[O] Uniquely url-ify sentences?
Although most users of orgmode and emacs seem to be members of the programming world, a few professional writers also use these tools (and I cannot imagine why everyone else uses Word...). As a writer and non-programmer, I have a task that is probably very simple for a programmer but seems a bit complicated to me. It's something that could be done in many different ways, but I'd like to do it in orgmode/emacs with the simplest possible workflow. Here's the situation: I have a narrative manuscript. I'd like to post one sentence from this manuscript every day as a tweet with a link back to the sentence (and then show the previous and next paragraphs of the manuscript on the page that is linked from the tweet). The manuscript is in an org file (I also have a version in LaTeX). Given my limited knowledge, I imagine I could do this with a macro in emacs: 1. From the beginning of the first sentence, search to dot-then-space (or zap to dot, or something similar). 2. Insert line break (or move sentence into another buffer). 3. Go to end of sentence and insert unique link anchor (main url plus incremented line number or part of sentence or something similar). 4. Use the list of sentences with links as daily tweets. This type of macro workflow would probably work, with some fiddling, but I find that with macros there is always something to mess up the workflow at some point. For example, in this case, there may be some situation in which dot-space does not define the sentence precisely (ellipses, say, or a sentence that ends with an exclamation). I predict this will happen (it seems to happen every time with macros), and I wonder if I should try some other approach. What do you think might be the best way to do this? Is there a way to uniquely url-ify sentences? If so, I could just create a second version of the manuscript and url-ify the whole thing in one step. All I really need is to create a unique anchor (#) for each sentence. The main url can be consistent through the whole thing. Feedback and suggestions most welcome. Ross -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.com
[O] Uniquely url-ify sentences?
Although most users of orgmode and emacs seem to be members of the programming world, a few professional writers also use these tools (and I cannot imagine why everyone else uses Word...). As a writer and non-programmer, I have a task that is probably very simple for a programmer but seems a bit complicated to me. It's something that could be done in many different ways, but I'd like to do it in orgmode/emacs with the simplest possible workflow. Here's the situation: I have a narrative manuscript. I'd like to post one sentence from this manuscript every day as a tweet with a link back to the sentence (and then show the previous and next paragraphs of the manuscript on the page that is linked from the tweet). The manuscript is in an org file (I also have a version in LaTeX). Given my limited knowledge, I imagine I could do this with a macro in emacs: 1. From the beginning of the first sentence, search to dot-then-space (or zap to dot, or something similar). 2. Insert line break (or move sentence into another buffer). 3. Go to end of sentence and insert unique link anchor (main url plus incremented line number or part of sentence or something similar). 4. Use the list of sentences with links as daily tweets. This type of macro workflow would probably work, with some fiddling, but I find that with macros there is always something to mess up the workflow at some point. For example, in this case, there may be some situation in which dot-space does not define the sentence precisely (ellipses, say, or a sentence that ends with an exclamation). I predict this will happen (it seems to happen every time with macros), and I wonder if I should try some other approach. What do you think might be the best way to do this? Is there a way to uniquely url-ify sentences? If so, I could just create a second version of the manuscript and url-ify the whole thing in one step. All I really need is to create a unique anchor (#) for each sentence. The main url can be consistent through the whole thing. Feedback and suggestions most welcome. Ross -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.com
[Orgmode] Org and XeTeX?
I use XeTeX, mostly (rather than LaTeX), and I'm wondering if it might
be possible to use XeTeX with org. XeTeX requires a few special lines in
the header of the document, but after these lines it operates the same
as LaTeX. For my setup, the extra lines typically look like this:
\TeXXeTstate=1
\usepackage{fontspec,xunicode}
\defaultfontfeatures{Numbers=OldStyle,Scale=MatchLowercase,Mapping=tex-text}
\setmainfont{Sabon LT Std}
\setromanfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Sabon LT Std}
\setsansfont[Scale=MatchUppercase]{Myriad Pro}
Can org be set up to use the XeTeX engine with the above variables? I've
looked at org-export-latex-classes, and it seems like I can insert the
above code into that variable -- but can org use the setup?
