From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vikas Rawal Subject: Re: The statement on what is orgmode. Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 10:00:52 +0900 Message-ID: <20121207010052.GB24269@panahar> References: <20121205222817.GA1243@panahar> <87hao06km3.fsf@pank.eu> <20121206032633.GA12314@panahar> <20121206230457.GA19292@panahar> <874njy93eh.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59095) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TgmJI-00008O-US for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:01:03 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TgmJF-0003Ai-Ry for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:01:00 -0500 Received: from mail-pb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.160.41]:33089) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TgmJF-0003AU-My for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:00:57 -0500 Received: by mail-pb0-f41.google.com with SMTP id xa7so4828223pbc.0 for ; Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:00:56 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <874njy93eh.fsf@gmail.com> 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 > Suggested slight change which mentions RR in addition to LP, and doesn't > abuse the outline syntax (one of the most common beginner mistakes IMO). > > Org-mode is useful for > - Organising projects, maintaining TODO lists and calendars > - Creating high quality formatted documents > - Keeping notes > - Literate programming and Reproducible Research > May I also say that, and I perhaps see it this way because I am not a developer myself, it is useful to keep this top blurb simple and accessible to non-geeks. orgmode is incredible. And it is really not all that difficult and inaccessible. It is super-simple to use, and from what I understand, this simplicity was at the core when Carsten created it. You don't need to know any latex or html, and you can produce brilliant documents. Etc... orgmode is really something that can be enormously useful to writers, social scientists, and a lot of other people. Some of our documentation must remain as simple and accessible to non-geeks as, I think, our software is. Vikas