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tams on May 25, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Org Mode – Organize Your Life in Plain Text

The key to using org-mode effectively is ignoring most of the features and using only a tiny subset that you actually need.

You aren't going to look like a wizard, but you are also not going to need to maintain anything ever. These kinds of cookbooks are nice to have around, but it's best to treat them as references, not guides.

karlicoss on May 25, 2020 [–]

In remember seeing this exact document five years ago and being completely overwhelmed.

Now, looking at this, all of these features make sense to me, but I'm far from using all of them. Agree it's more of a kitchensink reference.

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