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@section Summary
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@cindex summary
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-Org is a mode for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists, and doing
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-project planning with a fast and effective plain-text system.
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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. Org is
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-implemented on top of Outline mode, which makes it possible to keep the
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-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. Org supports TODO items, deadlines,
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-timestamps, and scheduling. It dynamically compiles entries into an
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-agenda that utilizes and smoothly integrates much of the Emacs calendar
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-and diary. Plain text URL-like links connect to websites, emails,
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-Usenet messages, BBDB entries, and any files related to the projects.
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-For printing and sharing notes, an Org file can be exported as a
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-structured ASCII file, as HTML, or (TODO and agenda items only) as an
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-iCalendar file. It can also serve as a publishing tool for a set of
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-linked web pages.
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-As a project planning environment, Org works by adding metadata to outline
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-nodes. Based on this data, specific entries can be extracted in queries and
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-create dynamic @i{agenda views}.
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-Org mode contains the Org Babel environment which allows you to work with
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-embedded source code blocks in a file, to facilitate code evaluation,
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-documentation, and literate programming techniques.
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-Org's automatic, context-sensitive table editor with spreadsheet
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-capabilities can be integrated into any major mode by activating the
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-minor Orgtbl mode. Using a translation step, it can be used to maintain
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-tables in arbitrary file types, for example in @LaTeX{}. The structure
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-editing and list creation capabilities can be used outside Org with
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-the minor Orgstruct mode.
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-Org keeps simple things simple. When first fired up, it should
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-feel like a straightforward, easy to use outliner. Complexity is not
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-imposed, but a large amount of functionality is available when you need
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-it. Org is a toolbox and can be used in different ways and for different
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-ends, for example:
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-@example
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-@r{@bullet{} an outline extension with visibility cycling and structure editing}
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-@r{@bullet{} an ASCII system and table editor for taking structured notes}
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-@r{@bullet{} a TODO list editor}
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-@r{@bullet{} a full agenda and planner with deadlines and work scheduling}
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-@pindex GTD, Getting Things Done
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-@r{@bullet{} an environment in which to implement David Allen's GTD system}
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-@r{@bullet{} a simple hypertext system, with HTML and @LaTeX{} export}
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-@r{@bullet{} a publishing tool to create a set of interlinked web pages}
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-@r{@bullet{} an environment for literate programming}
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-@end example
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+Org is a mode for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists, and doing 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 literal programming and reproducible
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+research.
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+Org is implemented on top of Outline mode, which makes it possible to keep
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+the content of large files well structured. Visibility cycling and structure
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+editing help to work with the tree. Tables are easily created with a
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+built-in table editor. Plain text URL-like links connect to websites,
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+emails, Usenet messages, BBDB entries, and any files related to the projects.
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+
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+Org develops organizational tasks around notes files that contain lists or
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+information about projects as plain text. As a project planning environment,
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+Org works by adding metadata to outline nodes. Based on this data, specific
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+entries can be extracted in queries and create dynamic @i{agenda views} that
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+also utilize and smoothly integrate much of the Emacs calendar and diary.
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+Org can be used to implement many different project planning schemes, such
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+as David Allen's GTD system.
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+Org files can serve as a single source authoring system with export to many
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+different formats such as HTML, @LaTeX{}, Open Document, and Markdown. New
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+export backends be derived from existing ones, or defined from scratch.
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+Org mode supports working with embedded source code blocks in a file, which
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+makes it uniquely suited for authoring technical documents with code
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+examples. It facilitates code evaluation, embedding of code output into the
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+document, documentation, and literate programming techniques.
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+
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+Org keeps simple things simple. When first fired up, it should feel like a
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+straightforward, easy to use outliner. Complexity is not imposed, but a
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+large amount of functionality is available when you need it. Org is a
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+toolbox. Many users usilize only a (very personal) fraction of Org's
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+capabilities, and know that there is more whenever they need it.
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+All of this is achieved with strictly plain text files, the most portable and
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+future-proof file format. Org runs in Emacs. Emacs is one of the most
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+widely ported programs, so that Org mode is available on every major
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+platform.
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@cindex FAQ
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There is a website for Org which provides links to the newest
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version of Org, as well as additional information, frequently asked
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questions (FAQ), links to tutorials, etc. This page is located at
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@uref{http://orgmode.org}.
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@cindex print edition
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The version 7.3 of this manual is available as a
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@uref{http://www.network-theory.co.uk/org/manual/, paperback book from Network
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Carsten Dominik