CLOSED: [2016-12-17 Sat 10:33] SCHEDULED: <2016-12-17 Sat> :PROPERTIES: :ID: tags-emacs :CREATED: [2016-12-16 Fri 23:31] :END: :LOGBOOK: - State "DONE" from "NEXT" [2016-12-17 Sat 10:33] :END: #+BEGIN_QUOTE Emacs is the real experience in digital gardening. You tend to it for years, decades, as it grows with you to be your own, one-of-a-kind computing environment where you feel comfortable, efficient, and in peace. It's not as perfect as the commercial flower installations. But they come and go, and your garden endures. As new plants come into fashion, you can get them for your garden too. As they go out of fashion, you can still keep them if you want. And yes, you can also blog with it too. #+END_QUOTE (Source: [[https://mastodon.technology/@temporal/107433620492392173][TeMPOraL on Mastodon]]) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs][GNU Emacs]] is the most important tool of my digital life. With its extension [[id:2018-01-26-orgmode][org-mode]], I organize everything: todos, calendar, reminders, contact management, knowledge base, hardware inventory, brain-storming and ideas, lecture notes, presentations, spreadsheets, blogging, recipes, and archive. Please notice that I also use [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_%28text_editor%29][vim]] on a daily basis, whenever I only need an advanced text editor. But [[id:2015-10-23-Emacs-is-not-just-an-editor][Emacs is so much more than an editor]]. It is even [[id:2017-02-10-evolution-of-systems][an advanced step in the evolution of computer systems]] from my point of view. [[https://github.com/novoid][I programmed a lot of tools]] that generate or parse [[id:2021-11-27-orgdown][Orgdown]] files in order to do advanced PIM: [[id:tags-lazyblorg][lazyblorg]], [[https://github.com/novoid/Memacs][Memacs]], [[https://github.com/novoid/appendorgheading][appendorgheading]], [[https://github.com/novoid/org-du][org-du]], [[https://github.com/novoid/orgformat][orgformat (Python library)]], [[https://github.com/novoid/jira2org-story.py][jira2org-story]], [[https://github.com/novoid/orgmode-balance][orgmode-balance]], [[id:2015-02-01-muttfilter][muttfilter.py]], [[https://github.com/novoid/org-contacts2vcard][org-contacts2vcard]], [[https://github.com/novoid/extract_pdf_annotations_to_orgmode][extract_pdf_annotations_to_orgmode]], and more. If you are looking for a introduction screencast video, take for example [[https://tinyurl.com/ycykb5s7][this one]]. If you do not get the beautiful concept behind the default keyboard shortcuts (key bindings), read [[https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/a5j3lc/emacs_key_binding_conventions_and_why_you_should/][this article]]. Article selection: - Motivation to use Emacs: - [[id:2017-02-10-evolution-of-systems][Evolutional Steps of Computer Systems]] - [[id:2017-03-21-ceo-guide-to-emacs][A CEO's Guide to Emacs]] - [[id:Emacs-oder-vi-Ein-Plaedoyer-fuer-ASCII-Editoren][Emacs oder vi? Ein Plädoyer für ASCII-Editoren]] - [[id:2018-01-26-orgmode][Organize Your Life With Org-Mode]] - [[id:2015-10-23-Emacs-is-not-just-an-editor][Emacs is not just an Editor]]: those [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor_wars][editor wars]] are pointless - Emacs podcast episodes with me: - "[[https://theinformed.life/][The Informed Life]]" by [[https://jarango.com/][Jorge Arango]]: [[https://theinformed.life/2023/10/22/episode-125-karl-voit/][Karl Voit on Org Mode – The Informed Life]] - German [[https://focusonlinux.podigee.io/episodes][Focus On Linux]]: [[https://focusonlinux.podigee.io/70-emacs][Episode 70: "Emacspinky"]] - [[id:2019-09-25-using-orgmode][My UOMF article series on how I'm using Emacs Org mode]] - [[id:2020-01-20-start-using-orgmode][My recommended way of starting to use Org mode]] - [[id:2021-08-30-the-org-mode-way][The right way to use Org Mode]] - [[id:2017-06-03-emacs-history][My Emacs History]] - [[id:2017-06-03-emacs-org][My Emacs Configuration In Org-mode]] - A little bit of my personal Emacs + Org-mode history and how [[https://github.com/novoid/dot-emacs][my Emacs configuration]] is structured - [[id:2014-12-03-emacs-chat][Sacha Chua interviewed me on my Emacs stuff]] (2014)