Hi Lawrence, Lawrence Bottorff <borg...@gmail.com> writes:
> . . . I'm getting confused about how to use these features. > Sometimes, by chance, I'll find an example/use. but often as not I'm > looking at a raw reference dump with no clue how to use (best > practices) these features. For example, org-id has http://orgmode.org > /worg/org-api/org-id-api.html The link above was obsolete, as was the whole org-api directory on Worg, now deleted. > but no real explanation on what it is > or how to use it. Googling doesn't bring anything either. in-buffer > settings (http://orgmode.org/manual/In_002dbuffer-settings.html# > In_002dbuffer-settings) is fairly cryptic for me too. Sometimes I can > figure out what's going on, but I'm far from having a "best use" > understanding. For example, I can look at the "source" for at WORG > page (http://orgmode.org/worg/worg-setup.org.html) and see: > > #+STARTUP: align fold nodlcheck hidestars oddeven lognotestate > #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) INPROGRESS(i) WAITING(w@) | DONE(d) CANCELED > (c@) > #+TAGS: Write(w) Update(u) Fix(f) Check(c) > #+TITLE: Worg setup on the http://orgmode.org server > #+AUTHOR: Worg people > #+EMAIL: mdl AT imapmail DOT org > #+LANGUAGE: en > #+PRIORITIES: A C B > #+CATEGORY: worg > #+OPTIONS: H:3 num:nil toc:nil \n:nil ::t |:t ^:t -:t f:t *:t > tex:t d:(HIDE) tags:not-in-toc > > I can then sift through the reference "in-buffer settings," but I'm > not much wiser on the whytofors. Has anybody, tutorial-wise, really > sorted these concepts out properly? Looks like you try to groke all at once: I suggest you learn Org incrementally, sticking to one concept, reading about it in the manual and testing it in an Org buffer. > One task I'd like to have is the ability to embed keywords throughout > an org file so that a parser can find and grab these sections. I'm > assailed with seemingly many ways: PROPERTIES, org-element, org-id, > tags -- most/all of which I have only the dimmest grasp. Start with tags. A tag is a keyword attached to a headline this way: * This is a headline :tag: HTH, -- Bastien
