From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Don Womick Subject: ErgoEmacs Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:07:58 -0400 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0106152329==" Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38905 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OkGSv-0003Jb-S5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:08:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkGSu-0000oF-PH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:08:01 -0400 Received: from mail-gy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.160.169]:44859) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkGSu-0000o3-Lu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:08:00 -0400 Received: by gyb11 with SMTP id 11so1780240gyb.0 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 06:07:59 -0700 (PDT) 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --===============0106152329== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6461636db906d048dc849d3 --0016e6461636db906d048dc849d3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi all, I've just found ErgoEmacs (http://ergoemacs.org), another Emacs distribution for Windows that tries to make Emacs easy to use for ordinary users... and it does so: I was able to use it immediately, with all the standard Windows shortcuts--the only things that tripped me up briefly were the file commands (C-xf moved to C-o and C-xw moved to C-w), and that they moved M-x to M-a (M-x now cuts the entire line). This looks like a distro that might ease the learning curve enough to drive more widespread adoption of Emacs (and org-mode!): it really does seem to be as easy to use as Notepad right out of the box, yet doesn't take away any of the power of Emacs (as far as I can tell, except that I did have to load an org-mode file before capture would work, but that may be a setup problem on my part). If you're on Windows, take a look and see what you think... and for org newbies on win32, I think this is the version I would recommend. --Don --0016e6461636db906d048dc849d3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all,

I've just found ErgoEmacs (http://ergoemacs.org), another Emacs distribution for Windows that= tries to make Emacs easy to use for ordinary users... and it does so: I wa= s able to use it immediately, with all the standard Windows shortcuts--the = only things that tripped me up briefly were the file commands (C-xf moved t= o C-o and C-xw moved to C-w), and that they moved M-x to M-a (M-x now cuts = the entire line). This looks like a distro that might ease the learning cur= ve enough to drive more widespread adoption of Emacs (and org-mode!): it re= ally does seem to be as easy to use as Notepad right out of the box, yet do= esn't take away any of the power of Emacs (as far as I can tell, except= that I did have to load an org-mode file before capture would work, but th= at may be a setup problem on my part). If you're on Windows, take a loo= k and see what you think... and for org newbies on win32, I think this is t= he version I would recommend.

--Don
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