Org-mode shortcut

Link: org-mode

Org-mode §

Vim shortcut §

delete a word	d
delete til end of line	d$
delete a word and surrounding space	daw

View mode §

Writeroom/zen mode §

SPC t z

Cheatsheet §

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/refcards/pdf/refcard.pdf

Configuration §

Configuration basics §

Start init.el

C-x C-f Find files in current directory

Place cursor inside parentheses of setq in configure file and press C-M-x to refresh the configuration

Describe variables §

Display the documentation of where the cursor is.

describe-variable	C-h v
describe-function	C-h f
describe-symbol	C-h o

Add, edit, remove content §

Edit §

(progn ; custom shortcuts
  (global-set-key (kbd "M-s") 'save-buffer)
  (global-set-key (kbd "M-w") 'kill-buffer)
  (global-set-key (kbd "M-f") 'isearch-forward)
  (global-set-key (kbd "M-c") 'kill-ring-save)
  (global-set-key (kbd "M-v") 'yank)
  (global-set-key (kbd "M-z") 'undo)
  )

Copy, Paste	M-c, M-v
Save buffer	M-s
Undo	M-z
Kill buffer	M-w

Make Comment line §

C-x C-;

Insert emphasis §

e.g. =+_*~ C-c C-x C-f

Insert parentheses: select the region and press M-(

Insert code block §

type <s and press TAB https://youtu.be/GK3fij-D1G8?si=ZqGSa3k2gcxQq77w

Table §

Add separation line	C-c -

Select §

Mark the select	C-space

Internal linking §

Edit links	C-c C-l
Open links	C-c C-o
Return to previous location	C-c &
store link	C-c C-k (org-store-link)
insert link	C-c C-l (*=**org-insert-link**=)*
Edit link	C-c C-l

Doom §

Checklist §

Use - [ ] to enter checklist

Use C-c C-c to check this off

Use SPC m x to toggle all selected checkbox

Properties §

org-toggle-ordered-property	C-c C-x o
org-delete-property	Put cursor in the “PROPERTIES” then C-c C-c d
org-set-property	C-c C-x p

Task management §

Repeating tasks §

Repeat on the same day every week

<2023-01-01 Sat +1w>

Repeat on the same day every week, and ensure the next available is always in the future

<2023-01-01 Sat ++1w>

4 weeks after this task has been mark as done

<2023-01-01 Sat .+4w>

Delete §

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsNewbieKeyReference#h5o-8

• Delete character backward: ‘DEL’
• Delete character forward: ‘C-d’
• Delete word backward: ‘M-DEL’
• Delete word forward: ‘M-D’
• Delete to end of line: ‘C-k’
• Delete entire line: ‘C-S-DEL’
• Delete to end of sentence: ‘M-k’

Delete the whole line	C-k
Delete the subtree	C-c C-x C-w
Paste it somewhere else	C-c C-x C-y

Search §

Switch to previous/next buffer	C-x left/right
Windmove the cursor to next window	C-c left/right/up/bottom
Search	M-f
Search (previous)	C-r
Search (next)	C-s

Replace §

Use swiper to search and replace M-f to search, after getting the search result, use M-q to replace, after entering the replaced words, press RET and: type SPC or y to replace one, delete or n to skip to next ! to replace all

Archive §

Archive the item	C-c C-x C-a
Archive subtree	C-u C-c C-x C-s

Effort §

C-c C-x e

Priorities §

Set priority	enter  [#B] inline, or C-c ,
Increase/dec priority in Agenda view	+ or -

TODO keywords and indent §

Customized todo keywords at the beginning. Use  |  to separate the TODO/DONE

#+SEQ_TODO: NEXT(n) TODO(t) MAYBE(m) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELLED(c)

Stop	C-g
Expand/collapse current heading	Tab
Expand/collapse heading globally	Shift - tab
Indent/unindent an item	M - left/right arrow
Move up or down	M - up/down arrow
Move/refile to other tree	Ctrl - c, Ctrl - w
Change to TODO/DONE	Shift - left/right
Refresh setup (e.g. keywords)	C-c, C-c
A list of TODO keywords	C-c, C-t
Indent return	Ctrl - return
Save	C-x, C-s

Find non-task/non-TODO keywords using org-ql §

org-ql-sparse-tree

(and (not (todo)) (not (done)))

Org-agenda §

Agenda view §

Keybinding for agenda view has to be setted on the init file.

