> > The first evidence of my using Leo (a .leo file in a back-up) was in 2007. > My first question to the google group was in 2012. During those five years > I visited Leo occasionally to check and see if I was any less of an idiot > for not understanding how to make it work for my use case.
This sounds familiar. I've probably been looking at and occasionally trying Leo for 2-3 years. Still trying. On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 9:26 AM Chris George <[email protected]> wrote: > I will chime in on the documentation issue. Better documentation and > especially examples would have worked to speed my adoption of Leo as my > primary information management and writing tool. > > I am not a programmer. > > The first evidence of my using Leo (a .leo file in a back-up) was in 2007. > My first question to the google group was in 2012. During those five years > I visited Leo occasionally to check and see if I was any less of an idiot > for not understanding how to make it work for my use case. In 2012 I > decided to switch first and persevere my way through. I even went so far as > to work my way through a couple of Python tutorials but writing kept eating > up my time. > > I now use about 5% of Leo and its capabilities. It is already the best > editor for writing I have ever used (non-fiction and fiction). I rely on it > to stay organized and to help manage an enormous amount of media on my hard > drive. > > I still feel like an idiot when it comes to Leo. But I can now at least > bend it to my will somewhat when presented with a task. A comprehensive > scripting tutorial with many examples would be fabulous. As it is I tend to > hack at something until frustration sets in at which point I ask on the > group. I then take the helpful script that Terry or Edward writes for my > specific question and use it as a template to try to make it work in other > cases, sometimes successfully. > > Better documentation would open Leo up to a much wider audience. Reading > code in order to learn how to operate the software may work absolutely > wonderfully for a programmer. But I am not a programmer. > > But I can write and would be willing to help out with documentation as I > bring a different perspective than a programmer would. > > Chris > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
