Hi Nick! This is an awesome response!
Great job!! Regards, Bernt Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com> writes: > Renato <renato.pontef...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hi, >> I know, ther's a lot of doc around there. But: can someone show me >> "the best" road map" to start using (and learning) org-mode? >> > > Org is a swiss army knife: if you open up all the blades and try to use > them at once, you are going to hurt yourself. > > Start with one or two things that are interesting to you and ignore > everything else: e.g. agenda and TODO lists for organizing your life; > writing up notes for latex or html export. I mention these two because > they account for about 95% of my personal usage, but you will have to > adjust to taste. > > Resist the temptation to learn everything at once. Once you've used org > for a while for the things that matter to *you*, extensions and further > uses will come naturally. > > For example, learning about tables comes naturally in the note-taking > process; then you learn about the spreadsheet and doing data analysis in > org; then you go on to babel and "reproducible" research. That might > lead to citations (a field of active research on the list > currently). Then you might want to publish your notes so others can read > them; or start a blog... > > Or you decide to organize your life even more and start clocking all > your activities; track your habits; go on to quantify your life... > > All of these things and more are possible with org, but just because > they are possible does not mean that you have to do them all (and > certainly not all at once) in order to use org productively. > > Just remember: one blade at a time. > >> I've past the few days, learning emacs, and now, I think I'm able to >> start using org-mode. >> >> TIA >> >> Renato >> >>
