Emacs: Org todo and agenda basics

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In this ~45-minute video I cover the basics of managing your task list with Org mode. The idea is to write tasks in a simple file and then use the Org agenda views to display and filter the tasks you are interested in. Throughout the video I also comment on relevant points about the overall workflow. The basic configuration I show in the video is below: ;; These are the defaults we want to change. We do so in the ;; following `use-package' declaration. (setq org-M-RET-may-split-line '((default . t))) (setq org-insert-heading-respect-content nil) (setq org-log-done nil) (setq org-log-into-drawer nil) (use-package org :ensure nil ; do not try to install it as it is built-in :config (setq org-M-RET-may-split-line '((default . nil))) (setq org-insert-heading-respect-content t) (setq org-log-done 'time) (setq org-log-into-drawer t) (setq org-directory "/tmp/testing-org/") (setq org-agenda-files (list org-directory)) ;; Learn about the ! and more by reading the relevant section of the ;; Org manual. Evaluate: (info "(org) Tracking TODO state changes") (setq org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO(t)" "WAIT(w!)" "|" "CANCEL(c!)" "DONE(d!)"))))

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Protesilaos Stavrou

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