From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: The reportmode report does not count the running clock Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:14:10 +0100 Message-ID: <8762gr93m5.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87liqhrt6r.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> <87pqfsituv.fsf@norang.ca> <87r508d00p.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> <87hb14ij4h.fsf@norang.ca> <3CF43367-3C9C-4509-8383-90A26C016D2A@gmail.com> <87mxa4u6oe.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> <878vlont7e.fsf@altern.org> <8739bwuoo8.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:57994) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RiNqE-00068B-NB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:13:10 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RiNqD-0005fx-6L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:13:06 -0500 Received: from mail-we0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:41937) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RiNqC-0005ft-UG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:13:05 -0500 Received: by werf1 with SMTP id f1so11097585wer.0 for ; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:13:04 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <8739bwuoo8.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Fran=E7o?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?is?= Pinard"'s message of "Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:33:43 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois?= Pinard Cc: Bernt Hansen , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Carsten Dominik Hi François, pinard@iro.umontreal.ca (François Pinard) writes: > That's why I suggested an appendix. We search in them, more than we > really read them. On the other hand, it would considerably augment the > weight of a printed manual, and so, be more harmful to our forests. That's why I tried to gather *all* functions and variables in an .org file, which you can see as an appendix. Did you check it? >> Wrt documentation, Emacs is its own reference, by letting you access >> everything with C-h v org-*. > > Emacs has impressive ways to offer its own documentation. Still a bit > uneasy to use C-h v (or C-h f) on everything. M-x apropos org- RET is > more handy and searchable, yet the documentation is likely limited to > the first line of each docstring (so at least this convention for a > complete sentence in the first line of a docstring). > >> Another point: there is a lot to do to improve the current docstrings >> and the manual. This is a matter of 1) pulling from git, 2) modifying >> the file, 3) run `C-x v =' in the buffer, 4) send the patch. [...] >> If you're interested in improving this, please go ahead, I'd be >> interested in getting something working along these lines. > > Oh, the problem is surely not the lack of interest, but the sore lack of > free hours in a week, and the quantity of ways to occupy those rare > hours already (something Org mode is tremendously helpful at organizing, > by the way). Org should claim 10% of the time it spares you ;-) > Surely that given enough free time, I would just love to > contribute. The truth is that I can only offer tiny crumbs. In any > case, I'm saving your message and notes (who knows the future!). Indeed. My suggestion is to stick to the current collective workflow: let's try to document small things in relevant places (manual or worg) and let's avoid Big Projects (bikesheds). Thanks! -- Bastien