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From: Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: The statement on what is orgmode.
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:17:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874njy93eh.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121206230457.GA19292@panahar> (Vikas Rawal's message of "Fri, 7 Dec 2012 08:04:57 +0900")

Vikas Rawal <vikaslists@agrarianresearch.org> writes:

>> like the following:
>> 
>> * Org mode is useful for
>> ** Organising projects
>> ** Maintaining TODO lists and calendars
>> ** Keeping notes
>> ** Creating high quality formatted documents
>> ** Literate programming
>> 
>> Each of the above could then be linked to relevant pages of the manual
>> or worg.
>
> A slightly improved version in my view:
>
> * Org mode is useful for
> ** Organising projects, maintaining TODO lists and calendars
> ** Creating high quality formatted documents
> ** Keeping notes
> ** Literate programming
>

Suggested slight change which mentions RR in addition to LP, and doesn't
abuse the outline syntax (one of the most common beginner mistakes IMO).

Org-mode is useful for
- Organising projects, maintaining TODO lists and calendars
- Creating high quality formatted documents
- Keeping notes
- Literate programming and Reproducible Research

>
> Would everyone agree that before "Download and install", we have
> something like the above on the front-page?
>
> We would still need to decide what to do with the title. Following
> suggestions have come so far:
>
> 1. Org-mode (only)
> 2. Org-mode: your life in plain text
> 3. "Orgmode is a Free/libre plain-text system for GNU Emacs for
> organizing project, and maintaining TODO lists, keeping notes, doing
> literate programming and exporting to many high quality formats."
> 4. Orgmode is a Free/libre plain-text versatile personal workflow and
> information tool for GNU Emacs allowing you to keep and organize
> notes, projects, calendars, do literate programming and reproducible
> research, and export all your informations and documents to a variety
> of cam-ready formats.
> 5. Org-mode: the text editor's best chance at achieving the singularity.
> 6. Org-mode: It's difficult to say what exactly Emacs' Org-mode will
> do for you; it's easier to list all things it doesn't do.
>
> I would actually vote for the old orgmode title phrase (option 2 above).
>

+1, I also like option 2 best of all those listed above.

>
> Vikas
>

-- 
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte

  reply	other threads:[~2012-12-06 23:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-05 22:28 The statement on what is orgmode Vikas Rawal
2012-12-06  1:21 ` Rasmus
2012-12-06  3:26   ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-06 14:54     ` Eric Abrahamsen
2012-12-06 15:03       ` Jambunathan K
2012-12-06 15:25         ` Brian van den Broek
2012-12-06 22:00         ` Axel E. Retif
2012-12-07  0:18           ` David Rogers
2012-12-07  0:44             ` Axel E. Retif
2012-12-07  0:53             ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-07  2:10             ` Eric Abrahamsen
2012-12-13  0:11         ` Bastien
2012-12-06 23:04     ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-06 23:17       ` Eric Schulte [this message]
2012-12-06 23:56         ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-07  0:07           ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-12-07  1:00         ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-07  2:38           ` brian powell
2012-12-07  8:01             ` Alan Schmitt
2012-12-07 14:38               ` Rasmus
2012-12-07 15:18                 ` Brett Viren
2012-12-07  8:50             ` David Rogers
2012-12-07 18:44               ` What can *not* be done with Org-mode yet (was: The statement on what is orgmode.) Karl Voit
2012-12-07 19:40               ` [OFFTOPIC] The statement on what is orgmode Eric Schulte
2012-12-07 20:14                 ` Rasmus
2012-12-07 19:46               ` Ivan Andrus
2012-12-07 22:17                 ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-09  8:32                 ` David Rogers
2012-12-08  5:19             ` James Harkins
2012-12-12 23:52           ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-13  0:01             ` Bastien
2012-12-21 18:10               ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-12-23 11:56                 ` Bastien
2012-12-07 18:34       ` Karl Voit
2012-12-13  0:13       ` Bastien
2012-12-13  0:10     ` Bastien
2012-12-06  8:40 ` Sebastien Vauban
2012-12-06  9:10 ` Jambunathan K
2012-12-06 12:26   ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-06 13:43     ` Marco

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