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    Org Mode


To have org-mode expand everything by default: M-x customize-variable RET org-startup-folded


To insert code-blocks quickly: <s TAB


To insert a new bullet/number in the current list: M-RET


To promote a heading: M-<left arrow>


To demote a heading: M-<right arrow>


Hyperlinks:


To link to another org-mode file:
[[file:dir/other_file.org]]


To create a link with a description:
[[file:dir/other_file.org][Description]]


To follow a hyperlink C-c C-o


To go back: C-c &


To edit a link: C-c C-l

Link = link target
Description = description


To add LaTeX to Org-mode:

Don't need to do anything special to add LaTeX to org-mode
Use \( and \) as inline math delimiters
Use \begin{equation} and \end{equation} for blocks for equations
Can preview LaTeX with C-c C-x C-l if `dvipng` is installed


To escape markup:

Verbatim
Code


To export to HTML:

C-c C-e h h (to export to file)
C-c C-e h o to export to file and open
Export config options:

org-export-with-toc toggles TOC
org-export-with-section-numbers toggles section numbers


Generic markup:

/italics/ italics
_underline_ underline
*bold* bold
+strikethrough+ strikethrough


To set the initial visibility of an item, add the following property: :Visibility: folded

A property drawer starts with :PROPERTIES: and ends with :END:
To insert a property (and create the drawer, if necessary): C-c C-x p
To reset to initial visibility: C-u C-u 


To add a single checkbox: C-u C-c C-c


To make a list into a list of checkboxes: C-u C-c C-x C-b


To make the to-do statistics cookies compute statistics recursively

Configure org-hierarchical-todo-statistics to set recursive stats globally
Set the :COOKIE_DATA: property to "recursive" to set it on a per item level


To override the default initial visibility, put one of
#+STARTUP: overview
#+STARTUP: content
#+STARTUP: showall
#+STARTUP: showeverything

at the top of the file

To undo all visibility changes made while editing, C-u C-u <tab>


Table editing:

To create a table, start the line with a | and separate each column with |
To create a horizontal line, start the line with |- (this separates headers from entries)
To insert a row above: M-S-<down>
To insert a row below: C-u M-S-<down>
To delete the current row: M-S-up


Agenda mode


First, set up the following keybinds
(global-set-key "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
(global-set-key "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
(global-set-key "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
(global-set-key "\C-cb" 'org-switchb)


To launch agenda mode hit C-c a


To add files to the agenda list: C-c [


To remove a file from the agenda list: C-c ]


To launch the global to-do list: C-c a t


To go to the file in which a to-do item is defined

 go to file in another window
 go to file in this window


To rebuild agenda buffer: r


To set priorities on agenda items C-c ,

You can also adjust priorities with S-up and S-down
To adjust the values used for priorities, customize

org-highest-priority
org-lowest-priority
org-default-priority


To give priorities different colors:

Customize:

org-agenda-fontify-priorities -> set to "Cookies Only"
org-priority-faces -> set a color for each priority


My priority faces

0: red2
1: gold1
2: SpringGreen2
3: CadetBlue2
4: gray94
5: gray50


To customize how items are sorted in the agenda view mode, customize org-agenda-sorting-strategy


To turn bulleted list into a numbered list, use S-left or S-right to change the bullet style


To make the agenda view use am/pm times instead of 24-hour time, do M-x customize-variable RET org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm


To disable plain-text timestamps, turn off org-agenda-search-headline-for-time


To prevent emacs from folding subtrees when you paste them, customize org-yank-folded-subtrees


To make emacs only color the stars in a headline, customize org-level-color-stars-only


To launch org-agenda in its own frame, customize org-agenda-window-setup


To delete org-mode-links, add the following function to your .emacs
(defun afs/org-replace-link-by-link-description ()
"Replace an org link by its description or by the link if description is empty"
(interactive)
(if (org-in-regexp org-bracket-link-regexp 1)
  (save-excursion
  (let ((remove (list (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)))
      (description (if (match-end 3)
              (org-match-string-no-properties 3)
              (org-match-string-no-properties 1))))
    (apply 'delete-region remove)
    (insert description)))))