usage and command line
|
options here.
|
|
* GNU Free Documentation License
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:APPENDIX: t
|
:END:
|
|
#+TEXINFO: @include fdl.texi
|
|
* Index
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:INDEX: cp
|
:END:
|
|
|
File: org, Node: iCalendar export, Next: Other built-in back-ends, Prev: Texinfo export, Up: Exporting
|
|
12.15 iCalendar export
|
======================
|
|
A large part of Org mode’s inter-operability success is its ability to
|
easily export to or import from external applications. The iCalendar
|
export back-end takes calendar data from Org files and exports to the
|
standard iCalendar format.
|
|
The iCalendar export back-end can also incorporate TODO entries based
|
on the configuration of the ‘org-icalendar-include-todo’ variable. The
|
back-end exports plain timestamps as VEVENT, TODO items as VTODO, and
|
also create events from deadlines that are in non-TODO items. The
|
back-end uses the deadlines and scheduling dates in Org TODO items for
|
setting the start and due dates for the iCalendar TODO entry. Consult
|
the ‘org-icalendar-use-deadline’ and ‘org-icalendar-use-scheduled’
|
variables for more details.
|
|
For tags on the headline, the iCalendar export back-end makes them
|
into iCalendar categories. To tweak the inheritance of tags and TODO
|
states, configure the variable ‘org-icalendar-categories’. To assign
|
clock alarms based on time, configure the ‘org-icalendar-alarm-time’
|
variable.
|
|
The iCalendar format standard requires globally unique
|
identifier—UID—for each entry. The iCalendar export back-end creates
|
UIDs during export. To save a copy of the UID in the Org file set the
|
variable ‘org-icalendar-store-UID’. The back-end looks for the ‘:ID:’
|
property of the entry for re-using the same UID for subsequent exports.
|
|
Since a single Org entry can result in multiple iCalendar entries—as
|
timestamp, deadline, scheduled item, or TODO item—Org adds prefixes to
|
the UID, depending on which part of the Org entry triggered the creation
|
of the iCalendar entry. Prefixing ensures UIDs remains unique, yet
|
enable synchronization programs trace the connections.
|
|
‘C-c C-e c f (org-icalendar-export-to-ics)’
|
Create iCalendar entries from the current Org buffer and store them
|
in the same directory, using a file extension ‘.ics’.
|
‘C-c C-e c a (org-icalendar-export-agenda-files)’
|
Create iCalendar entries from Org files in ‘org-agenda-files’ and
|
store in a separate iCalendar file for each Org file.
|
‘C-c C-e c c (org-icalendar-combine-agenda-files)’
|
Create a combined iCalendar file from Org files in
|
‘org-agenda-files’ and write it to
|
‘org-icalendar-combined-agenda-file’ file name.
|
|
The iCalendar export back-end includes ‘SUMMARY’, ‘DESCRIPTION’,
|
‘LOCATION’ and ‘TIMEZONE’ properties from the Org entries when
|
exporting. To force the back-end to inherit the ‘LOCATION’ and
|
‘TIMEZONE’ properties, configure the ‘org-use-property-inheritance’
|
variable.
|
|
When Org entries do not have ‘SUMMARY’, ‘DESCRIPTION’ and ‘LOCATION’
|
properties, the iCalendar export back-end derives the summary from the
|
headline, and derives the description from the body of the Org item.
|
The ‘org-icalendar-include-body’ variable limits the maximum number of
|
characters of the content are turned into its description.
|
|
The ‘TIMEZONE’ property can be used to specify a per-entry time zone,
|
and will be applied to any entry with timestamp information. Time zones
|
should be specified as per the IANA time zone database format, e.g.
|
“Asia/Almaty”. Alternately, the property value can be “UTC”, to force
|
UTC time for this entry only.
|
|
Exporting to iCalendar format depends in large part on the
|
capabilities of the destination application. Some are more lenient than
|
others. Consult the Org mode FAQ for advice on specific applications.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Other built-in back-ends, Next: Advanced configuration, Prev: iCalendar export, Up: Exporting
|
|
12.16 Other built-in back-ends
|
==============================
|
|
Other export back-ends included with Org are:
|
|
• ‘ox-man.el’: export to a man page.
|
|
To activate such back-ends, either customize ‘org-export-backends’ or
|
load directly with ‘(require 'ox-man)’. On successful load, the
|
back-end adds new keys in the export dispatcher (*note The export
|
dispatcher::).
|
|
Follow the comment section of such files, for example, ‘ox-man.el’,
|
for usage and configuration details.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Advanced configuration, Next: Export in foreign buffers, Prev: Other built-in back-ends, Up: Exporting
|
|
12.17 Advanced configuration
|
============================
|
|
Hooks
|
-----
|
|
The export process executes two hooks before the actual exporting
|
begins. The first hook, ‘org-export-before-processing-hook’, runs
|
before any expansions of macros, Babel code, and include keywords in the
|
buffer. The second hook, ‘org-export-before-parsing-hook’, runs before
|
the buffer is parsed. Both hooks are specified as functions, see
|
example below. Their main use is for heavy duty structural
|
modifications of the Org content. For example, removing every headline
|
in the buffer during export:
|
|
(defun my-headline-removal (backend)
|
"Remove all headlines in the current buffer.
|
BACKEND is the export back-end being used, as a symbol."
|
(org-map-entries
|
(lambda () (delete-region (point) (progn (forward-line) (point))))))
|
|
(add-hook 'org-export-before-parsing-hook 'my-headline-removal)
|
|
Note that the hook function must have a mandatory argument that is a
|
symbol for the back-end.
|
|
Filters
|
-------
|
|
The Org export process relies on filters to process specific parts of
|
conversion process. Filters are just lists of functions to be applied
|
to certain parts for a given back-end. The output from the first
|
function in the filter is passed on to the next function in the filter.
|
The final output is the output from the final function in the filter.
|
|
The Org export process has many filter sets applicable to different
|
types of objects, plain text, parse trees, export options, and final
|
output formats. The filters are named after the element type or object
|
type: ‘org-export-filter-TYPE-functions’, where ‘TYPE’ is the type
|
targeted by the filter. Valid types are:
|
|
body bold babel-call
|
center-block clock code
|
diary-sexp drawer dynamic-block
|
entity example-block export-block
|
export-snippet final-output fixed-width
|
footnote-definition footnote-reference headline
|
horizontal-rule inline-babel-call inline-src-block
|
inlinetask italic item
|
keyword latex-environment latex-fragment
|
line-break link node-property
|
options paragraph parse-tree
|
plain-list plain-text planning
|
property-drawer quote-block radio-target
|
section special-block src-block
|
statistics-cookie strike-through subscript
|
superscript table table-cell
|
table-row target timestamp
|
underline verbatim verse-block
|
|
Here is an example filter that replaces non-breaking spaces ‘~’ in
|
the Org buffer with ‘_’ for the LaTeX back-end.
|
|
(defun my-latex-filter-nobreaks (text backend info)
|
"Ensure \"_\" are properly handled in LaTeX export."
|
(when (org-export-derived-backend-p backend 'latex)
|
(replace-regexp-in-string "_" "~" text)))
|
|
(add-to-list 'org-export-filter-plain-text-functions
|
'my-latex-filter-nobreaks)
|
|
A filter requires three arguments: the code to be transformed, the
|
name of the back-end, and some optional information about the export
|
process. The third argument can be safely ignored. Note the use of
|
‘org-export-derived-backend-p’ predicate that tests for ‘latex’ back-end
|
or any other back-end, such as ‘beamer’, derived from ‘latex’.
|
|
Defining filters for individual files
|
-------------------------------------
|
|
The Org export can filter not just for back-ends, but also for specific
|
files through the ‘#+BIND’ keyword. Here is an example with two
|
filters; one removes brackets from time stamps, and the other removes
|
strike-through text. The filter functions are defined in a ‘src’ code
|
block in the same Org file, which is a handy location for debugging.
|
|
#+BIND: org-export-filter-timestamp-functions (tmp-f-timestamp)
|
#+BIND: org-export-filter-strike-through-functions (tmp-f-strike-through)
|
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :exports results :results none
|
(defun tmp-f-timestamp (s backend info)
|
(replace-regexp-in-string "&[lg]t;\\|[][]" "" s))
|
(defun tmp-f-strike-through (s backend info) "")
|
#+end_src
|
|
Extending an existing back-end
|
------------------------------
|
|
Some parts of the conversion process can be extended for certain
|
elements so as to introduce a new or revised translation. That is how
|
the HTML export back-end was extended to handle Markdown format. The
|
extensions work seamlessly so any aspect of filtering not done by the
|
extended back-end is handled by the original back-end. Of all the
|
export customization in Org, extending is very powerful as it operates
|
at the parser level.
|
|
For this example, make the ‘ascii’ back-end display the language used
|
in a source code block. Also make it display only when some attribute
|
is non-‘nil’, like the following:
|
|
#+ATTR_ASCII: :language t
|
|
Then extend ‘ascii’ back-end with a custom ‘my-ascii’ back-end.
|
|
(defun my-ascii-src-block (src-block contents info)
|
"Transcode a SRC-BLOCK element from Org to ASCII.
|
CONTENTS is nil. INFO is a plist used as a communication
|
channel."
|
(if (not (org-export-read-attribute :attr_ascii src-block :language))
|
(org-export-with-backend 'ascii src-block contents info)
|
(concat
|
(format ",--[ %s ]--\n%s`----"
|
(org-element-property :language src-block)
|
(replace-regexp-in-string
|
"^" "| "
|
(org-element-normalize-string
|
(org-export-format-code-default src-block info)))))))
|
|
(org-export-define-derived-backend 'my-ascii 'ascii
|
:translate-alist '((src-block . my-ascii-src-block)))
|
|
The ‘my-ascii-src-block’ function looks at the attribute above the
|
current element. If not true, hands over to ‘ascii’ back-end. If true,
|
which it is in this example, it creates a box around the code and leaves
|
room for the inserting a string for language. The last form creates the
|
new back-end that springs to action only when translating ‘src-block’
|
type elements.
|
|
To use the newly defined back-end, call the following from an Org
|
buffer:
|
|
(org-export-to-buffer 'my-ascii "*Org MY-ASCII Export*")
|
|
Further steps to consider would be an interactive function,
|
self-installing an item in the export dispatcher menu, and other
|
user-friendly improvements.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Export in foreign buffers, Prev: Advanced configuration, Up: Exporting
|
|
12.18 Export in foreign buffers
|
===============================
|
|
The export back-ends in Org often include commands to convert selected
|
regions. A convenient feature of this in-place conversion is that the
|
exported output replaces the original source. Here are such functions:
|
|
‘org-html-convert-region-to-html’
|
Convert the selected region into HTML.
|
‘org-latex-convert-region-to-latex’
|
Convert the selected region into LaTeX.
|
‘org-texinfo-convert-region-to-texinfo’
|
Convert the selected region into ‘Texinfo’.
|
‘org-md-convert-region-to-md’
|
Convert the selected region into ‘MarkDown’.
|
|
In-place conversions are particularly handy for quick conversion of
|
tables and lists in foreign buffers. For example, turn on the minor
|
mode ‘M-x orgstruct-mode’ in an HTML buffer, then use the convenient Org
|
keyboard commands to create a list, select it, and covert it to HTML
|
with ‘M-x org-html-convert-region-to-html <RET>’.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Publishing, Next: Working with source code, Prev: Exporting, Up: Top
|
|
13 Publishing
|
*************
|
|
Org includes a publishing management system that allows you to configure
|
automatic HTML conversion of _projects_ composed of interlinked org
|
files. You can also configure Org to automatically upload your exported
|
HTML pages and related attachments, such as images and source code
|
files, to a web server.
|
|
You can also use Org to convert files into PDF, or even combine HTML
|
and PDF conversion so that files are available in both formats on the
|
server.
|
|
Publishing has been contributed to Org by David O’Toole.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Configuration:: Defining projects
|
* Uploading files:: How to get files up on the server
|
* Sample configuration:: Example projects
|
* Triggering publication:: Publication commands
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Configuration, Next: Uploading files, Up: Publishing
|
|
13.1 Configuration
|
==================
|
|
Publishing needs significant configuration to specify files, destination
|
and many other properties of a project.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Project alist:: The central configuration variable
|
* Sources and destinations:: From here to there
|
* Selecting files:: What files are part of the project?
|
* Publishing action:: Setting the function doing the publishing
|
* Publishing options:: Tweaking HTML/LaTeX export
|
* Publishing links:: Which links keep working after publishing?
|
* Sitemap:: Generating a list of all pages
|
* Generating an index:: An index that reaches across pages
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Project alist, Next: Sources and destinations, Up: Configuration
|
|
13.1.1 The variable ‘org-publish-project-alist’
|
-----------------------------------------------
|
|
Publishing is configured almost entirely through setting the value of
|
one variable, called ‘org-publish-project-alist’. Each element of the
|
list configures one project, and may be in one of the two following
|
forms:
|
|
("project-name" :property value :property value ...)
|
i.e., a well-formed property list with alternating keys and values
|
or
|
("project-name" :components ("project-name" "project-name" ...))
|
|
|
In both cases, projects are configured by specifying property values.
|
A project defines the set of files that will be published, as well as
|
the publishing configuration to use when publishing those files. When a
|
project takes the second form listed above, the individual members of
|
the ‘:components’ property are taken to be sub-projects, which group
|
together files requiring different publishing options. When you publish
|
such a “meta-project”, all the components will also be published, in the
|
sequence given.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Sources and destinations, Next: Selecting files, Prev: Project alist, Up: Configuration
|
|
13.1.2 Sources and destinations for files
|
-----------------------------------------
|
|
Most properties are optional, but some should always be set. In
|
particular, Org needs to know where to look for source files, and where
|
to put published files.
|
|
‘:base-directory’ Directory containing publishing source files
|
‘:publishing-directory’Directory where output files will be published.
|
You can directly publish to a web server using a
|
file name syntax appropriate for the Emacs
|
‘tramp’ package. Or you can publish to a local
|
directory and use external tools to upload your
|
website (*note Uploading files::).
|
‘:preparation-function’Function or list of functions to be called
|
before starting the publishing process, for
|
example, to run ‘make’ for updating files to be
|
published. Each preparation function is called
|
with a single argument, the project property
|
list.
|
‘:completion-function’ Function or list of functions called after
|
finishing the publishing process, for example,
|
to change permissions of the resulting files.
|
Each completion function is called with a single
|
argument, the project property list.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Selecting files, Next: Publishing action, Prev: Sources and destinations, Up: Configuration
|
|
13.1.3 Selecting files
|
----------------------
|
|
By default, all files with extension ‘.org’ in the base directory are
|
considered part of the project. This can be modified by setting the
|
properties
|
‘:base-extension’ Extension (without the dot!) of source files. This
|
actually is a regular expression. Set this to the
|
symbol ‘any’ if you want to get all files in
|
‘:base-directory’, even without extension.
|
|
‘:exclude’ Regular expression to match file names that should
|
not be published, even though they have been
|
selected on the basis of their extension.
|
|
‘:include’ List of files to be included regardless of
|
‘:base-extension’ and ‘:exclude’.
|
|
‘:recursive’ non-‘nil’ means, check base-directory recursively
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for files to publish.
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13.1.4 Publishing action
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Publishing means that a file is copied to the destination directory and
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possibly transformed in the process. The default transformation is to
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export Org files as HTML files, and this is done by the function
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‘org-html-publish-to-html’, which calls the HTML exporter (*note HTML
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export::). But you also can publish your content as PDF files using
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‘org-latex-publish-to-pdf’ or as ‘ascii’, ‘Texinfo’, etc., using the
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corresponding functions.
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If you want to publish the Org file as an ‘.org’ file but with the
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archived, commented and tag-excluded trees removed, use the function
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‘org-org-publish-to-org’. This will produce ‘file.org’ and put it in
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the publishing directory. If you want a htmlized version of this file,
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set the parameter ‘:htmlized-source’ to ‘t’, it will produce
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‘file.org.html’ in the publishing directory(1).
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Other files like images only need to be copied to the publishing
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destination. For this you can use ‘org-publish-attachment’. For
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non-org files, you always need to specify the publishing function:
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‘:publishing-function’ Function executing the publication of a file.
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This may also be a list of functions, which will
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all be called in turn.
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‘:htmlized-source’ non-‘nil’ means, publish htmlized source.
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The function must accept three arguments: a property list containing
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at least a ‘:publishing-directory’ property, the name of the file to be
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published and the path to the publishing directory of the output file.
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It should take the specified file, make the necessary transformation (if
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any) and place the result into the destination folder.
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(1) If the publishing directory is the same than the source
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directory, ‘file.org’ will be exported as ‘file.org.org’, so probably
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don’t want to do this.
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13.1.5 Options for the exporters
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The property list can be used to set export options during the
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publishing process. In most cases, these properties correspond to user
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variables in Org. While some properties are available for all export
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back-ends, most of them are back-end specific. The following sections
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list properties along with the variable they belong to. See the
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documentation string of these options for details.
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When a property is given a value in ‘org-publish-project-alist’, its
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setting overrides the value of the corresponding user variable (if any)
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during publishing. Options set within a file (*note Export settings::),
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however, override everything.