Ross
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[Orgmode] Org and XeTeX?
I use XeTeX, mostly (rather than LaTeX), and I'm wondering if it might
be possible to use XeTeX with org. XeTeX requires a few special lines in
the header of the document, but after these lines it operates the same
as LaTeX. For my setup, the extra lines typically look like this:
\TeXXeTstate=1
\usepackage{fontspec,xunicode}
\defaultfontfeatures{Numbers=OldStyle,Scale=MatchLowercase,Mapping=tex-text}
\setmainfont{Sabon LT Std}
\setromanfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Sabon LT Std}
\setsansfont[Scale=MatchUppercase]{Myriad Pro}
Can org be set up to use the XeTeX engine with the above variables? I've
looked at org-export-latex-classes, and it seems like I can insert the
above code into that variable -- but can org use the setup?
Ross
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[Orgmode] Org files not displaying on Github
Some of my org files do not display on github. Here is the error I
received from Github tech support:
,
| >> require 'org-ruby'
| => true
| >> Orgmode::Parser.new(File.read("/Users/.../laird.org")).to_html
| NoMethodError: undefined method `paragraph_type' for
| "** Weight":String
| from /.../org-ruby/parser.rb:105:in `initialize'
| from /.../org-ruby/parser.rb:91:in `each'
| from /.../org-ruby/parser.rb:91:in `initialize'
| from (irb):3:in `new'
| from (irb):3
`
Anybody know what's going on here?
(Most of my org files display without difficulty on Github.)
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[Orgmode] Re: Displaying your Org agenda after idle time
John Wiegley writes: > I have the following snippet in my .emacs file, which I find very > useful. Basically what it does is that if I don't touch my Emacs for 5 > minutes, it displays the current agenda. This keeps my tasks "always > in mind" whenever I come back to Emacs after doing something else, > whereas before I had a tendency to forget that it was there. > > John > > (defun jump-to-org-agenda () > (interactive) > (let ((buf (get-buffer "*Org Agenda*")) > wind) > (if buf > (if (setq wind (get-buffer-window buf)) > (select-window wind) > (if (called-interactively-p) > (progn > (select-window (display-buffer buf t t)) > (org-fit-window-to-buffer) > ;; (org-agenda-redo) > ) > (with-selected-window (display-buffer buf) > (org-fit-window-to-buffer) > ;; (org-agenda-redo) > ))) > (call-interactively 'org-agenda-list))) > ;;(let ((buf (get-buffer "*Calendar*"))) > ;; (unless (get-buffer-window buf) > ;;(org-agenda-goto-calendar))) > ) > > (run-with-idle-timer 300 t 'jump-to-org-agenda) > This is fantastically useful. Thanks very much! Ross -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.com ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: mailto links
r...@rosslaird.info (Ross A. Laird) writes: > Richard Riley writes: > >> r...@rosslaird.info (Ross A. Laird) writes: >> >>> >>> (setq 'mail-user-agent' 'gnus-user-agent') >>> >>> Which, of course, causes emacs to choke (or, at least to grumble.) >>> >>> Ross >> >> Hi Ross : its a gnus setting not a browse setting. >> >> Inside emacs put your cursor over the variable name >> "mail-user-agent". Press C-h v (control key and "h" at the same time, >> release and then press "v"). Select "customize" option. There you can >> select "Gnus Message with full Gnus features". Save for future >> sessions. You could also "C-h v" and then type the name of the >> variable. Remove your code above. >> > > Hi Richard; > > Thanks for the help. This is a good example, I think, of how cryptic > Emacs can be. I followed your first set of instructions exactly, but > still had difficulty. When I put my "cursor over the variable name" and > then hit C-h v, I did not get an option, I got this: > > Describe variable (default mail-user-agent) (mail-user-agent) > > Which, I think, just tells me what the variable is called. Probably this > was due to the fact that I was just hovering over it in your post, as I > was not able (as I said in my first post) to find this variable in > customize. However, your tip got me thinking about a more general > search, outside of org-customize. So, I just entered "customize" (which > I have done before) and drilled my way down to where I found the > variable. There I was able to set the option as you describe above. > > Emacs is a strange beast. Strong, old, canny. But very strange. > Thanks for the help. > > Cheers. > > Ross And ha, after all that I still get Kmail... R. -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.com ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: mailto links
