Paul, What you write here is of very interest for newcomer to planner. I started using emacs about 6 months ago. I knew nothing about elisp but it doesn't prevent me from using planner.
Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ( Sorry for a response to such an old posts. I'm a little behind the > time on this list :) > > Jim Ottaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>>>>> Geraldine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> The thing is, you see, I am new to emacs, I am a windows user, and >>> I've only done the tiniest bit of what you might call scripting. My >>> learning curve will be enormous. >> >> I don't think the learning curve from 'knowing nothing' to 'knowing >> enough to find Emacs useful' will be as steep as you might think. > > First, Welcome to the wonderful world of emacs. Prepare for a > lifetime of addiction :) > > As Jim said, the learning curve for Emacs just to get to the point > where it's "useful" isn't that bad. Becoming a master Emacs hacker, > that takes a few more weeks :) > > As a point of reference, my journey with Emacs began in 1994. Someone > told me I'd do better with emacs than with vi. I fired up emacs, > typed in C-h t and began the tutorial. I spent about 45 minutes doing > this, got bored, moved on, and never looked at the tutorial again. > For the next 10 years or so I used Emacs as nothing more than a basic > text editor. My .emacs file was composed of snippets begged, > borrowed, or stolen from others. I had no idea what they did or meant > other than they tweaked some knob or tuned something just enough to > make my life a little easier. I learned a few things along the way, > but was mostly ignorant of how to do things in emacs other than > editing text. > > One day, about 2 years ago now (Holy Cow! Sacha, has it been *that* > long? :) I stumbled upon this thing called emacs-wiki and > planner-mode. I fired off an e-mail to the maintainer asking a couple > of questions. Someone named Sacha answered back and had such > enthusiasm for my e-mail and my questions that i immediately joined > the list and started playing with planner and emacs-wiki. > > My life now revolves around planner and emacs. A few of the things I > do with emacs now, that used to be scattered around in several > different locations are: > > - e-mail > - daily planning (I never actually did this before :) > - Time tracking (I never actually did this before either!) > - Documentation (used to be either text docs in various places, or html > now it's muse docs in one place) > > - Finances (used to use GnuCash, now I use ledger, which has an emacs > mode) > - Web browsing (occasional use for stuff which is mostly text) > - URL bookmarking (johnsu01 wrote a great emacs interface to del.icio.us) > (unfortunately, it seems to hate me, and has been broken > (only for me!) for far too long :( > - IRC (yes, I chat on IRC in emacs!) > - database access (emacs has a great interface to postgres and MySql, etc.) > - shell command line > - calendar/appointments > - address book > - misc. notes > > And the amazing thing is, all of these activities are either already > an integral part of planner, or can easily be linked to from my > planner pages! > > So, to answer your questions, "yes, you can do all that with emacs!" :) > >> Emacs is so large, that one "picks things up as one goes along" forever! > > And once you start picking things up, you rapidly become addicted to > it :) I work with a bunch of MIT grads at a small start-up in > Cambridge, MA. Someone here, whom I consider way smarter than I am, > recently commented on "how he know a lot about emacs, and there's > nothing he can't do with it!" Ironically, all the stuff this person > was talking about, I *just* learned within the past 2 years and all as > a result of starting to use planner :) > >>> And will planner mode allow me to: >>> associate todo's with "projects", ala GTD, with links in both directions >>> give contexts, tags or labels to the todo's and/or the projects >>> date the todo's as necessary > > I recently saw a great response to someone asking for a "wishlist" of > things to be added to planner: > > "This is Emacs. There's no wish. Only how." > > Yes, you can do that with emacs :) > > So, don't be afraid of the water, we've all learned to swim, some > faster, some slower than others. Some of us use water wings, others > do the backstroke. Figure out what your style is, ask for help, and > we'll help you get settled :) -- Leon _______________________________________________ emacs-wiki-discuss mailing list emacs-wiki-discuss@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-wiki-discuss