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Generic properties
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‘:archived-trees’ ‘org-export-with-archived-trees’
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‘:exclude-tags’ ‘org-export-exclude-tags’
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‘:headline-levels’ ‘org-export-headline-levels’
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‘:language’ ‘org-export-default-language’
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‘:preserve-breaks’ ‘org-export-preserve-breaks’
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‘:section-numbers’ ‘org-export-with-section-numbers’
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‘:select-tags’ ‘org-export-select-tags’
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‘:with-author’ ‘org-export-with-author’
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‘:with-broken-links’ ‘org-export-with-broken-links’
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‘:with-clocks’ ‘org-export-with-clocks’
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‘:with-creator’ ‘org-export-with-creator’
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‘:with-date’ ‘org-export-with-date’
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‘:with-drawers’ ‘org-export-with-drawers’
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‘:with-email’ ‘org-export-with-email’
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‘:with-emphasize’ ‘org-export-with-emphasize’
|
‘:with-fixed-width’ ‘org-export-with-fixed-width’
|
‘:with-footnotes’ ‘org-export-with-footnotes’
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‘:with-latex’ ‘org-export-with-latex’
|
‘:with-planning’ ‘org-export-with-planning’
|
‘:with-priority’ ‘org-export-with-priority’
|
‘:with-properties’ ‘org-export-with-properties’
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‘:with-special-strings’ ‘org-export-with-special-strings’
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‘:with-sub-superscript’ ‘org-export-with-sub-superscripts’
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‘:with-tables’ ‘org-export-with-tables’
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‘:with-tags’ ‘org-export-with-tags’
|
‘:with-tasks’ ‘org-export-with-tasks’
|
‘:with-timestamps’ ‘org-export-with-timestamps’
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‘:with-title’ ‘org-export-with-title’
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‘:with-toc’ ‘org-export-with-toc’
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‘:with-todo-keywords’ ‘org-export-with-todo-keywords’
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ASCII specific properties
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‘:ascii-bullets’ ‘org-ascii-bullets’
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‘:ascii-caption-above’ ‘org-ascii-caption-above’
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‘:ascii-charset’ ‘org-ascii-charset’
|
‘:ascii-global-margin’ ‘org-ascii-global-margin’
|
‘:ascii-format-drawer-function’ ‘org-ascii-format-drawer-function’
|
‘:ascii-format-inlinetask-function’ ‘org-ascii-format-inlinetask-function’
|
‘:ascii-headline-spacing’ ‘org-ascii-headline-spacing’
|
‘:ascii-indented-line-width’ ‘org-ascii-indented-line-width’
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‘:ascii-inlinetask-width’ ‘org-ascii-inlinetask-width’
|
‘:ascii-inner-margin’ ‘org-ascii-inner-margin’
|
‘:ascii-links-to-notes’ ‘org-ascii-links-to-notes’
|
‘:ascii-list-margin’ ‘org-ascii-list-margin’
|
‘:ascii-paragraph-spacing’ ‘org-ascii-paragraph-spacing’
|
‘:ascii-quote-margin’ ‘org-ascii-quote-margin’
|
‘:ascii-table-keep-all-vertical-lines’ ‘org-ascii-table-keep-all-vertical-lines’
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‘:ascii-table-use-ascii-art’ ‘org-ascii-table-use-ascii-art’
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‘:ascii-table-widen-columns’ ‘org-ascii-table-widen-columns’
|
‘:ascii-text-width’ ‘org-ascii-text-width’
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‘:ascii-underline’ ‘org-ascii-underline’
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‘:ascii-verbatim-format’ ‘org-ascii-verbatim-format’
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Beamer specific properties
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‘:beamer-theme’ ‘org-beamer-theme’
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‘:beamer-column-view-format’ ‘org-beamer-column-view-format’
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‘:beamer-environments-extra’ ‘org-beamer-environments-extra’
|
‘:beamer-frame-default-options’ ‘org-beamer-frame-default-options’
|
‘:beamer-outline-frame-options’ ‘org-beamer-outline-frame-options’
|
‘:beamer-outline-frame-title’ ‘org-beamer-outline-frame-title’
|
‘:beamer-subtitle-format’ ‘org-beamer-subtitle-format’
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HTML specific properties
|
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‘:html-allow-name-attribute-in-anchors’ ‘org-html-allow-name-attribute-in-anchors’
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‘:html-checkbox-type’ ‘org-html-checkbox-type’
|
‘:html-container’ ‘org-html-container-element’
|
‘:html-divs’ ‘org-html-divs’
|
‘:html-doctype’ ‘org-html-doctype’
|
‘:html-extension’ ‘org-html-extension’
|
‘:html-footnote-format’ ‘org-html-footnote-format’
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‘:html-footnote-separator’ ‘org-html-footnote-separator’
|
‘:html-footnotes-section’ ‘org-html-footnotes-section’
|
‘:html-format-drawer-function’ ‘org-html-format-drawer-function’
|
‘:html-format-headline-function’ ‘org-html-format-headline-function’
|
‘:html-format-inlinetask-function’ ‘org-html-format-inlinetask-function’
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‘:html-head-extra’ ‘org-html-head-extra’
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‘:html-head-include-default-style’ ‘org-html-head-include-default-style’
|
‘:html-head-include-scripts’ ‘org-html-head-include-scripts’
|
‘:html-head’ ‘org-html-head’
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‘:html-home/up-format’ ‘org-html-home/up-format’
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‘:html-html5-fancy’ ‘org-html-html5-fancy’
|
‘:html-indent’ ‘org-html-indent’
|
‘:html-infojs-options’ ‘org-html-infojs-options’
|
‘:html-infojs-template’ ‘org-html-infojs-template’
|
‘:html-inline-image-rules’ ‘org-html-inline-image-rules’
|
‘:html-inline-images’ ‘org-html-inline-images’
|
‘:html-link-home’ ‘org-html-link-home’
|
‘:html-link-org-files-as-html’ ‘org-html-link-org-files-as-html’
|
‘:html-link-up’ ‘org-html-link-up’
|
‘:html-link-use-abs-url’ ‘org-html-link-use-abs-url’
|
‘:html-mathjax-options’ ‘org-html-mathjax-options’
|
‘:html-mathjax-template’ ‘org-html-mathjax-template’
|
‘:html-metadata-timestamp-format’ ‘org-html-metadata-timestamp-format’
|
‘:html-postamble-format’ ‘org-html-postamble-format’
|
‘:html-postamble’ ‘org-html-postamble’
|
‘:html-preamble-format’ ‘org-html-preamble-format’
|
‘:html-preamble’ ‘org-html-preamble’
|
‘:html-table-align-individual-fields’ ‘org-html-table-align-individual-fields’
|
‘:html-table-attributes’ ‘org-html-table-default-attributes’
|
‘:html-table-caption-above’ ‘org-html-table-caption-above’
|
‘:html-table-data-tags’ ‘org-html-table-data-tags’
|
‘:html-table-header-tags’ ‘org-html-table-header-tags’
|
‘:html-table-row-tags’ ‘org-html-table-row-tags’
|
‘:html-table-use-header-tags-for-first-column’ ‘org-html-table-use-header-tags-for-first-column’
|
‘:html-tag-class-prefix’ ‘org-html-tag-class-prefix’
|
‘:html-text-markup-alist’ ‘org-html-text-markup-alist’
|
‘:html-todo-kwd-class-prefix’ ‘org-html-todo-kwd-class-prefix’
|
‘:html-toplevel-hlevel’ ‘org-html-toplevel-hlevel’
|
‘:html-use-infojs’ ‘org-html-use-infojs’
|
‘:html-validation-link’ ‘org-html-validation-link’
|
‘:html-viewport’ ‘org-html-viewport’
|
‘:html-xml-declaration’ ‘org-html-xml-declaration’
|
|
LaTeX specific properties
|
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|
|
‘:latex-active-timestamp-format’ ‘org-latex-active-timestamp-format’
|
‘:latex-caption-above’ ‘org-latex-caption-above’
|
‘:latex-classes’ ‘org-latex-classes’
|
‘:latex-class’ ‘org-latex-default-class’
|
‘:latex-compiler’ ‘org-latex-compiler’
|
‘:latex-default-figure-position’ ‘org-latex-default-figure-position’
|
‘:latex-default-table-environment’ ‘org-latex-default-table-environment’
|
‘:latex-default-table-mode’ ‘org-latex-default-table-mode’
|
‘:latex-diary-timestamp-format’ ‘org-latex-diary-timestamp-format’
|
‘:latex-footnote-defined-format’ ‘org-latex-footnote-defined-format’
|
‘:latex-footnote-separator’ ‘org-latex-footnote-separator’
|
‘:latex-format-drawer-function’ ‘org-latex-format-drawer-function’
|
‘:latex-format-headline-function’ ‘org-latex-format-headline-function’
|
‘:latex-format-inlinetask-function’ ‘org-latex-format-inlinetask-function’
|
‘:latex-hyperref-template’ ‘org-latex-hyperref-template’
|
‘:latex-image-default-height’ ‘org-latex-image-default-height’
|
‘:latex-image-default-option’ ‘org-latex-image-default-option’
|
‘:latex-image-default-width’ ‘org-latex-image-default-width’
|
‘:latex-images-centered’ ‘org-latex-images-centered’
|
‘:latex-inactive-timestamp-format’ ‘org-latex-inactive-timestamp-format’
|
‘:latex-inline-image-rules’ ‘org-latex-inline-image-rules’
|
‘:latex-link-with-unknown-path-format’ ‘org-latex-link-with-unknown-path-format’
|
‘:latex-listings-langs’ ‘org-latex-listings-langs’
|
‘:latex-listings-options’ ‘org-latex-listings-options’
|
‘:latex-listings’ ‘org-latex-listings’
|
‘:latex-minted-langs’ ‘org-latex-minted-langs’
|
‘:latex-minted-options’ ‘org-latex-minted-options’
|
‘:latex-prefer-user-labels’ ‘org-latex-prefer-user-labels’
|
‘:latex-subtitle-format’ ‘org-latex-subtitle-format’
|
‘:latex-subtitle-separate’ ‘org-latex-subtitle-separate’
|
‘:latex-table-scientific-notation’ ‘org-latex-table-scientific-notation’
|
‘:latex-tables-booktabs’ ‘org-latex-tables-booktabs’
|
‘:latex-tables-centered’ ‘org-latex-tables-centered’
|
‘:latex-text-markup-alist’ ‘org-latex-text-markup-alist’
|
‘:latex-title-command’ ‘org-latex-title-command’
|
‘:latex-toc-command’ ‘org-latex-toc-command’
|
|
Markdown specific properties
|
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|
|
‘:md-footnote-format’ ‘org-md-footnote-format’
|
‘:md-footnotes-section’ ‘org-md-footnotes-section’
|
‘:md-headline-style’ ‘org-md-headline-style’
|
|
ODT specific properties
|
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|
|
‘:odt-content-template-file’ ‘org-odt-content-template-file’
|
‘:odt-display-outline-level’ ‘org-odt-display-outline-level’
|
‘:odt-fontify-srcblocks’ ‘org-odt-fontify-srcblocks’
|
‘:odt-format-drawer-function’ ‘org-odt-format-drawer-function’
|
‘:odt-format-headline-function’ ‘org-odt-format-headline-function’
|
‘:odt-format-inlinetask-function’ ‘org-odt-format-inlinetask-function’
|
‘:odt-inline-formula-rules’ ‘org-odt-inline-formula-rules’
|
‘:odt-inline-image-rules’ ‘org-odt-inline-image-rules’
|
‘:odt-pixels-per-inch’ ‘org-odt-pixels-per-inch’
|
‘:odt-styles-file’ ‘org-odt-styles-file’
|
‘:odt-table-styles’ ‘org-odt-table-styles’
|
‘:odt-use-date-fields’ ‘org-odt-use-date-fields’
|
|
Texinfo specific properties
|
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|
|
‘:texinfo-active-timestamp-format’ ‘org-texinfo-active-timestamp-format’
|
‘:texinfo-classes’ ‘org-texinfo-classes’
|
‘:texinfo-class’ ‘org-texinfo-default-class’
|
‘:texinfo-table-default-markup’ ‘org-texinfo-table-default-markup’
|
‘:texinfo-diary-timestamp-format’ ‘org-texinfo-diary-timestamp-format’
|
‘:texinfo-filename’ ‘org-texinfo-filename’
|
‘:texinfo-format-drawer-function’ ‘org-texinfo-format-drawer-function’
|
‘:texinfo-format-headline-function’ ‘org-texinfo-format-headline-function’
|
‘:texinfo-format-inlinetask-function’ ‘org-texinfo-format-inlinetask-function’
|
‘:texinfo-inactive-timestamp-format’ ‘org-texinfo-inactive-timestamp-format’
|
‘:texinfo-link-with-unknown-path-format’ ‘org-texinfo-link-with-unknown-path-format’
|
‘:texinfo-node-description-column’ ‘org-texinfo-node-description-column’
|
‘:texinfo-table-scientific-notation’ ‘org-texinfo-table-scientific-notation’
|
‘:texinfo-tables-verbatim’ ‘org-texinfo-tables-verbatim’
|
‘:texinfo-text-markup-alist’ ‘org-texinfo-text-markup-alist’
|
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13.1.6 Links between published files
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To create a link from one Org file to another, you would use something
|
like ‘[[file:foo.org][The foo]]’ or simply ‘file:foo.org’ (*note
|
External links::). When published, this link becomes a link to
|
‘foo.html’. You can thus interlink the pages of your “org web” project
|
and the links will work as expected when you publish them to HTML. If
|
you also publish the Org source file and want to link to it, use an
|
‘http:’ link instead of a ‘file:’ link, because ‘file:’ links are
|
converted to link to the corresponding ‘html’ file.
|
|
You may also link to related files, such as images. Provided you are
|
careful with relative file names, and provided you have also configured
|
Org to upload the related files, these links will work too. See *note
|
Complex example::, for an example of this usage.
|
|
Eventually, links between published documents can contain some search
|
options (*note Search options::), which will be resolved to the
|
appropriate location in the linked file. For example, once published to
|
HTML, the following links all point to a dedicated anchor in ‘foo.html’.
|
|
[[file:foo.org::*heading]]
|
[[file:foo.org::#custom-id]]
|
[[file:foo.org::target]]
|
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13.1.7 Generating a sitemap
|
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|
|
The following properties may be used to control publishing of a map of
|
files for a given project.
|
|
‘:auto-sitemap’ When non-‘nil’, publish a sitemap during
|
‘org-publish-current-project’ or
|
‘org-publish-all’.
|
|
‘:sitemap-filename’ Filename for output of sitemap. Defaults to
|
‘sitemap.org’ (which becomes ‘sitemap.html’).
|
|
‘:sitemap-title’ Title of sitemap page. Defaults to name of
|
file.
|
|
‘:sitemap-format-entry’ With this option one can tell how a site-map
|
entry is formatted in the site-map. It is a
|
function called with three arguments: the
|
file or directory name relative to base
|
directory of the project, the site-map style
|
and the current project. It is expected to
|
return a string. Default value turns file
|
names into links and use document titles as
|
descriptions. For specific formatting needs,
|
one can use ‘org-publish-find-date’,
|
‘org-publish-find-title’ and
|
‘org-publish-find-property’, to retrieve
|
additional information about published
|
documents.
|
|
‘:sitemap-function’ Plug-in function to use for generation of the
|
sitemap. It is called with two arguments:
|
the title of the site-map and a
|
representation of the files and directories
|
involved in the project as a radio list
|
(*note Radio lists::). The latter can
|
further be transformed using
|
‘org-list-to-generic’, ‘org-list-to-subtree’
|
and alike. Default value generates a plain
|
list of links to all files in the project.
|
|
‘:sitemap-sort-folders’ Where folders should appear in the sitemap.
|
Set this to ‘first’ (default) or ‘last’ to
|
display folders first or last, respectively.
|
When set to ‘ignore’, folders are ignored
|
altogether. Any other value will mix files
|
and folders. This variable has no effect
|
when site-map style is ‘tree’.
|
|
‘:sitemap-sort-files’ How the files are sorted in the site map.
|
Set this to ‘alphabetically’ (default),
|
‘chronologically’ or ‘anti-chronologically’.
|
‘chronologically’ sorts the files with older
|
date first while ‘anti-chronologically’ sorts
|
the files with newer date first.
|
‘alphabetically’ sorts the files
|
alphabetically. The date of a file is
|
retrieved with ‘org-publish-find-date’.
|
|
‘:sitemap-ignore-case’ Should sorting be case-sensitive? Default
|
‘nil’.
|
|
‘:sitemap-date-format’ Format string for the ‘format-time-string’
|
function that tells how a sitemap entry’s
|
date is to be formatted. This property
|
bypasses ‘org-publish-sitemap-date-format’
|
which defaults to ‘%Y-%m-%d’.
|
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13.1.8 Generating an index
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|
|
Org mode can generate an index across the files of a publishing project.
|
|
‘:makeindex’ When non-‘nil’, generate in index in the file
|
‘theindex.org’ and publish it as ‘theindex.html’.
|
|
The file will be created when first publishing a project with the
|
‘:makeindex’ set. The file only contains a statement ‘#+INCLUDE:
|
"theindex.inc"’. You can then build around this include statement by
|
adding a title, style information, etc.
|
|
Index entries are specified with ‘#+INDEX’ keyword. An entry that
|
contains an exclamation mark will create a sub item.
|
|
* Curriculum Vitae
|
#+INDEX: CV
|
#+INDEX: Application!CV
|
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13.2 Uploading files
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|
|
For those people already utilizing third party sync tools such as
|
‘rsync’ or ‘unison’, it might be preferable not to use the built in
|
remote publishing facilities of Org mode which rely heavily on Tramp.
|
Tramp, while very useful and powerful, tends not to be so efficient for
|
multiple file transfer and has been known to cause problems under heavy
|
usage.
|
|
Specialized synchronization utilities offer several advantages. In
|
addition to timestamp comparison, they also do content and
|
permissions/attribute checks. For this reason you might prefer to
|
publish your web to a local directory (possibly even in place with your
|
Org files) and then use ‘unison’ or ‘rsync’ to do the synchronization
|
with the remote host.
|
|
Since Unison (for example) can be configured as to which files to
|
transfer to a certain remote destination, it can greatly simplify the
|
project publishing definition. Simply keep all files in the correct
|
location, process your Org files with ‘org-publish’ and let the
|
synchronization tool do the rest. You do not need, in this scenario, to
|
include attachments such as ‘jpg’, ‘css’ or ‘gif’ files in the project
|
definition since the 3rd party tool syncs them.
|
|
Publishing to a local directory is also much faster than to a remote
|
one, so that you can afford more easily to republish entire projects.
|
If you set ‘org-publish-use-timestamps-flag’ to ‘nil’, you gain the main
|
benefit of re-including any changed external files such as source
|
example files you might include with ‘#+INCLUDE:’. The timestamp
|
mechanism in Org is not smart enough to detect if included files have
|
been modified.
|
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13.3 Sample configuration
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|
|
Below we provide two example configurations. The first one is a simple
|
project publishing only a set of Org files. The second example is more
|
complex, with a multi-component project.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Simple example:: One-component publishing
|
* Complex example:: A multi-component publishing example
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13.3.1 Example: simple publishing configuration
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|
|
This example publishes a set of Org files to the ‘public_html’ directory
|
on the local machine.
|
|
(setq org-publish-project-alist
|
'(("org"
|
:base-directory "~/org/"
|
:publishing-directory "~/public_html"
|
:publishing-function org-html-publish-to-html
|
:section-numbers nil
|
:with-toc nil
|
:html-head "<link rel=\"stylesheet\"
|
href=\"../other/mystyle.css\"
|
type=\"text/css\"/>")))
|
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13.3.2 Example: complex publishing configuration
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|
|
This more complicated example publishes an entire website, including Org
|
files converted to HTML, image files, Emacs Lisp source code, and style
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sheets. The publishing directory is remote and private files are
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excluded.
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To ensure that links are preserved, care should be taken to replicate
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your directory structure on the web server, and to use relative file
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paths. For example, if your Org files are kept in ‘~/org’ and your
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publishable images in ‘~/images’, you would link to an image with
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file:../images/myimage.png
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On the web server, the relative path to the image should be the same.
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You can accomplish this by setting up an "images" folder in the right
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place on the web server, and publishing images to it.
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(setq org-publish-project-alist
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'(("orgfiles"
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:base-directory "~/org/"
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:base-extension "org"
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:publishing-directory "/ssh:user@host:~/html/notebook/"
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:publishing-function org-html-publish-to-html
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:exclude "PrivatePage.org" ;; regexp
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:headline-levels 3
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:section-numbers nil
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:with-toc nil
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:html-head "<link rel=\"stylesheet\"
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href=\"../other/mystyle.css\" type=\"text/css\"/>"
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:html-preamble t)
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("images"
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:base-directory "~/images/"
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:base-extension "jpg\\|gif\\|png"
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:publishing-directory "/ssh:user@host:~/html/images/"
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:publishing-function org-publish-attachment)
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("other"
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:base-directory "~/other/"
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:base-extension "css\\|el"
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:publishing-directory "/ssh:user@host:~/html/other/"
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:publishing-function org-publish-attachment)
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("website" :components ("orgfiles" "images" "other"))))
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13.4 Triggering publication
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===========================
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Once properly configured, Org can publish with the following commands:
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‘C-c C-e P x (org-publish)’
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Prompt for a specific project and publish all files that belong to
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it.
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‘C-c C-e P p (org-publish-current-project)’
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Publish the project containing the current file.
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‘C-c C-e P f (org-publish-current-file)’
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Publish only the current file.
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‘C-c C-e P a (org-publish-all)’
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Publish every project.
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Org uses timestamps to track when a file has changed. The above
|
functions normally only publish changed files. You can override this
|
and force publishing of all files by giving a prefix argument to any of
|
the commands above, or by customizing the variable
|
‘org-publish-use-timestamps-flag’. This may be necessary in particular
|
if files include other files via ‘#+SETUPFILE:’ or ‘#+INCLUDE:’.
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14 Working with source code
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***************************
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Source code here refers to any code typed in Org mode documents. Org
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can manage source code in any Org file once such code is tagged with
|
begin and end markers. Working with source code begins with tagging
|
source code blocks. Tagged ‘src’ code blocks are not restricted to the
|
preamble or the end of an Org document; they can go anywhere—with a few
|
exceptions, such as not inside comments and fixed width areas. Here’s a
|
sample ‘src’ code block in emacs-lisp:
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
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(defun org-xor (a b)
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"Exclusive or."
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(if a (not b) b))
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#+END_SRC
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Org can take the code in the block between the ‘#+BEGIN_SRC’ and
|
‘#+END_SRC’ tags, and format, compile, execute, and show the results.
|
Org can simplify many housekeeping tasks essential to modern code
|
maintenance. That’s why these blocks in Org mode literature are
|
sometimes referred to as ‘live code’ blocks (as compared to the static
|
text and documentation around it). Users can control how ‘live’ they
|
want each block by tweaking the headers for compiling, execution,
|
extraction.
|
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Org’s ‘src’ code block type is one of many block types, such as
|
quote, export, verse, latex, example, and verbatim. This section
|
pertains to ‘src’ code blocks between ‘#+BEGIN_SRC’ and ‘#+END_SRC’
|
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For editing ‘src’ code blocks, Org provides native Emacs major-modes.
|
That leverages the latest Emacs features for that source code language
|
mode.
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For exporting, Org can then extract ‘src’ code blocks into compilable
|
source files (in a conversion process known as “tangling” in literate
|
programming terminology).
|
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For publishing, Org’s back-ends can handle the ‘src’ code blocks and
|
the text for output to a variety of formats with native syntax
|
highlighting.
|
|
For executing the source code in the ‘src’ code blocks, Org provides
|
facilities that glue the tasks of compiling, collecting the results of
|
the execution, and inserting them back to the Org file. Besides text
|
output, results may include links to other data types that Emacs can
|
handle: audio, video, and graphics.
|
|
An important feature of Org’s execution of the ‘src’ code blocks is
|
passing variables, functions, and results between ‘src’ blocks. Such
|
interoperability uses a common syntax even if these ‘src’ blocks are in
|
different source code languages. The integration extends to linking the
|
debugger’s error messages to the line in the ‘src’ code block in the Org
|
file. That should partly explain why this functionality by the original
|
contributors, Eric Schulte and Dan Davison, was called ‘Org Babel’.
|
|
In literate programming, the main appeal is code and documentation
|
co-existing in one file. Org mode takes this several steps further.
|
First by enabling execution, and then by inserting results of that
|
execution back into the Org file. Along the way, Org provides extensive
|
formatting features, including handling tables. Org handles multiple
|
source code languages in one file, and provides a common syntax for
|
passing variables, functions, and results between ‘src’ code blocks.
|
|
Org mode fulfills the promise of easy verification and maintenance of
|
publishing reproducible research by keeping all these in the same file:
|
text, data, code, configuration settings of the execution environment,
|
the results of the execution, and associated narratives, claims,
|
references, and internal and external links.
|
|
Details of Org’s facilities for working with source code are shown
|
next.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Structure of code blocks:: Code block syntax described
|
* Editing source code:: Language major-mode editing
|
* Exporting code blocks:: Export contents and/or results
|
* Extracting source code:: Create pure source code files
|
* Evaluating code blocks:: Place results of evaluation in the Org mode buffer
|
* Library of Babel:: Use and contribute to a library of useful code blocks
|
* Languages:: List of supported code block languages
|
* Header arguments:: Configure code block functionality
|
* Results of evaluation:: How evaluation results are handled
|
* Noweb reference syntax:: Literate programming in Org mode
|
* Key bindings and useful functions:: Work quickly with code blocks
|
* Batch execution:: Call functions from the command line
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14.1 Structure of code blocks
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=============================
|
|
Org offers two ways to structure source code in Org documents: in a
|
‘src’ block, and directly inline. Both specifications are shown below.
|
|
A ‘src’ block conforms to this structure:
|
|
#+NAME: <name>
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#+BEGIN_SRC <language> <switches> <header arguments>
|
<body>
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#+END_SRC
|
|
Org mode’s templates system (*note Easy templates::) speeds up
|
creating ‘src’ code blocks with just three keystrokes. Do not be
|
put-off by having to remember the source block syntax. Org also works
|
with other completion systems in Emacs, some of which predate Org and
|
have custom domain-specific languages for defining templates. Regular
|
use of templates reduces errors, increases accuracy, and maintains
|
consistency.
|
|
An inline code block conforms to this structure:
|
|
src_<language>{<body>}
|
|
or
|
|
src_<language>[<header arguments>]{<body>}
|
|
‘#+NAME: <name>’
|
Optional. Names the ‘src’ block so it can be called, like a
|
function, from other ‘src’ blocks or inline blocks to evaluate or
|
to capture the results. Code from other blocks, other files, and
|
from table formulas (*note The spreadsheet::) can use the name to
|
reference a ‘src’ block. This naming serves the same purpose as
|
naming Org tables. Org mode requires unique names. For duplicate
|
names, Org mode’s behavior is undefined.
|
‘#+BEGIN_SRC’
|
‘#+END_SRC’
|
Mandatory. They mark the start and end of a block that Org
|
requires. The ‘#+BEGIN_SRC’ line takes additional arguments, as
|
described next.
|
‘<language>’
|
Mandatory for live code blocks. It is the identifier of the source
|
code language in the block. *Note Languages::, for identifiers of
|
supported languages.
|
‘<switches>’
|
Optional. Switches provide finer control of the code execution,
|
export, and format (see the discussion of switches in *note Literal
|
examples::)
|
‘<header arguments>’
|
Optional. Heading arguments control many aspects of evaluation,
|
export and tangling of code blocks (*note Header arguments::).
|
Using Org’s properties feature, header arguments can be selectively
|
applied to the entire buffer or specific sub-trees of the Org
|
document.
|
‘source code, header arguments’
|
‘<body>’
|
Source code in the dialect of the specified language identifier.
|
|
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|
14.2 Editing source code
|
========================
|
|
‘C-c '’ for editing the current code block. It opens a new major-mode
|
edit buffer containing the body of the ‘src’ code block, ready for any
|
edits. ‘C-c '’ again to close the buffer and return to the Org buffer.
|
|
‘C-x C-s’ saves the buffer and updates the contents of the Org
|
buffer.
|
|
Set ‘org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay’ to save the base buffer after
|
a certain idle delay time.
|
|
Set ‘org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save’ to auto-save this buffer into a
|
separate file using ‘auto-save-mode’.
|
|
‘C-c '’ to close the major-mode buffer and return back to the Org
|
buffer.
|
|
While editing the source code in the major-mode, the ‘org-src-mode’
|
minor mode remains active. It provides these customization variables as
|
described below. For even more variables, look in the customization
|
group ‘org-edit-structure’.
|
|
‘org-src-lang-modes’
|
If an Emacs major-mode named ‘<lang>-mode’ exists, where ‘<lang>’
|
is the language identifier from code block’s header line, then the
|
edit buffer uses that major-mode. Use this variable to arbitrarily
|
map language identifiers to major modes.
|
‘org-src-window-setup’
|
For specifying Emacs window arrangement when the new edit buffer is
|
created.
|
‘org-src-preserve-indentation’
|
Default is ‘nil’. Source code is indented. This indentation
|
applies during export or tangling, and depending on the context,
|
may alter leading spaces and tabs. When non-‘nil’, source code is
|
aligned with the leftmost column. No lines are modified during
|
export or tangling, which is very useful for white-space sensitive
|
languages, such as Python.
|
‘org-src-ask-before-returning-to-edit-buffer’
|
When ‘nil’, Org returns to the edit buffer without further prompts.
|
The default prompts for a confirmation.
|
|
Set ‘org-src-fontify-natively’ to non-‘nil’ to turn on native code
|
fontification in the _Org_ buffer. Fontification of ‘src’ code blocks
|
can give visual separation of text and code on the display page. To
|
further customize the appearance of ‘org-block’ for specific languages,
|
customize ‘org-src-block-faces’. The following example shades the
|
background of regular blocks, and colors source blocks only for Python
|
and Emacs-Lisp languages.
|
(require 'color)
|
(set-face-attribute 'org-block nil :background
|
(color-darken-name
|
(face-attribute 'default :background) 3))
|
|
(setq org-src-block-faces '(("emacs-lisp" (:background "#EEE2FF"))
|
("python" (:background "#E5FFB8"))))
|
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14.3 Exporting code blocks
|
==========================
|
|
Org can flexibly export just the _code_ from the code blocks, just the
|
_results_ of evaluation of the code block, _both_ the code and the
|
results of the code block evaluation, or _none_. Org defaults to
|
exporting _code_ for most languages. For some languages, such as
|
‘ditaa’, Org defaults to _results_. To export just the body of code
|
blocks, *note Literal examples::. To selectively export sub-trees of an
|
Org document, *note Exporting::.
|
|
The ‘:exports’ header arguments control exporting code blocks only
|
and not inline code:
|
|
Header arguments:
|
.................
|
|
‘:exports code’
|
This is the default for most languages where the body of the code
|
block is exported. See *note Literal examples:: for more.
|
‘:exports results’
|
On export, Org includes only the results and not the code block.
|
After each evaluation, Org inserts the results after the end of
|
code block in the Org buffer. By default, Org replaces any
|
previous results. Org can also append results.
|
‘:exports both’
|
Org exports both the code block and the results.
|
‘:exports none’
|
Org does not export the code block nor the results.
|
|
To stop Org from evaluating code blocks to speed exports, use the
|
header argument ‘:eval never-export’ (*note eval::). To stop Org from
|
evaluating code blocks for greater security, set the
|
‘org-export-use-babel’ variable to ‘nil’, but understand that header
|
arguments will have no effect.
|
|
Turning off evaluation comes in handy when batch processing. For
|
example, markup languages for wikis, which have a high risk of untrusted
|
code. Stopping code block evaluation also stops evaluation of all
|
header arguments of the code block. This may not be desirable in some
|
circumstances. So during export, to allow evaluation of just the header
|
arguments but not any code evaluation in the source block, set ‘:eval
|
never-export’ (*note eval::).
|
|
Org never evaluates code blocks in commented sub-trees when exporting
|
(*note Comment lines::). On the other hand, Org does evaluate code
|
blocks in sub-trees excluded from export (*note Export settings::).
|
|
|
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|
14.4 Extracting source code
|
===========================
|
|
Extracting source code from code blocks is a basic task in literate
|
programming. Org has features to make this easy. In literate
|
programming parlance, documents on creation are _woven_ with code and
|
documentation, and on export, the code is _tangled_ for execution by a
|
computer. Org facilitates weaving and tangling for producing,
|
maintaining, sharing, and exporting literate programming documents. Org
|
provides extensive customization options for extracting source code.
|
|
When Org tangles ‘src’ code blocks, it expands, merges, and
|
transforms them. Then Org recomposes them into one or more separate
|
files, as configured through the options. During this _tangling_
|
process, Org expands variables in the source code, and resolves any
|
Noweb style references (*note Noweb reference syntax::).
|
|
Header arguments
|
................
|
|
‘:tangle no’
|
By default, Org does not tangle the ‘src’ code block on export.
|
‘:tangle yes’
|
Org extracts the contents of the code block for the tangled output.
|
By default, the output file name is the same as the Org file but
|
with a file extension derived from the language identifier of the
|
‘src’ code block.
|
‘:tangle filename’
|
Override the default file name with this one for the tangled
|
output.
|
|
Functions
|
.........
|
|
‘org-babel-tangle’
|
Tangle the current file. Bound to ‘C-c C-v t’.
|
|
With prefix argument only tangle the current ‘src’ code block.
|
‘org-babel-tangle-file’
|
Choose a file to tangle. Bound to ‘C-c C-v f’.
|
|
Hooks
|
.....
|
|
‘org-babel-post-tangle-hook’
|
This hook runs from within code tangled by ‘org-babel-tangle’,
|
making it suitable for post-processing, compilation, and evaluation
|
of code in the tangled files.
|
|
Jumping between code and Org
|
............................
|
|
Debuggers normally link errors and messages back to the source code.
|
But for tangled files, we want to link back to the Org file, not to the
|
tangled source file. To make this extra jump, Org uses
|
‘org-babel-tangle-jump-to-org’ function with two additional source code
|
block header arguments: One, set ‘padline’ (*note padline::) to true
|
(the default setting). Two, set ‘comments’ (*note comments::) to
|
‘link’, which makes Org insert links to the Org file.
|
|
|
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|
14.5 Evaluating code blocks
|
===========================
|
|
A note about security: With code evaluation comes the risk of harm. Org
|
safeguards by prompting for user’s permission before executing any code
|
in the source block. To customize this safeguard (or disable it) see
|
*note Code evaluation security::.
|
|
Org captures the results of the ‘src’ code block evaluation and
|
inserts them in the Org file, right after the ‘src’ code block. The
|
insertion point is after a newline and the ‘#+RESULTS’ label. Org
|
creates the ‘#+RESULTS’ label if one is not already there.
|
|
By default, Org enables only ‘emacs-lisp’ ‘src’ code blocks for
|
execution. See *note Languages:: for identifiers to enable other
|
languages.
|
|
Org provides many ways to execute ‘src’ code blocks. ‘C-c C-c’ or
|
‘C-c C-v e’ with the point on a ‘src’ code block(1) calls the
|
‘org-babel-execute-src-block’ function, which executes the code in the
|
block, collects the results, and inserts them in the buffer.
|
|
By calling a named code block(2) from an Org mode buffer or a table.
|
Org can call the named ‘src’ code blocks from the current Org mode
|
buffer or from the “Library of Babel” (*note Library of Babel::).
|
Whether inline syntax or the ‘#+CALL:’ syntax is used, the result is
|
wrapped based on the variable ‘org-babel-inline-result-wrap’, which by
|
default is set to ‘"=%s="’ to produce verbatim text suitable for markup.
|
|
The syntax for ‘#+CALL:’ is
|
|
#+CALL: <name>(<arguments>)
|
#+CALL: <name>[<inside header arguments>](<arguments>) <end header arguments>
|
|
The syntax for inline named code block is
|
|
... call_<name>(<arguments>) ...
|
... call_<name>[<inside header arguments>](<arguments>)[<end header arguments>] ...
|
|
‘<name>’
|
This is the name of the code block to be evaluated (*note Structure
|
of code blocks::).
|
‘<arguments>’
|
Org passes arguments to the code block using standard function call
|
syntax. For example, a ‘#+CALL:’ line that passes ‘4’ to a code
|
block named ‘double’, which declares the header argument ‘:var
|
n=2’, would be written as ‘#+CALL: double(n=4)’. Note how this
|
function call syntax is different from the header argument syntax.
|
‘<inside header arguments>’
|
Org passes inside header arguments to the named ‘src’ code block
|
using the header argument syntax. Inside header arguments apply to
|
code block evaluation. For example, ‘[:results output]’ collects
|
results printed to ‘STDOUT’ during code execution of that block.
|
Note how this header argument syntax is different from the function
|
call syntax.
|
‘<end header arguments>’
|
End header arguments affect the results returned by the code block.
|
For example, ‘:results html’ wraps the results in a ‘BEGIN_EXPORT
|
html’ block before inserting the results in the Org buffer.
|
|
For more examples of header arguments for ‘#+CALL:’ lines, *note
|
Arguments in function calls::.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) The option ‘org-babel-no-eval-on-ctrl-c-ctrl-c’ can be used to
|
remove code evaluation from the ‘C-c C-c’ key binding.
|
|
(2) Actually, the constructs call_<name>() and src_<lang>{} are not
|
evaluated when they appear in a keyword line (i.e. lines starting with
|
‘#+KEYWORD:’, *note In-buffer settings::).
|
|
|
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14.6 Library of Babel
|
=====================
|
|
The “Library of Babel” is a collection of code blocks. Like a function
|
library, these code blocks can be called from other Org files. A
|
collection of useful code blocks is available on Worg
|
(https://orgmode.org/worg/library-of-babel.html). For remote code block
|
evaluation syntax, *note Evaluating code blocks::.
|
|
For any user to add code to the library, first save the code in
|
regular ‘src’ code blocks of an Org file, and then load the Org file
|
with ‘org-babel-lob-ingest’, which is bound to ‘C-c C-v i’.
|
|
|
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|
|
14.7 Languages
|
==============
|
|
Org supports the following languages for the ‘src’ code blocks:
|
|
Language Identifier Language Identifier
|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
Asymptote asymptote Awk awk
|
C C C++ C++
|
Clojure clojure CSS css
|
D d ditaa ditaa
|
Graphviz dot Emacs Calc calc
|
Emacs Lisp emacs-lisp Fortran fortran
|
gnuplot gnuplot Haskell haskell
|
Java java Javascript js
|
LaTeX latex Ledger ledger
|
Lisp lisp Lilypond lilypond
|
Lua lua MATLAB matlab
|
Mscgen mscgen Objective Caml ocaml
|
Octave octave Org mode org
|
Oz oz Perl perl
|
Plantuml plantuml Processing.js processing
|
Python python R R
|
Ruby ruby Sass sass
|
Scheme scheme GNU Screen screen
|
Sed sed shell sh
|
SQL sql SQLite sqlite
|
Vala vala
|
|
Additional documentation for some languages are at
|
<https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages.html>.
|
|
By default, only ‘emacs-lisp’ is enabled for evaluation. To enable
|
or disable other languages, customize the ‘org-babel-load-languages’
|
variable either through the Emacs customization interface, or by adding
|
code to the init file as shown next:
|
|
In this example, evaluation is disabled for ‘emacs-lisp’, and enabled
|
for ‘R’.
|
|
(org-babel-do-load-languages
|
'org-babel-load-languages
|
'((emacs-lisp . nil)
|
(R . t)))
|
|
Note that this is not the only way to enable a language. Org also
|
enables languages when loaded with ‘require’ statement. For example,
|
the following enables execution of ‘clojure’ code blocks:
|
|
(require 'ob-clojure)
|
|
|
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|
14.8 Header arguments
|
=====================
|
|
Details of configuring header arguments are shown here.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Using header arguments:: Different ways to set header arguments
|
* Specific header arguments:: List of header arguments
|
|
|
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|
|
14.8.1 Using header arguments
|
-----------------------------
|
|
Since header arguments can be set in several ways, Org prioritizes them
|
in case of overlaps or conflicts by giving local settings a higher
|
priority. Header values in function calls, for example, override header
|
values from global defaults.
|
* Menu:
|
|
* System-wide header arguments:: Set globally, language-specific
|
* Language-specific header arguments:: Set in the Org file’s headers
|
* Header arguments in Org mode properties:: Set in the Org file
|
* Language-specific mode properties::
|
* Code block specific header arguments:: The most commonly used method
|
* Arguments in function calls:: The most specific level, takes highest priority
|
|
|
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|
|
System-wide header arguments
|
............................
|
|
System-wide values of header arguments can be specified by adapting the
|
‘org-babel-default-header-args’ variable:
|
|
:session => "none"
|
:results => "replace"
|
:exports => "code"
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:cache => "no"
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:noweb => "no"
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This example sets ‘:noweb’ header arguments to ‘yes’, which makes Org
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expand ‘:noweb’ references by default.
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(setq org-babel-default-header-args
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(cons '(:noweb . "yes")
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(assq-delete-all :noweb org-babel-default-header-args)))
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Language-specific header arguments
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Each language can have separate default header arguments by customizing
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the variable ‘org-babel-default-header-args:<lang>’, where ‘<lang>’ is
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the name of the language. For details, see the language-specific online
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documentation at <https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/>.
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Header arguments in Org mode properties
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For header arguments applicable to the buffer, use ‘#+PROPERTY:’ lines
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anywhere in the Org mode file (*note Property syntax::).
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The following example sets only for ‘R’ code blocks to ‘session’,
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making all the ‘R’ code blocks execute in the same session. Setting
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‘results’ to ‘silent’ ignores the results of executions for all blocks,
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not just ‘R’ code blocks; no results inserted for any block.
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#+PROPERTY: header-args:R :session *R*
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#+PROPERTY: header-args :results silent
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Header arguments set through Org’s property drawers (*note Property
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syntax::) apply at the sub-tree level on down. Since these property
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drawers can appear anywhere in the file hierarchy, Org uses outermost
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call or source block to resolve the values. Org ignores
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‘org-use-property-inheritance’ setting.
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In this example, ‘:cache’ defaults to ‘yes’ for all code blocks in
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the sub-tree starting with ‘sample header’.
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* sample header
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:PROPERTIES:
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:header-args: :cache yes
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:END:
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Properties defined through ‘org-set-property’ function, bound to ‘C-c
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C-x p’, apply to all active languages. They override properties set in
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‘org-babel-default-header-args’.
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Language-specific mode properties
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Language-specific header arguments are also read from properties
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‘header-args:<lang>’ where ‘<lang>’ is the language identifier. For
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example,
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* Heading
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:PROPERTIES:
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:header-args:clojure: :session *clojure-1*
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:header-args:R: :session *R*
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:END:
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** Subheading
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:PROPERTIES:
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:header-args:clojure: :session *clojure-2*
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:END:
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would force separate sessions for clojure blocks in Heading and
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Subheading, but use the same session for all ‘R’ blocks. Blocks in
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Subheading inherit settings from Heading.
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Code block specific header arguments
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Header arguments are most commonly set at the ‘src’ code block level, on
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the ‘#+BEGIN_SRC’ line. Arguments set at this level take precedence
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over those set in the ‘org-babel-default-header-args’ variable, and also
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those set as header properties.
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In the following example, setting ‘results’ to ‘silent’ makes it
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ignore results of the code execution. Setting ‘:exports’ to ‘code’
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exports only the body of the ‘src’ code block to HTML or LaTeX.:
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#+NAME: factorial
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#+BEGIN_SRC haskell :results silent :exports code :var n=0
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fac 0 = 1
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fac n = n * fac (n-1)
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#+END_SRC
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The same header arguments in an inline ‘src’ code block:
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src_haskell[:exports both]{fac 5}
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Code block header arguments can span multiple lines using ‘#+HEADER:’
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on each line. Note that Org currently accepts the plural spelling of
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‘#+HEADER:’ only as a convenience for backward-compatibility. It may be
|
removed at some point.
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Multi-line header arguments on an unnamed ‘src’ code block:
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#+HEADER: :var data1=1
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var data2=2
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(message "data1:%S, data2:%S" data1 data2)
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#+END_SRC
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#+RESULTS:
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: data1:1, data2:2
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Multi-line header arguments on a named ‘src’ code block:
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#+NAME: named-block
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#+HEADER: :var data=2
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
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(message "data:%S" data)
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#+END_SRC
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#+RESULTS: named-block
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: data:2
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Arguments in function calls
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Header arguments in function calls are the most specific and override
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all other settings in case of an overlap. They get the highest
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priority. Two ‘#+CALL:’ examples are shown below. For the complete
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syntax of ‘#+CALL:’ lines, see *note Evaluating code blocks::.
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In this example, ‘:exports results’ header argument is applied to the
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evaluation of the ‘#+CALL:’ line.
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#+CALL: factorial(n=5) :exports results
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In this example, ‘:session special’ header argument is applied to the
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evaluation of ‘factorial’ code block.
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#+CALL: factorial[:session special](n=5)
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14.8.2 Specific header arguments
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Org comes with many header arguments common to all languages. New
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header arguments are added for specific languages as they become
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available for use in ‘src’ code blocks. A header argument is specified
|
with an initial colon followed by the argument’s name in lowercase.
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Common header arguments are:
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* Menu:
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* var:: Pass arguments to ‘src’ code blocks
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* results:: Specify results type; how to collect
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* file:: Specify a path for output file
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* file-desc:: Specify a description for file results
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* file-ext:: Specify an extension for file output
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* output-dir:: Specify a directory for output file
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* dir:: Specify the default directory for code block execution
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* exports:: Specify exporting code, results, both, none
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* tangle:: Toggle tangling; or specify file name
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* mkdirp:: Toggle for parent directory creation for target files during tangling
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* comments:: Toggle insertion of comments in tangled code files
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* padline:: Control insertion of padding lines in tangled code files
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* no-expand:: Turn off variable assignment and noweb expansion during tangling
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* session:: Preserve the state of code evaluation
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* noweb:: Toggle expansion of noweb references
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* noweb-ref:: Specify block’s noweb reference resolution target
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* noweb-sep:: String to separate noweb references
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* cache:: Avoid re-evaluating unchanged code blocks
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* sep:: Delimiter for writing tabular results outside Org
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* hlines:: Handle horizontal lines in tables
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* colnames:: Handle column names in tables
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* rownames:: Handle row names in tables
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* shebang:: Make tangled files executable
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* tangle-mode:: Set permission of tangled files
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* eval:: Limit evaluation of specific code blocks
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* wrap:: Mark source block evaluation results
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* post:: Post processing of results of code block evaluation
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* prologue:: Text to prepend to body of code block
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* epilogue:: Text to append to body of code block
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For language-specific header arguments, see *note Languages::.
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14.8.2.1 ‘:var’
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Use ‘:var’ for passing arguments to ‘src’ code blocks. The specifics of
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variables in ‘src’ code blocks vary by the source language and are
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covered in the language-specific documentation. The syntax for ‘:var’,
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however, is the same for all languages. This includes declaring a
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variable, and assigning a default value.
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Arguments can take values as literals, or as references, or even as
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Emacs Lisp code (*note Emacs Lisp evaluation of variables: var.).
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References are names from the Org file from the lines ‘#+NAME:’ or
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‘#+RESULTS:’. References can also refer to tables, lists,
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‘#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE’ blocks, other types of ‘src’ code blocks, or the
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results of execution of ‘src’ code blocks.
|
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For better performance, Org can cache results of evaluations. But
|
caching comes with severe limitations (*note cache::).
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Argument values are indexed like arrays (*note Indexable variable
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values: var.).
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The following syntax is used to pass arguments to ‘src’ code blocks
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using the ‘:var’ header argument.
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:var name=assign
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The ‘assign’ is a literal value, such as a string ‘"string"’, a
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number ‘9’, a reference to a table, a list, a literal example, another
|
code block (with or without arguments), or the results from evaluating a
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code block.
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Here are examples of passing values by reference:
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“table”
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an Org mode table named with either a ‘#+NAME:’ line
|
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#+NAME: example-table
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| 1 |
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| 2 |
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| 3 |
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| 4 |
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#+NAME: table-length
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var table=example-table
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(length table)
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#+END_SRC
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#+RESULTS: table-length
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: 4
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“list”
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a simple list named with a ‘#+NAME:’ line. Note that only the top
|
level list items are passed along. Nested list items are ignored.
|
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#+NAME: example-list
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- simple
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- not
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- nested
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- list
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var x=example-list
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(print x)
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#+END_SRC
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#+RESULTS:
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| simple | list |
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“code block without arguments”
|
a code block name (from the example above), as assigned by
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‘#+NAME:’, optionally followed by parentheses
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var length=table-length()
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(* 2 length)
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#+END_SRC
|
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#+RESULTS:
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: 8
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“code block with arguments”
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a ‘src’ code block name, as assigned by ‘#+NAME:’, followed by
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parentheses and optional arguments passed within the parentheses
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following the ‘src’ code block name using standard function call
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syntax
|
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#+NAME: double
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var input=8
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(* 2 input)
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#+END_SRC
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#+RESULTS: double
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: 16
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#+NAME: squared
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var input=double(input=2)
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(* input input)
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#+END_SRC
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#+RESULTS: squared
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: 4
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“literal example”
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a literal example block named with a ‘#+NAME:’ line
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#+NAME: literal-example
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#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
|
A literal example
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on two lines
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#+END_EXAMPLE
|
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#+NAME: read-literal-example
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var x=literal-example
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(concatenate 'string x " for you.")
|
#+END_SRC
|
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#+RESULTS: read-literal-example
|
: A literal example
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: on two lines for you.
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Indexable variable values
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Indexing variable values enables referencing portions of a variable.
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Indexes are 0 based with negative values counting backwards from the
|
end. If an index is separated by ‘,’s then each subsequent section will
|
index as the next dimension. Note that this indexing occurs _before_
|
other table-related header arguments are applied, such as ‘:hlines’,
|
‘:colnames’ and ‘:rownames’. The following example assigns the last
|
cell of the first row the table ‘example-table’ to the variable ‘data’:
|
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#+NAME: example-table
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| 1 | a |
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| 2 | b |
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| 3 | c |
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| 4 | d |
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var data=example-table[0,-1]
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data
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#+END_SRC
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#+RESULTS:
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: a
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Ranges of variable values can be referenced using two integers
|
separated by a ‘:’, in which case the entire inclusive range is
|
referenced. For example the following assigns the middle three rows of
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‘example-table’ to ‘data’.