Richard Riley writes: > r...@rosslaird.info (Ross A. Laird) writes: > >> >> (setq 'mail-user-agent' 'gnus-user-agent') >> >> Which, of course, causes emacs to choke (or, at least to grumble.) >> >> Ross > > Hi Ross : its a gnus setting not a browse setting. > > Inside emacs put your cursor over the variable name > "mail-user-agent". Press C-h v (control key and "h" at the same time, > release and then press "v"). Select "customize" option. There you can > select "Gnus Message with full Gnus features". Save for future > sessions. You could also "C-h v" and then type the name of the > variable. Remove your code above. > Hi Richard; Thanks for the help. This is a good example, I think, of how cryptic Emacs can be. I followed your first set of instructions exactly, but still had difficulty. When I put my "cursor over the variable name" and then hit C-h v, I did not get an option, I got this: Describe variable (default mail-user-agent) (mail-user-agent) Which, I think, just tells me what the variable is called. Probably this was due to the fact that I was just hovering over it in your post, as I was not able (as I said in my first post) to find this variable in customize. However, your tip got me thinking about a more general search, outside of org-customize. So, I just entered "customize" (which I have done before) and drilled my way down to where I found the variable. There I was able to set the option as you describe above. Emacs is a strange beast. Strong, old, canny. But very strange. Thanks for the help. Cheers. Ross -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.com ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: mailto links
Carsten Dominik writes: > On Feb 24, 2010, at 5:59 AM, Ross A. Laird wrote: > >> >> Hm. I did not find anything particularly specific to kmail: >> >> "mailto:%a?subject=%s"; > > Hi Ross, > > the default setting for `org-link-mailto-program' is currently > > (browse-url "mailto:%a?subject=%s";) > > which means that Org will leave it to the browse-url package to > decide how to send a message. > > Browse-url uses the variable, `mail-user-agent' > Try customizing this variable. I think you want to set > it to `gnus-user-agent'. > > HTH > > - Carsten > Hi Carsten; Thanks for the help. I've poked around inside the "browse-url" group (it's been a long time since I've seen "mosaic" and "netscape" listed as options), but I cannot find "mail-user-agent." So -- and remembering that, like an increasing number of org users, I am not a programmer -- is this a variable that I could specify in .emacs, for example? I do know how to modify that file and already have various "setq..." type of entries. But, just to prove that I am not a programmer, here's what I would try: (setq 'mail-user-agent' 'gnus-user-agent') Which, of course, causes emacs to choke (or, at least to grumble.) Ross -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.com ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: mailto links
Hm. I did not find anything particularly specific to kmail: "mailto:%a?subject=%s"; > If you invoke the command 'org-customize', you can find a group called > 'Org Link'. Expand it to find 'Org Follow Link', then 'Org Link Mailto > Program'. Perhaps this will help? > >> >> I am having a small challenge with the way in which emacs is handling >> mailto links in org files. For some mysterious reason, C-c C-o on a link >> opens Kmail. I am in gnome and have specified thunderbird as the default >> mail client. Actually what I want is for the links to open in Gnus, but >> despite a lengthy web search I cannot find any way to fix this issue. >> Suggestions are welcome. >> >> Ross >> >> -- >> Ross A. Laird, PhD >> www.rosslaird.com >> >> >> >> ___ >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >> >> > > > David A. Gershman > gersh...@dagertech.net > http://dagertech.net/gershman/ > "It's all about the path!" --d. gershman > > > ___ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.com ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] mailto links
