From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karl Voit Subject: What can *not* be done with Org-mode yet (was: The statement on what is orgmode.) Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 19:44:27 +0100 Message-ID: <2012-12-07T19-36-45@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> References: <20121205222817.GA1243@panahar> <87hao06km3.fsf@pank.eu> <20121206032633.GA12314@panahar> <20121206230457.GA19292@panahar> <874njy93eh.fsf@gmail.com> <20121207010052.GB24269@panahar> <86sj7itfed.fsf@davidrogersmusic.ca> Reply-To: news1142@Karl-Voit.at Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60887) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Th2uh-0006yH-V3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:44:45 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Th2ug-0000Wa-SF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:44:43 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:53365) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Th2ug-0000WP-LH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:44:42 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Th2ur-0005Yg-EO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:44:53 +0100 Received: from mail.michael-prokop.at ([88.198.6.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:44:53 +0100 Received: from news1142 by mail.michael-prokop.at with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:44:53 +0100 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org I do like those kind of future/brainstorming threads :-) * David Rogers wrote: > > Things you can't do in Emacs that feel as if they *should* be practical, > even though they currently are not [...] > - Ability to continue working in other buffers when one buffer is > busy. Combine this feature and the one mentioned above, and I (perhaps > along with a lot of other people) move from two primary every-day > applications down to one. Well this relates to me to: - Multi-threaded GNU/Emacs ... because I have multiple CPU cores but Emacs (and Org-mode obviously) is only able to use one single core :-( Usually I do not care. But for complex agenda commands, I have to wait 5-30 seconds some times. :-( Sure, this is not an Org-mode specific issue at all. > - WYSIWYG word processing with multiple fonts per page, adjustable > margins, and named styles (not saying it should ever be implemented, > just saying it's something Emacs can't currently be used for) ... and should not IMHO. > And how about fantasy-but-would-be-really-useful features? Nearly unlimited. > > - Fully-functioning, practical Org-mode & Gnus & Emacs on a touch screen https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zielm.emacs&hl=en ... Org-mode works as well. Note that you have to use "Hackers keyboard"[1] in order to type Meta, Ctrl, ... I could not find any hardware keyboard for Android which provided me working ESC, Meta, Ctrl, ... so far. > - Optical character recognition within Emacs This would be awesome! I do have many hand written notes I wanted to be digitized and searchable. No, I do not want them to be published in any cloud not owned by me. > - Text entry by voice (including programming languages) within Emacs In a few years, this should be a normal option for entering simple text. > - Hand-written text entry directly into Emacs, including filling in web forms Sorry, I am *much* faster using any kind of hardware keyboard (not on-screen ones). 1. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm9yZy5wb2NrZXR3b3Jrc3RhdGlvbi5wY2tleWJvYXJkIl0. -- Karl Voit