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|
#+NAME: example-table
|
| 1 | a |
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| 2 | b |
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| 3 | c |
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| 4 | d |
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| 5 | 3 |
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#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var data=example-table[1:3]
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data
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#+END_SRC
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#+RESULTS:
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| 2 | b |
|
| 3 | c |
|
| 4 | d |
|
|
To pick the entire range, use an empty index, or the single character
|
‘*’. ‘0:-1’ does the same thing. Example below shows how to reference
|
the first column only.
|
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#+NAME: example-table
|
| 1 | a |
|
| 2 | b |
|
| 3 | c |
|
| 4 | d |
|
|
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var data=example-table[,0]
|
data
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
#+RESULTS:
|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|
|
Index referencing can be used for tables and code blocks. Index
|
referencing can handle any number of dimensions. Commas delimit
|
multiple dimensions, as shown below.
|
|
#+NAME: 3D
|
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
|
'(((1 2 3) (4 5 6) (7 8 9))
|
((10 11 12) (13 14 15) (16 17 18))
|
((19 20 21) (22 23 24) (25 26 27)))
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var data=3D[1,,1]
|
data
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
#+RESULTS:
|
| 11 | 14 | 17 |
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Emacs Lisp evaluation of variables
|
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|
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Emacs lisp code can set the values for variables. To differentiate a
|
value from lisp code, Org interprets any value starting with ‘(’, ‘[’,
|
‘'’ or ‘`’ as Emacs Lisp code. The result of evaluating that code is
|
then assigned to the value of that variable. The following example
|
shows how to reliably query and pass file name of the Org mode buffer to
|
a code block using headers. We need reliability here because the file’s
|
name could change once the code in the block starts executing.
|
|
#+BEGIN_SRC sh :var filename=(buffer-file-name) :exports both
|
wc -w $filename
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
Note that values read from tables and lists will not be mistakenly
|
evaluated as Emacs Lisp code, as illustrated in the following example.
|
|
#+NAME: table
|
| (a b c) |
|
|
#+HEADER: :var data=table[0,0]
|
#+BEGIN_SRC perl
|
$data
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
#+RESULTS:
|
: (a b c)
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14.8.2.2 ‘:results’
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|
|
There are four classes of ‘:results’ header arguments. Each ‘src’ code
|
block can take only one option per class.
|
|
• collection for how the results should be collected from the ‘src’
|
code block
|
• type for which type of result the code block will return; affects
|
how Org processes and inserts results in the Org buffer
|
• format for the result; affects how Org processes and inserts
|
results in the Org buffer
|
• handling for processing results after evaluation of the ‘src’ code
|
block
|
|
Collection
|
..........
|
|
Collection options specify the results. Choose one of the options; they
|
are mutually exclusive.
|
|
• ‘value’ Default. Functional mode. Result is the value returned by
|
the last statement in the ‘src’ code block. Languages like Python
|
may require an explicit ‘return’ statement in the ‘src’ code block.
|
Usage example: ‘:results value’.
|
• ‘output’ Scripting mode. Result is collected from STDOUT during
|
execution of the code in the ‘src’ code block. Usage example:
|
‘:results output’.
|
|
Type
|
....
|
|
Type tells what result types to expect from the execution of the code
|
block. Choose one of the options; they are mutually exclusive. The
|
default behavior is to automatically determine the result type.
|
|
• ‘table’, ‘vector’ Interpret the results as an Org table. If the
|
result is a single value, create a table with one row and one
|
column. Usage example: ‘:results value table’.
|
• ‘list’ Interpret the results as an Org list. If the result is a
|
single value, create a list of one element.
|
• ‘scalar’, ‘verbatim’ Interpret literally and insert as quoted text.
|
Do not create a table. Usage example: ‘:results value verbatim’.
|
• ‘file’ Interpret as path to a file. Inserts a link to the file.
|
Usage example: ‘:results value file’.
|
|
Format
|
......
|
|
Format pertains to the type of the result returned by the ‘src’ code
|
block. Choose one of the options; they are mutually exclusive. The
|
default follows from the type specified above.
|
|
• ‘raw’ Interpreted as raw Org mode. Inserted directly into the
|
buffer. Aligned if it is a table. Usage example: ‘:results value
|
raw’.
|
• ‘org’ Results enclosed in a ‘BEGIN_SRC org’ block. For
|
comma-escape, either <TAB> in the block, or export the file. Usage
|
example: ‘:results value org’.
|
• ‘html’ Results enclosed in a ‘BEGIN_EXPORT html’ block. Usage
|
example: ‘:results value html’.
|
• ‘latex’ Results enclosed in a ‘BEGIN_EXPORT latex’ block. Usage
|
example: ‘:results value latex’.
|
• ‘code’ Result enclosed in a ‘src’ code block. Useful for parsing.
|
Usage example: ‘:results value code’.
|
• ‘pp’ Result converted to pretty-print source code. Enclosed in a
|
‘src’ code block. Languages supported: Emacs Lisp, Python, and
|
Ruby. Usage example: ‘:results value pp’.
|
• ‘drawer’ Result wrapped in a RESULTS drawer. Useful for containing
|
‘raw’ or ‘org’ results for later scripting and automated
|
processing. Usage example: ‘:results value drawer’.
|
|
Handling
|
........
|
|
Handling options after collecting the results.
|
|
• ‘silent’ Do not insert results in the Org mode buffer, but echo
|
them in the minibuffer. Usage example: ‘:results output silent’.
|
• ‘replace’ Default. Insert results in the Org buffer. Remove
|
previous results. Usage example: ‘:results output replace’.
|
• ‘append’ Append results to the Org buffer. Latest results are at
|
the bottom. Does not remove previous results. Usage example:
|
‘:results output append’.
|
• ‘prepend’ Prepend results to the Org buffer. Latest results are at
|
the top. Does not remove previous results. Usage example:
|
‘:results output prepend’.
|
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14.8.2.3 ‘:file’
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|
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An external ‘:file’ that saves the results of execution of the code
|
block. The ‘:file’ is either a file name or two strings, where the
|
first is the file name and the second is the description. A link to the
|
file is inserted. It uses an Org mode style ‘[[file:]]’ link (*note
|
Link format::). Some languages, such as ‘R’, ‘dot’, ‘ditaa’, and
|
‘gnuplot’, automatically wrap the source code in additional boilerplate
|
code. Such code wrapping helps recreate the output, especially graphics
|
output, by executing just the ‘:file’ contents.
|
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14.8.2.4 ‘:file-desc’
|
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|
|
A description of the results file. Org uses this description for the
|
link (see *note Link format::) it inserts in the Org file. If the
|
‘:file-desc’ has no value, Org will use file name for both the “link”
|
and the “description” portion of the Org mode link.
|
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14.8.2.5 ‘:file-ext’
|
....................
|
|
File name extension for the output file. Org generates the file’s
|
complete name, and extension by combining ‘:file-ext’, ‘#+NAME:’ of the
|
source block, and the *note output-dir:: header argument. To override
|
this auto generated file name, use the ‘:file’ header argument.
|
|
|
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14.8.2.6 ‘:output-dir’
|
......................
|
|
Specifies the ‘:output-dir’ for the results file. Org accepts an
|
absolute path (beginning with ‘/’) or a relative directory (without
|
‘/’). The value can be combined with ‘#+NAME:’ of the source block and
|
*note file:: or *note file-ext:: header arguments.
|
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14.8.2.7 ‘:dir’ and remote execution
|
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|
|
While the ‘:file’ header argument can be used to specify the path to the
|
output file, ‘:dir’ specifies the default directory during ‘src’ code
|
block execution. If it is absent, then the directory associated with
|
the current buffer is used. In other words, supplying ‘:dir path’
|
temporarily has the same effect as changing the current directory with
|
‘M-x cd path <RET>’, and then not supplying ‘:dir’. Under the surface,
|
‘:dir’ simply sets the value of the Emacs variable ‘default-directory’.
|
|
When using ‘:dir’, relative paths (for example, ‘:file myfile.jpg’ or
|
‘:file results/myfile.jpg’) become relative to the default directory.
|
|
For example, to save the plot file in the ‘Work’ folder of the home
|
directory (notice tilde is expanded):
|
|
#+BEGIN_SRC R :file myplot.png :dir ~/Work
|
matplot(matrix(rnorm(100), 10), type="l")
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
Remote execution
|
................
|
|
To evaluate the ‘src’ code block on a remote machine, supply a remote s
|
directory name using ‘Tramp’ syntax. For example:
|
|
#+BEGIN_SRC R :file plot.png :dir /scp:dand@yakuba.princeton.edu:
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plot(1:10, main=system("hostname", intern=TRUE))
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
Org first captures the text results as usual for insertion in the Org
|
file. Then Org also inserts a link to the remote file, thanks to Emacs
|
‘Tramp’. Org constructs the remote path to the file name from ‘:dir’
|
and ‘default-directory’, as illustrated here:
|
|
[[file:/scp:dand@yakuba.princeton.edu:/home/dand/plot.png][plot.png]]
|
|
Some more warnings
|
..................
|
|
• When ‘:dir’ is used with ‘:session’, Org sets the starting
|
directory for a new session. But Org will not alter the directory
|
of an already existing session.
|
• Do not use ‘:dir’ with ‘:exports results’ or with ‘:exports both’
|
to avoid Org inserting incorrect links to remote files. That is
|
because Org does not expand ‘default directory’ to avoid some
|
underlying portability issues.
|
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14.8.2.8 ‘:exports’
|
...................
|
|
The ‘:exports’ header argument is to specify if that part of the Org
|
file is exported to, say, HTML or LaTeX formats. Note that ‘:exports’
|
affects only ‘src’ code blocks and not inline code.
|
|
• ‘code’ The default. The body of code is included into the exported
|
file. Example: ‘:exports code’.
|
• ‘results’ The results of evaluation of the code is included in the
|
exported file. Example: ‘:exports results’.
|
• ‘both’ Both the code and results of evaluation are included in the
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exported file. Example: ‘:exports both’.
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• ‘none’ Neither the code nor the results of evaluation is included
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in the exported file. Whether the code is evaluated at all depends
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on other options. Example: ‘:exports none’.
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14.8.2.9 ‘:tangle’
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The ‘:tangle’ header argument specifies if the ‘src’ code block is
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exported to source file(s).
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• ‘tangle’ Export the ‘src’ code block to source file. The file name
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for the source file is derived from the name of the Org file, and
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the file extension is derived from the source code language
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identifier. Example: ‘:tangle yes’.
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• ‘no’ The default. Do not extract the code a source code file.
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Example: ‘:tangle no’.
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• other Export the ‘src’ code block to source file whose file name is
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derived from any string passed to the ‘:tangle’ header argument.
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Org derives the file name as being relative to the directory of the
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Org file’s location. Example: ‘:tangle path’.
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14.8.2.10 ‘:mkdirp’
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The ‘:mkdirp’ header argument creates parent directories for tangled
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files if the directory does not exist. ‘yes’ enables directory creation
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and ‘no’ inhibits directory creation.
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14.8.2.11 ‘:comments’
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Controls inserting comments into tangled files. These are above and
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beyond whatever comments may already exist in the ‘src’ code block.
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• ‘no’ The default. Do not insert any extra comments during
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tangling.
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• ‘link’ Wrap the ‘src’ code block in comments. Include links
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pointing back to the place in the Org file from where the code was
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tangled.
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• ‘yes’ Kept for backward compatibility; same as “link”.
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• ‘org’ Nearest headline text from Org file is inserted as comment.
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The exact text that is inserted is picked from the leading context
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of the source block.
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• ‘both’ Includes both “link” and “org” comment options.
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• ‘noweb’ Includes “link” comment option, expands noweb references,
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and wraps them in link comments inside the body of the ‘src’ code
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block.
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14.8.2.12 ‘:padline’
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Control insertion of newlines to pad ‘src’ code blocks in the tangled
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file.
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• ‘yes’ Default. Insert a newline before and after each ‘src’ code
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block in the tangled file.
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• ‘no’ Do not insert newlines to pad the tangled ‘src’ code blocks.
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14.8.2.13 ‘:no-expand’
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By default Org expands ‘src’ code blocks during tangling. The
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‘:no-expand’ header argument turns off such expansions. Note that one
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side-effect of expansion by ‘org-babel-expand-src-block’ also assigns
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values to ‘:var’ (*note var::) variables. Expansions also replace Noweb
|
references with their targets (*note Noweb reference syntax::). Some of
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these expansions may cause premature assignment, hence this option.
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This option makes a difference only for tangling. It has no effect when
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exporting since ‘src’ code blocks for execution have to be expanded
|
anyway.
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14.8.2.14 ‘:session’
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The ‘:session’ header argument is for running multiple source code
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blocks under one session. Org runs ‘src’ code blocks with the same
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session name in the same interpreter process.
|
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• ‘none’ Default. Each ‘src’ code block gets a new interpreter
|
process to execute. The process terminates once the block is
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evaluated.
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• ‘other’ Any string besides ‘none’ turns that string into the name
|
of that session. For example, ‘:session mysession’ names it
|
‘mysession’. If ‘:session’ has no argument, then the session name
|
is derived from the source language identifier. Subsequent blocks
|
with the same source code language use the same session. Depending
|
on the language, state variables, code from other blocks, and the
|
overall interpreted environment may be shared. Some interpreted
|
languages support concurrent sessions when subsequent source code
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language blocks change session names.
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14.8.2.15 ‘:noweb’
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The ‘:noweb’ header argument controls expansion of Noweb syntax
|
references (*note Noweb reference syntax::). Expansions occur when
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source code blocks are evaluated, tangled, or exported.
|
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• ‘no’ Default. No expansion of Noweb syntax references in the body
|
of the code when evaluating, tangling, or exporting.
|
• ‘yes’ Expansion of Noweb syntax references in the body of the ‘src’
|
code block when evaluating, tangling, or exporting.
|
• ‘tangle’ Expansion of Noweb syntax references in the body of the
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‘src’ code block when tangling. No expansion when evaluating or
|
exporting.
|
• ‘no-export’ Expansion of Noweb syntax references in the body of the
|
‘src’ code block when evaluating or tangling. No expansion when
|
exporting.
|
• ‘strip-export’ Expansion of Noweb syntax references in the body of
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the ‘src’ code block when expanding prior to evaluating or
|
tangling. Removes Noweb syntax references when exporting.
|
• ‘eval’ Expansion of Noweb syntax references in the body of the
|
‘src’ code block only before evaluating.
|
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Noweb prefix lines
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..................
|
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Noweb insertions now honor prefix characters that appear before the
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Noweb syntax reference.
|
|
This behavior is illustrated in the following example. Because the
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‘<<example>>’ noweb reference appears behind the SQL comment syntax,
|
each line of the expanded noweb reference will be commented.
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With:
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#+NAME: example
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#+BEGIN_SRC text
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this is the
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multi-line body of example
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#+END_SRC
|
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this ‘src’ code block:
|
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#+BEGIN_SRC sql :noweb yes
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-- <<example>>
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#+END_SRC
|
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expands to:
|
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-- this is the
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-- multi-line body of example
|
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Since this change will not affect noweb replacement text without
|
newlines in them, inline noweb references are acceptable.
|
|
This feature can also be used for management of indentation in
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exported code snippets.
|
|
With:
|
|
#+NAME: if-true
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#+BEGIN_SRC python :exports none
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print('Do things when True')
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#+END_SRC
|
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#+NAME: if-false
|
#+BEGIN_SRC python :exports none
|
print('Do things when False')
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#+END_SRC
|
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this ‘src’ code block:
|
|
#+BEGIN_SRC python :noweb yes :results output
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if True:
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<<if-true>>
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else:
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<<if-false>>
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#+END_SRC
|
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expands to:
|
|
if True:
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print('Do things when True')
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else:
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print('Do things when False')
|
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and evaluates to:
|
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Do things when True
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14.8.2.16 ‘:noweb-ref’
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|
|
When expanding Noweb style references, Org concatenates ‘src’ code
|
blocks by matching the reference name to either the code block name or
|
the ‘:noweb-ref’ header argument.
|
|
For simple concatenation, set this ‘:noweb-ref’ header argument at
|
the sub-tree or file level. In the example Org file shown next, the
|
body of the source code in each block is extracted for concatenation to
|
a pure code file when tangled.
|
|
#+BEGIN_SRC sh :tangle yes :noweb yes :shebang #!/bin/sh
|
<<fullest-disk>>
|
#+END_SRC
|
* the mount point of the fullest disk
|
:PROPERTIES:
|
:header-args: :noweb-ref fullest-disk
|
:END:
|
|
** query all mounted disks
|
#+BEGIN_SRC sh
|
df \
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#+END_SRC
|
|
** strip the header row
|
#+BEGIN_SRC sh
|
|sed '1d' \
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
** output mount point of fullest disk
|
#+BEGIN_SRC sh
|
|awk '{if (u < +$5) {u = +$5; m = $6}} END {print m}'
|
#+END_SRC
|
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14.8.2.17 ‘:noweb-sep’
|
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|
|
By default a newline separates each noweb reference concatenation. To
|
change this newline separator, edit the ‘:noweb-sep’ (*note noweb-sep::)
|
header argument.
|
|
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14.8.2.18 ‘:cache’
|
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|
|
The ‘:cache’ header argument is for caching results of evaluating code
|
blocks. Caching results can avoid re-evaluating ‘src’ code blocks that
|
have not changed since the previous run. To benefit from the cache and
|
avoid redundant evaluations, the source block must have a result already
|
present in the buffer, and neither the header arguments (including the
|
value of ‘:var’ references) nor the text of the block itself has changed
|
since the result was last computed. This feature greatly helps avoid
|
long-running calculations. For some edge cases, however, the cached
|
results may not be reliable.
|
|
The caching feature is best for when ‘src’ blocks are pure functions,
|
that is functions that return the same value for the same input
|
arguments (*note var::), and that do not have side effects, and do not
|
rely on external variables other than the input arguments. Functions
|
that depend on a timer, file system objects, and random number
|
generators are clearly unsuitable for caching.
|
|
A note of warning: when ‘:cache’ is used for a ‘:session’, caching
|
may cause unexpected results.
|
|
When the caching mechanism tests for any source code changes, it will
|
not expand Noweb style references (*note Noweb reference syntax::). For
|
reasons why, see <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/79046>.
|
|
The ‘:cache’ header argument can have one of two values: ‘yes’ or
|
‘no’.
|
|
• ‘no’ Default. No caching of results; ‘src’ code block evaluated
|
every time.
|
• ‘yes’ Whether to run the code or return the cached results is
|
determined by comparing the SHA1 hash value of the combined ‘src’
|
code block and arguments passed to it. This hash value is packed
|
on the ‘#+RESULTS:’ line from previous evaluation. When hash
|
values match, Org does not evaluate the ‘src’ code block. When
|
hash values mismatch, Org evaluates the ‘src’ code block, inserts
|
the results, recalculates the hash value, and updates ‘#+RESULTS:’
|
line.
|
|
In this example, both functions are cached. But ‘caller’ runs only
|
if the result from ‘random’ has changed since the last run.
|
|
#+NAME: random
|
#+BEGIN_SRC R :cache yes
|
runif(1)
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
#+RESULTS[a2a72cd647ad44515fab62e144796432793d68e1]: random
|
0.4659510825295
|
|
#+NAME: caller
|
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var x=random :cache yes
|
x
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
#+RESULTS[bec9c8724e397d5df3b696502df3ed7892fc4f5f]: caller
|
0.254227238707244
|
|
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14.8.2.19 ‘:sep’
|
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|
|
The ‘:sep’ header argument is the delimiter for saving results as tables
|
to files (*note file::) external to Org mode. Org defaults to tab
|
delimited output. The function, ‘org-open-at-point’, which is bound to
|
‘C-c C-o’, also uses ‘:sep’ for opening tabular results.
|
|
|
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14.8.2.20 ‘:hlines’
|
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|
|
In-between each table row or below the table headings, sometimes results
|
have horizontal lines, which are also known as hlines. The ‘:hlines’
|
argument with the value ‘yes’ accepts such lines. The default is ‘no’.
|
|
• ‘no’ Strips horizontal lines from the input table. For most code,
|
this is desirable, or else those ‘hline’ symbols raise unbound
|
variable errors.
|
|
The default is ‘:hlines no’. The example shows hlines removed from
|
the input table.
|
|
#+NAME: many-cols
|
| a | b | c |
|
|---+---+---|
|
| d | e | f |
|
|---+---+---|
|
| g | h | i |
|
|
#+NAME: echo-table
|
#+BEGIN_SRC python :var tab=many-cols
|
return tab
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
#+RESULTS: echo-table
|
| a | b | c |
|
| d | e | f |
|
| g | h | i |
|
|
• ‘yes’ For ‘:hlines yes’, the example shows hlines unchanged.
|
|
#+NAME: many-cols
|
| a | b | c |
|
|---+---+---|
|
| d | e | f |
|
|---+---+---|
|
| g | h | i |
|
|
#+NAME: echo-table
|
#+BEGIN_SRC python :var tab=many-cols :hlines yes
|
return tab
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
#+RESULTS: echo-table
|
| a | b | c |
|
|---+---+---|
|
| d | e | f |
|
|---+---+---|
|
| g | h | i |
|
|
|
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|
14.8.2.21 ‘:colnames’
|
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|
|
The ‘:colnames’ header argument accepts ‘yes’, ‘no’, or ‘nil’ values.
|
The default value is ‘nil’, which is unassigned. But this header
|
argument behaves differently depending on the source code language.
|
|
• ‘nil’ If an input table has column names (because the second row is
|
an hline), then Org removes the column names, processes the table,
|
puts back the column names, and then writes the table to the
|
results block.
|
|
#+NAME: less-cols
|
| a |
|
|---|
|
| b |
|
| c |
|
|
#+NAME: echo-table-again
|
#+BEGIN_SRC python :var tab=less-cols
|
return [[val + '*' for val in row] for row in tab]
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
#+RESULTS: echo-table-again
|
| a |
|
|----|
|
| b* |
|
| c* |
|
|
Note that column names have to accounted for when using variable
|
indexing (*note Indexable variable values: var.) because column
|
names are not removed for indexing.
|
|
• ‘no’ Do not pre-process column names.
|
|
• ‘yes’ For an input table that has no hlines, process it like the
|
‘nil’ value. That is, Org removes the column names, processes the
|
table, puts back the column names, and then writes the table to the
|
results block.
|
|
|
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|
14.8.2.22 ‘:rownames’
|
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|
|
The ‘:rownames’ header argument can take on values ‘yes’ or ‘no’ values.
|
The default is ‘no’. Note that ‘emacs-lisp’ code blocks ignore
|
‘:rownames’ header argument because of the ease of table-handling in
|
Emacs.
|
|
• ‘no’ Org will not pre-process row names.
|
|
• ‘yes’ If an input table has row names, then Org removes the row
|
names, processes the table, puts back the row names, and then
|
writes the table to the results block.
|
|
#+NAME: with-rownames
|
| one | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|
| two | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|
|
#+NAME: echo-table-once-again
|
#+BEGIN_SRC python :var tab=with-rownames :rownames yes
|
return [[val + 10 for val in row] for row in tab]
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
#+RESULTS: echo-table-once-again
|
| one | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|
| two | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|
|
Note that row names have to accounted for when using variable
|
indexing (*note Indexable variable values: var.) because row names
|
are not removed for indexing.
|
|
|
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|
14.8.2.23 ‘:shebang’
|
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|
|
This header argument can turn results into executable script files. By
|
setting the ‘:shebang’ header argument to a string value (for example,
|
‘:shebang "#!/bin/bash"’), Org inserts that string as the first line of
|
the tangled file that the ‘src’ code block is extracted to. Org then
|
turns on the tangled file’s executable permission.
|
|
|
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|
|
14.8.2.24 ‘:tangle-mode’
|
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|
|
The ‘tangle-mode’ header argument specifies what permissions to set for
|
tangled files by ‘set-file-modes’. For example, to make read-only
|
tangled file, use ‘:tangle-mode (identity #o444)’. To make it
|
executable, use ‘:tangle-mode (identity #o755)’.
|
|
On ‘src’ code blocks with ‘shebang’ (*note shebang::) header
|
argument, Org will automatically set the tangled file to executable
|
permissions. But this can be overridden with custom permissions using
|
‘tangle-mode’ header argument.
|
|
When multiple ‘src’ code blocks tangle to a single file with
|
different and conflicting ‘tangle-mode’ header arguments, Org’s behavior
|
is undefined.
|
|
|
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|
|
14.8.2.25 ‘:eval’
|
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|
|
The ‘:eval’ header argument can limit evaluation of specific code
|
blocks. It is useful for protection against evaluating untrusted ‘src’
|
code blocks by prompting for a confirmation. This protection is
|
independent of the ‘org-confirm-babel-evaluate’ setting.
|
|
‘never or no’
|
Org will never evaluate this ‘src’ code block.
|
‘query’
|
Org prompts the user for permission to evaluate this ‘src’ code
|
block.
|
‘never-export or no-export’
|
Org will not evaluate this ‘src’ code block when exporting, yet the
|
user can evaluate this source block interactively.
|
‘query-export’
|
Org prompts the user for permission to export this ‘src’ code
|
block.
|
|
If ‘:eval’ header argument is not set for a source block, then Org
|
determines whether to evaluate from the ‘org-confirm-babel-evaluate’
|
variable (*note Code evaluation security::).
|
|
|
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|
|
14.8.2.26 ‘:wrap’
|
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|
|
The ‘:wrap’ header argument marks the results block by appending strings
|
to ‘#+BEGIN_’ and ‘#+END_’. If no string is specified, Org wraps the
|
results in a ‘#+BEGIN/END_RESULTS’ block.
|
|
|
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|
|
14.8.2.27 ‘:post’
|
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|
|
The ‘:post’ header argument is for post-processing results from ‘src’
|
block evaluation. When ‘:post’ has any value, Org binds the results to
|
‘*this*’ variable for easy passing to *note var:: header argument
|
specifications. That makes results available to other ‘src’ code
|
blocks, or for even direct Emacs Lisp code execution.
|
|
The following two examples illustrate ‘:post’ header argument in
|
action. The first one shows how to attach ‘#+ATTR_LATEX:’ line using
|
‘:post’.
|
|
#+name: attr_wrap
|
#+begin_src sh :var data="" :var width="\\textwidth" :results output
|
echo "#+ATTR_LATEX: :width $width"
|
echo "$data"
|
#+end_src
|
|
#+header: :file /tmp/it.png
|
#+begin_src dot :post attr_wrap(width="5cm", data=*this*) :results drawer
|
digraph{
|
a -> b;
|
b -> c;
|
c -> a;
|
}
|
#+end_src
|
|
#+RESULTS:
|
:RESULTS:
|
#+ATTR_LATEX :width 5cm
|
[[file:/tmp/it.png]]
|
:END:
|
|
The second example shows use of ‘:colnames’ in ‘:post’ to pass data
|
between ‘src’ code blocks.
|
|
#+name: round-tbl
|
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :var tbl="" fmt="%.3f"
|
(mapcar (lambda (row)
|
(mapcar (lambda (cell)
|
(if (numberp cell)
|
(format fmt cell)
|
cell))
|
row))
|
tbl)
|
#+end_src
|
|
#+begin_src R :colnames yes :post round-tbl[:colnames yes](*this*)
|
set.seed(42)
|
data.frame(foo=rnorm(1))
|
#+end_src
|
|
#+RESULTS:
|
| foo |
|
|-------|
|
| 1.371 |
|
|
|
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|
|
14.8.2.28 ‘:prologue’
|
.....................
|
|
The ‘prologue’ header argument is for appending to the top of the code
|
block for execution. For example, a clear or reset code at the start of
|
new execution of a ‘src’ code block. A ‘reset’ for ‘gnuplot’:
|
‘:prologue "reset"’. See also *note epilogue::.
|
|
(add-to-list 'org-babel-default-header-args:gnuplot
|
'((:prologue . "reset")))
|
|
|
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|
|
14.8.2.29 ‘:epilogue’
|
.....................
|
|
The value of the ‘epilogue’ header argument is for appending to the end
|
of the code block for execution. See also *note prologue::.
|
|
|
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|
14.9 Results of evaluation
|
==========================
|
|
How Org handles results of a code block execution depends on many header
|
arguments working together. Here is only a summary of these. For an
|
enumeration of all the header arguments that affect results, see *note
|
results::.
|
|
The primary determinant is the execution context. Is it in a
|
‘:session’ or not? Orthogonal to that is if the expected result is a
|
‘:results value’ or ‘:results output’, which is a concatenation of
|
output from start to finish of the ‘src’ code block’s evaluation.
|
|
Non-session Session
|
‘:results value’ value of last value of last expression
|
expression
|
‘:results output’ contents of STDOUT concatenation of interpreter
|
output
|
|
For ‘:session’ and non-session, the ‘:results value’ turns the
|
results into an Org mode table format. Single values are wrapped in a
|
one dimensional vector. Rows and columns of a table are wrapped in a
|
two-dimensional vector.
|
|
14.9.1 Non-session
|
------------------
|
|
14.9.1.1 ‘:results value’
|
.........................
|
|
Default. Org gets the value by wrapping the code in a function
|
definition in the language of the ‘src’ block. That is why when using
|
‘:results value’, code should execute like a function and return a
|
value. For languages like Python, an explicit ‘return’ statement is
|
mandatory when using ‘:results value’.
