From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Raffi R Subject: Re: Re: Results of the SourceForge Community Award Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:43:04 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87prbqmjro.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MUOnt-0003tL-B9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:43:33 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MUOno-0003qB-DM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:43:32 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49899 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MUOnn-0003pp-SL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:43:27 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f228.google.com ([209.85.219.228]:38966) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MUOnn-0007qi-6D for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:43:27 -0400 Received: by ewy28 with SMTP id 28so1011909ewy.42 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:43:24 -0700 (PDT) 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: User Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org That's an interesting point. I started using org-mode randomly, because I was writing an outline and didn't care for outline-mode and figured org-mode should be compatible. After I'd used it for a couple outlines, I found it could export to HTML. And LaTeX. And worked as a day planner... In terms of marketing within the Emacs community, it might be worth advertising it as an outline-mode replacement. Has anyone written a simple tutorial explaining how to use org-mode just in this way, and then providing a link to, say, the manual/Worg at the end? Most of the tutorials I've seen have been focused on org's time-management capabilities. But the ability to type up an outline, manage that outline, expand it into a document, and export it separately as a Beamer presentation with notes, a PDF, and a webpage are "killer app" functionality in their own right! On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:19 PM, User wrote: > Bastien googlemail.com> writes: >> >> Org-mode didn't win but it was really great to participate and to have >> all these nice contributions from so many people! > > No wonder it didn't win. Non-emacs users have few incentive to > try it, since they think emacs is bad looking and primitve in > general, so they are looking for something more flashy instead > and do not even try it. > > On the other hand org-mode needs some marketing in the emacs > community as well. I'm a longtime emacs user and heard about org > mode before, but I thought it was something overly complex and > looked for simpler solutions. Then I tried it one day and was > blown away by how mature it was and how well written the > documentation was. > > So it's a natural fit for an emacs user, but obviously alien for > people how don't use emacs and don't know the Emacs Way of doing > things. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >