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From Ecco To Emacs / Org-Mode
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Posted by rafael costacurta
Dec 17, 2024 at 10:55 PM
I took a few days off, and as a good nerd, I decided to learn something new. Org mode had been on my radar for a few years, but I had never tried using it because I knew I needed to understand Emacs a bit first.
Well, inspired by this post, I decided it was time to try again. I completed the entire tutorial that comes with Emacs, watched videos from *System Crafters* and a few others, and started playing around with Org mode.
I’m completely in love. The system is very mature, and every feature I could imagine is already implemented. I never really understood what Emacs is or what Org mode does until I started using it, and I can say that Org mode is at its core **an excellent outliner**.
This beginning phase is a bit tricky, and I constantly find myself referring to the Emacs and Org mode manuals, which, by the way, are excellent—very complete and comprehensive.
Anyway, I installed two apps that handle Org mode files on my phone, each better for different purposes: [Orgzly](https://www.orgzly.com/) and [Orgro](https://orgro.org/). I sync my files to a folder on Nextcloud… and went all in. Let’s see how long I can stay away from Obsidian.