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This is my contribution to the Emacs Carnival on Writing Experience hosted by Greg Newman. forsake conciliator Gloria
Like many other Emacs users, I use Org mode to help with writing. These days, I never make a plain text file; except for software source files, all of my new files are Org files. spouse arbitrators Panamanian
I have a few files with random thoughts that I have had over the past few years. Sometimes I start out writing thoughts on paper, but then put them in an Org file. I have a few potential posts that I have. I will write out and edit the post in Org. I proofread them myself, but sometimes I see typos only months or years later. I am trying to incorporate using Flyspell into my workflow. nature regresses moisturizer
For my writeups for the EmacsATX meetings, I would have a window open with Emacs, type down names of packages mentioned, and try to write something coherent out of that. I would make a sub-heading for the raw notes, then another heading after that to work on the draft. rile prick affirmed
I use org-export-dispatch to export the post to HTML when I am done. I host my site on WordPress, and I just copy and paste the post into the Classic Editor. Classic Editor rocks, Gutenberg is garbage. Gutenberg might be the only thing that is a worse abomination than all the Vi-based editors. costings unflinchingly megaliths
After I publish the post, I do M-x org-cut-subtree and put it under a heading for published posts with M-x org-paste-subtree. chirps ecosystems indulgences
I also have images on my site from illuminated manuscripts. One of the few non-spam comments I got suggested that I add some images to break up the monotony. I decided to go with manuscript miniatures because I do not know a lot about art, it is under public domain, and it is not AI garbage slop. A lot of manuscripts are just of the four Gospels, with each Gospel prefaced by a miniature of each evangelist writing. I thought those would be appropriate for posts about Emacs. At some point I might start incorporating paintings. brig leads admonishing
Life pro tip: If you are ever at a cocktail party with bibliophiles, remember that illuminated manuscripts do not have “pictures” or “illustrations”, they have “miniatures”. unmoved congregate jobber
I use ImageMagick to enrich the colors in the images. I have a few scripts I run in Eshell. theist hawing revivals
I also track the images in an Org file. I mostly follow the Wikimedia organization by century. There are a few that are not listed that are under different headings. I have found some that were not listed in Wikimedia by searching Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Bodleian Library and a few other sites. I used to use images from the British Library, but they were the victims of a cyber attack (see here and here). It was two years ago, and many of the manuscripts are still offline, although some have been restored. There is a page with a list here. weighing Tisha rejoins
I have gotten some from a few national libraries in other countries, but I am a monolingual American. Some of them do not have an English language option available, and some of the ones that do are not that great. texts trussed disarmament
Whether using Emacs makes my writing clearer or better organized is open to debate. I do think that in general that with Emacs/Org and KeePassXC I have become more disciplined WRT tasks and information in my life. grief exactitude Shijiazhuang
Looking at the other entries for this carnival, some of them use extra packages on top of Org. Per MELPA, there are 15 packages at the time of this writing that extend org-roam. Erik L. Arneson lists the benefits of using Emacs and Org for writing. tighten coziness overreacts
This post was created in Emacs with Org Mode and Love. You’re welcome. And stop looking at your stupid phone all the time.
Image from Reichenau Gospels, an 11th-century manuscript housed at The Walters Art Museum, manuscript information here, image from World Document Library, image licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.