From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dennis Groves Subject: Re: POLL: the 40 variables project Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:44:04 +0000 Message-ID: <80BE486A-5336-4EF7-A72F-1E8E902BFE12@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LSkId-0000dH-0T for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:44:11 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LSkIb-0000cM-Ki for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:44:10 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33765 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LSkIb-0000cJ-IX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:44:09 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f20.google.com ([209.85.219.20]:61793) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LSkIb-0000Jg-3R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:44:09 -0500 Received: by ewy13 with SMTP id 13so572799ewy.18 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:44:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: emacs org-mode mailing list I am one of those confused 'newbs' - I use emacs exclusively for org- mode. (but it is growing on me) I don't know where or how to customize it - so I use it just like it is. (not that I wouldn't like to tweek stuff.) Dennis On 29 Jan 2009, at 08:49, Carsten Dominik wrote: > Hi, > > yesterday I did this command in my org-mode git repo: > > grep defcustom lisp/*el |wc -l > > and got 378 as an answer. 378 user-customizable variables, > no kidding. > > However, I bet that only about 10% of these are really used > by more that one user :-). So when a new users starts digging > into Org-mode, they simply must be confused by the amount > of variables that can be set. > > So here is the idea: I would like to find out which variables > users actually customize. This could be the basis > for a great article on Worg, describing just these selected > variables. > > In addition, I could make a special customization group which only > contains those variables (Emacs allows to put a variable into several > groups). It would be awesome to have, and a much easier start into > customizing Org. > > So here is my question to all of you. Could you, in reply to this > message, list all the Org-related variables that you have customized, > along with the values you used? > > If you want to do more, I'd also love to see comments on > > - why you set the variable like this > - if you feel that the default value of that variable > should be different > - Any other comments you might what to give. > > Of course, if there is a volunteer who would like to organize > this info into a Worg page, I would even be more happy ... > > Thanks! > > - Carsten > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode -- Dennis Groves // dennis.groves@gmail.com // +44 (0) 1273 553 538