I am having a small challenge with the way in which emacs is handling mailto links in org files. For some mysterious reason, C-c C-o on a link opens Kmail. I am in gnome and have specified thunderbird as the default mail client. Actually what I want is for the links to open in Gnus, but despite a lengthy web search I cannot find any way to fix this issue. Suggestions are welcome. Ross -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.com ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Mobile Org and idisk.me.com
I have carefully followed the instructions in the orgmode manual and on the Mobile Org site for connecting my org files to my iPod. I am using idisk.me.com. When I setup the iPod using the instructions on http://mobileorg.ncogni.to/, I can connect my iPhone to my org files on idisk.me.com. (I previously put the files there from my Mac). So, the mobile connection seems to work fine. However, despite many efforts, I cannot manage to get the staging to work within org itself. The example given in the org manual: (setq org-mobile-directory "/scpc:u...@remote.host:org/webdav/") does not manage to connect me to idisk.me.com. I have tried various ways of specifying the command, my user name, the host, and the directory: Commands tried: ssh, scp, scpc, ssht -t, http, https User formats and host formats tried: myusern...@idisk.me.com, idisk.me.com, idisk.me.com/myusername, idisk.me.com.myusername, etc. Directories tried: idisk.me.com:/myusername/org/ idisk.me.com:myusername/org/ idisk.me.com/myusername/ idisk.me.com:/org (the directory is there...) So, not being a programmer, and not being sure how to find out what exactly is preventing me from connecting, I'm stuck. Does anyone know the exact format for connecting to idisk.me.com? Thanks in advance. Ross -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.com ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Item ranking system?
Matthew Lundin writes: > Ian Barton writes: > >> Ross A. Laird wrote: >>> I'm sure there are many ways in org to accomplish my goal with this >>> particular project, which is to create a ranking system for items. >>> Here's the situation: I have about 200 items that I am evaluating. I >>> need each item to have a title, a tag, a note, and a ranking from 0 to >>> 5. Then, I need to be able to sort the items by rank, with items ranked >>> 5 at the top. I know that I can do this using tables in org, but I >>> prefer the flexibility of headings (some of the items might have long >>> notes attached to them, or links, or whatever). Also, I don't think I >>> can tag individual cells in a table, or operate on cells the way I can >>> with headings in org (move, refile, show and hide, etc.). So, I'm >>> looking for something that will allow me to have the best of worlds: >>> flexibility as with headings, and numerical sorting as with table cells. >> >> What about making them all TODO items and using the priority filed for >> sorting. I don't use priorities myself, so I am not sure if you can >> change A, B, C, etc to 1, 2, 3. > > The easiest way to set custom priorities is to do so in the buffer. You > could simply add the following line to the top of the relevant file: > > #+PRIORITIES: 1 5 3 > > This line sets 1 as the highest priority, 5 as the lowest priority, and > 3 as the default priority. > > Then, once you have added priorities such as the following... > > * A list > ** [#5] Some item > ** [#4] Another item > ** [#2] Yet another item > > ...you can sort them by calling org-sort (C-c ^ p) on the heading. (C-c ^ > P will sort them in reverse order.) > > The other option here would be to create a "ranking" property for each > item with predefined entry options. You would still be able to sort the > list, but you could also view it as columns and capture it in a table > using dynamic blocks. (Of course, you could also display the priorities > above in column view.) > > #+PROPERTY: RANKING_ALL 1 2 3 4 5 > #+COLUMNS: %40ITEM %10RANKING > > * Some item > :PROPERTIES: > :RANKING: 3 > :END: > * Another item > :PROPERTIES: > :RANKING: 1 > :END: > * Yet another item > :PROPERTIES: > :RANKING: 5 > :END: > > Best, > Matt > Thanks for all the helpful responses. This list is great. Cheers. Ross -- Ross A. Laird, PhD Chair, Department of Creative Writing Faculty, Interdisciplinary Expressive Arts Kwantlen Polytechnic University ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Item ranking system?
