org: Conventions
1.5 Typesetting conventions used in this manual
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TODO keywords, tags, properties, etc.
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Org mainly uses three types of keywords: TODO keywords, tags and
property names. In this manual we use the following conventions:
‘TODO’
‘WAITING’
TODO keywords are written with all capitals, even if they are
user-defined.
‘boss’
‘ARCHIVE’
User-defined tags are written in lowercase; built-in tags with
special meaning are written with all capitals.
‘Release’
‘PRIORITY’
User-defined properties are capitalized; built-in properties with
special meaning are written with all capitals.
Moreover, Org uses option keywords (like ‘#+TITLE’ to set the title)
and environment keywords (like ‘#+BEGIN_HTML’ to start a ‘HTML’
environment). They are written in uppercase in the manual to enhance
its readability, but you can use lowercase in your Org files(1).
Keybindings and commands
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The manual suggests two global keybindings: ‘C-c a’ for ‘org-agenda’ and
‘C-c c’ for ‘org-capture’. These are only suggestions, but the rest of
the manual assumes that you are using these keybindings.
Also, the manual lists both the keys and the corresponding commands
for accessing a functionality. Org mode often uses the same key for
different functions, depending on context. The command that is bound to
such keys has a generic name, like ‘org-metaright’. In the manual we
will, wherever possible, give the function that is internally called by
the generic command. For example, in the chapter on document structure,
‘M-<right>’ will be listed to call ‘org-do-demote’, while in the chapter
on tables, it will be listed to call ‘org-table-move-column-right’. If
you prefer, you can compile the manual without the command names by
unsetting the flag ‘cmdnames’ in ‘org.texi’.
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(1) Easy templates insert lowercase keywords and Babel dynamically
inserts ‘#+results’.
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