Org Mode Basics

Official Org Mode Site Org Mode Manual

• Basic syntax
• Hotkeys for creating headlines and moving them
• Basic formatting
• Links (org-insert-link, org-open-at-point)
• Tables
• Bulleted lists, checkboxes (s-M-RET to make new check item)
• Source blocks
• Inline code
• Tasks (C-c C-t, org-todo)

(defun dw/org-mode-setup ()
  (org-indent-mode)
  (variable-pitch-mode 1)
  (auto-fill-mode 0)
  (visual-line-mode 1)
  (setq evil-auto-indent nil))

(use-package org
  :hook (org-mode . dw/org-mode-setup)
  :config
  (setq org-ellipsis " ▾"
        org-hide-emphasis-markers t))

(use-package org-bullets
  :after org
  :hook (org-mode . org-bullets-mode)
  :custom
  (org-bullets-bullet-list '("◉" "○" "●" "○" "●" "○" "●")))

;; Replace list hyphen with dot
(font-lock-add-keywords 'org-mode
                        '(("^ *\\([-]\\) "
                          (0 (prog1 () (compose-region (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1) "•"))))))

(dolist (face '((org-level-1 . 1.2)
                (org-level-2 . 1.1)
                (org-level-3 . 1.05)
                (org-level-4 . 1.0)
                (org-level-5 . 1.1)
                (org-level-6 . 1.1)
                (org-level-7 . 1.1)
                (org-level-8 . 1.1)))
    (set-face-attribute (car face) nil :font "Cantarell" :weight 'regular :height (cdr face)))

;; Make sure org-indent face is available
(require 'org-indent)

;; Ensure that anything that should be fixed-pitch in Org files appears that way
(set-face-attribute 'org-block nil :foreground nil :inherit 'fixed-pitch)
(set-face-attribute 'org-code nil   :inherit '(shadow fixed-pitch))
(set-face-attribute 'org-indent nil :inherit '(org-hide fixed-pitch))
(set-face-attribute 'org-verbatim nil :inherit '(shadow fixed-pitch))
(set-face-attribute 'org-special-keyword nil :inherit '(font-lock-comment-face fixed-pitch))
(set-face-attribute 'org-meta-line nil :inherit '(font-lock-comment-face fixed-pitch))
(set-face-attribute 'org-checkbox nil :inherit 'fixed-pitch)