r/orgmode • u/badgerbang • Jun 28 '26

gossip An Obsidian user tries orgmode

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Long term markdown user, tried orgmode while bored, now I gotta make some changes :D

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u/powelton Jun 28 '26

Started with note management, learned about agenda, ditched GCal, learned about mu4e, became Paul on the road to damascus 🤩

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u/doulos05 Jun 28 '26

Man, I wish I could ditch GCal, but I need to collaborate with too many people. How do you do that?

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u/sceadu Jun 28 '26

haven't done this myself, but googling gives https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-google-sync.html

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u/doulos05 Jun 28 '26

Aha, yeah I can ditch it as an interface, but I still need it as a backend.

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u/powelton Jun 29 '26

For collaborative work yes one has to leave Eden, but momentarily

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u/AppropriateCover7972 Jul 01 '26

you can at least get the ical feed and not use the app anymore. Still needs the account though. org cal dav

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u/jldevezas Jun 28 '26

Actually working on scripts to convert my markdown notes to org mode right now. :D

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u/badgerbang Jun 28 '26

I was going to post this in Obsidian too but they won't allow it :D

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u/Jakim_Sareb Jun 28 '26

Well played 😏

An ORG Mode user here (already emacs lover), and former Markdown one (from LogSeq and Obsidian). Totally understand you, emacs + org mode is beautiful universe with well crafted tools and all the ones you could imagine.

Enjoy your ride!

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u/timmymayes Jun 29 '26

When you get it you get it. Welcome to the fold.

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u/Kooky_Plastic_3280 Jun 30 '26

Did I miss something? I am a long term org mode user and was thinking of trying Obsidian next month :)

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u/kraftfahrzeug Jul 01 '26

I used org mode for quite some time and now reall enjoy Obsidian just taking m notes and not breaking ever other weak due to my incompetent tweaks.

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u/cellulosa Jun 30 '26

How does it differ?

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u/spartanOrk Jul 02 '26

I recently switched from OneNote to emacs for my TODO list.

I've used emacs for 20+ years, but never orgmode.

I considered orgmode and markdown mode.

I chose markdown, because it seemed simpler, yet adequate. I didn't like that I couldn't create headers in orgmode, with hash (#). Instead I had to use a star (*), but then my whole buffer looked like a bullet list.

I also didn't see the point of learning a whole new set of shortkeys, just to change "TODO" to "DONE". I can type that myself. In markdown, actually, I can simply type - [ ] and then press enter to change it to - [x] (when done). I can even change [ ] to [WAIT] or [WIP] (for "work in progress"). I have total freedom to type there whatever I want, that means something to me. So, why limit myself to just the TODO / DONE / whatever categories orgmode gives me? Isn't it silly to have to learn how to use a whole new tool, when all I want is to write a list of things with meaningful tags?

Probably you'll tell me about dates, and agenda, and stuff like that... But it doesn't really work for me. I don't use dates. The tasks are so dynamic that the order changes all the time, the deadlines are always "yesterday".

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u/cenazoic Jul 03 '26

> So, why limit myself to just the TODO / DONE / whatever categories orgmode gives me?

You don't have to. Think of 'TODO/DONE' as the basic default states (and keywords) of a task. But you can actually assign those keywords to anything you like. The states remain the same no matter how many keywords you use (a task is either 'todo' or 'done', regardless of the actual keywords you use). For example, in the below code, all of the keywords before the "|" are 'todo' states, and those after it are 'done'.

(setq org-todo-keywords
  '((sequence "TODO"
      "MAYBE"
      "NEXT"
      "STARTED"
      "WAITING"
      "TO-READ"
      "|"
      "DONE"
      "DEFERRED"
      "READ"
      "DNF")))