# Emacs org mode shortcuts (2024-04-03)

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**Created:** [April 3, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/emacs-org-mode-shortcuts-2024-04-03/130 "2024-04-03T17:12:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/emacs-org-mode-shortcuts-2024-04-03/130/1 "2024-04-03T17:12:42Z")

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We love [Org Mode](https://orgmode.org/)!

What is Org Mode?

> Your life in plain text  
> A [GNU Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) major mode for keeping notes, authoring documents, computational notebooks, literate programming, maintaining to-do lists, planning projects, and more — in a fast and effective plain text system.

### Shortcuts We Frequently Use

- create a link → use `C-c C-l` to call **org-insert-link**.
- click a link → To follow an Org mode link in Emacs, place the cursor over the link and press `C-c C-o` (Control-c Control-o). This command opens the link in the appropriate application or buffer.

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- [David O'Toole Org tutorial](https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/orgtutorial_dto.html#:~:text=Try%20visiting%20another%20file%E2%80%94for%20example%2C%20your%20emacs%20initialization,the%20link%20using%20C-c%20C-l%20to%20call%20org-insert-link).