Writing experience: My decade with Org. ~ Álvaro Ramírez. https://xenodium.com/writing-experience-my-decade-with-org #Emacs #OrgMode

Writing experience: My decade with Org. ~ Álvaro Ramírez. https://xenodium.com/writing-experience-my-decade-with-org #Emacs #OrgMode
I'm setting up a agenda file seasons.org where I will add the seasons for fruits, vegetables and other yearly reoccuring periods. An example would be Strawberry Season from 1. of June to 31. of August every year.
Does anyone know a good trick on how to set that up with diary or with org org-mode timestamps?
This month marks my 20th anniversary of using emacs. I started using it at a summer science program because the tutors recommended it to write our papers. I persisted because a good friend told me earnestly that "emacs is the best text editor in the world", even though I didn't know what "text editor" meant back then.
I don't know if that statement is true, but I've never felt the need to switch. Because... well, every time there is something I want my text editor to do, there has been a way to do it in emacs, and so much more besides.
To the many people who have contributed generously to the emacs community over the years - thank you! I know that some of you are on Mastodon. In no special order: @sacha @yantar92 @oantolin @daviwil @howard @publicvoit @karthink @kickingvegas
I'm sure I have missed a ton of people so please feel free to mention anyone else you think of.
I'm joining the carnival!
"My decade with Org" is my post for the Emacs Carnival
https://xenodium.com/writing-experience-my-decade-with-org
Thank you @greg for hosting this month
New blog post for the Emacs Carnival on writing experience (https://masto.gregnewman.io/@greg/114899165487420555):
Emacs is the cockpit. Org mode is the captain. Generate static websites from it. #Emacs #OrgMode #SiteGenerator #WhisperEngine
http://tomsitcafe.com/2025/07/24/whisper-engine-emacs-powered-static-site-generator-for-ghosts/
I use the excellent org-ql #Emacs package to search my #OrgMode files, and I got tired of typing the keywords so I made a bunch of keyboard macros to insert them for me:
(use-package org-ql-completing-read
:defer t
:bind
(:map org-ql-completing-read-map
:prefix "C-:"
:prefix-map org-ql-syntax-map
("t" . "todo:")
("C" . "clocked:")
("h" . "heading:")
(":" . "tags:")
("s" . "src:")
("T" . "ts:")
("p" . "priority:")
("c" . "category:")
("l" . "level:")))
Whisper Engine - The Emacs-powered static site generator is nearly ready.
Minimal. Self-contained. Written in Lisp.
- Paginated index pages
- HTML from pure Org
- No JS. Just signal.
Plot a histogram from a table with calculated percentages:
https://www.draketo.de/software/org-mode-tipps#plot-historgram-table-calculation
Absolutely.
#orgdown = the name for the syntax of Org-mode which can be used anywhere and which got great support outside of Emacs just as #Markdown has support outside any MD tool you name including pandoc.
#orgmode = Elisp implementation to Support note-taking (and much more) with a #LML named orgdown in (GNU) Emacs with highlighting and modification features.
Background:
https://karl-voit.at/2021/11/27/orgdown/
https://gitlab.com/publicvoit/orgdown/
And my current main article on that:
Org Mode Syntax Is One of the Most Reasonable Markup Languages to Use for Text
https://karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmode-as-markup-only/
I'll publish an article on the many downsides of Markdown in a few weeks. You might want to add my blog feed to your RSS aggregator.
@zstg @thelinuxcast We should actually get rid of #Markdown.
It is one of the worst lightweight markup languages you can decide for except for adoption: it's bad with respect for learning, for typing manually and for processing.
Avoid the Markdown flavor hell and go for any other #LML that doesn't come with all the downsides.
#orgdown, the syntax of #orgmode is one of the examples where the downsides of Markdown are avoided.
Please, don't settle for a mediocre solution again.
@thelinuxcast if only #orgmode has better compatibility...
CC: @publicvoit
Whisper Engine - simple, emacs-based, org-mode driven... #WhisperEngine #Emacs #Orgmode #SiteGenerator #DeadSwitch
I know I shouldn't be, but I'm proud of my cursed hacks.
This particular one was made trivial by #OrgMode.
Registration for the #FSF40 #hackathon is now open! Register here to participate in the virtual #HackFSF40: https://u.fsf.org/482 #FSF #GNUGuix #Mattermost #OrgMode #FSD #Don'tTrackBugs #GNUBoot #Lewa #LibreVR
After years with Obsidian, I've found that Emacs/Org offers the flexibility and power I need. Using Denote for note management, Xeft for searching my old vaults, and DEVONThink To Go for mobile access.
The transition wasn't without challenges, but the customization possibilities are endless.
Read about my journey and setup: https://mike.hostetlerhome.com/from-obsidian-to-emacs
@chriscochrun You mentioned emacs, so I'm obliged to suggest #orgmode to manage both knowledge and tasks :)
Org Mode, GNU Guix, Mattermost, and more projects to participate in the FSF's hackathon
https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf40-hackathon-registration-now-open