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What I like the most about Org syntax is that it gives you a framework to plan your tasks by using nothing but text. For example: - [%] Task 1 + [X] Task a
by altxwally 16y ago
What I like the most about Org syntax is that it gives you a framework
to plan your tasks by using nothing but text. For example:
- [%] Task 1
+ [X] Task a
+ [ ] Task b //C-c on this task will check this an calculate the %
+ [ ] Task c
Plus, it has comments. I haven't researched enough but I cannot
remember of any other syntax that has comments.
# Fix this paragraph later...
* Why I like Org syntax
When you export this to latex, post it to wordpress or with org2blog, etc...
the comments won't be shown. Very useful.
- punchagan 16y agoReST does support comments.
- mise 16y agoNot bad. That's how I keep my todo lists, after having quit Basecamp: IDEAS One Idea And another idea TODO TODAY A task ARCHIVE Old tasks just pasted here
- rwl 16y agoFor those unfamiliar: these are awesome, but pretty basic, features of Org. In addition to a plain-text syntax for outlining and making lists (for tasks or otherwise), Org syntax offers: - tags - properties (key/value pairs that can affect things like export behavior, but also have their own API) - dates, timestamps, ranges of these, and repeating dates/timestamps, as well as more complicated complicated scheduling via integration with Emacs diary (e.g., a class that meets every Monday from January until May) - per-file configuration variables (e.g., configure your TODO workflow in a given file to be: TODO -> INPROGRESS -> WAITING -> DONE) - priority of TODO items - hyperlinks to local documents, URLs, emails, address book entries, etc. and more. I'm just listing the syntax I use. And this is to say nothing of Org's many great features beyond its syntax, like the capture interface, the publishing framework, and the many useful exporters.