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This is one of four evaluation contexts where Org automatically wraps
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the code in a function definition.
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14.9.1.2 ‘:results output’
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..........................
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For ‘:results output’, the code is passed to an external process running
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the interpreter. Org returns the contents of the standard output stream
|
as as text results.
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14.9.2 Session
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--------------
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14.9.2.1 ‘:results value’
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.........................
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For ‘:results value’ from a ‘:session’, Org passes the code to an
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interpreter running as an interactive Emacs inferior process. So only
|
languages that provide interactive evaluation can have session support.
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Not all languages provide this support, such as ‘C’ and ‘ditaa’. Even
|
those that do support, such as ‘Python’ and ‘Haskell’, they impose
|
limitations on allowable language constructs that can run interactively.
|
Org inherits those limitations for those ‘src’ code blocks running in a
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‘:session’.
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Org gets the value from the source code interpreter’s last statement
|
output. Org has to use language-specific methods to obtain the value.
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For example, from the variable ‘_’ in ‘Python’ and ‘Ruby’, and the value
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of ‘.Last.value’ in ‘R’).
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14.9.2.2 ‘:results output’
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..........................
|
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For ‘:results output’, Org passes the code to the interpreter running as
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an interactive Emacs inferior process. Org concatenates whatever text
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output emitted by the interpreter to return the collection as a result.
|
Note that this collection is not the same as collected from ‘STDOUT’ of
|
a non-interactive interpreter running as an external process. Compare
|
for example these two blocks:
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#+BEGIN_SRC python :results output
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print "hello"
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2
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print "bye"
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#+END_SRC
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#+RESULTS:
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: hello
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: bye
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In the above non-session mode, the “2” is not printed; so does not
|
appear in results.
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#+BEGIN_SRC python :results output :session
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print "hello"
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2
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print "bye"
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#+END_SRC
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#+RESULTS:
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: hello
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: 2
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: bye
|
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In the above ‘:session’ mode, the interactive interpreter receives
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and prints “2”. Results show that.
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14.10 Noweb reference syntax
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============================
|
|
Org supports named blocks in Noweb style syntax. For Noweb literate
|
programming details, see <http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/noweb/>).
|
|
<<code-block-name>>
|
|
For the header argument ‘:noweb yes’, Org expands Noweb style
|
references in the ‘src’ code block before evaluation.
|
|
For the header argument ‘:noweb no’, Org does not expand Noweb style
|
references in the ‘src’ code block before evaluation.
|
|
The default is ‘:noweb no’. Org defaults to ‘:noweb no’ so as not to
|
cause errors in languages where Noweb syntax is ambiguous. Change Org’s
|
default to ‘:noweb yes’ for languages where there is no risk of
|
confusion.
|
|
Org offers a more flexible way to resolve Noweb style references
|
(*note noweb-ref::).
|
|
Org can include the _results_ of a code block rather than its body.
|
To that effect, append parentheses, possibly including arguments, to the
|
code block name, as show below.
|
|
<<code-block-name(optional arguments)>>
|
|
Note that when using the above approach to a code block’s results,
|
the code block name set by ‘#+NAME’ keyword is required; the reference
|
set by ‘:noweb-ref’ will not work.
|
|
Here is an example that demonstrates how the exported content changes
|
when Noweb style references are used with parentheses versus without.
|
|
With:
|
|
#+NAME: some-code
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#+BEGIN_SRC python :var num=0 :results output :exports none
|
print(num*10)
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
this code block:
|
|
#+BEGIN_SRC text :noweb yes
|
<<some-code>>
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#+END_SRC
|
|
expands to:
|
|
print(num*10)
|
|
Below, a similar Noweb style reference is used, but with parentheses,
|
while setting a variable ‘num’ to 10:
|
|
#+BEGIN_SRC text :noweb yes
|
<<some-code(num=10)>>
|
#+END_SRC
|
|
Note that now the expansion contains the _results_ of the code block
|
‘some-code’, not the code block itself:
|
|
100
|
|
For faster tangling of large Org mode files, set
|
‘org-babel-use-quick-and-dirty-noweb-expansion’ variable to ‘t’. The
|
speedup comes at the expense of not correctly resolving inherited values
|
of the ‘:noweb-ref’ header argument.
|
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14.11 Key bindings and useful functions
|
=======================================
|
|
Many common Org mode key sequences are re-bound depending on the
|
context.
|
|
Active key bindings in code blocks:
|
|
‘C-c C-c’ ‘org-babel-execute-src-block’
|
‘C-c C-o’ ‘org-babel-open-src-block-result’
|
‘M-<UP>’ ‘org-babel-load-in-session’
|
‘M-<DOWN>’ ‘org-babel-switch-to-session’
|
|
Active key bindings in Org mode buffer:
|
|
‘C-c C-v p’ or ‘C-c C-v C-p’ ‘org-babel-previous-src-block’
|
‘C-c C-v n’ or ‘C-c C-v C-n’ ‘org-babel-next-src-block’
|
‘C-c C-v e’ or ‘C-c C-v C-e’ ‘org-babel-execute-maybe’
|
‘C-c C-v o’ or ‘C-c C-v C-o’ ‘org-babel-open-src-block-result’
|
‘C-c C-v v’ or ‘C-c C-v C-v’ ‘org-babel-expand-src-block’
|
‘C-c C-v u’ or ‘C-c C-v C-u’ ‘org-babel-goto-src-block-head’
|
‘C-c C-v g’ or ‘C-c C-v C-g’ ‘org-babel-goto-named-src-block’
|
‘C-c C-v r’ or ‘C-c C-v C-r’ ‘org-babel-goto-named-result’
|
‘C-c C-v b’ or ‘C-c C-v C-b’ ‘org-babel-execute-buffer’
|
‘C-c C-v s’ or ‘C-c C-v C-s’ ‘org-babel-execute-subtree’
|
‘C-c C-v d’ or ‘C-c C-v C-d’ ‘org-babel-demarcate-block’
|
‘C-c C-v t’ or ‘C-c C-v C-t’ ‘org-babel-tangle’
|
‘C-c C-v f’ or ‘C-c C-v C-f’ ‘org-babel-tangle-file’
|
‘C-c C-v c’ or ‘C-c C-v C-c’ ‘org-babel-check-src-block’
|
‘C-c C-v j’ or ‘C-c C-v C-j’ ‘org-babel-insert-header-arg’
|
‘C-c C-v l’ or ‘C-c C-v C-l’ ‘org-babel-load-in-session’
|
‘C-c C-v i’ or ‘C-c C-v C-i’ ‘org-babel-lob-ingest’
|
‘C-c C-v I’ or ‘C-c C-v C-I’ ‘org-babel-view-src-block-info’
|
‘C-c C-v z’ or ‘C-c C-v C-z’ ‘org-babel-switch-to-session-with-code’
|
‘C-c C-v a’ or ‘C-c C-v C-a’ ‘org-babel-sha1-hash’
|
‘C-c C-v h’ or ‘C-c C-v C-h’ ‘org-babel-describe-bindings’
|
‘C-c C-v x’ or ‘C-c C-v C-x’ ‘org-babel-do-key-sequence-in-edit-buffer’
|
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14.12 Batch execution
|
=====================
|
|
Org mode features, including working with source code facilities can be
|
invoked from the command line. This enables building shell scripts for
|
batch processing, running automated system tasks, and expanding Org
|
mode’s usefulness.
|
|
The sample script shows batch processing of multiple files using
|
‘org-babel-tangle’.
|
|
#!/bin/sh
|
# tangle files with org-mode
|
#
|
emacs -Q --batch --eval "
|
(progn
|
(require 'ob-tangle)
|
(dolist (file command-line-args-left)
|
(with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect file)
|
(org-babel-tangle))))
|
" "$@"
|
|
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|
15 Miscellaneous
|
****************
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Completion:: M-<TAB> guesses completions
|
* Easy templates:: Quick insertion of structural elements
|
* Speed keys:: Electric commands at the beginning of a headline
|
* Code evaluation security:: Org mode files evaluate inline code
|
* Customization:: Adapting Org to changing tastes
|
* In-buffer settings:: Overview of the ‘#+KEYWORDS’
|
* The very busy C-c C-c key:: When in doubt, press C-c C-c
|
* Clean view:: Getting rid of leading stars in the outline
|
* TTY keys:: Using Org on a tty
|
* Interaction:: With other Emacs packages
|
* org-crypt:: Encrypting Org files
|
|
|
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|
|
15.1 Completion
|
===============
|
|
Org has in-buffer completions. Unlike minibuffer completions, which are
|
useful for quick command interactions, Org’s in-buffer completions are
|
more suitable for content creation in Org documents. Type one or more
|
letters and invoke the hot key to complete the text in-place. Depending
|
on the context and the keys, Org will offer different types of
|
completions. No minibuffer is involved. Such mode-specific hot keys
|
have become an integral part of Emacs and Org provides several
|
shortcuts.
|
|
‘M-<TAB>’
|
Complete word at point
|
• At the beginning of a headline, complete TODO keywords.
|
• After ‘\’, complete TeX symbols supported by the exporter.
|
• After ‘*’, complete headlines in the current buffer so that
|
they can be used in search links like ‘[[*find this
|
headline]]’.
|
• After ‘:’ in a headline, complete tags. The list of tags is
|
taken from the variable ‘org-tag-alist’ (possibly set through
|
the ‘#+TAGS’ in-buffer option, *note Setting tags::), or it is
|
created dynamically from all tags used in the current buffer.
|
• After ‘:’ and not in a headline, complete property keys. The
|
list of keys is constructed dynamically from all keys used in
|
the current buffer.
|
• After ‘[’, complete link abbreviations (*note Link
|
abbreviations::).
|
• After ‘#+’, complete the special keywords like ‘TYP_TODO’ or
|
file-specific ‘OPTIONS’. After option keyword is complete,
|
pressing ‘M-<TAB>’ again will insert example settings for that
|
option.
|
• After ‘#+STARTUP:’, complete startup keywords.
|
• When the point is anywhere else, complete dictionary words
|
using Ispell.
|
If your desktop intercepts the combo ‘M-<TAB>’ to switch windows,
|
use ‘C-M-i’ or ‘<ESC> <TAB>’ as an alternative or customize your
|
environment.
|
|
|
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|
|
15.2 Easy templates
|
===================
|
|
With just a few keystrokes, Org’s easy templates inserts empty pairs of
|
structural elements, such as ‘#+BEGIN_SRC’ and ‘#+END_SRC’. Easy
|
templates use an expansion mechanism, which is native to Org, in a
|
process similar to ‘yasnippet’ and other Emacs template expansion
|
packages.
|
|
‘<’ ‘s’ ‘<TAB>’ expands to a ‘src’ code block.
|
|
‘<’ ‘l’ ‘<TAB>’ expands to:
|
|
#+BEGIN_EXPORT latex
|
|
#+END_EXPORT
|
|
Org comes with these pre-defined easy templates:
|
|
‘s’ ‘#+BEGIN_SRC ... #+END_SRC’
|
‘e’ ‘#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE ... #+END_EXAMPLE’
|
‘q’ ‘#+BEGIN_QUOTE ... #+END_QUOTE’
|
‘v’ ‘#+BEGIN_VERSE ... #+END_VERSE’
|
‘c’ ‘#+BEGIN_CENTER ... #+END_CENTER’
|
‘C’ ‘#+BEGIN_COMMENT ... #+END_COMMENT’
|
‘l’ ‘#+BEGIN_EXPORT latex ... #+END_EXPORT’
|
‘L’ ‘#+LATEX:’
|
‘h’ ‘#+BEGIN_EXPORT html ... #+END_EXPORT’
|
‘H’ ‘#+HTML:’
|
‘a’ ‘#+BEGIN_EXPORT ascii ... #+END_EXPORT’
|
‘A’ ‘#+ASCII:’
|
‘i’ ‘#+INDEX:’ line
|
‘I’ ‘#+INCLUDE:’ line
|
|
More templates can added by customizing the variable
|
‘org-structure-template-alist’, whose docstring has additional details.
|
|
|
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|
|
15.3 Speed keys
|
===============
|
|
Single keystrokes can execute custom commands in an Org file when the
|
cursor is on a headline. Without the extra burden of a meta or modifier
|
key, Speed Keys can speed navigation or execute custom commands.
|
Besides faster navigation, Speed Keys may come in handy on small mobile
|
devices that do not have full keyboards. Speed Keys may also work on
|
TTY devices known for their problems when entering Emacs keychords.
|
|
By default, Org has Speed Keys disabled. To activate Speed Keys, set
|
the variable ‘org-use-speed-commands’ to a non-‘nil’ value. To trigger
|
a Speed Key, the cursor must be at the beginning of an Org headline,
|
before any of the stars.
|
|
Org comes with a pre-defined list of Speed Keys. To add or modify
|
Speed Keys, customize the variable, ‘org-speed-commands-user’. For more
|
details, see the variable’s docstring. With Speed Keys activated, ‘M-x
|
org-speed-command-help’, or ‘?’ when cursor is at the beginning of an
|
Org headline, shows currently active Speed Keys, including the
|
user-defined ones.
|
|
|
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|
|
15.4 Code evaluation and security issues
|
========================================
|
|
Unlike plain text, running code comes with risk. Each ‘src’ code block,
|
in terms of risk, is equivalent to an executable file. Org therefore
|
puts a few confirmation prompts by default. This is to alert the casual
|
user from accidentally running untrusted code.
|
|
For users who do not run code blocks or write code regularly, Org’s
|
default settings should suffice. However, some users may want to tweak
|
the prompts for fewer interruptions. To weigh the risks of automatic
|
execution of code blocks, here are some details about code evaluation.
|
|
Org evaluates code in the following circumstances:
|
|
Source code blocks
|
Org evaluates ‘src’ code blocks in an Org file during export. Org
|
also evaluates a ‘src’ code block with the ‘C-c C-c’ key chord.
|
Users exporting or running code blocks must load files only from
|
trusted sources. Be wary of customizing variables that remove or
|
alter default security measures.
|
|
-- User Option: org-confirm-babel-evaluate
|
When ‘t’, Org prompts the user for confirmation before
|
executing each code block. When ‘nil’, Org executes code
|
blocks without prompting the user for confirmation. When this
|
option is set to a custom function, Org invokes the function
|
with these two arguments: the source code language and the
|
body of the code block. The custom function must return
|
either a ‘t’ or ‘nil’, which determines if the user is
|
prompted. Each source code language can be handled separately
|
through this function argument.
|
|
For example, this function enables execution of ‘ditaa’ code
|
+blocks without prompting:
|
|
(defun my-org-confirm-babel-evaluate (lang body)
|
(not (string= lang "ditaa"))) ; don't ask for ditaa
|
(setq org-confirm-babel-evaluate 'my-org-confirm-babel-evaluate)
|
|
Following ‘shell’ and ‘elisp’ links
|
Org has two link types that can also directly evaluate code (*note
|
External links::). Because such code is not visible, these links
|
have a potential risk. Org therefore prompts the user when it
|
encounters such links. The customization variables are:
|
|
-- User Option: org-confirm-shell-link-function
|
Function that prompts the user before executing a shell link.
|
-- User Option: org-confirm-elisp-link-function
|
Function that prompts the user before executing an Emacs Lisp
|
link.
|
|
Formulas in tables
|
Org executes formulas in tables (*note The spreadsheet::) either
|
through the _calc_ or the _Emacs Lisp_ interpreters.
|
|
|
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|
|
15.5 Customization
|
==================
|
|
Org has more than 500 variables for customization. They can be accessed
|
through the usual ‘M-x org-customize <RET>’ command. Or through the Org
|
menu, ‘Org->Customization->Browse Org Group’. Org also has per-file
|
settings for some variables (*note In-buffer settings::).
|
|
|
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|
|
15.6 Summary of in-buffer settings
|
==================================
|
|
In-buffer settings start with ‘#+’, followed by a keyword, a colon, and
|
then a word for each setting. Org accepts multiple settings on the same
|
line. Org also accepts multiple lines for a keyword. This manual
|
describes these settings throughout. A summary follows here.
|
|
‘C-c C-c’ activates any changes to the in-buffer settings. Closing
|
and reopening the Org file in Emacs also activates the changes.
|
|
‘#+ARCHIVE: %s_done::’
|
Sets the archive location of the agenda file. This location
|
applies to the lines until the next ‘#+ARCHIVE’ line, if any, in
|
the Org file. The first archive location in the Org file also
|
applies to any entries before it. The corresponding variable is
|
‘org-archive-location’.
|
‘#+CATEGORY:’
|
Sets the category of the agenda file, which applies to the entire
|
document.
|
‘#+COLUMNS: %25ITEM ...’
|
Sets the default format for columns view. Org uses this format for
|
column views where there is no ‘COLUMNS’ property.
|
‘#+CONSTANTS: name1=value1 ...’
|
Set file-local values for constants that table formulas can use.
|
This line sets the local variable
|
‘org-table-formula-constants-local’. The global version of this
|
variable is ‘org-table-formula-constants’.
|
‘#+FILETAGS: :tag1:tag2:tag3:’
|
Set tags that all entries in the file will inherit from here,
|
including the top-level entries.
|
‘#+LINK: linkword replace’
|
Each line specifies one abbreviation for one link. Use multiple
|
‘#+LINK:’ lines for more, *note Link abbreviations::. The
|
corresponding variable is ‘org-link-abbrev-alist’.
|
‘#+PRIORITIES: highest lowest default’
|
This line sets the limits and the default for the priorities. All
|
three must be either letters A–Z or numbers 0–9. The highest
|
priority must have a lower ASCII number than the lowest priority.
|
‘#+PROPERTY: Property_Name Value’
|
This line sets a default inheritance value for entries in the
|
current buffer, most useful for specifying the allowed values of a
|
property.
|
‘#+SETUPFILE: file or URL’
|
The setup file or a URL pointing to such file is for additional
|
in-buffer settings. Org loads this file and parses it for any
|
settings in it only when Org opens the main file. If URL is
|
specified, the contents are downloaded and stored in a temporary
|
file cache. ‘C-c C-c’ on the settings line will parse and load the
|
file, and also reset the temporary file cache. Org also parses and
|
loads the document during normal exporting process. Org parses the
|
contents of this document as if it was included in the buffer. It
|
can be another Org file. To visit the file (not a URL), ‘C-c '’
|
while the cursor is on the line with the file name.
|
‘#+STARTUP:’
|
Startup options Org uses when first visiting a file.
|
|
The first set of options deals with the initial visibility of the
|
outline tree. The corresponding variable for global default
|
settings is ‘org-startup-folded’ with a default value of ‘t’, which
|
is the same as ‘overview’.
|
|
overview top-level headlines only
|
content all headlines
|
showall no folding of any entries
|
showeverything show even drawer contents
|
|
Dynamic virtual indentation is controlled by the variable
|
‘org-startup-indented’
|
indent start with ‘org-indent-mode’ turned on
|
noindent start with ‘org-indent-mode’ turned off
|
|
Aligns tables consistently upon visiting a file; useful for
|
restoring narrowed table columns. The corresponding variable is
|
‘org-startup-align-all-tables’ with ‘nil’ as default value.
|
|
align align all tables
|
noalign don’t align tables on startup
|
|
Whether Org should automatically display inline images. The
|
corresponding variable is ‘org-startup-with-inline-images’, with a
|
default value ‘nil’ to avoid delays when visiting a file.
|
inlineimages show inline images
|
noinlineimages don’t show inline images on startup
|
|
Whether Org should automatically convert LaTeX fragments to images.
|
The variable ‘org-startup-with-latex-preview’, which controls this
|
setting, is set to ‘nil’ by default to avoid startup delays.
|
latexpreview preview LaTeX fragments
|
nolatexpreview don’t preview LaTeX fragments
|
|
Logging the closing and reopening of TODO items and clock intervals
|
can be configured using these options (see variables
|
‘org-log-done’, ‘org-log-note-clock-out’ and ‘org-log-repeat’)
|
logdone record a timestamp when an item is marked DONE
|
lognotedone record timestamp and a note when DONE
|
nologdone don’t record when items are marked DONE
|
logrepeat record a time when reinstating a repeating item
|
lognoterepeat record a note when reinstating a repeating item
|
nologrepeat do not record when reinstating repeating item
|
lognoteclock-out record a note when clocking out
|
nolognoteclock-out don’t record a note when clocking out
|
logreschedule record a timestamp when scheduling time changes
|
lognotereschedule record a note when scheduling time changes
|
nologreschedule do not record when a scheduling date changes
|
logredeadline record a timestamp when deadline changes
|
lognoteredeadline record a note when deadline changes
|
nologredeadline do not record when a deadline date changes
|
logrefile record a timestamp when refiling
|
lognoterefile record a note when refiling
|
nologrefile do not record when refiling
|
logdrawer store log into drawer
|
nologdrawer store log outside of drawer
|
logstatesreversed reverse the order of states notes
|
nologstatesreversed do not reverse the order of states notes
|
|
These options hide leading stars in outline headings, and indent
|
outlines. The corresponding variables are ‘org-hide-leading-stars’
|
and ‘org-odd-levels-only’, both with a default setting of ‘nil’
|
(meaning ‘showstars’ and ‘oddeven’).
|
hidestars hide all stars on the headline except one.
|
showstars show all stars on the headline
|
indent virtual indents according to the outline level
|
noindent no virtual indents
|
odd show odd outline levels only (1,3,...)
|
oddeven show all outline levels
|
|
To turn on custom format overlays over timestamps (variables
|
‘org-put-time-stamp-overlays’ and
|
‘org-time-stamp-overlay-formats’), use
|
customtime overlay custom time format
|
|
The following options influence the table spreadsheet (variable
|
‘constants-unit-system’).
