From: srandby@gmail.com
To: Emacs Org-Mode List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Google Tech Talk
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:28:57 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48873219.5040508@gmail.com> (raw)
The talk was impressive, especially because it made me aware of the
org-mode web site and this mailing list. I've been using org-mode for
about 7 months after finding out about it through an article in Linux
Journal. I'm a mathematics professor and I use org-mode to keep track of
grades. I have things set up so that all I need to do is input scores
into a table and all calculations are done automatically. Very cool.
Every other system I've used for recording grades has either been a pain
to customize or required me to do hand calculations. Org-mode was the
solution to my grade recording problem.
I use org-mode for a few other tasks, but I'm still learning its
features. From the talk, I played around with the LaTeX preview feature,
but I don't think I'll use it much. The preview graphic was too small
for my bad eyes and I already have a relatively convenient system for
doing LaTeX work. However, I am intrigued by the publishing features of
org-mode when it comes to HTML. I use tables on my website because
certain unmentionable browsers don't work well with CSS unless one is
willing to maintain complicated code. I don't have time to maintain
complicated code for ridiculous browsers, so I still use tables. I
gather that org-mode will be enable me to simplify working with HTML
tables. I'll definitely look into this.
Emacs and org-mode are fantastic.
Scott Randby
next reply other threads:[~2008-07-23 13:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-23 13:28 srandby [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-07-17 18:07 Google Tech Talk Carsten Dominik
2008-07-17 21:39 ` Bernt Hansen
2008-07-18 16:12 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2008-07-18 16:44 ` Russell Adams
2008-07-23 0:56 ` Memnon Anon
2008-07-18 17:10 ` Jose Robins
2008-07-19 6:45 ` Manish
2008-07-19 7:44 ` Ian Barton
2008-07-19 14:46 ` Carsten Dominik
2008-07-19 14:56 ` Carsten Dominik
2008-07-19 15:12 ` Ian Barton
2008-07-19 15:20 ` Carsten Dominik
2008-07-19 15:27 ` Bastien
2008-07-19 15:40 ` Carsten Dominik
2008-07-19 16:28 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2008-07-19 17:09 ` Ian Barton
2008-07-19 16:54 ` Ian Barton
2008-07-20 16:56 ` Leo
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