Org Mode's new site

Org mode also has a great spreadsheet system[0], making it easy to work with plaintext tables! I used Org mode in a school assignment to generate a gnuplot graph from an Org data table (which also had calculated data using formulas). This all would happen all in Org at compile time, since Org lets you evaluate code snippets[1] as well. The final result is that the table, the graph and the syntax-highlighted gnuplot code would all be put in the LaTeX document, and updating the code or data would take effect immediately when recompiling the document.<p>There&#x27;s also other cool things like a habit tracker[2] that can also show you an interactive mode where you can see your progress.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;orgmode.org&#x2F;worg&#x2F;org-tutorials&#x2F;org-spreadsheet-intro.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;orgmode.org&#x2F;worg&#x2F;org-tutorials&#x2F;org-spreadsheet-intro...</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;orgmode.org&#x2F;worg&#x2F;org-contrib&#x2F;babel&#x2F;intro.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;orgmode.org&#x2F;worg&#x2F;org-contrib&#x2F;babel&#x2F;intro.html</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;orgmode.org&#x2F;manual&#x2F;Tracking-your-habits.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;orgmode.org&#x2F;manual&#x2F;Tracking-your-habits.html</a>

I&#x27;ve tried to use Org for a while. Actually had hundred of pages of notes written in its format. But it never felt right for me. You press the wrong keyboard button it tries to execute the code, you press another key - text gets reformatted, folds, unfolds, etc... It just doesn&#x27;t feel text anymore and you have to know lots of complexity of the Org itself to make it useful. And all I want is just to write some text and display it. After all, just converted all .org to .md and use Hugo for displaying it in HTML.<p>Everytime I see an article about Org, I think how nice it would be to use it and feel comfortable in it, it just never worked out for me.

Awesome!<p>If you&#x27;re like me, you&#x27;ll go through these steps.<p>1. Use org-mode in one file for a few years to track all of your todos. You can make a good David Allen GTD system this way. Headings for Inbox, Projects, Someday&#x2F;Maybe, Tickler.<p>2. Discover <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.orgroam.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.orgroam.com&#x2F;</a> as the best note taking and personal knowledge system you&#x27;ve ever seen.<p>3. Obsess about backing up all of your org files because if you ever lose them you will literally have lost half of what you know.

I&#x27;m sure this new website is a big improvement, but to me (not an Emacs or Org Mode user), it seems Org Mode does... everything? Kinda like Emacs?<p>Like, that spreadsheet example seems clunky to me, why would I want to use this?

They should mention the excellent Orgzly (org mobile app) on the install page. I don&#x27;t even use org files but it was the best touch GUI for plaintext lists I could find for android.

Org mode for life, but that&#x27;s one ghastly looking unicorn to be honest. Not winning any new hearts with it.

To anyone who&#x27;s on the fence about trying Org: if organization has ever been a problem for you, I don&#x27;t think you&#x27;ll regret giving it a spin. I considered myself a disorganized person for all my life until I started using Org-mode, but not anymore. It&#x27;s been such a relief to my overall stress&#x2F;anxiety.

Slightly off topic: To be honest, the non correct indendation in <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;orgmode.org&#x2F;resources&#x2F;img&#x2F;main.svg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;orgmode.org&#x2F;resources&#x2F;img&#x2F;main.svg</a> is the reason why I always change my text editor fonts in a way that for every highlight variant, the <i>same</i> font is used. Different font sizes, font families, etc. have the effect that the monospacing is lost.

This has got to be one of the cleanest websites I have seen in recent times. The layout, spacing between letters and lines and the color contrast are very satisfying to the eyes. I&#x27;m sure there are thousands of websites out there with similar layouts but there is something very pleasing about this.

I like it, especially the up-front demo! For a while I&#x27;ve been wanting to learn Org Mode, and this redesign is making it much more clear to me what Org Mode is and how I&#x27;d use it.

I love using org mode but what I would really like is a thin GUI client which would keep me from making silly mistakes (such as deleting a heading line accidentally and leaving the orphaned content under a new heading), keep things visually separate, and help organize links between headings and tags.<p>Also an easier way to customize the agenda command without writing lisp would be more user friendly!

How closely is org syntax tied to emacs, I would love to try it but I can&#x27;t just switch my text editor just to learn a markup language.

Designer of the revamp here. AMA :)

Looks nice, but it seems shifted to the right for me: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;img.ankarstrom.se&#x2F;orgsite.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;img.ankarstrom.se&#x2F;orgsite.png</a><p>I do use a browser that might not support all the latest things, but I suspect the site could be made a bit more compatible. The layout isn&#x27;t that advanced.

I have always wanted to learn Org Mode, but at the same time I have been trying to learn emacs (spacemacs) and this has been a bit complex and my interested has fallen quickly.<p>Any ideas or resources on learning org mode? Can it be used with ex. IntelliJ? Should I learn first plain emacs then orgmode? Or should I look into other note taking tools

I&#x27;ve tried to learn org-mode several times, but can never get it to &quot;stick&quot; with me.

I think the landing page would be more effective&#x2F;descriptive if it emphasised it&#x27;s role as a TODO&#x2F;extensible structured document.<p>I use it as a personal planner for career and life stuff. Nothing too fancy, just TODOs with tags.

I wish there were a comparable mode for neovim. I now use a combination of Google Keep and vimwiki, but I really liked org-mode back when I used emacs.

It&#x27;s a huge coincidence that I&#x27;m beginning to enter into the world of emacs owing to org-mode after being a vi(m) user for about 15 years now. Of course, I&#x27;m doing this with evil mode which I&#x27;d say gives the best of both worlds. vim&#x27;s editor keys are much more intuitive and easy on the hands than emacs&#x27;.<p>Hoping to eventually learn more of org-mode and use it more diligently.

Nice rework.<p>I think the design language is too simple though, Twitter bootstrap like, which doesn’t convey the rich possibilities offered by org.<p>Org is more than roam or markdown and it’s not quite clear how for the newcomers. Maybe some nice graphical mindmap-like feature map?

What is it particularly about open source that it cannot attract designers? Can’t they have similar skin in the game as engineers. I’m sure it would look good on a designers portfolio if they did the design&#x2F;branding for a project like org mode.<p>To be frank, the site looks a lot better but it went from 4 decades dated to 1 decade dated.

Are there any Org Mode to HTML rendereres? Can it replace Markdown? I see it has tables which aren&#x27;t a part of regular markdown aka commonmark.

Wouldn&#x27;t it be great if VS Code had a full fledged org-mode implementation? Especially Babel functionality.

I like the redesign, but how can I get rid of that annoying sticky header bar?

So it’s basically just markdown? This is what everyone has been raving about?