From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Myles English Subject: Re: ways to insert "note to self" in an org-mode file for academic paper Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:21:02 +0000 Message-ID: <878vj5x029.fsf@gmail.com> References: <4F5E1C6B.30206@binghamton.edu> Reply-To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Myles English Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:41808) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S77vx-0003Jr-IQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:17:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S77va-0006pn-8t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:17:17 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:46155) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S77va-0006pZ-06 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:16:54 -0400 Received: by werj55 with SMTP id j55so4305041wer.0 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:16:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4F5E1C6B.30206@binghamton.edu> (Christopher W. Ryan's message of "Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:55:23 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Christopher W. Ryan" , emacs-orgmode Mode >> 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 "") (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