_my first org-mode setup_
Last modified on : 24.07.2008
So I started the orgmode setup. I use the latest stable version 6.05b. I could have used the development version out of the git repo, but for this kind of applications I'd rather use released versions. This helps in isolating bugs.
This is my first starting setup :
(add-to-list 'load-path "/Users/ec/emacslisp/org-6.05b/lisp")
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org\\'" . org-mode))
(global-set-key "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
(global-set-key "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
(setq org-agenda-files (file-expand-wildcards "~/org/*.org"))
(setq org-todo-keywords
'((sequence "TODO" "MAYBE" "STARTED" "|" "DONE")
(sequence "ASK" "BUY" "|" "DELIVERED")
(sequence "|" "CANCELED")))
_moving from planner to org-mode_
Last modified on : 23.07.2008
For the past 3 years I've used planner-mode to organize my projects and todo-lists. The feature I do like most is the possibility to link a task to more than one project. That makes it possible not to have to copy tasks around project files as it is required by org-mode.
However there's a negative point to planner-mode. There's no archiving feature in planner. That makes my ~/Planner directory have files dated from 2005 which I won't ever need. Since files have links to each other through tasks, I never deleted those files, fearing that I might corrupt data. Org-mode doesn't need an archiving feature, since once a project is finished, you can just move that project out of your org-directory.
It did take me some time to decide to move to org-mode. Now I'm making the effort of planning the transition from planner to org-mode. This doesn't seem as easy as it sounds since I actually have found no other way than check every single project I have in Planner (covering more than 3 years of data !). If anyone has a better idea, please let me know :)
When evaluating org-mode I've been through this nice tutorial. Also I've watched this screencast.
The orgmode site lists all these and more tutorials/screencasts etc.