|
constcgs ‘constants.el’ should use the c-g-s unit system
|
constSI ‘constants.el’ should use the SI unit system
|
|
For footnote settings, use the following keywords. The
|
corresponding variables are ‘org-footnote-define-inline’,
|
‘org-footnote-auto-label’, and ‘org-footnote-auto-adjust’.
|
fninline define footnotes inline
|
fnnoinline define footnotes in separate section
|
fnlocal define footnotes near first reference, but not inline
|
fnprompt prompt for footnote labels
|
fnauto create ‘[fn:1]’-like labels automatically (default)
|
fnconfirm offer automatic label for editing or confirmation
|
fnplain create ‘[1]’-like labels automatically
|
fnadjust automatically renumber and sort footnotes
|
nofnadjust do not renumber and sort automatically
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To hide blocks on startup, use these keywords. The corresponding
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variable is ‘org-hide-block-startup’.
|
hideblocks Hide all begin/end blocks on startup
|
nohideblocks Do not hide blocks on startup
|
|
The display of entities as UTF-8 characters is governed by the
|
variable ‘org-pretty-entities’ and the keywords
|
entitiespretty Show entities as UTF-8 characters where possible
|
entitiesplain Leave entities plain
|
|
‘#+TAGS: TAG1(c1) TAG2(c2)’
|
These lines specify valid tags for this file. Org accepts multiple
|
tags lines. Tags could correspond to the _fast tag selection_
|
keys. The corresponding variable is ‘org-tag-alist’.
|
‘#+TBLFM:’
|
This line is for formulas for the table directly above. A table
|
can have multiple ‘#+TBLFM:’ lines. On table recalculation, Org
|
applies only the first ‘#+TBLFM:’ line. For details see *note
|
Using multiple #+TBLFM lines:: in *note Editing and debugging
|
formulas::.
|
‘#+TITLE:, #+AUTHOR:, #+EMAIL:, #+LANGUAGE:, #+DATE:,’
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‘#+OPTIONS:, #+BIND:,’
|
‘#+SELECT_TAGS:, #+EXCLUDE_TAGS:’
|
These lines provide settings for exporting files. For more details
|
see *note Export settings::.
|
‘#+TODO: #+SEQ_TODO: #+TYP_TODO:’
|
These lines set the TODO keywords and their significance to the
|
current file. The corresponding variable is ‘org-todo-keywords’.
|
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15.7 The very busy C-c C-c key
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==============================
|
|
The ‘C-c C-c’ key in Org serves many purposes depending on the context.
|
It is probably the most over-worked, multi-purpose key combination in
|
Org. Its uses are well-documented through out this manual, but here is
|
a consolidated list for easy reference.
|
|
− If any highlights shown in the buffer from the creation of a sparse
|
tree, or from clock display, remove such highlights.
|
− If the cursor is in one of the special ‘#+KEYWORD’ lines, scan the
|
buffer for these lines and update the information. Also reset the
|
Org file cache used to temporary store the contents of URLs used as
|
values for keywords like ‘#+SETUPFILE’.
|
− If the cursor is inside a table, realign the table. The table
|
realigns even if automatic table editor is turned off.
|
− If the cursor is on a ‘#+TBLFM’ line, re-apply the formulas to the
|
entire table.
|
− If the current buffer is a capture buffer, close the note and file
|
it. With a prefix argument, also jump to the target location after
|
saving the note.
|
− If the cursor is on a ‘<<<target>>>’, update radio targets and
|
corresponding links in this buffer.
|
− If the cursor is on a property line or at the start or end of a
|
property drawer, offer property commands.
|
− If the cursor is at a footnote reference, go to the corresponding
|
definition, and _vice versa_.
|
− If the cursor is on a statistics cookie, update it.
|
− If the cursor is in a plain list item with a checkbox, toggle the
|
status of the checkbox.
|
− If the cursor is on a numbered item in a plain list, renumber the
|
ordered list.
|
− If the cursor is on the ‘#+BEGIN’ line of a dynamic block, the
|
block is updated.
|
− If the cursor is at a timestamp, fix the day name in the timestamp.
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15.8 A cleaner outline view
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===========================
|
|
Org’s default outline with stars and no indents can become too cluttered
|
for short documents. For _book-like_ long documents, the effect is not
|
as noticeable. Org provides an alternate stars and indentation scheme,
|
as shown on the right in the following table. It uses only one star and
|
indents text to line with the heading:
|
|
* Top level headline | * Top level headline
|
** Second level | * Second level
|
*** 3rd level | * 3rd level
|
some text | some text
|
*** 3rd level | * 3rd level
|
more text | more text
|
* Another top level headline | * Another top level headline
|
|
|
To turn this mode on, use the minor mode, ‘org-indent-mode’. Text
|
lines that are not headlines are prefixed with spaces to vertically
|
align with the headline text(1).
|
|
To make more horizontal space, the headlines are shifted by two
|
stars. This can be configured by the ‘org-indent-indentation-per-level’
|
variable. Only one star on each headline is visible, the rest are
|
masked with the same font color as the background. This font face can
|
be configured with the ‘org-hide’ variable.
|
|
Note that turning on ‘org-indent-mode’ sets ‘org-hide-leading-stars’
|
to ‘t’ and ‘org-adapt-indentation’ to ‘nil’; ‘2.’ below shows how this
|
works.
|
|
To globally turn on ‘org-indent-mode’ for all files, customize the
|
variable ‘org-startup-indented’.
|
|
To turn on indenting for individual files, use ‘#+STARTUP’ option as
|
follows:
|
|
#+STARTUP: indent
|
|
Indent on startup makes Org use hard spaces to align text with
|
headings as shown in examples below.
|
|
1. _Indentation of text below headlines_
|
Indent text to align with the headline.
|
|
*** 3rd level
|
more text, now indented
|
|
Org adapts indentations with paragraph filling, line wrapping, and
|
structure editing(2).
|
|
2. _Hiding leading stars_
|
Org can make leading stars invisible. For global preference,
|
configure the variable ‘org-hide-leading-stars’. For per-file
|
preference, use these file ‘#+STARTUP’ options:
|
|
#+STARTUP: hidestars
|
#+STARTUP: showstars
|
|
With stars hidden, the tree is shown as:
|
|
* Top level headline
|
* Second level
|
* 3rd level
|
...
|
|
Because Org makes the font color same as the background color to
|
hide to stars, sometimes ‘org-hide’ face may need tweaking to get
|
the effect right. For some black and white combinations, ‘grey90’
|
on a white background might mask the stars better.
|
|
3. Using stars for only odd levels, 1, 3, 5, ..., can also clean up
|
the clutter. This removes two stars from each level(3). For Org
|
to properly handle this cleaner structure during edits and exports,
|
configure the variable ‘org-odd-levels-only’. To set this
|
per-file, use either one of the following lines:
|
|
#+STARTUP: odd
|
#+STARTUP: oddeven
|
|
To switch between single and double stars layouts, use ‘M-x
|
org-convert-to-odd-levels <RET>’ and ‘M-x
|
org-convert-to-oddeven-levels <RET>’.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) The ‘org-indent-mode’ also sets the ‘wrap-prefix’ correctly for
|
indenting and wrapping long lines of headlines or text. This minor mode
|
handles ‘visual-line-mode’ and directly applied settings through
|
‘word-wrap’.
|
|
(2) Also see the variable ‘org-adapt-indentation’.
|
|
(3) Because ‘LEVEL=2’ has 3 stars, ‘LEVEL=3’ has 4 stars, and so on
|
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15.9 Using Org on a tty
|
=======================
|
|
Org provides alternative key bindings for TTY and modern mobile devices
|
that cannot handle cursor keys and complex modifier key chords. Some of
|
these workarounds may be more cumbersome than necessary. Users should
|
look into customizing these further based on their usage needs. For
|
example, the normal ‘S-<cursor>’ for editing timestamp might be better
|
with ‘C-c .’ chord.
|
|
Default Alternative Speed Alternative
|
1 key 2
|
‘S-<TAB>’ ‘C-u <TAB>’ ‘C’
|
‘M-<LEFT>’ ‘C-c C-x l’ ‘l’ ‘<Esc>
|
<LEFT>’
|
‘M-S-<LEFT>’‘C-c C-x L’ ‘L’
|
‘M-<RIGHT>’ ‘C-c C-x r’ ‘r’ ‘<Esc>
|
<RIGHT>’
|
‘M-S-<RIGHT>’‘C-c C-x R’ ‘R’
|
‘M-<UP>’ ‘C-c C-x u’ ‘ ’ ‘<Esc> <UP>’
|
‘M-S-<UP>’ ‘C-c C-x U’ ‘U’
|
‘M-<DOWN>’ ‘C-c C-x d’ ‘ ’ ‘<Esc>
|
<DOWN>’
|
‘M-S-<DOWN>’‘C-c C-x D’ ‘D’
|
‘S-<RET>’ ‘C-c C-x c’ ‘ ’
|
‘M-<RET>’ ‘C-c C-x m’ ‘ ’ ‘<Esc>
|
<RET>’
|
‘M-S-<RET>’ ‘C-c C-x M’ ‘ ’
|
‘S-<LEFT>’ ‘C-c <LEFT>’ ‘ ’
|
‘S-<RIGHT>’ ‘C-c ‘ ’
|
<RIGHT>’
|
‘S-<UP>’ ‘C-c <UP>’ ‘ ’
|
‘S-<DOWN>’ ‘C-c <DOWN>’ ‘ ’
|
‘C-S-<LEFT>’‘C-c C-x ‘ ’
|
<LEFT>’
|
‘C-S-<RIGHT>’‘C-c C-x ‘ ’
|
<RIGHT>’
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15.10 Interaction with other packages
|
=====================================
|
|
Org’s compatibility and the level of interaction with other Emacs
|
packages are documented here.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Cooperation:: Packages Org cooperates with
|
* Conflicts:: Packages that lead to conflicts
|
|
|
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|
|
15.10.1 Packages that Org cooperates with
|
-----------------------------------------
|
|
‘calc.el’ by Dave Gillespie
|
Org uses the Calc package for tables to implement spreadsheet
|
functionality (*note The spreadsheet::). Org also uses Calc for
|
embedded calculations. *Note Embedded Mode: (calc)Embedded Mode.
|
‘constants.el’ by Carsten Dominik
|
Org can use names for constants in formulas in tables. Org can
|
also use calculation suffixes for units, such as ‘M’ for ‘Mega’.
|
For a standard collection of such constants, install the
|
‘constants’ package. Install version 2.0 of this package,
|
available at <https://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/c.dominik/Tools/>. Org
|
checks if the function ‘constants-get’ has been autoloaded.
|
Installation instructions are in the file, ‘constants.el’.
|
‘cdlatex.el’ by Carsten Dominik
|
Org mode can use CDLaTeX package to efficiently enter LaTeX
|
fragments into Org files (*note CDLaTeX mode::).
|
‘imenu.el’ by Ake Stenhoff and Lars Lindberg
|
Imenu creates dynamic menus based on an index of items in a file.
|
Org mode supports Imenu menus. Enable it with a mode hook as
|
follows:
|
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook
|
(lambda () (imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu")))
|
By default the Imenu index is two levels deep. Change the index
|
depth using thes variable, ‘org-imenu-depth’.
|
‘speedbar.el’ by Eric M. Ludlam
|
Speedbar package creates a special Emacs frame for displaying files
|
and index items in files. Org mode supports Speedbar; users can
|
drill into Org files directly from the Speedbar. The ‘<’ in the
|
Speedbar frame tweaks the agenda commands to that file or to a
|
subtree.
|
‘table.el’ by Takaaki Ota
|
|
Complex ASCII tables with automatic line wrapping, column- and
|
row-spanning, and alignment can be created using the Emacs table
|
package by Takaaki Ota. Org mode recognizes such tables and export
|
them properly. ‘C-c '’ to edit these tables in a special buffer,
|
much like Org’s ‘src’ code blocks. Because of interference with
|
other Org mode functionality, Takaaki Ota tables cannot be edited
|
directly in the Org buffer.
|
‘C-c ' (org-edit-special)’
|
Edit a ‘table.el’ table. Works when the cursor is in a
|
table.el table.
|
‘C-c ~ (org-table-create-with-table.el)’
|
Insert a ‘table.el’ table. If there is already a table at
|
point, this command converts it between the ‘table.el’ format
|
and the Org mode format. See the documentation string of the
|
command ‘org-convert-table’ for details.
|
|
|
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15.10.2 Packages that conflict with Org mode
|
--------------------------------------------
|
|
In Emacs, ‘shift-selection-mode’ combines cursor motions with shift
|
key to enlarge regions. Emacs sets this mode by default. This
|
conflicts with Org’s use of ‘S-<cursor>’ commands to change
|
timestamps, TODO keywords, priorities, and item bullet types, etc.
|
Since ‘S-<cursor>’ commands outside of specific contexts don’t do
|
anything, Org offers the variable ‘org-support-shift-select’ for
|
customization. Org mode accommodates shift selection by (i) making
|
it available outside of the special contexts where special commands
|
apply, and (ii) extending an existing active region even if the
|
cursor moves across a special context.
|
|
‘CUA.el’ by Kim. F. Storm
|
Org key bindings conflict with ‘S-<cursor>’ keys used by CUA mode.
|
For Org to relinquish these bindings to CUA mode, configure the
|
variable ‘org-replace-disputed-keys’. When set, Org moves the
|
following key bindings in Org files, and in the agenda buffer (but
|
not during date selection).
|
|
S-<UP> ⇒ M-p S-<DOWN> ⇒ M-n
|
S-<LEFT> ⇒ M-- S-<RIGHT> ⇒ M-+
|
C-S-<LEFT> ⇒ M-S-- C-S-<RIGHT> ⇒ M-S-+
|
|
Yes, these are unfortunately more difficult to remember. To define
|
a different replacement keys, look at the variable
|
‘org-disputed-keys’.
|
|
‘ecomplete.el’ by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
|
|
Ecomplete provides “electric” address completion in address header
|
lines in message buffers. Sadly Orgtbl mode cuts ecompletes power
|
supply: No completion happens when Orgtbl mode is enabled in
|
message buffers while entering text in address header lines. If
|
one wants to use ecomplete one should _not_ follow the advice to
|
automagically turn on Orgtbl mode in message buffers (see *note
|
Orgtbl mode::), but instead—after filling in the message
|
headers—turn on Orgtbl mode manually when needed in the messages
|
body.
|
|
‘filladapt.el’ by Kyle Jones
|
|
Org mode tries to do the right thing when filling paragraphs, list
|
items and other elements. Many users reported problems using both
|
‘filladapt.el’ and Org mode, so a safe thing to do is to disable
|
filladapt like this:
|
|
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'turn-off-filladapt-mode)
|
|
‘yasnippet.el’
|
The way Org mode binds the <TAB> key (binding to ‘[tab]’ instead of
|
‘"\t"’) overrules YASnippet’s access to this key. The following
|
code fixed this problem:
|
|
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook
|
(lambda ()
|
(setq-local yas/trigger-key [tab])
|
(define-key yas/keymap [tab] 'yas/next-field-or-maybe-expand)))
|
|
The latest version of yasnippet doesn’t play well with Org mode.
|
If the above code does not fix the conflict, first define the
|
following function:
|
|
(defun yas/org-very-safe-expand ()
|
(let ((yas/fallback-behavior 'return-nil)) (yas/expand)))
|
|
Then tell Org mode to use that function:
|
|
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook
|
(lambda ()
|
(make-variable-buffer-local 'yas/trigger-key)
|
(setq yas/trigger-key [tab])
|
(add-to-list 'org-tab-first-hook 'yas/org-very-safe-expand)
|
(define-key yas/keymap [tab] 'yas/next-field)))
|
|
‘windmove.el’ by Hovav Shacham
|
This package also uses the ‘S-<cursor>’ keys, so everything written
|
in the paragraph above about CUA mode also applies here. If you
|
want make the windmove function active in locations where Org mode
|
does not have special functionality on ‘S-<cursor>’, add this to
|
your configuration:
|
|
;; Make windmove work in org-mode:
|
(add-hook 'org-shiftup-final-hook 'windmove-up)
|
(add-hook 'org-shiftleft-final-hook 'windmove-left)
|
(add-hook 'org-shiftdown-final-hook 'windmove-down)
|
(add-hook 'org-shiftright-final-hook 'windmove-right)
|
|
‘viper.el’ by Michael Kifer
|
Viper uses ‘C-c /’ and therefore makes this key not access the
|
corresponding Org mode command ‘org-sparse-tree’. You need to find
|
another key for this command, or override the key in
|
‘viper-vi-global-user-map’ with
|
|
(define-key viper-vi-global-user-map "C-c /" 'org-sparse-tree)
|
|
|
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|
|
15.11 org-crypt.el
|
==================
|
|
Org crypt encrypts the text of an Org entry, but not the headline, or
|
properties. Org crypt uses the Emacs EasyPG library to encrypt and
|
decrypt.
|
|
Any text below a headline that has a ‘:crypt:’ tag will be
|
automatically be encrypted when the file is saved. To use a different
|
tag, customize the ‘org-crypt-tag-matcher’ variable.
|
|
Suggested Org crypt settings in Emacs init file:
|
|
(require 'org-crypt)
|
(org-crypt-use-before-save-magic)
|
(setq org-tags-exclude-from-inheritance (quote ("crypt")))
|
|
(setq org-crypt-key nil)
|
;; GPG key to use for encryption
|
;; Either the Key ID or set to nil to use symmetric encryption.
|
|
(setq auto-save-default nil)
|
;; Auto-saving does not cooperate with org-crypt.el: so you need
|
;; to turn it off if you plan to use org-crypt.el quite often.
|
;; Otherwise, you'll get an (annoying) message each time you
|
;; start Org.
|
|
;; To turn it off only locally, you can insert this:
|
;;
|
;; # -*- buffer-auto-save-file-name: nil; -*-
|
|
Excluding the crypt tag from inheritance prevents encrypting
|
previously encrypted text.
|
|
|
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|
|
Appendix A Hacking
|
******************
|
|
This appendix covers some areas where users can extend the functionality
|
of Org.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Hooks:: How to reach into Org’s internals
|
* Add-on packages:: Available extensions
|
* Adding hyperlink types:: New custom link types
|
* Adding export back-ends:: How to write new export back-ends
|
* Context-sensitive commands:: How to add functionality to such commands
|
* Tables in arbitrary syntax:: Orgtbl for LaTeX and other programs
|
* Dynamic blocks:: Automatically filled blocks
|
* Special agenda views:: Customized views
|
* Speeding up your agendas:: Tips on how to speed up your agendas
|
* Extracting agenda information:: Post-processing of agenda information
|
* Using the property API:: Writing programs that use entry properties
|
* Using the mapping API:: Mapping over all or selected entries
|
|
|
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|
|
A.1 Hooks
|
=========
|
|
Org has a large number of hook variables for adding functionality. This
|
appendix illustrates using a few. A complete list of hooks with
|
documentation is maintained by the Worg project at
|
<https://orgmode.org/worg/doc.html#hooks>.
|
|
|
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|
|
A.2 Add-on packages
|
===================
|
|
Various authors wrote a large number of add-on packages for Org.
|
|
These packages are not part of Emacs, but they are distributed as
|
contributed packages with the separate release available at
|
<https://orgmode.org>. See the ‘contrib/README’ file in the source code
|
directory for a list of contributed files. Worg page with more
|
information is at: <https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/>.
|
|
|
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|
|
A.3 Adding hyperlink types
|
==========================
|
|
Org has many built-in hyperlink types (*note Hyperlinks::), and an
|
interface for adding new link types. The example file, ‘org-man.el’,
|
shows the process of adding Org links to Unix man pages, which look like
|
this: ‘[[man:printf][The printf manpage]]’:
|
|
;;; org-man.el - Support for links to manpages in Org
|
|
(require 'org)
|
|
(org-add-link-type "man" 'org-man-open)
|
(add-hook 'org-store-link-functions 'org-man-store-link)
|
|
(defcustom org-man-command 'man
|
"The Emacs command to be used to display a man page."
|
:group 'org-link
|
:type '(choice (const man) (const woman)))
|
|
(defun org-man-open (path)
|
"Visit the manpage on PATH.
|
PATH should be a topic that can be thrown at the man command."
|
(funcall org-man-command path))
|
|
(defun org-man-store-link ()
|
"Store a link to a manpage."
|
(when (memq major-mode '(Man-mode woman-mode))
|
;; This is a man page, we do make this link
|
(let* ((page (org-man-get-page-name))
|
(link (concat "man:" page))
|
(description (format "Manpage for %s" page)))
|
(org-store-link-props
|
:type "man"
|
:link link
|
:description description))))
|
|
(defun org-man-get-page-name ()
|
"Extract the page name from the buffer name."
|
;; This works for both `Man-mode' and `woman-mode'.
|
(if (string-match " \\(\\S-+\\)\\*" (buffer-name))
|
(match-string 1 (buffer-name))
|
(error "Cannot create link to this man page")))
|
|
(provide 'org-man)
|
|
;;; org-man.el ends here
|
|
To activate links to man pages in Org, enter this in the init file:
|
|
(require 'org-man)
|
|
A review of ‘org-man.el’:
|
1. First, ‘(require 'org)’ ensures ‘org.el’ is loaded.
|
2. The ‘org-add-link-type’ defines a new link type with ‘man’ prefix.
|
The call contains the function to call that follows the link type.
|
3. The next line adds a function to ‘org-store-link-functions’ that
|
records a useful link with the command ‘C-c l’ in a buffer
|
displaying a man page.
|
|
The rest of the file defines necessary variables and functions.
|
First is the customization variable ‘org-man-command’. It has two
|
options, ‘man’ and ‘woman’. Next is a function whose argument is the
|
link path, which for man pages is the topic of the man command. To
|
follow the link, the function calls the ‘org-man-command’ to display the
|
man page.
|
|
‘C-c l’ constructs and stores the link.
|
|
‘C-c l’ calls the function ‘org-man-store-link’, which first checks
|
if the ‘major-mode’ is appropriate. If check fails, the function
|
returns ‘nil’. Otherwise the function makes a link string by combining
|
the ‘man:’ prefix with the man topic. The function then calls
|
‘org-store-link-props’ with ‘:type’ and ‘:link’ properties. A
|
‘:description’ property is an optional string that is displayed when the
|
function inserts the link in the Org buffer.
|
|
‘C-c C-l’ inserts the stored link.
|
|
To define new link types, define a function that implements
|
completion support with ‘C-c C-l’. This function should not accept any
|
arguments but return the appropriate prefix and complete link string.
|
|
|
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|
|
A.4 Adding export back-ends
|
===========================
|
|
Org’s export engine makes it easy for writing new back-ends. The
|
framework on which the engine was built makes it easy to derive new
|
back-ends from existing ones.
|
|
The two main entry points to the export engine are:
|
‘org-export-define-backend’ and ‘org-export-define-derived-backend’. To
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grok these functions, see ‘ox-latex.el’ for an example of defining a new
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back-end from scratch, and ‘ox-beamer.el’ for an example of deriving
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from an existing engine.
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For creating a new back-end from scratch, first set its name as a
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symbol in an alist consisting of elements and export functions. To make
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the back-end visible to the export dispatcher, set ‘:menu-entry’
|
keyword. For export options specific to this back-end, set the
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‘:options-alist’.
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For creating a new back-end from an existing one, set
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‘:translate-alist’ to an alist of export functions. This alist replaces
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the parent back-end functions.
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For complete documentation, see the Org Export Reference on Worg
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(https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-export-reference.html).
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A.5 Context-sensitive commands
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==============================
|
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Org has facilities for building context sensitive commands. Authors of
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Org add-ons can tap into this functionality.
