Re: ways to insert "note to self" in an org-mode file for academic paper

[Myles English <mylesenglish@gmail.com>]

>> 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