Markup Language

• Bold, underlined, cursive, etc. and hyperlinks
• [1/2] Checklists
  • [X] do 1
  • [ ] do 2
• Inline images
• Inline latex \(f(x) = x^2 + 3\)

Task management

• TODOs
• Appointments
• Scheduled events
• Deadlines

Websites

• Static website generation using org-publish
• Dynamic websites using embedded html blocks (?)

Documents

• Thesis, Papers, Articles
• Export to PDF, HTML, Markdown
• Presentations using org-beamer
• HTML mails using org-mime-org-htmlize

PKM/Zettelkasten/Digital Garden

• Roam clone with org-roam
• Concept mapping with org-brain

Programming

• Literate programming using org-babel-tangle
• Jupyter-like notebooks using org-babel
• README.org (supported by GitHub, …)
• TODOs tracking with filelinks

Tables

• Plaintext table generation
• Spreadsheets w/ formulas
• Plotting using gnuplot
• ASCII bar plots w/ orgtbl-ascii-draw

File links in org-mode are manually managed, remain in their original locations and are pointed to with absolute/relative paths. This means the links are invalid if files are moved or reorganized.

Attachments on the other hand are managed by Org-mode with auto-moving when files are refiled. Files are stored in a dedicated directory and belong to an outline.

Use attachments for files that belong with the note; use file links for referencing external resources.

Table 1: Org table as data source for a plot

Format	control	effort	syntax	support	integration
Word	2	4	4	2	3
LaTeX	4	1	1	3	2
Org Mode	4	2	3.5	1	4
Markdown	1	3	3	4	3
Markdown + Pandoc	2.5	2.5	2.5	3	3

• The Org Manual
• org-mode-doc: Org-mode as your personal information manager
• org-almanac: A list of org resources