To be brief, the tutorials and other parts of the worg webpages could do
with some updating. Org-mode has been through a good amount of evolution.
One isolated example is the remember tutorials. These could, at the
least, be marked with a paragraph inset at the top of the file: a statement
Joseph Vidal-Rosset joseph.vidal.ros...@gmail.com writes:
Hi,
2013/9/28 Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com
Your example is not beginner's tutorial at all! Nor is it something
that the manual can cover.
I do not understand why. Every beginner intested in org-mode is interested
for
Hi Eduardo
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Eduardo Ochs eduardoo...@gmail.com wrote:
and integrating into Org the feature described there - namely: with a
certain minor mode activated `M-p' opens the current default video at
the first time offset of the current line - should be little more
Dnia 2013-10-01, o godz. 07:34:14
Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com napisał(a):
Hence: Org is a programmable and dynamic note taking platform.
[...]
Hence my following sentence: All its features are essentially built on
this ability: planning task management, authoring or publishing,
Hi,
A suggestion : it would be maybe useful , if it is not already done, to
transfer this activity of the list on a forum when one could put closed
on a topic, when a solution is done for a beginner like me.
for example, sometime I find very useful help on LaTeX here:
On 28 September 2013, Carsten Dominik wrote:
Can we have a discussion here on how this path should look like?
When you came to Org-mode as a newby, what were the three resources
that really made an impression on by being accessible and
providing feel and promise for digging deeper?
I'm fairly
Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com writes:
Hi Joseph,
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 09:22:02AM +0200, Joseph Vidal-Rosset wrote:
Example: I am presently mainly interested to see if it is possible to use
gnus to write a scientific letter with all conveniences of texlive. Of
course I can open
Dnia 2013-10-01, o godz. 13:34:17
David Rogers davidandrewrog...@gmail.com napisał(a):
Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com writes:
Hi Joseph,
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 09:22:02AM +0200, Joseph Vidal-Rosset wrote:
Example: I am presently mainly interested to see if it is possible
Hi Carsten all,
thanks for this good idea and the resulting discussion here!
my 2 cents about the tutorials page:
yes, I agree, that especially for absolute beginners (new to Emacs and new
to org-mode) it would be helpful to have a very basic step by step tutorial.
The list of General
Matt Price mopto...@gmail.com writes:
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 4:44 AM, Eric Abrahamsen
e...@ericabrahamsen.net wrote:
Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes:
Hi everyone,
today I looked at our tutorial page at
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html
and came away
fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com writes:
To me the best way to describe Org is: a programmable and dynamic
plain-text note taking platform.
I really like this description. Short, and to the point.
Alan
Alan Schmitt alan.schm...@polytechnique.org writes:
fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com writes:
To me the best way to describe Org is: a programmable and dynamic
plain-text note taking platform.
I really like this description. Short, and to the point.
but it's missing what for me is the key point
Aloha Suvayu,
I like this, too, except that I miss the capabilities of the export
framework. How about?:
a programmable and dynamic plain-text note taking platform and markup
language
All the best,
Tom
Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com writes:
Hi,
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 07:29:26PM
On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:01:57 -0400, Eric S Fraga e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk wrote:
but I'm sure somebody else will think something is missing
I'll admit that I've only dabbled in org mode thus far, but here's what I
see as lacking in the tutorial documentation:
1. Non-video presentations for
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Peter Neilson neil...@windstream.netwrote:
1. Non-video presentations for beginners. Some of us are (for one reason
or another) badly set up to use video. Perhaps our network connection is
slow, or our system is flaky and crashes with video. Or perhaps we only
Hi Alan, Eric, Thomas, and others,
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 06:01:57PM +0100, Eric S Fraga wrote:
Alan Schmitt alan.schm...@polytechnique.org writes:
fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com writes:
To me the best way to describe Org is: a programmable and dynamic
plain-text note taking platform.
Hi,
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 07:29:26PM -0500, John Hendy wrote:
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Thomas S. Dye t...@tsdye.com wrote:
In this vein, I think it would be useful to have a brief statement about
Org-mode that gives the interested reader from any background a good
feel for the
Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes:
Hi everyone,
today I looked at our tutorial page at
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html
and came away with the feeling that that this page has become
somewhat useless for people who are really new to Org. I think
the page
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 4:44 AM, Eric Abrahamsen
e...@ericabrahamsen.net wrote:
Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes:
Hi everyone,
today I looked at our tutorial page at
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html
and came away with the feeling that that this page has
Some years ago I had sent a mail on this subject (Feb 6 2009). I fished it
out and was editing it (below) and then see that Eric Abrahamsen has said
most what I wanted to say.
Anyways Ive kept the subject list below and want to add only this much:
People come to org for different
Hi everyone,
today I looked at our tutorial page at
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html
and came away with the feeling that that this page has become
somewhat useless for people who are really new to Org. I think
the page should start with a section of true recommendations
for
Hi Dominik, hi everyone,
Thank you for org-mode and thanks to all who contribute to this project.
I am a newby to org-mode , I am an emacs user for LaTeX, mainly, and I
would be happy to use more and more emacs, so org-mode seems very
attractive.
I imagine that writing a tutorial is a big work
Dnia 2013-09-28, o godz. 09:22:02
Joseph Vidal-Rosset joseph.vidal.ros...@gmail.com napisał(a):
Hi Dominik, hi everyone,
Thank you for org-mode and thanks to all who contribute to this
project.
