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From: Scot Becker <scot.becker@gmail.com>
To: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: AI for orgmode
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:01:31 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e0e1fe621003200401m553cb9d7v41e10ec73f3e8392@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1wrx7i9hc.fsf@cam.ac.uk>


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I quite like Thomas' idea of packets for specific org mode uses.  As a
starting list consdier: writing for the web, writing for print, basic task
management, "full" GTD, time tracking, code/LaTeX tangling. The list could
obviously be edited down or up in length.  Each of these packets might
include Thomas' list (relevant .emacs code, sample org document, tutorial
document and a screencast.)

It's true that org is in some ways very simple (remember the 'taskpaper'
discussion of a year ago?), for basic outlining. But it's also true that the
minimal code-and-knowhow needed to do some of the specific tasks which org
has proven so good at it can be a fair hurdle for a beginner to put
together.  In this respect the raw flexibility of org-mode (exactly like
Emacs itself) has its down side.  We might be able to lower the
getting-started hurdle if we were able to tell people; "You want to do
GTD-like task management?  Look <here> and follw the recipe.  You want to
outline your writing?  Look <here>.  Heaven knows you can always tweak it
later."  I have often thought that there would be ways to get people up and
running even without the venerable Emacs tutorial.

Scot

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  reply	other threads:[~2010-03-20 11:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-18 20:32 AI for orgmode Leo
2010-03-19 17:08 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-03-19 22:55   ` John Hendy
2010-03-20  0:48     ` Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
2010-03-20  1:52       ` Neil Hepburn
2010-03-20  2:23         ` Thomas S. Dye
2010-03-20 10:16   ` Leo
2010-03-20 11:01     ` Scot Becker [this message]
2010-03-20 22:50   ` Łukasz Stelmach

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