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Since I assume all the org fans will be in here, does anyone have any recommendations for non-emacs org systems (on Linux desktop)? I don't want to relearn every keybinding, but I love the concept of a simple text-based organizational format with good editor support.

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There's always cua-mode … That gives you the regular control+z/x/c/v bindings. In org-mode, C-c (control-c) is quite overloaded, but it seems to work: If nothing is selected, it has the org meaning, while if something is selected, it copies.

(Options → Customize Emacs → All settings matching → cua-mode and hit Toggle and Apply and Save)

'non-emacs', does (neo)vim counts? if yes, there is orgmode.nvim[0]

[0]: https://github.com/kristijanhusak/orgmode.nvim

You really don't need any Emacs keybinding if you set up Evil. Like how I use Emacs on mobile, because typing modifier keys is harder, I just use basic vi commands and bind everything else I need to single-character Hydras[0]. If you don't know vi you should probably learn basic commands like copy and save which emacs-tutorial is more than enough for. Actual Emacs and it's ecosystem is just too good to let something that simple deter you.

[0] https://github.com/abo-abo/hydra

Highly recommend LogSeq (https://logseq.com). It started out as very Roam-inspired, but with focus on actually supporting both Org and Md. It’s quite GUI-heavy with good shortcuts support.

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