(progn ; custom shortcuts
  (global-set-key (kbd "C-c l") #'org-store-link)
  (global-set-key (kbd "C-c a") #'org-agenda)
  (global-set-key (kbd "C-c c") #'org-capture)
  (global-set-key (kbd "C-c b") #'org-iswitchb)
  )

Another one, for the agenda view to process your current file add it witc C-c [

Schedule	C-c, C-s
Deadline	C-c, C-d
Add current files to agenda list	C-c [
Get agenda view	M-x org-agenda
Follow mode in agenda view	S-f
Move forward/backwar	f / b
Go to agenda day view	v d
Go to agenda weekly view	v w
Go to current day/week/…	.
Refresh the agenda view (buffer)	r
Select day in Calendar view	RET:today, +1:next day
Remove scheduled date	C-u C-c C-s
Go to the another window	Tab
Show archived items	v A

Advanced Agenda §

Search TODO keywords in Agenda §

M-x org-agenda RET t

then follow the menu to search TODO keywords to filter the todo list

Time stamp	C-c .
Inactive time stamp (text)	C-c !
Time duration	Use — to connect two dates
TODO list in Agenda view	C-c a t
Change TODO keywords	t

Timer and clocking §

Timer §

Start counter down timer	C-c C-x ;
Timer from 00:00	C-c C-x 0
Insert time stamp	C-c C-x .
Description time stamp	C-c C-x -
Stop	C-u C-c C-x ,
Pause	C-c C-x ,

Clocking §

Clock in	C-c C-x C-i
Clock out	C-c C-x C-o
Cancel	C-c C-x C-q
Restart the latest	C-c C-x C-x
Jump to the clocked task	C-c C-x C-j
Restart with another task	C-u C-c C-x C-x
Display summary	C-c C-x C-d

Column view C-c C- x C-c

Quit column view: q

Navigation §

Window/buffer management §

Switch to previous/next buffer	C-x left/right
Windmove the cursor to next window	C-c left/right/up/bottom
Close current window	C-x 0
Close other window	C-x 1
Zoom in	C-x C +
Zoom out	C-x C -

Use C-u C-c C-c to Recompute the entire table in order to refresh the org-tags-column setting and alignment

Open new window vertically §

C-w v

Subtree navigation §

Restore startup visibility	C-u C-u TAB
Show TODO tree	C-c / t
Go to next subtree at the same level	C-c C-f/b
Go back to previous level	C-c C-u
Go to	C-c C-j
Narrow to subtree	C-x n s
Restore the subtree view	C-x n w
org-update-statistics-cookies (update the calculations of [%]	C-c #
Show previous and next level around the point (org-reveal)	C-c C-r
+org/toggle fold	z a
+org/show-next-fold-level	z r

SPC in Doom emacs §

Long press SPC to substitude C-, e.g. SPC-u SPC-u TAB to execute C-u C-u TAB

Motion §

Move to end of buffer §

M->, M-<

Go to line number §

M-g g

Go to beginning/end of line §

C-a / C-e

Navigate to previous/next line §

C-n next line C-p previous line

Navigate to next page §

Pgdn next page Pgup last page

Bookmark §

Create a bookmark §

C-x r m

Go to a bookmark §

C-x r b

List all bookmark §

C-x r l

Evip sniper §

sniper mode	f
sniper but look back	F
Jump to next word	;
Jum to previous word	,
2 char sniper mode	s
sniper but jump to word in front	t
Select to the end of sentence	v f .

Use babel §

Press enter in normal mode to execute code

Completion §

Completion-at-point (evil)	M-TAB

Find and replace §

Replace in a file §

Use M-x query replace or M-%

Replace in multiple files: §

1. Use dired or SPC o - to enter dired mode
2. Use m to mark selected file, or t to toggle reverse mark (aka mark all if not select anything yet) Check https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Marks-vs-Flags.html to see more about Marks and Flags
3. Use Q or M-x dired-do-find-regexp-and-replace to replace strings. Use C-q C-j if need to enter a line break.

Mark §

d	delete
x	execute marks
u	unmark
m	mark

Dired §

SPC o -	Dired mode

Switch mode §

Switch between emacs and evil mode C-z

Eval §

Eval function at point	SPC m e d
Eval expression	M-: