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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 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 a mode for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists, and project planning
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+with a fast and effective plain-text system. It also is an authoring system
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+with unique support for literate programming and reproducible 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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@@ -819,12 +818,13 @@ 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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+export backends can 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, capturing code output into the
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-document, documentation, and literate programming techniques.
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+Org files can include source code blocks, which makes Org uniquely suited for
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+authoring technical documents with code examples. Org source code blocks are
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+fully functional; they can be evaluated in place and their results can be
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+captured in the file. This makes it possible to create a single file
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+reproducible research compendium.
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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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Carsten Dominik