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|
Some Org commands change depending on the context. The most
|
important example of this behavior is the ‘C-c C-c’ (*note The very busy
|
C-c C-c key::). Other examples are ‘M-cursor’ and ‘M-S-cursor’.
|
|
These context sensitive commands work by providing a function that
|
detects special context for that add-on and executes functionality
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appropriate for that context.
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A.6 Tables and lists in arbitrary syntax
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========================================
|
|
Because of Org’s success in handling tables with Orgtbl, a frequently
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asked feature is to Org’s usability functions to other table formats
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native to other modem’s, such as LaTeX. This would be hard to do in a
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general way without complicated customization nightmares. Moreover,
|
that would take Org away from its simplicity roots that Orgtbl has
|
proven. There is, however, an alternate approach to accomplishing the
|
same.
|
|
This approach involves implementing a custom _translate_ function
|
that operates on a native Org _source table_ to produce a table in
|
another format. This strategy would keep the excellently working Orgtbl
|
simple and isolate complications, if any, confined to the translate
|
function. To add more alien table formats, we just add more translate
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functions. Also the burden of developing custom translate functions for
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new table formats will be in the hands of those who know those formats
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best.
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For an example of how this strategy works, see Orgstruct mode. In
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that mode, Bastien added the ability to use Org’s facilities to edit and
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re-structure lists. He did by turning ‘orgstruct-mode’ on, and then
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exporting the list locally to another format, such as HTML, LaTeX or
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Texinfo.
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* Menu:
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* Radio tables:: Sending and receiving radio tables
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* A LaTeX example:: Step by step, almost a tutorial
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* Translator functions:: Copy and modify
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* Radio lists:: Sending and receiving lists
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A.6.1 Radio tables
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------------------
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Radio tables are target locations for translated tables that are not
|
near their source. Org finds the target location and inserts the
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translated table.
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The key to finding the target location are the magic words ‘BEGIN/END
|
RECEIVE ORGTBL’. They have to appear as comments in the current mode.
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If the mode is C, then:
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/* BEGIN RECEIVE ORGTBL table_name */
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/* END RECEIVE ORGTBL table_name */
|
|
At the location of source, Org needs a special line to direct Orgtbl to
|
translate and to find the target for inserting the translated table.
|
For example:
|
#+ORGTBL: SEND table_name translation_function arguments...
|
|
‘table_name’ is the table’s reference name, which is also used in the
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receiver lines, and the ‘translation_function’ is the Lisp function that
|
translates. This line, in addition, may also contain alternating key
|
and value arguments at the end. The translation function gets these
|
values as a property list. A few standard parameters are already
|
recognized and acted upon before the translation function is called:
|
|
‘:skip N’
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Skip the first N lines of the table. Hlines do count; include them
|
if they are to be skipped.
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‘:skipcols (n1 n2 ...)’
|
List of columns to be skipped. First Org automatically discards
|
columns with calculation marks and then sends the table to the
|
translator function, which then skips columns as specified in
|
‘skipcols’.
|
|
To keep the source table intact in the buffer without being disturbed
|
when the source file is compiled or otherwise being worked on, use one
|
of these strategies:
|
|
• Place the table in a block comment. For example, in C mode you
|
could wrap the table between ‘/*’ and ‘*/’ lines.
|
• Put the table after an ‘END’ statement. For example ‘\bye’ in TeX
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and ‘\end{document}’ in LaTeX.
|
• Comment and uncomment each line of the table during edits. The
|
‘M-x orgtbl-toggle-comment <RET>’ command makes toggling easy.
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A.6.2 A LaTeX example of radio tables
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-------------------------------------
|
|
To wrap a source table in LaTeX, use the ‘comment’ environment provided
|
by ‘comment.sty’. To activate it, put ‘\usepackage{comment}’ in the
|
document header. Orgtbl mode inserts a radio table skeleton(1) with the
|
command ‘M-x orgtbl-insert-radio-table <RET>’, which prompts for a table
|
name. For example, if ‘salesfigures’ is the name, the template inserts:
|
|
% BEGIN RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures
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% END RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures
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\begin{comment}
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#+ORGTBL: SEND salesfigures orgtbl-to-latex
|
| | |
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\end{comment}
|
|
The line ‘#+ORGTBL: SEND’ tells Orgtbl mode to use the function
|
‘orgtbl-to-latex’ to convert the table to LaTeX format, then insert the
|
table at the target (receive) location named ‘salesfigures’. Now the
|
table is ready for data entry. It can even use spreadsheet features(2):
|
|
% BEGIN RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures
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% END RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures
|
\begin{comment}
|
#+ORGTBL: SEND salesfigures orgtbl-to-latex
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| Month | Days | Nr sold | per day |
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|-------+------+---------+---------|
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| Jan | 23 | 55 | 2.4 |
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| Feb | 21 | 16 | 0.8 |
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| March | 22 | 278 | 12.6 |
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#+TBLFM: $4=$3/$2;%.1f
|
% $ (optional extra dollar to keep font-lock happy, see footnote)
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\end{comment}
|
|
After editing, ‘C-c C-c’ inserts translated table at the target
|
location, between the two marker lines.
|
|
For hand-made custom tables, note that the translator needs to skip
|
the first two lines of the source table. Also the command has to
|
_splice_ out the target table without the header and footer.
|
|
\begin{tabular}{lrrr}
|
Month & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Days} & Nr.\ sold & per day\\
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% BEGIN RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures
|
% END RECEIVE ORGTBL salesfigures
|
\end{tabular}
|
%
|
\begin{comment}
|
#+ORGTBL: SEND salesfigures orgtbl-to-latex :splice t :skip 2
|
| Month | Days | Nr sold | per day |
|
|-------+------+---------+---------|
|
| Jan | 23 | 55 | 2.4 |
|
| Feb | 21 | 16 | 0.8 |
|
| March | 22 | 278 | 12.6 |
|
#+TBLFM: $4=$3/$2;%.1f
|
\end{comment}
|
|
The LaTeX translator function ‘orgtbl-to-latex’ is already part of
|
Orgtbl mode and uses ‘tabular’ environment by default to typeset the
|
table and mark the horizontal lines with ‘\hline’. For additional
|
parameters to control output, *note Translator functions:::
|
|
‘:splice nil/t’
|
When non-‘nil’, returns only table body lines; not wrapped in
|
tabular environment. Default is ‘nil’.
|
|
‘:fmt fmt’
|
Format to warp each field. It should contain ‘%s’ for the original
|
field value. For example, to wrap each field value in dollar
|
symbol, you could use ‘:fmt "$%s$"’. Format can also wrap a
|
property list with column numbers and formats, for example ‘:fmt (2
|
"$%s$" 4 "%s\\%%")’. In place of a string, a function of one
|
argument can be used; the function must return a formatted string.
|
|
‘:efmt efmt’
|
Format numbers as exponentials. The spec should have ‘%s’ twice
|
for inserting mantissa and exponent, for example
|
‘"%s\\times10^{%s}"’. This may also be a property list with column
|
numbers and formats, for example ‘:efmt (2 "$%s\\times10^{%s}$" 4
|
"$%s\\cdot10^{%s}$")’. After ‘efmt’ has been applied to a value,
|
‘fmt’ will also be applied. Functions with two arguments can be
|
supplied instead of strings. By default, no special formatting is
|
applied.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) By default this works only for LaTeX, HTML, and Texinfo.
|
Configure the variable ‘orgtbl-radio-table-templates’ to install
|
templates for other export formats.
|
|
(2) If the ‘#+TBLFM’ line contains an odd number of dollar
|
characters, this may cause problems with font-lock in LaTeX mode. As
|
shown in the example you can fix this by adding an extra line inside the
|
‘comment’ environment that is used to balance the dollar expressions.
|
If you are using AUCTeX with the font-latex library, a much better
|
solution is to add the ‘comment’ environment to the variable
|
‘LaTeX-verbatim-environments’.
|
|
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|
A.6.3 Translator functions
|
--------------------------
|
|
Orgtbl mode has built-in translator functions: ‘orgtbl-to-csv’
|
(comma-separated values), ‘orgtbl-to-tsv’ (TAB-separated values),
|
‘orgtbl-to-latex’, ‘orgtbl-to-html’, ‘orgtbl-to-texinfo’,
|
‘orgtbl-to-unicode’ and ‘orgtbl-to-orgtbl’. They use the generic
|
translator, ‘orgtbl-to-generic’, which delegates translations to various
|
export back-ends.
|
|
Properties passed to the function through the ‘ORGTBL SEND’ line take
|
precedence over properties defined inside the function. For example,
|
this overrides the default LaTeX line endings, ‘\\’, with ‘\\[2mm]’:
|
|
#+ORGTBL: SEND test orgtbl-to-latex :lend " \\\\[2mm]"
|
|
For a new language translator, define a converter function. It can
|
be a generic function, such as shown in this example. It marks a
|
beginning and ending of a table with ‘!BTBL!’ and ‘!ETBL!’; a beginning
|
and ending of lines with ‘!BL!’ and ‘!EL!’; and uses a TAB for a field
|
separator:
|
|
(defun orgtbl-to-language (table params)
|
"Convert the orgtbl-mode TABLE to language."
|
(orgtbl-to-generic
|
table
|
(org-combine-plists
|
'(:tstart "!BTBL!" :tend "!ETBL!" :lstart "!BL!" :lend "!EL!" :sep "\t")
|
params)))
|
|
The documentation for the ‘orgtbl-to-generic’ function shows a complete
|
list of parameters, each of which can be passed through to
|
‘orgtbl-to-latex’, ‘orgtbl-to-texinfo’, and any other function using
|
that generic function.
|
|
For complicated translations the generic translator function could be
|
replaced by a custom translator function. Such a custom function must
|
take two arguments and return a single string containing the formatted
|
table. The first argument is the table whose lines are a list of fields
|
or the symbol ‘hline’. The second argument is the property list
|
consisting of parameters specified in the ‘#+ORGTBL: SEND’ line. Please
|
share your translator functions by posting them to the Org users mailing
|
list, <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>.
|
|
|
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|
|
A.6.4 Radio lists
|
-----------------
|
|
Call the ‘org-list-insert-radio-list’ function to insert a radio list
|
template in HTML, LaTeX, and Texinfo mode documents. Sending and
|
receiving radio lists works is the same as for radio tables (*note Radio
|
tables::) except for these differences:
|
|
− Orgstruct mode must be active.
|
− Use ‘ORGLST’ keyword instead of ‘ORGTBL’.
|
− ‘C-c C-c’ works only on the first list item.
|
|
Built-in translators functions are: ‘org-list-to-latex’,
|
‘org-list-to-html’ and ‘org-list-to-texinfo’. They use the
|
‘org-list-to-generic’ translator function. See its documentation for
|
parameters for accurate customizations of lists. Here is a LaTeX
|
example:
|
|
% BEGIN RECEIVE ORGLST to-buy
|
% END RECEIVE ORGLST to-buy
|
\begin{comment}
|
#+ORGLST: SEND to-buy org-list-to-latex
|
- a new house
|
- a new computer
|
+ a new keyboard
|
+ a new mouse
|
- a new life
|
\end{comment}
|
|
‘C-c C-c’ on ‘a new house’ inserts the translated LaTeX list
|
in-between the BEGIN and END marker lines.
|
|
|
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|
|
A.7 Dynamic blocks
|
==================
|
|
Org supports _dynamic blocks_ in Org documents. They are inserted with
|
begin and end markers like any other ‘src’ code block, but the contents
|
are updated automatically by a user function. For example, ‘C-c C-x
|
C-r’ inserts a dynamic table that updates the work time (*note Clocking
|
work time::).
|
|
Dynamic blocks can have names and function parameters. The syntax is
|
similar to ‘src’ code block specifications:
|
|
#+BEGIN: myblock :parameter1 value1 :parameter2 value2 ...
|
|
#+END:
|
|
These command update dynamic blocks:
|
|
‘C-c C-x C-u (org-dblock-update)’
|
Update dynamic block at point.
|
‘C-u C-c C-x C-u’
|
Update all dynamic blocks in the current file.
|
|
Before updating a dynamic block, Org removes content between the
|
BEGIN and END markers. Org then reads the parameters on the BEGIN line
|
for passing to the writer function. If the function expects to access
|
the removed content, then Org expects an extra parameter, ‘:content’, on
|
the BEGIN line.
|
|
To syntax for calling a writer function with a named block, ‘myblock’
|
is: ‘org-dblock-write:myblock’. Parameters come from the BEGIN line.
|
|
The following is an example of a dynamic block and a block writer
|
function that updates the time when the function was last run:
|
|
#+BEGIN: block-update-time :format "on %m/%d/%Y at %H:%M"
|
|
#+END:
|
|
The dynamic block’s writer function:
|
|
(defun org-dblock-write:block-update-time (params)
|
(let ((fmt (or (plist-get params :format) "%d. %m. %Y")))
|
(insert "Last block update at: "
|
(format-time-string fmt))))
|
|
To keep dynamic blocks up-to-date in an Org file, use the function,
|
‘org-update-all-dblocks’ in hook, such as ‘before-save-hook’. The
|
‘org-update-all-dblocks’ function does not run if the file is not in Org
|
mode.
|
|
Dynamic blocks, like any other block, can be narrowed with
|
‘org-narrow-to-block’.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Special agenda views, Next: Speeding up your agendas, Prev: Dynamic blocks, Up: Hacking
|
|
A.8 Special agenda views
|
========================
|
|
Org provides a special hook to further limit items in agenda views:
|
‘agenda’, ‘agenda*’(1), ‘todo’, ‘alltodo’, ‘tags’, ‘tags-todo’,
|
‘tags-tree’. Specify a custom function that tests inclusion of every
|
matched item in the view. This function can also skip as much as is
|
needed.
|
|
For a global condition applicable to agenda views, use the
|
‘org-agenda-skip-function-global’ variable. Org uses a global condition
|
with ‘org-agenda-skip-function’ for custom searching.
|
|
This example defines a function for a custom view showing TODO items
|
with WAITING status. Manually this is a multi step search process, but
|
with a custom view, this can be automated as follows:
|
|
The custom function searches the subtree for the WAITING tag and
|
returns ‘nil’ on match. Otherwise it gives the location from where the
|
search continues.
|
|
(defun my-skip-unless-waiting ()
|
"Skip trees that are not waiting"
|
(let ((subtree-end (save-excursion (org-end-of-subtree t))))
|
(if (re-search-forward ":waiting:" subtree-end t)
|
nil ; tag found, do not skip
|
subtree-end))) ; tag not found, continue after end of subtree
|
|
To use this custom function in a custom agenda command:
|
|
(org-add-agenda-custom-command
|
'("b" todo "PROJECT"
|
((org-agenda-skip-function 'my-skip-unless-waiting)
|
(org-agenda-overriding-header "Projects waiting for something: "))))
|
|
Note that this also binds ‘org-agenda-overriding-header’ to a more
|
meaningful string suitable for the agenda view.
|
|
Search for entries with a limit set on levels for the custom search.
|
This is a general approach to creating custom searches in Org. To
|
include all levels, use ‘LEVEL>0’(2). Then to selectively pick the
|
matched entries, use ‘org-agenda-skip-function’, which also accepts Lisp
|
forms, such as ‘org-agenda-skip-entry-if’ and
|
‘org-agenda-skip-subtree-if’. For example:
|
|
‘(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'scheduled)’
|
Skip current entry if it has been scheduled.
|
‘(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'notscheduled)’
|
Skip current entry if it has not been scheduled.
|
‘(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'deadline)’
|
Skip current entry if it has a deadline.
|
‘(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'scheduled 'deadline)’
|
Skip current entry if it has a deadline, or if it is scheduled.
|
‘(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'todo '("TODO" "WAITING"))’
|
Skip current entry if the TODO keyword is TODO or WAITING.
|
‘(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'todo 'done)’
|
Skip current entry if the TODO keyword marks a DONE state.
|
‘(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'timestamp)’
|
Skip current entry if it has any timestamp, may also be deadline or
|
scheduled.
|
‘(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'regexp "regular expression")’
|
Skip current entry if the regular expression matches in the entry.
|
‘(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'notregexp "regular expression")’
|
Skip current entry unless the regular expression matches.
|
‘(org-agenda-skip-subtree-if 'regexp "regular expression")’
|
Same as above, but check and skip the entire subtree.
|
|
The following is an example of a search for ‘WAITING’ without the
|
special function:
|
|
(org-add-agenda-custom-command
|
'("b" todo "PROJECT"
|
((org-agenda-skip-function '(org-agenda-skip-subtree-if
|
'regexp ":waiting:"))
|
(org-agenda-overriding-header "Projects waiting for something: "))))
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) The ‘agenda*’ view is the same as ‘agenda’ except that it only
|
considers _appointments_, i.e., scheduled and deadline items that have a
|
time specification ‘[h]h:mm’ in their time-stamps.
|
|
(2) Note that, for ‘org-odd-levels-only’, a level number corresponds
|
to order in the hierarchy, not to the number of stars.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Speeding up your agendas, Next: Extracting agenda information, Prev: Special agenda views, Up: Hacking
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|
A.9 Speeding up your agendas
|
============================
|
|
Some agenda commands slow down when the Org files grow in size or
|
number. Here are tips to speed up:
|
|
1. Reduce the number of Org agenda files to avoid slowdowns due to
|
hard drive accesses.
|
2. Reduce the number of ‘DONE’ and archived headlines so agenda
|
operations that skip over these can finish faster.
|
3. Do not dim blocked tasks:
|
(setq org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks nil)
|
4. Stop preparing agenda buffers on startup:
|
(setq org-agenda-inhibit-startup nil)
|
5. Disable tag inheritance for agendas:
|
(setq org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance nil)
|
|
These options can be applied to selected agenda views. For more
|
details about generation of agenda views, see the docstrings for the
|
relevant variables, and this dedicated Worg page
|
(https://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html) for agenda
|
optimization.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: Extracting agenda information, Next: Using the property API, Prev: Speeding up your agendas, Up: Hacking
|
|
A.10 Extracting agenda information
|
==================================
|
|
Org provides commands to access agendas through Emacs batch mode.
|
Through this command-line interface, agendas are automated for further
|
processing or printing.
|
|
‘org-batch-agenda’ creates an agenda view in ASCII and outputs to
|
STDOUT. This command takes one string parameter. When string length=1,
|
Org uses it as a key to ‘org-agenda-custom-commands’. These are the
|
same ones available through ‘C-c a’.
|
|
This example command line directly prints the TODO list to the
|
printer:
|
|
emacs -batch -l ~/.emacs -eval '(org-batch-agenda "t")' | lpr
|
|
When the string parameter length is two or more characters, Org
|
matches it with tags/TODO strings. For example, this example command
|
line prints items tagged with ‘shop’, but excludes items tagged with
|
‘NewYork’:
|
|
emacs -batch -l ~/.emacs \
|
-eval '(org-batch-agenda "+shop-NewYork")' | lpr
|
|
An example showing on-the-fly parameter modifications:
|
|
emacs -batch -l ~/.emacs \
|
-eval '(org-batch-agenda "a" \
|
org-agenda-span (quote month) \
|
org-agenda-include-diary nil \
|
org-agenda-files (quote ("~/org/project.org")))' \
|
| lpr
|
|
which will produce an agenda for the next 30 days from just the
|
‘~/org/projects.org’ file.
|
|
For structured processing of agenda output, use
|
‘org-batch-agenda-csv’ with the following fields:
|
|
category The category of the item
|
head The headline, without TODO keyword, TAGS and PRIORITY
|
type The type of the agenda entry, can be
|
todo selected in TODO match
|
tagsmatch selected in tags match
|
diary imported from diary
|
deadline a deadline
|
scheduled scheduled
|
timestamp appointment, selected by timestamp
|
closed entry was closed on date
|
upcoming-deadline warning about nearing deadline
|
past-scheduled forwarded scheduled item
|
block entry has date block including date
|
todo The TODO keyword, if any
|
tags All tags including inherited ones, separated by colons
|
date The relevant date, like 2007-2-14
|
time The time, like 15:00-16:50
|
extra String with extra planning info
|
priority-l The priority letter if any was given
|
priority-n The computed numerical priority
|
|
If the selection of the agenda item was based on a timestamp, including
|
those items with ‘DEADLINE’ and ‘SCHEDULED’ keywords, then Org includes
|
date and time in the output.
|
|
If the selection of the agenda item was based on a timestamp (or
|
deadline/scheduled), then Org includes date and time in the output.
|
|
Here is an example of a post-processing script in Perl. It takes the
|
CSV output from Emacs and prints with a checkbox:
|
|
#!/usr/bin/perl
|
|
# define the Emacs command to run
|
$cmd = "emacs -batch -l ~/.emacs -eval '(org-batch-agenda-csv \"t\")'";
|
|
# run it and capture the output
|
$agenda = qx{$cmd 2>/dev/null};
|
|
# loop over all lines
|
foreach $line (split(/\n/,$agenda)) {
|
# get the individual values
|
($category,$head,$type,$todo,$tags,$date,$time,$extra,
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$priority_l,$priority_n) = split(/,/,$line);
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# process and print
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print "[ ] $head\n";
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}
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A.11 Using the property API
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===========================
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Functions for working with properties.
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-- Function: org-entry-properties &optional pom which
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Get all properties of the entry at point-or-marker POM.
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This includes the TODO keyword, the tags, time strings for
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deadline, scheduled, and clocking, and any additional properties
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defined in the entry. The return value is an alist. Keys may
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occur multiple times if the property key was used several times.
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POM may also be ‘nil’, in which case the current entry is used. If
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WHICH is ‘nil’ or ‘all’, get all properties. If WHICH is ‘special’
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or ‘standard’, only get that subclass.
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-- Function: org-entry-get pom property &optional inherit
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Get value of ‘PROPERTY’ for entry at point-or-marker ‘POM’. By
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default, this only looks at properties defined locally in the
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entry. If ‘INHERIT’ is non-‘nil’ and the entry does not have the
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property, then also check higher levels of the hierarchy. If
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‘INHERIT’ is the symbol ‘selective’, use inheritance if and only if
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the setting of ‘org-use-property-inheritance’ selects ‘PROPERTY’
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for inheritance.
|
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-- Function: org-entry-delete pom property
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Delete the property ‘PROPERTY’ from entry at point-or-marker POM.
|
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-- Function: org-entry-put pom property value
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Set ‘PROPERTY’ to ‘VALUE’ for entry at point-or-marker POM.
|
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-- Function: org-buffer-property-keys &optional include-specials
|
Get all property keys in the current buffer.
|
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-- Function: org-insert-property-drawer
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Insert a property drawer for the current entry.
|
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-- Function: org-entry-put-multivalued-property pom property &rest
|
values
|
Set ‘PROPERTY’ at point-or-marker ‘POM’ to ‘VALUES’. ‘VALUES’
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should be a list of strings. They will be concatenated, with
|
spaces as separators.
|
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-- Function: org-entry-get-multivalued-property pom property
|
Treat the value of the property ‘PROPERTY’ as a
|
whitespace-separated list of values and return the values as a list
|
of strings.
|
|
-- Function: org-entry-add-to-multivalued-property pom property value
|
Treat the value of the property ‘PROPERTY’ as a
|
whitespace-separated list of values and make sure that ‘VALUE’ is
|
in this list.
|
|
-- Function: org-entry-remove-from-multivalued-property pom property
|
value
|
Treat the value of the property ‘PROPERTY’ as a
|
whitespace-separated list of values and make sure that ‘VALUE’ is
|
_not_ in this list.
|
|
-- Function: org-entry-member-in-multivalued-property pom property
|
value
|
Treat the value of the property ‘PROPERTY’ as a
|
whitespace-separated list of values and check if ‘VALUE’ is in this
|
list.
|
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-- User Option: org-property-allowed-value-functions
|
Hook for functions supplying allowed values for a specific
|
property. The functions must take a single argument, the name of
|
the property, and return a flat list of allowed values. If ‘:ETC’
|
is one of the values, use the values as completion help, but allow
|
also other values to be entered. The functions must return ‘nil’
|
if they are not responsible for this property.
