Linux @lemmy.ml rar @discuss.online 1y ago

Just tried Org-mode today

Always heard about org mode but was intimidated by emacs when I could barely manage vi/vim (sorry guys). Installed a plugin for org-mode for Sublime Text today and... shit, why didn't I try this sooner?

I have thousands of text files with horrible organization, thrown around multiple directories, no common naming scheme, no hierarchy, no unified notation, just ramblings and a barely marginal attempt at organization using === as title markers. I have links and ideas buried deep and I didn't want to use a third party tool "just for managing text".

Well, my eyes are open, and thus I'm euphoric, enlightened by its brilliance. I must rewrite all my stuff in org-mode.

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Welcome to emacs, you're here forever.
- Actually I left 🫣🫣 After using it for a few years. I couldn't get a hang of it on Android, and I ended up switching to caldav for tasks and markdown for notes.
  
  Currently testing out https://silverbullet.md
  
  I did enjoy orgmode for a long time, but I got too old for init.el ..
Org mode changed my fucking life! I looked into using emacs as a simple markdown editor when I was doing a creative writing course and discovered org mode. 4 years later and I never leave emacs, everything is done through emacs and org mode. I even use it as my window manager (exwm). I bought an old chromebook to turn into an emacs machine and it's so good. It's an operating system and I don't like using a computer without it.

Some things for you to look into that I now can't live without:

Elfeed

Org-capture and capture templates

Dired

EXWM

Syncthing (not a part of emacs but means I don't have to use closed source cloud backups)

I passionately love emacs. At first I thought all they shortcuts and keybindings were a bit insane but they are second nature to me at this point. Emacs has also saved me lots of money that I would have spent on silly writing apps and aids.
There used to be an awesome vi tutorial page at the University of Hawaii but it's no longer there. You might find it archived on the internet archive way back though.
- There's also the game to help learn vim.
  
  https://vim-adventures.com/
  
  Huh! That's pretty cool. I've bookmarked the site to check it out later. Thanks!
- https://web.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/vi.html maybe?
  
  That's the one! I learned vi with that website. Turned me into a big fan.
  
  Just out of curiosity, do you know of a good resource for learning awk, sed, and grep?
I think that's the one.
- Many thanks, will check that one.
What?
- You're getting downvotes, but I also have no idea what's going on in this post.
  
  You could have just done a little search https://orgmode.org/

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