Re: Organizing org-mode files: Tree view

[Charles Berry <ccberry@ucsd.edu>]

David Masterson <dsmasterson <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Dotan Cohen <dotancohen <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Hi all, I am a VIM user enchanted by the power of org-mode. Please
> > excuse my apparent naivety!
> >
> > I am moving from Zim Wiki (excellent GUI program) to either Vimwiki
> > (VIM plugin) or org-mode. I was surprised to see that org-mode has all
> > the features of several apps that I use, including Task Warrior, Zim
> > Wiki, and Tux Cards. However, one feature that is not clear to me is
> > how to organize the various org-mode files. Surely I wouldn't leave
> > that to the file system!
> >
> > Is there some Emacs plugin that could present the org-mode files in a
> > tree-fashion, such as demonstrated on the left side of this Zim Wiki
> > screenshot?
[snip]

> > If there is a better way to organize the files, then I would love to
> > know how the more experienced users do it.
> >
> > Thank you!
> 
> I guess the answer(s) would be Dired (builtin to Emacs) or External
> Links in Org.
> 

Which is pretty much what I use. But I think Dotan might want speedbar.

See http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SpeedBar

Just try it out, open a file -- perhaps a *.org file with multiple
headline levels -- and execute M-: (speedbar 1)

Browse emacswiki for other possibilities.

HTH,

Chuck