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: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:39:46 +0000 Message-ID: <87fwdc7mrh.fsf@gmail.com> References: <4F5E1C6B.30206@binghamton.edu> <878vj5x029.fsf@gmail.com> <4F5E5BC6.5040404@binghamton.edu> Reply-To: Myles English , emacs-orgmode Mode Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42812) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S7Q15-0007xU-T0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:35:52 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S7Q0v-0007Ua-G7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:35:47 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f171.google.com ([209.85.212.171]:39366) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S7Q0v-0007UA-7S for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:35:37 -0400 Received: by wibhj13 with SMTP id hj13so4175905wib.12 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:35:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4F5E5BC6.5040404@binghamton.edu> (Christopher W. Ryan's message of "Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:25:42 -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" Cc: emacs-orgmode Mode >> 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 "") (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