From: Will Pierce <pierwill@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] edit installation section
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 12:02:22 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAF-DrMh0a23-M3-R4uCUC-gfxXs9fb5mSKbOXzamhs38QXjx7w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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* emphasize org's near-universal distribution
* reformat vertical list
* minor grammar fix
Vertical list style here follows the Chicago Manual. (Similar formatting is
used at line 8200 in the manual. I'd like to regularize this in the future.)
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From 029546a58bf3263438242f1e8b0efc9355076c6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pierwill <19642016+pierwill@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:34:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] edit installation section
* emphasize org's near-universal distribution
* reformat vertical list
* minor grammar fix
---
doc/org-manual.org | 18 ++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index 0d65be997..0732c1d97 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -73,16 +73,18 @@ book from Network Theory Ltd.]].
:END:
#+cindex: installation
-Org is part of recent distributions of GNU Emacs, so you normally do
-not need to install it. If, for one reason or another, you want to
-install Org on top of this pre-packaged version, there are three ways
-to do it:
+Org is included in all recent distributions of GNU Emacs, so you
+probably do not need to install it. Most users will simply activate
+Org and begin exploring its many features.
-- By using Emacs package system.
-- By downloading Org as an archive.
-- By using Org's git repository.
+If, for one reason or another, you want to install Org on top of this
+pre-packaged version, there are three ways to do it:
-We *strongly recommend* to stick to a single installation method.
+- by using the Emacs package system;
+- by downloading Org as an archive; or
+- by using Org's git repository.
+
+We *strongly recommend* sticking to a single installation method.
*** Using Emacs packaging system
:PROPERTIES:
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2018-08-31 17:02 Will Pierce [this message]
2018-09-02 12:35 ` [PATCH] edit installation section Nicolas Goaziou
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