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Re: [O] ways to insert "note to self" in an org-mode file for academic p
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Myles English |
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Re: [O] ways to insert "note to self" in an org-mode file for academic paper |
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Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:39:46 +0000 |
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>> On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:25:42 -0400, Christopher W Ryan said:
> Thanks Myles. That's pretty cool. --Chris
Following on from Karl's post, this thread has some useful help on
exporting inline tasks through latex:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2011-09/msg00157.html
Please copy any reply to the list so that people know you have received
a reply. Please don't top post. Sorry for my word wrapping (below),
will fix soon.
Myles
> Christopher W. Ryan, MD SUNY Upstate Medical University Clinical
> Campus at Binghamton 425 Robinson Street, Binghamton, NY 13904
> cryanatbinghamtondotedu
> "Observation is a more powerful force than you could possibly
> reckon. The invisible, the overlooked, and the unobserved are the
> most in danger of reaching the end of the spectrum. They lose the
> last of their light. From there, anything can happen . . ." [God,
> in "Joan of Arcadia," episode entitled, "The Uncertainty
> Principle."]
> Myles English wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:55:23 -0400, Christopher W Ryan said:
>>
>> > I'm very early in trying a transition from LaTeX to org-mode for
>> > academic writing, trying to learn the Org way of doing >
>> things. Running Org-mode 7.7 in Emacs 23.4.1 on Win XP.
>>
>> > Suppose I'm writing a draft of a research proposal and come to
>> some > part that I may want to consider changing, after I think
>> about it > some more, check with others, or reassess my
>> resources. In LaTex, > I'd write something like this:
>>
>> > % need to look into this further, check with so-and-so
>>
>> > and keep writing on the next line.
>>
>> > How does one do this well in Org-mode? With a # comment
>> character? > Or does this become a TODO item?
>>
>> Chris,
>>
>> I use inline tasks. e.g.
>>
>> *************** TODO look into this further, check with
>> so-and-so *************** END
>>
>> And to see all of the todos in the file I use this quite a lot,
>> just press F9 to see a list:
>>
>> ;; show all todos in the current buffer with one key press
>> (global-set-key (kbd "<f9>") (lambda () (interactive) (org-agenda
>> nil "t" 'file)))
>>
>> > Of course, I wouldn't want that little "note to self" to appear
>> in > any final document. But I might want it to remain in the
>> source > file, to document my line of reasoning.
>>
>> To not export todos, have this at the top of you file and press C-c
>> on it before exporting:
>>
>> #+OPTIONS: todo:nil
>>
>> > Thanks.
>>
>> > --Chris -- Christopher W. Ryan, MD SUNY Upstate Medical
>> University > Clinical Campus at Binghamton 425 Robinson Street,
>> Binghamton, NY > 13904 cryanatbinghamtondotedu
>>
>> > "Observation is a more powerful force than you could possibly >
>> reckon. The invisible, the overlooked, and the unobserved are the
>> > most in danger of reaching the end of the spectrum. They lose the
>> > last of their light. From there, anything can happen . . ."
>> [God, > in "Joan of Arcadia," episode entitled, "The Uncertainty >
>> Principle."]
>>
>> Myles