I'm sure there are many ways in org to accomplish my goal with this particular project, which is to create a ranking system for items. Here's the situation: I have about 200 items that I am evaluating. I need each item to have a title, a tag, a note, and a ranking from 0 to 5. Then, I need to be able to sort the items by rank, with items ranked 5 at the top. I know that I can do this using tables in org, but I prefer the flexibility of headings (some of the items might have long notes attached to them, or links, or whatever). Also, I don't think I can tag individual cells in a table, or operate on cells the way I can with headings in org (move, refile, show and hide, etc.). So, I'm looking for something that will allow me to have the best of worlds: flexibility as with headings, and numerical sorting as with table cells. Suggestions most welcome. Cheers. Ross -- Ross A. Laird, PhD Chair, Department of Creative Writing Faculty, Interdisciplinary Expressive Arts Kwantlen Polytechnic University ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] Re: org-tags-column
Giovanni Ridolfi writes: > --- Sab 20/6/09, Ross A. Laird ha scritto: >> Well, turns out my heuristic method works: >> >> (setq org-tags-column 100) >> >> It required a restart of emacs > ? Really? > > To me it required only: > + going to the end of the "(setq " line > + C-x C-e > > then the next tag is inserted in column 100. > When I modify the older headings the > tag shifted accordingly. > > May I sugest you to read the Emacs tutorial > C-h t > or surf the Emacs guided tour > http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/tour/ > > and to read the Emacs Lisp Intro (it is an > *introduction* to Emacs Lisp; it is not though > for programmers, but for users > who want to customize Emacs... well isn't Emacs the > "The extensible self-documenting text editor?" ;-) > The older settings remained at the old column setting until I restarted. Since I have more than 100 headings in some org files, I wanted to adjust them all (not just the new ones). I have sometimes used C-x C-e, but I find that often I just restart. But yes, I agree: I would certainly know more if I read more. I occasionally do look through the manual, and I have even spent time with the Lisp intro; but unless one uses these functions one a regular basis, it can be tough to remember the details. Cheers. Ross -- Ross A. Laird, PhD Chair, Department of Creative Writing Faculty, Interdisciplinary Expressive Arts Kwantlen Polytechnic University www.rosslaird.info ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: org-tags-column
Well, turns out my heuristic method works: (setq org-tags-column 100) It required a restart of emacs (not just eval-buffer and org rfresh), but it works perfectly. Now: how do I get the same setting in the agenda views? Ross -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.info ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] org-tags-column
One of the interesting things about org, from a non-programmer's point of view, is that there are dozens (hundreds?) of settings that seem to require some sort of programming knowledge. This is both challenging and useful, from an educational perspective. Here's an example: org-tags-column It is referred to in the documentation, but without an example. And it does not show up in a search of this list. So, how do I set this? I have tried: (setq org-tags-column 100) in my emacs, but I have no idea if this is the correct way to do this (or even if it works, actually). As I said, this is one of the interesting things about org; always more to discover and learn. Can someone give me a sense of how best to use the above setting? Thanks. Ross -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.info ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: OT Re: unicorn
Carsten Dominik writes: > On Feb 28, 2009, at 7:37 PM, Ross A. Laird wrote: > >> Carsten Dominik writes: >> >>> Hi Ross, >>> >>> great post, thank you very much! >>> >>> You have made me curious: What argumentation is used to estimate >>> the age of Myth at 7 years. I can't be the fossile record, >>> I guess :-) So I am wondering how something like this is figured >>> out. >>> >>> If you feel like putting background stuff about unicorns into the >>> FAQ, be my guest. >>> >>> - Carsten >>> >> >> Hi Carsten; >> >> Thanks for the feedback -- and actually, I was wondering if someone >> might ask about the 70,000 years. Until recently, the accepted date >> for >> the appearance of human culture -- as evidenced by complex tools and >> apparent symbolic thinking -- was somewhere around thirty or forty >> thousand years ago (the so-called Willendorf Venus figures, for >> example). But this threshold has now doubled back -- to at least >> seventy >> thousand before the present. Archaeologists working at the Blombos >> cave >> in South Africa have found, among other surprises, finely worked >> weapons >> decorated with symbolic engravings -- within a strata older than >> seventy >> thousand years. >> >> So, it seems that humans were thinking in terms of symbols at least >> 70,000 years ago. And symbols always derive from myths (this is the >> most >> basic rule of myth: symbols indicate myths). So, myths are at least >> 70,000 years old. By the way, this is not the same as the emergence of >> individuality, which is a related but not identical development. >> Individuality seems to have taken quite a bit longer: it seems to >> first >> appear with the ancient Egyptians around 3000 BCE. A statue of the >> pharaoh Khafre (the owner of the second-largest pyramid at Giza) is >> the >> world's oldest surviving individualized work of art. This statue is >> now >> in room 42 of the Cairo Museum. So indeed, the answer to life, the >> universe, and everything is 42! (I devoted quite a bit of time to >> Khafre >> in my book on myth; he was a very interesting character who may be the >> face on the sphinx; and the sphinx, of course, is of the same >> mythological family as the unicorn). > > Hi Ross, > > I can see how symbols can be related to Myth. But I am wondering > if the definition of individualism is not very restrictive. > > I believe I have read somewhere that decoration or jewelry, personal > ornaments, are a way to detect individuality, and I surely would have > thought that this must pre-date work of art that depicts an > individual - which I think is what you are referring to with Kafre, > I have seen pictures of his face fragment - beautiful (is that in > room 42 as well?) The face fragment that most people have seen (the one that's in the Metropolitan Museum in New York), is of Queen Tiye (http://rosslaird.info/queen). I'm not aware of any face fragments of Khafre -- but they may exist. The room 42 statue is the only one still intact from a series that once lined the collonade of the Valley temple. The rest were smashed, and they are still finding fragments from those (so, perhaps there is a face fragment after all). The room 42 statue survived because it was tossed into a well (this all happened during a war, of course). The Khafre statue is interesting because -- unlike all previous art -- it clearly represents an actual person. All previous art is more archetypal: a figure of a man represents all men, etc. So, before the age of Khafre no one seems to have thought to make art that was specific enough to be identifiable as one individual. They could have done so, but for some reason did not. All the art is very vague and impersonal. So, this does not mean that individuality did not exist, but it must certainly have had a different relationship to art than what we have now. It's perhaps the biggest question of archaeo-psychology: when did the individual mind develop? Somewhere between 2000,000 BCE and 3000 BCE; that's about as close as we can get. There's a relationship with symbols involved with this evolution, but no one knows how it works. All very mysterious... Cheers. Ross > > Cheers > > - Carsten > > > > ___ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.info ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: OT Re: unicorn
Carsten Dominik writes: > Hi Ross, > > great post, thank you very much! > > You have made me curious: What argumentation is used to estimate > the age of Myth at 7 years. I can't be the fossile record, > I guess :-) So I am wondering how something like this is figured out. > > If you feel like putting background stuff about unicorns into the > FAQ, be my guest. > > - Carsten > Hi Carsten; Thanks for the feedback -- and actually, I was wondering if someone might ask about the 70,000 years. Until recently, the accepted date for the appearance of human culture -- as evidenced by complex tools and apparent symbolic thinking -- was somewhere around thirty or forty thousand years ago (the so-called Willendorf Venus figures, for example). But this threshold has now doubled back -- to at least seventy thousand before the present. Archaeologists working at the Blombos cave in South Africa have found, among other surprises, finely worked weapons decorated with symbolic engravings -- within a strata older than seventy thousand years. So, it seems that humans were thinking in terms of symbols at least 70,000 years ago. And symbols always derive from myths (this is the most basic rule of myth: symbols indicate myths). So, myths are at least 70,000 years old. By the way, this is not the same as the emergence of individuality, which is a related but not identical development. Individuality seems to have taken quite a bit longer: it seems to first appear with the ancient Egyptians around 3000 BCE. A statue of the pharaoh Khafre (the owner of the second-largest pyramid at Giza) is the world's oldest surviving individualized work of art. This statue is now in room 42 of the Cairo Museum. So indeed, the answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42! (I devoted quite a bit of time to Khafre in my book on myth; he was a very interesting character who may be the face on the sphinx; and the sphinx, of course, is of the same mythological family as the unicorn). Cheers. Ross > On Feb 27, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Ross A. Laird wrote: > >> Carsten Dominik writes: >> >>> On Feb 27, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Bastien wrote: >>> >>>> Carsten Dominik writes: >>>> >>>>> I guess it is something like an official logo, yes (even though >>>>> some people don't like it, I have seen it being called >>>>> "demasculinating" >>>>> ...) >>>> >>>> Hehe... Since I picked up this "animal", I entirely assume any >>>> queer >>>> connotation it may have. The IT world is already "masculine" >>>> enough! >> >>>> Bastien >>> >>> I like it, and I really do like the list of reasons >>> we have (in hindsight) for choosing it... >>> >> >> I teach several courses in mythology at my university (it's my area of >> concentration), and I feel inclined to say that the unicorn, as a >> mythological animal, does not have any type of queer of emasculating >> connotation in myth. In fact, it is sometimes quite a masculine animal >> that is related to the stag in the grail quest (the stag stabs, with >> his >> antler, the inner thigh of the grail knight, thus showing the stag's >> greater masculinity). These animals are symbols of divinity, >> essentially, of the fusion of purity and power. They don't really >> have a >> sexual connotation other than the idea of generative power (like the >> bull). Queer is a new idea in myth; it's about fifty years old. Myth >> itself, on the other hand, is about 70,000 years old. So, the >> application of queer terminology to mythological items such as >> unicorns >> is a modern practice which has no real impact on ancient myths and >> myth >> items such as the unicorn. In a thousand years we will still have >> myths >> of the unicorn, but the idea of queer will probably have evolved into >> something else (it already is evolving into something else...). >> >> As to the question of whether or not unicorns still exist (see org >> FAQ), >> this falls within the same domain as the question of whether Atlantis >> exists. The answer (as much as there can be one) is that they do >> exist, >> as mythological items that Carl Jung called "archetypal;" they are >> essential to, and foundational of, human nature. They will always be a >> part of human culture, and exist timelessly in that sense whether or >> not >> they exist in fact. >> >> I can hardly ever contribute anything useful to this list. Today is an >> exception. >&g
[Orgmode] Re: unicorn
Carsten Dominik writes: > On Feb 27, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Bastien wrote: > >> Carsten Dominik writes: >> >>> I guess it is something like an official logo, yes (even though >>> some people don't like it, I have seen it being called >>> "demasculinating" >>> ...) >> >> Hehe... Since I picked up this "animal", I entirely assume any queer >> connotation it may have. The IT world is already "masculine" enough! >> Bastien > > I like it, and I really do like the list of reasons > we have (in hindsight) for choosing it... > I teach several courses in mythology at my university (it's my area of concentration), and I feel inclined to say that the unicorn, as a mythological animal, does not have any type of queer of emasculating connotation in myth. In fact, it is sometimes quite a masculine animal that is related to the stag in the grail quest (the stag stabs, with his antler, the inner thigh of the grail knight, thus showing the stag's greater masculinity). These animals are symbols of divinity, essentially, of the fusion of purity and power. They don't really have a sexual connotation other than the idea of generative power (like the bull). Queer is a new idea in myth; it's about fifty years old. Myth itself, on the other hand, is about 70,000 years old. So, the application of queer terminology to mythological items such as unicorns is a modern practice which has no real impact on ancient myths and myth items such as the unicorn. In a thousand years we will still have myths of the unicorn, but the idea of queer will probably have evolved into something else (it already is evolving into something else...). As to the question of whether or not unicorns still exist (see org FAQ), this falls within the same domain as the question of whether Atlantis exists. The answer (as much as there can be one) is that they do exist, as mythological items that Carl Jung called "archetypal;" they are essential to, and foundational of, human nature. They will always be a part of human culture, and exist timelessly in that sense whether or not they exist in fact. I can hardly ever contribute anything useful to this list. Today is an exception. Cheers. Ross -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.info ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Wrong type argument: sequencep, quote
Carsten Dominik writes:
>>> What is the value or org-drawers?
>>>
>>> What is your #+OPTIONS line?
I do not have an options line.
[snip: original question (11 lines)]>>
>> #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN PROPERTIES STATE PRIVATE
>
> This line is correct, and when activated by loading such a buffer,
> or by pressing C-c C-c in the line, it will actually change org-drawers.