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A.12 Using the mapping API
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==========================
|
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Org has sophisticated mapping capabilities for finding entries. Org
|
uses this functionality internally for generating agenda views. Org
|
also exposes an API for executing arbitrary functions for each selected
|
entry. The API’s main entry point is:
|
|
-- Function: org-map-entries func &optional match scope &rest skip
|
Call ‘FUNC’ at each headline selected by ‘MATCH’ in ‘SCOPE’.
|
|
‘FUNC’ is a function or a Lisp form. With the cursor positioned at
|
the beginning of the headline, call the function without arguments.
|
Org returns an alist of return values of calls to the function.
|
|
To avoid preserving point, Org wraps the call to ‘FUNC’ in
|
save-excursion form. After evaluation, Org moves the cursor to the
|
end of the line that was just processed. Search continues from
|
that point forward. This may not always work as expected under
|
some conditions, such as if the current sub-tree was removed by a
|
previous archiving operation. In such rare circumstances, Org
|
skips the next entry entirely when it should not. To stop Org from
|
such skips, make ‘FUNC’ set the variable ‘org-map-continue-from’ to
|
a specific buffer position.
|
|
‘MATCH’ is a tags/property/TODO match. Org iterates only matched
|
headlines. Org iterates over all headlines when ‘MATCH’ is ‘nil’
|
or ‘t’.
|
|
‘SCOPE’ determines the scope of this command. It can be any of:
|
|
nil the current buffer, respecting the restriction if any
|
tree the subtree started with the entry at point
|
region The entries within the active region, if any
|
file the current buffer, without restriction
|
file-with-archives
|
the current buffer, and any archives associated with it
|
agenda all agenda files
|
agenda-with-archives
|
all agenda files with any archive files associated with them
|
(file1 file2 ...)
|
if this is a list, all files in the list will be scanned
|
The remaining args are treated as settings for the scanner’s
|
skipping facilities. Valid args are:
|
|
archive skip trees with the archive tag
|
comment skip trees with the COMMENT keyword
|
function or Lisp form
|
will be used as value for ‘org-agenda-skip-function’,
|
so whenever the function returns t, FUNC
|
will not be called for that entry and search will
|
continue from the point where the function leaves it
|
|
The mapping routine can call any arbitrary function, even functions
|
that change meta data or query the property API (*note Using the
|
property API::). Here are some handy functions:
|
|
-- Function: org-todo &optional arg
|
Change the TODO state of the entry. See the docstring of the
|
functions for the many possible values for the argument ‘ARG’.
|
|
-- Function: org-priority &optional action
|
Change the priority of the entry. See the docstring of this
|
function for the possible values for ‘ACTION’.
|
|
-- Function: org-toggle-tag tag &optional onoff
|
Toggle the tag ‘TAG’ in the current entry. Setting ‘ONOFF’ to
|
either ‘on’ or ‘off’ will not toggle tag, but ensure that it is
|
either on or off.
|
|
-- Function: org-promote
|
Promote the current entry.
|
|
-- Function: org-demote
|
Demote the current entry.
|
|
This example turns all entries tagged with ‘TOMORROW’ into TODO
|
entries with keyword ‘UPCOMING’. Org ignores entries in comment trees
|
and archive trees.
|
|
(org-map-entries
|
'(org-todo "UPCOMING")
|
"+TOMORROW" 'file 'archive 'comment)
|
|
The following example counts the number of entries with TODO keyword
|
‘WAITING’, in all agenda files.
|
|
(length (org-map-entries t "/+WAITING" 'agenda))
|
|
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|
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Appendix B MobileOrg
|
********************
|
|
MobileOrg is a companion mobile app that runs on iOS and Android
|
devices. MobileOrg enables offline-views and capture support for an Org
|
mode system that is rooted on a “real” computer. MobileOrg can record
|
changes to existing entries.
|
|
The iOS implementation (https://github.com/MobileOrg/) for the
|
_iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad_ series of devices, was started by Richard
|
Moreland and is now in the hands Sean Escriva. Android users should
|
check out MobileOrg Android
|
(http://wiki.github.com/matburt/mobileorg-android/) by Matt Jones.
|
Though the two implementations are not identical, they offer similar
|
features.
|
|
This appendix describes Org’s support for agenda view formats
|
compatible with MobileOrg. It also describes synchronizing changes,
|
such as to notes, between MobileOrg and the computer.
|
|
To change tags and TODO states in MobileOrg, first customize the
|
variables ‘org-todo-keywords’ and ‘org-tag-alist’. These should cover
|
all the important tags and TODO keywords, even if Org files use only
|
some of them. Though MobileOrg has in-buffer settings, it understands
|
TODO states _sets_ (*note Per-file keywords::) and _mutually exclusive_
|
tags (*note Setting tags::) only for those set in these variables.
|
|
* Menu:
|
|
* Setting up the staging area:: For the mobile device
|
* Pushing to MobileOrg:: Uploading Org files and agendas
|
* Pulling from MobileOrg:: Integrating captured and flagged items
|
|
|
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|
|
B.1 Setting up the staging area
|
===============================
|
|
MobileOrg needs access to a file directory on a server to interact with
|
Emacs. With a public server, consider encrypting the files. MobileOrg
|
version 1.5 supports encryption for the iPhone. Org also requires
|
‘openssl’ installed on the local computer. To turn on encryption, set
|
the same password in MobileOrg and in Emacs. Set the password in the
|
variable ‘org-mobile-use-encryption’(1). Note that even after MobileOrg
|
encrypts the file contents, the file names will remain visible on the
|
file systems of the local computer, the server, and the mobile device.
|
|
For a server to host files, consider options like Dropbox.com
|
(http://dropbox.com) account(2). On first connection, MobileOrg creates
|
a directory ‘MobileOrg/’ on Dropbox. Pass its location to Emacs through
|
an init file variable as follows:
|
|
(setq org-mobile-directory "~/Dropbox/MobileOrg")
|
|
Org copies files to the above directory for MobileOrg. Org also uses
|
the same directory for sharing notes between Org and MobileOrg.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) If Emacs is configured for safe storing of passwords, then
|
configure the variable, ‘org-mobile-encryption-password’; please read
|
the docstring of that variable.
|
|
(2) An alternative is to use webdav server. MobileOrg documentation
|
has details of webdav server configuration. Additional help is at FAQ
|
entry (https://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#mobileorg_webdav).
|
|
|
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|
B.2 Pushing to MobileOrg
|
========================
|
|
Org pushes files listed in ‘org-mobile-files’ to ‘org-mobile-directory’.
|
Files include agenda files (as listed in ‘org-agenda-files’). Customize
|
‘org-mobile-files’ to add other files. File names will be staged with
|
paths relative to ‘org-directory’, so all files should be inside this
|
directory(1).
|
|
Push creates a special Org file ‘agendas.org’ with custom agenda
|
views defined by the user(2).
|
|
Org writes the file ‘index.org’, containing links to other files.
|
MobileOrg reads this file first from the server to determine what other
|
files to download for agendas. For faster downloads, MobileOrg will
|
read only those files whose checksums(3) have changed.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) Symbolic links in ‘org-directory’ should have the same name as
|
their targets.
|
|
(2) While creating the agendas, Org mode will force ID properties on
|
all referenced entries, so that these entries can be uniquely identified
|
if MobileOrg flags them for further action. To avoid setting properties
|
configure the variable ‘org-mobile-force-id-on-agenda-items’ to ‘nil’.
|
Org mode will then rely on outline paths, assuming they are unique.
|
|
(3) Checksums are stored automatically in the file ‘checksums.dat’.
|
|
|
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|
|
B.3 Pulling from MobileOrg
|
==========================
|
|
When MobileOrg synchronizes with the server, it pulls the Org files for
|
viewing. It then appends to the file ‘mobileorg.org’ on the server the
|
captured entries, pointers to flagged and changed entries. Org
|
integrates its data in an inbox file format.
|
|
1. Org moves all entries found in ‘mobileorg.org’(1) and appends them
|
to the file pointed to by the variable ‘org-mobile-inbox-for-pull’.
|
Each captured entry and each editing event is a top-level entry in
|
the inbox file.
|
2. After moving the entries, Org attempts changes to MobileOrg. Some
|
changes are applied directly and without user interaction.
|
Examples include changes to tags, TODO state, headline and body
|
text. Entries for further action are tagged as ‘:FLAGGED:’. Org
|
marks entries with problems with an error message in the inbox.
|
They have to be resolved manually.
|
3. Org generates an agenda view for flagged entries for user
|
intervention to clean up. For notes stored in flagged entries,
|
MobileOrg displays them in the echo area when the cursor is on the
|
corresponding agenda item.
|
|
‘?’
|
Pressing ‘?’ displays the entire flagged note in another
|
window. Org also pushes it to the kill ring. To store
|
flagged note as a normal note, use ‘? z C-y C-c C-c’.
|
Pressing ‘?’ twice does these things: first it removes the
|
‘:FLAGGED:’ tag; second, it removes the flagged note from the
|
property drawer; third, it signals that manual editing of the
|
flagged entry is now finished.
|
|
‘C-c a ?’ returns to the agenda view to finish processing flagged
|
entries. Note that these entries may not be the most recent since
|
MobileOrg searches files that were last pulled. To get an updated
|
agenda view with changes since the last pull, pull again.
|
|
---------- Footnotes ----------
|
|
(1) ‘mobileorg.org’ will be empty after this operation.
|
|
|
File: org, Node: History and acknowledgments, Next: GNU Free Documentation License, Prev: MobileOrg, Up: Top
|
|
Appendix C History and acknowledgments
|
**************************************
|
|
C.1 From Carsten
|
================
|
|
Org was born in 2003, out of frustration over the user interface of the
|
Emacs Outline mode. I was trying to organize my notes and projects, and
|
using Emacs seemed to be the natural way to go. However, having to
|
remember eleven different commands with two or three keys per command,
|
only to hide and show parts of the outline tree, that seemed entirely
|
unacceptable. Also, when using outlines to take notes, I constantly
|
wanted to restructure the tree, organizing it paralleling my thoughts
|
and plans. _Visibility cycling_ and _structure editing_ were originally
|
implemented in the package ‘outline-magic.el’, but quickly moved to the
|
more general ‘org.el’. As this environment became comfortable for
|
project planning, the next step was adding _TODO entries_, basic
|
_timestamps_, and _table support_. These areas highlighted the two main
|
goals that Org still has today: to be a new, outline-based, plain text
|
mode with innovative and intuitive editing features, and to incorporate
|
project planning functionality directly into a notes file.
|
|
Since the first release, literally thousands of emails to me or to
|
<emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> have provided a constant stream of bug reports,
|
feedback, new ideas, and sometimes patches and add-on code. Many thanks
|
to everyone who has helped to improve this package. I am trying to keep
|
here a list of the people who had significant influence in shaping one
|
or more aspects of Org. The list may not be complete, if I have
|
forgotten someone, please accept my apologies and let me know.
|
|
Before I get to this list, a few special mentions are in order:
|
|
Bastien Guerry
|
Bastien has written a large number of extensions to Org (most of
|
them integrated into the core by now), including the LaTeX exporter
|
and the plain list parser. His support during the early days was
|
central to the success of this project. Bastien also invented
|
Worg, helped establishing the Web presence of Org, and sponsored
|
hosting costs for the orgmode.org website. Bastien stepped in as
|
maintainer of Org between 2011 and 2013, at a time when I
|
desperately needed a break.
|
Eric Schulte and Dan Davison
|
Eric and Dan are jointly responsible for the Org-babel system,
|
which turns Org into a multi-language environment for evaluating
|
code and doing literate programming and reproducible research.
|
This has become one of Org’s killer features that define what Org
|
is today.
|
John Wiegley
|
John has contributed a number of great ideas and patches directly
|
to Org, including the attachment system (‘org-attach.el’),
|
integration with Apple Mail (‘org-mac-message.el’), hierarchical
|
dependencies of TODO items, habit tracking (‘org-habits.el’), and
|
encryption (‘org-crypt.el’). Also, the capture system is really an
|
extended copy of his great ‘remember.el’.
|
Sebastian Rose
|
Without Sebastian, the HTML/XHTML publishing of Org would be the
|
pitiful work of an ignorant amateur. Sebastian has pushed this
|
part of Org onto a much higher level. He also wrote ‘org-info.js’,
|
a Java script for displaying web pages derived from Org using an
|
Info-like or a folding interface with single-key navigation.
|
|
See below for the full list of contributions! Again, please let me know
|
what I am missing here!
|
|
C.2 From Bastien
|
================
|
|
I (Bastien) have been maintaining Org between 2011 and 2013. This
|
appendix would not be complete without adding a few more acknowledgments
|
and thanks.
|
|
I am first grateful to Carsten for his trust while handing me over
|
the maintainership of Org. His unremitting support is what really
|
helped me getting more confident over time, with both the community and
|
the code.
|
|
When I took over maintainership, I knew I would have to make Org more
|
collaborative than ever, as I would have to rely on people that are more
|
knowledgeable than I am on many parts of the code. Here is a list of
|
the persons I could rely on, they should really be considered
|
co-maintainers, either of the code or the community:
|
|
Eric Schulte
|
Eric is maintaining the Babel parts of Org. His reactivity here
|
kept me away from worrying about possible bugs here and let me
|
focus on other parts.
|
|
Nicolas Goaziou
|
Nicolas is maintaining the consistency of the deepest parts of Org.
|
His work on ‘org-element.el’ and ‘ox.el’ has been outstanding, and
|
it opened the doors for many new ideas and features. He rewrote
|
many of the old exporters to use the new export engine, and helped
|
with documenting this major change. More importantly (if that’s
|
possible), he has been more than reliable during all the work done
|
for Org 8.0, and always very reactive on the mailing list.
|
|
Achim Gratz
|
Achim rewrote the building process of Org, turning some _ad hoc_
|
tools into a flexible and conceptually clean process. He patiently
|
coped with the many hiccups that such a change can create for
|
users.
|
|
Nick Dokos
|
The Org mode mailing list would not be such a nice place without
|
Nick, who patiently helped users so many times. It is impossible
|
to overestimate such a great help, and the list would not be so
|
active without him.
|
|
I received support from so many users that it is clearly impossible
|
to be fair when shortlisting a few of them, but Org’s history would not
|
be complete if the ones above were not mentioned in this manual.
|
|
C.3 List of contributions
|
=========================
|
|
• Russel Adams came up with the idea for drawers.
|
• Suvayu Ali has steadily helped on the mailing list, providing
|
useful feedback on many features and several patches.
|
• Luis Anaya wrote ‘ox-man.el’.
|
• Thomas Baumann wrote ‘org-bbdb.el’ and ‘org-mhe.el’.
|
• Michael Brand helped by reporting many bugs and testing many
|
features. He also implemented the distinction between empty fields
|
and 0-value fields in Org’s spreadsheets.
|
• Christophe Bataillon created the great unicorn logo that we use on
|
the Org mode website.
|
• Alex Bochannek provided a patch for rounding timestamps.
|
• Jan Böcker wrote ‘org-docview.el’.
|
• Brad Bozarth showed how to pull RSS feed data into Org mode files.
|
• Tom Breton wrote ‘org-choose.el’.
|
• Charles Cave’s suggestion sparked the implementation of templates
|
for Remember, which are now templates for capture.
|
• Pavel Chalmoviansky influenced the agenda treatment of items with
|
specified time.
|
• Gregory Chernov patched support for Lisp forms into table
|
calculations and improved XEmacs compatibility, in particular by
|
porting ‘nouline.el’ to XEmacs.
|
• Sacha Chua suggested copying some linking code from Planner, and
|
helped make Org popular through her blog.
|
• Toby S. Cubitt contributed to the code for clock formats.
|
• Baoqiu Cui contributed the first DocBook exporter. In Org 8.0, we
|
go a different route: you can now export to Texinfo and export the
|
‘.texi’ file to DocBook using ‘makeinfo’.
|
• Eddward DeVilla proposed and tested checkbox statistics. He also
|
came up with the idea of properties, and that there should be an
|
API for them.
|
• Nick Dokos tracked down several nasty bugs.
|
• Kees Dullemond used to edit projects lists directly in HTML and so
|
inspired some of the early development, including HTML export. He
|
also asked for a way to narrow wide table columns.
|
• Jason Dunsmore has been maintaining the Org-Mode server at
|
Rackspace for several years now. He also sponsored the hosting
|
costs until Rackspace started to host us for free.
|
• Thomas S. Dye contributed documentation on Worg and helped
|
integrating the Org-Babel documentation into the manual.
|
• Christian Egli converted the documentation into Texinfo format,
|
inspired the agenda, patched CSS formatting into the HTML exporter,
|
and wrote ‘org-taskjuggler.el’, which has been rewritten by Nicolas
|
Goaziou as ‘ox-taskjuggler.el’ for Org 8.0.
|
• David Emery provided a patch for custom CSS support in exported
|
HTML agendas.
|
• Sean Escriva took over MobileOrg development on the iPhone
|
platform.
|
• Nic Ferrier contributed mailcap and XOXO support.
|
• Miguel A. Figueroa-Villanueva implemented hierarchical checkboxes.
|
• John Foerch figured out how to make incremental search show context
|
around a match in a hidden outline tree.
|
• Raimar Finken wrote ‘org-git-line.el’.
|
• Mikael Fornius works as a mailing list moderator.
|
• Austin Frank works as a mailing list moderator.
|
• Eric Fraga drove the development of BEAMER export with ideas and
|
testing.
|
• Barry Gidden did proofreading the manual in preparation for the
|
book publication through Network Theory Ltd.
|
• Niels Giesen had the idea to automatically archive DONE trees.
|
• Nicolas Goaziou rewrote much of the plain list code. He also wrote
|
‘org-element.el’ and ‘org-export.el’, which was a huge step forward
|
in implementing a clean framework for Org exporters.
|
• Kai Grossjohann pointed out key-binding conflicts with other
|
packages.
|
• Brian Gough of Network Theory Ltd publishes the Org mode manual as
|
a book.
|
• Bernt Hansen has driven much of the support for auto-repeating
|
tasks, task state change logging, and the clocktable. His clear
|
explanations have been critical when we started to adopt the Git
|
version control system.
|
• Manuel Hermenegildo has contributed various ideas, small fixes and
|
patches.
|
• Phil Jackson wrote ‘org-irc.el’.
|
• Scott Jaderholm proposed footnotes, control over whitespace between
|
folded entries, and column view for properties.
|
• Matt Jones wrote MobileOrg Android.
|
• Tokuya Kameshima wrote ‘org-wl.el’ and ‘org-mew.el’.
|
• Jonathan Leech-Pepin wrote ‘ox-texinfo.el’.
|
• Shidai Liu ("Leo") asked for embedded LaTeX and tested it. He also
|
provided frequent feedback and some patches.
|
• Matt Lundin has proposed last-row references for table formulas and
|
named invisible anchors. He has also worked a lot on the FAQ.
|
• David Maus wrote ‘org-atom.el’, maintains the issues file for Org,
|
and is a prolific contributor on the mailing list with competent
|
replies, small fixes and patches.
|
• Jason F. McBrayer suggested agenda export to CSV format.
|
• Max Mikhanosha came up with the idea of refiling and sticky
|
agendas.
|
• Dmitri Minaev sent a patch to set priority limits on a per-file
|
basis.
|
• Stefan Monnier provided a patch to keep the Emacs-Lisp compiler
|
happy.
|
• Richard Moreland wrote MobileOrg for the iPhone.
|
• Rick Moynihan proposed allowing multiple TODO sequences in a file
|
and being able to quickly restrict the agenda to a subtree.
|
• Todd Neal provided patches for links to Info files and Elisp forms.
|
• Greg Newman refreshed the unicorn logo into its current form.
|
• Tim O’Callaghan suggested in-file links, search options for general
|
file links, and TAGS.
|
• Osamu Okano wrote ‘orgcard2ref.pl’, a Perl program to create a text
|
version of the reference card.
|
• Takeshi Okano translated the manual and David O’Toole’s tutorial
|
into Japanese.
|
• Oliver Oppitz suggested multi-state TODO items.
|
• Scott Otterson sparked the introduction of descriptive text for
|
links, among other things.
|
• Pete Phillips helped during the development of the TAGS feature,
|
and provided frequent feedback.
|
• Francesco Pizzolante provided patches that helped speeding up the
|
agenda generation.
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• Martin Pohlack provided the code snippet to bundle character
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insertion into bundles of 20 for undo.
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• Rackspace.com is hosting our website for free. Thank you
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Rackspace!
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• T.V. Raman reported bugs and suggested improvements.
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• Matthias Rempe (Oelde) provided ideas, Windows support, and quality
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control.
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• Paul Rivier provided the basic implementation of named footnotes.
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He also acted as mailing list moderator for some time.
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• Kevin Rogers contributed code to access VM files on remote hosts.
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• Frank Ruell solved the mystery of the ‘keymapp nil’ bug, a conflict
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with ‘allout.el’.
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• Jason Riedy generalized the send-receive mechanism for Orgtbl
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tables with extensive patches.
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• Philip Rooke created the Org reference card, provided lots of
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feedback, developed and applied standards to the Org documentation.
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• Christian Schlauer proposed angular brackets around links, among
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other things.
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• Christopher Schmidt reworked ‘orgstruct-mode’ so that users can
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enjoy folding in non-org buffers by using Org headlines in
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comments.
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• Paul Sexton wrote ‘org-ctags.el’.
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• Linking to VM/BBDB/Gnus was first inspired by Tom Shannon’s
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‘organizer-mode.el’.
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• Ilya Shlyakhter proposed the Archive Sibling, line numbering in
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literal examples, and remote highlighting for referenced code
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lines.
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• Stathis Sideris wrote the ‘ditaa.jar’ ASCII to PNG converter that
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is now packaged into Org’s ‘contrib’ directory.
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• Daniel Sinder came up with the idea of internal archiving by
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locking subtrees.
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• Dale Smith proposed link abbreviations.
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• James TD Smith has contributed a large number of patches for useful
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tweaks and features.
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• Adam Spiers asked for global linking commands, inspired the link
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extension system, added support for mairix, and proposed the
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mapping API.
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• Ulf Stegemann created the table to translate special symbols to
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HTML, LaTeX, UTF-8, Latin-1 and ASCII.
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• Andy Stewart contributed code to ‘org-w3m.el’, to copy HTML content
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with links transformation to Org syntax.
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• David O’Toole wrote ‘org-publish.el’ and drafted the manual chapter
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about publishing.
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• Jambunathan K contributed the ODT exporter and rewrote the HTML
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exporter.
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• Sebastien Vauban reported many issues with LaTeX and BEAMER export
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and enabled source code highlighting in Gnus.
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• Stefan Vollmar organized a video-recorded talk at the
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Max-Planck-Institute for Neurology. He also inspired the creation
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of a concept index for HTML export.
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• Jürgen Vollmer contributed code generating the table of contents in
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HTML output.
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• Samuel Wales has provided important feedback and bug reports.
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• Chris Wallace provided a patch implementing the ‘QUOTE’ keyword.
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• David Wainberg suggested archiving, and improvements to the linking
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system.
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• Carsten Wimmer suggested some changes and helped fix a bug in
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linking to Gnus.
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• Roland Winkler requested additional key bindings to make Org work
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on a tty.
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• Piotr Zielinski wrote ‘org-mouse.el’, proposed agenda blocks and
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contributed various ideas and code snippets.
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• Marco Wahl wrote ‘org-eww.el’.
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Appendix D GNU Free Documentation License
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Version 1.3, 3 November 2008
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Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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a standard.
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