I am a newby to org-mode , I am an emacs user for LaTeX, mainly, and I
would be happy to use
Dnia 2013-09-28, o godz. 08:11:23
Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com napisał(a):
Hi everyone,
today I looked at our tutorial page at
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html
and came away with the feeling that that this page has become
somewhat useless for people who are
On 28.9.2013, at 10:48, Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl wrote:
Dnia 2013-09-28, o godz. 08:11:23
Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com napisał(a):
Hi everyone,
today I looked at our tutorial page at
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html
and came away with the
Hi Joseph,
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 09:22:02AM +0200, Joseph Vidal-Rosset wrote:
Example: I am presently mainly interested to see if it is possible to use
gnus to write a scientific letter with all conveniences of texlive. Of
course I can open a tex file with letter class and send to my
Hi,
2013/9/28 Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com
Your example is not beginner's tutorial at all! Nor is it something
that the manual can cover.
I do not understand why. Every beginner intested in org-mode is interested
for such or such application, and that's a strange reply to make to
Joseph Vidal-Rosset joseph.vidal.ros...@gmail.com writes:
Hi,
2013/9/28 Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com
Your example is not beginner's tutorial at all! Nor is it something
that the manual can cover.
I do not understand why. Every beginner intested in org-mode is interested
for
2013/9/28 Eric Schulte schulte.e...@gmail.com
There is a need to balance between spending time spent documenting and
spending time developing (fixing bugs and adding features etc...). More
documentation and more examples in the documentation would be welcome,
but given the time constraints
Hi Carsten,
On 9/28/2013 2:11 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote:
Hi everyone,
today I looked at our tutorial page at
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html
and came away with the feeling that that this page has become
somewhat useless for people who are really new to Org.
- I disagree.
Hi Joseph,
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 01:59:28PM +0200, Joseph Vidal-Rosset wrote:
Hi,
2013/9/28 Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com
Your example is not beginner's tutorial at all! Nor is it something
that the manual can cover.
I do not understand why. Every beginner intested in
On 28.9.2013, at 16:26, Charles Millar mill...@verizon.net wrote:
Hi Carsten,
On 9/28/2013 2:11 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote:
Hi everyone,
today I looked at our tutorial page at
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html
and came away with the feeling that that this page has
On 28/09/13 07:11, Carsten Dominik wrote:
Can we have a discussion here on how this path should look like?
When you came to Org-mode as a newby, what were the three resources
that really made an impression on by being accessible and
providing feel and promise for digging deeper?
- Carsten
2013/9/28 Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com
I'm sure you have noticed it
by now, the Org community is one of the most welcoming and friendly out
there.
Indeed it is !
Good luck following up on Eric's suggestions with regards to your
particular request. If you do get it working, I
Dnia 2013-09-28, o godz. 18:14:11
Ian Barton li...@wilkesley.net napisał(a):
On 28/09/13 07:11, Carsten Dominik wrote:
Can we have a discussion here on how this path should look like?
When you came to Org-mode as a newby, what were the three resources
that really made an impression on
On 28.9.2013, at 19:43, Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl wrote:
Dnia 2013-09-28, o godz. 18:14:11
Ian Barton li...@wilkesley.net napisał(a):
On 28/09/13 07:11, Carsten Dominik wrote:
Can we have a discussion here on how this path should look like?
When you came to Org-mode as a
carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes:
Hi everyone,
today I looked at our tutorial page at
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html
and came away with the feeling that that this page has become
somewhat useless for people who are really new to Org. I think
the page should start with
Aloha Carsten,
Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes:
Hi everyone,
today I looked at our tutorial page at
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html
and came away with the feeling that that this page has become
somewhat useless for people who are really new to Org. I
On 9/28/2013 3:52 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
Aloha Carsten,
snip
First, I think that most statements about what Org-mode is are
outdated. Many of them are quite good, but they represent the previous
state of an evolving system and so fail to capture the full scope. To my
mind, Org-mode is a
Dnia 2013-09-28, o godz. 16:50:09
Charles Millar mill...@verizon.net napisał(a):
On 9/28/2013 3:52 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
Aloha Carsten,
snip
First, I think that most statements about what Org-mode is are
outdated. Many of them are quite good, but they represent the
previous state
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl wrote:
Dnia 2013-09-28, o godz. 16:50:09
Charles Millar mill...@verizon.net napisał(a):
On 9/28/2013 3:52 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
Aloha Carsten,
snip
First, I think that most statements about what Org-mode is are
On 9/28/2013 5:52 PM, John Hendy wrote:
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl wrote:
Dnia 2013-09-28, o godz. 16:50:09
Charles Millar mill...@verizon.net napisał(a):
On 9/28/2013 3:52 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
Aloha Carsten,
snip
First, I think that most
Aloha John, Marcin, and Charles,
Yes, I completely agree with you. Apologies if my remarks were taken to
be exclusionary in any way. They weren't intended to be. The diversity
of the Org-mode community is one of its great strengths.
My comments were intended to be ideas on how we might
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Thomas S. Dye t...@tsdye.com wrote:
Aloha John, Marcin, and Charles,
Yes, I completely agree with you. Apologies if my remarks were taken to
be exclusionary in any way. They weren't intended to be. The diversity
of the Org-mode community is one of its great
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