From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Philip Hudson Subject: Re: org mode on osx Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 10:14:31 +0000 Message-ID: References: <3CFE14D2-C223-40D8-AB67-020F75837E1A@icloud.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58757) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c5VKn-0007Vm-U4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2016 05:14:54 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c5VKm-0000dY-WF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2016 05:14:53 -0500 Received: from mail-ua0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c08::229]:35773) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c5VKm-0000dU-Rh for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2016 05:14:52 -0500 Received: by mail-ua0-x229.google.com with SMTP id 12so31293346uas.2 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2016 02:14:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3CFE14D2-C223-40D8-AB67-020F75837E1A@icloud.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Matthew Pritchard Cc: emacs orgmode-mailinglist Even though it's a large and complex application in itself, Org mode is still "just" an Emacs "mode". Very roughly, that translates to an add-on/plug-in/extension for Emacs. So you start Emacs first. Then within Emacs you either create or open an Org-mode file, that is, a plain text file with the ".org" extension. As soon as Emacs recognizes that it is editing an Org-mode file it "switches on" Org mode. The default cross-platform keystroke for "visiting" a file, as we say in Emacs-land, is C-x C-f. That is, hold down the Control key (*not* the Command key) and type first X then F. Then you follow the text prompts to type in the file name you want to open/create. However, if you're using a build of Emacs that is heavily customized for the Mac you may have the more intuitive Mac-standard keystrokes using the standard Mac file chooser: Command-N for "New...", Command-O for "Open", etc. On 11 November 2016 at 21:58, Matthew Pritchard wrote: > How do I get org mode to start in osx emacs? > -- Phil Hudson http://hudson-it.ddns.net Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) ID: 0x887DCA63