Yes, this works now.
I discovered that I had a *second* drawers setting at the end of the
file, under Local Variables. This second entry, which I copied from the
list archive, said this:
-# Local Variables:
-# org-drawers: '("PROPERTIES" "CLOCK" "MYDRAW")
-# End:
I did not change the final MYDRAW, but I suspect that it should have
said PRIVATE, the name of my drawer. I suspect, though I am not certain,
that the duplication of this line contributed to or caused my problem. After I
removed the above three lines, html export worked.
> Let me repeat: Do you have an #+OPTIONS line? what does it say?
No options line.
> Please verify the value of org-drawers in the buffer where
> you use this.
I'm not sure what you are asking for. The only drawer-related items I
have in the file (other than those native to org) are the drawer itself
and the line at the top of the file beneath the startup line:
#+STARTUP:overview logdone
#+DRAWERS: HIDDEN PROPERTIES STATE PRIVATE
That's it. No org-drawers value other than this. And this is part of my
problem. I can find no documentation (either in the manual or on this
list) as to what I'm supposed to do with org-drawers. The documentation
says this must be configured, but does not show how. For a non-programmer,
this presents a challenge. (Or, it may be in the documentation somewhere,
but I could not find it.)
> Don't try to minimize the information you give us, maximize it.
I hope this gives you enough. It's working now, though I still have not
configured anything special and do not know how to use org-drawers.
Inferring from the line that I removed, the following is perhaps the
value of org-drawers that I should use:
# org-drawers: '("HIDDEN" "PROPERTIES" "STATE" "PRIVATE")
Is the above the same as:
#+DRAWERS: HIDDEN PROPERTIES STATE PRIVATE
I assume there is a difference that is useful in some way, but I do not
know enough about programming to figure this out.
Cheers.
Ross
>>> On Feb 24, 2009, at 7:40 AM, Ross A. Laird wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is the error I get when I try any form of html export:
>>>>
>>>> org-export-remove-or-extract-drawers: Wrong type argument:
>>>> sequencep,
>>>> quote
>>>>
>>>> It even happens when I select a region without a drawer and then try
>>>> exporting.
>>>>
>>>> Suggestions?
>>>>
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>>>> www.rosslaird.info
>>>>
>>>>
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[Orgmode] Re: Wrong type argument: sequencep, quote
Carsten Dominik writes: > What is the value or org-drawers? > > What is your #+OPTIONS line? This is likely the source of my problem. I had trouble finding the proper way to configure the drawer. The documentation says that "Drawers need to be configured with the variable org-drawers," then gives the example of "You can define drawers on a per-file basis with a line like #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN PROPERTIES STATE." So, without further indication of what these settings do, or how to actually use the variable org-drawers, I just used the sample code in my file with the name of my drawer added on to the end: #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN PROPERTIES STATE PRIVATE The drawer, by the way, has encrypted text in it. I have also confirmed that html export works fine in general. Perhaps there is an argument to be made for clarifying the drawers documentation (or perhaps I'm just too clueless!). Cheers. Ross > > - Carsten > > On Feb 24, 2009, at 7:40 AM, Ross A. Laird wrote: > >> >> This is the error I get when I try any form of html export: >> >> org-export-remove-or-extract-drawers: Wrong type argument: sequencep, >> quote >> >> It even happens when I select a region without a drawer and then try >> exporting. >> >> Suggestions? >> >> -- >> Ross A. Laird, PhD >> www.rosslaird.info >> >> >> >> ___ >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > > > _______ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.info ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Wrong type argument: sequencep, quote
This is the error I get when I try any form of html export: org-export-remove-or-extract-drawers: Wrong type argument: sequencep, quote It even happens when I select a region without a drawer and then try exporting. Suggestions? -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.info ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Auto Archive TODOs?
Is there any way to automatically archive completed todo items, so that I don't have to manually type C-cxs? If not: I'm not very good at emacs customization, but perhaps there is a way to do this in emacs itself, so that the function called by C-cxs is called by another, simpler key. Ross -- Ross A. Laird, PhD www.rosslaird.info ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
