Org mode introduction and package management
Startup
Create and edit emacs configuration file
Usually it can be found at ~/.emacs/init.el or ~/.emacs.el, ~/.emacs.d/init.el, ~/.config/emacs/init.el.
- Emacs init file: syntax, location (and how to find init file), startup
Installing orgmode itself and required packages manually
Activation
For the most emacs distributions Orgmode is already pre-installed.
In order to activate it you need to edit the init.el file, see sample code below. (Pay attention to the quote sign when you copy from the .pdf file)
;;;;Org mode configuration ;; Enable Org mode (require 'org)
Manual package management
All org-mode plugins as well as emacs extension can be dowloaded as emacs-lisp .el files. Next step is to edit the initialization file and provide the path of an any desired package. This can be done as follows:
;; where I have htmlize.el (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/lisp/") (require 'htmlize)
where lisp folder is one you use to store plugins .el files.
Org-mode features
Configuring the appearance of an output file (METADATA)
Adjust numeration
#+OPTIONS: num:nil
If you want to limit it to only a certain depth you can replace nil with an integer specifying up to which headline you want the numbers to appear.
For example #+options: num:1 would turn your sample into:
1. Heading Sub-Heading 2. Another Heading
Remove/add table of contents
#+OPTIONS: toc:2 (only include two levels in TOC)
#+OPTIONS: toc:nil (no default TOC at all)
Checklists in org-mode
See this page:
- Progress details: just add
[/]to display progress count and[%]to show percentage.
Exporting notes
General description of availiable back-ends can be found here.
Install htmlize
You can install it using code above. The source file htmlize.el can be downloaded here.
Install latex-beamer export
By default some export backends are muted. To unmute the latex-beamer back-end add the following line into the init.el file.
(require 'ox-beamer)
Install twitter bootstrap html export
Package and instructions (link)
Automatic package management
Install MELPA package. This package append decription of packages into init.el file.
Emacs configurations
Launching emacs with emacs -q inhibits startup
e.g. emacs -q -l init.el
You can apply the changes right from the init.el configuration file by running 'M-x ev-b' (evaluate the buffer)
Setting up a minimalistic view
What you can add to your init.el file:
(setq inhibit-startup-message t) (scroll-bar-mode -1) ; Disable visible scrollbar (tool-bar-mode -1) ; Disable the toolbar (tooltip-mode -1) ; Disable tooltips (set-fringe-mode 10) ; Give some breathing room (menu-bar-mode -1) ; Disable the menu bar ; Set up the visible bell (setq visible-bell t)