Explaining org-mode at this point is almost akin to explaining emacs itself.
What is Emacs? Is it a text editor, for editing config files?
Is it an IDE for development? An email reader?
Org-Mode is a mode for Emacs that provides structure to documents in such a way that it allows documents to be used for many things- authorship (web sites, books, etc.) but its primary use for most of us who is it is to integrate into our todo management systems- allowing us to manage our tasks in a way that's integrated into our work. It provides flexible, queryable and programmable todo lists, document generation, literate programming, spreadsheets, living documents that can execute code, time tracking, and more.
It can also integrate with other tools, like org-roam, to provide backlinks and other features, or work with tools like mu4e to integrate email and todo lists in both directions.
In other words, it's a system for working with data/life.
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Explaining org-mode at this point is almost akin to explaining emacs itself.
What is Emacs? Is it a text editor, for editing config files?
Is it an IDE for development? An email reader?
Org-Mode is a mode for Emacs that provides structure to documents in such a way that it allows documents to be used for many things- authorship (web sites, books, etc.) but its primary use for most of us who is it is to integrate into our todo management systems- allowing us to manage our tasks in a way that's integrated into our work. It provides flexible, queryable and programmable todo lists, document generation, literate programming, spreadsheets, living documents that can execute code, time tracking, and more.
It can also integrate with other tools, like org-roam, to provide backlinks and other features, or work with tools like mu4e to integrate email and todo lists in both directions.
In other words, it's a system for working with data/life.
eMacs is a text editor for editing your eMacs config file.
In all seriousness though, org changed my life. Had never gotten organized before it.
As an added bonus, it has nice export functionality.