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Getting things done in LinuxGetting things done in LinuxPosted Jan 21, 2010 2:34 UTC (Thu) by mtaht (✭ supporter ✭, #11087)Parent article: Getting things done in Linux
You missed org-mode for emacs. http://orgmode.org/
It has incredible simplicity, combined with depth and power. Even if you don't know emacs in the first place, org-mode is a compelling reason to get into emacs, and you don't need to know much emacs to get around in org-mode.
I switched to using org-mode after trying various outliners and organizers and project planning tools over the last two decades. Org-mode comes closest to doing what I need to do. The integration with emacs in general is a plus, ultimately compelling me to get off of other tools like an independent chat client (dropping pidgin for erc and bitlbee), and switching to using GNUS rather than thunderbird.
Do give org-mode a shot.
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Getting things done in Linux Posted Jan 21, 2010 7:55 UTC (Thu) by rakoenig (subscriber, #29855) [Link]
Full ACK. I'm managing my GTD with orgmode for about 2 years now and I'm absolutely satisfied with it.
The biggest advantage of orgmode is the fact, that all is just plain text, so I can manage tasks just with the keyboard instead of point&click into dialog boxes. This speeds up the process a lot.
Speed is important for your task management tool. In the firm we're forced to also use SharePoint-based task lists and here you really see the difference between just editing a text file in your PCs RAM or suffering from a lousy responding server that makes editing a task a long job.
Ok, the big differenc is that orgmode is not a "groupware" tool, its for self management and for that its perfectly suited.
Getting things done in Emacs Posted Jan 21, 2010 8:57 UTC (Thu) by tnoo (subscriber, #20427) [Link]
The obvious alternative to org-mode is planner-mode for Emacs. The great
advantage of both tools is the close integration with the rest of the Emacs working environment (it is so much more than a great text and programming editor): mail client (vm, wanderlust, gnus, notmuch,...), the contact database (bbdb), and all the other great tools like doc-view, anything, w3m etc. With these Emacs tools at hand, everything is nicely cross linked or searchable (via moccur, tags or the trackerd - anything bindings).
Best of all: you need one set of keybindings, and never the mouse.
tnoo
Getting things done in Linux Posted Jan 21, 2010 8:55 UTC (Thu) by philipsbd (subscriber, #33789) [Link]
I have been using orgmode for several months now with great success. These
two tutorials were invaluable as I tried to figure out what features I was going to use and how to get it to all work together:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/gtd_workflo...
Getting things done in Linux Posted Jan 22, 2010 14:07 UTC (Fri) by zonker (subscriber, #7867) [Link]
I wouldn't say I "missed" it, really. Since using org-mode depends on
knowing/using Emacs in the first place, I didn't really think something like that would be suitable for a bulk of users. This is why I also skipped any of the tools you could use in Vim -- my preferred editor.
But, thanks for mentioning it. :-)
Getting things done in Linux Posted Jan 22, 2010 15:27 UTC (Fri) by cyd (guest, #4153) [Link] I wouldn't say I "missed" it, really. Since using org-mode depends on knowing/using Emacs in the first place, I didn't really think something like that would be suitable for a bulk of users.Except that org-mode appears to have a far larger user base than any of the other programs you reviewed, with the possible exception of KOrganizer. In an informal Google Trends search, it actually scores higher than KOrganizer (Tasque and Getting Things Gnome don't have enough volume to even show up on the graph).
Getting things done in Linux Posted Jan 22, 2010 23:42 UTC (Fri) by mtaht (✭ supporter ✭, #11087) [Link]
of course, the first thing to do to install org-mode is to actually install emacs-snapshot rather than emacs, as most distros aren't shipping a gtk and nicely fontified version of emacs...
Under ubuntu, that's
apt-get remove emacs
Getting things done in Linux Posted Jan 22, 2010 23:34 UTC (Fri) by mtaht (✭ supporter ✭, #11087) [Link]
I would be very interested to know how a non-emacs user responded to just trying to use emacs for org-mode. It's the most compelling new use of emacs I've encountered since ecb.
As a former "More" user, I found the keybindings mostly pretty obvious and the mouse based commands also pretty obvious.....
Getting things done in Linux Posted Jan 25, 2010 19:26 UTC (Mon) by dododge (subscriber, #2870) [Link] I'm also a fan of org-mode. I used to keep lots of simple text files for things like tracking purchases and todo lists, but they've all been slowly migrating over to org-mode. I've also used it as the source format for documenting one of our work projects, and we deliver the exported HTML to our customer. These days I even use org-mode tables (with spreadsheet calculations) to track hours.The author of org-mode has said that it's now his default text mode in emacs. I haven't reached that point yet but I'm getting there.
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