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From: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
To: Lawrence Bottorff <borgauf@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: in-buffer settings, tags, org-element, org-id. . .
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:47:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8738hdxlr7.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFAhFSWPCdAiiMbjC57JLP2TjmRDQXcCU=ywwM4m233eP=MGHQ@mail.gmail.com> (Lawrence Bottorff's message of "Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:54:59 -0500")

Hi Lawrence,

Lawrence Bottorff <borgauf@gmail.com> writes:

> . . . I'm getting confused about how to use these features.
> Sometimes, by chance, I'll find an example/use. but often as not I'm
> looking at a raw reference dump with no clue how to use (best
> practices) these features. For example, org-id has http://orgmode.org
> /worg/org-api/org-id-api.html

The link above was obsolete, as was the whole org-api directory on
Worg, now deleted.

> but no real explanation on what it is
> or how to use it. Googling doesn't bring anything either. in-buffer
> settings (http://orgmode.org/manual/In_002dbuffer-settings.html#
> In_002dbuffer-settings) is fairly cryptic for me too. Sometimes I can
> figure out what's going on, but I'm far from having a "best use"
> understanding. For example, I can look at the "source" for at WORG
> page (http://orgmode.org/worg/worg-setup.org.html) and see:
>
> #+STARTUP:    align fold nodlcheck hidestars oddeven lognotestate
> #+SEQ_TODO:   TODO(t) INPROGRESS(i) WAITING(w@) | DONE(d) CANCELED
> (c@)
> #+TAGS:       Write(w) Update(u) Fix(f) Check(c)
> #+TITLE:      Worg setup on the http://orgmode.org server
> #+AUTHOR:     Worg people
> #+EMAIL:      mdl AT imapmail DOT org
> #+LANGUAGE:   en
> #+PRIORITIES: A C B
> #+CATEGORY:   worg
> #+OPTIONS:    H:3 num:nil toc:nil \n:nil ::t |:t ^:t -:t f:t *:t
> tex:t d:(HIDE) tags:not-in-toc
>
> I can then sift through the reference "in-buffer settings," but I'm
> not much wiser on the whytofors. Has anybody, tutorial-wise, really
> sorted these concepts out properly?

Looks like you try to groke all at once: I suggest you learn Org
incrementally, sticking to one concept, reading about it in the manual
and testing it in an Org buffer.

> One task I'd like to have is the ability to embed keywords throughout
> an org file so that a parser can find and grab these sections. I'm
> assailed with seemingly many ways: PROPERTIES, org-element, org-id,
> tags -- most/all of which I have only the dimmest grasp.

Start with tags.

A tag is a keyword attached to a headline this way:

* This is a headline     :tag:

HTH,

-- 
 Bastien

      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-04-16 16:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-03-31 15:54 in-buffer settings, tags, org-element, org-id. . Lawrence Bottorff
2014-03-31 16:27 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-04-16 15:47 ` Bastien [this message]

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