From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vikas Rawal Subject: Re: Using Emacs, Org-mode and R for Research Writing in Social Sciences Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 20:40:13 +0200 Message-ID: <4EAA0890-F121-49D9-B643-9891204F43E5@agrarianresearch.org> References: <20140512132628.GE2684@chitra.no-ip.org> <2EADA89A-949A-4C38-83D6-AD71137E2F21@agrarianresearch.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.2 \(1874\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60534) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkHco-0003Pk-LA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 14:40:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkHch-0003uT-LR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 14:40:26 -0400 Received: from mail-ee0-f52.google.com ([74.125.83.52]:59701) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkHch-0003qd-GO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 May 2014 14:40:19 -0400 Received: by mail-ee0-f52.google.com with SMTP id e53so670873eek.25 for ; Tue, 13 May 2014 11:40:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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: John Hendy Cc: org-mode mailing list >=20 > It seems safer/efficient to focus on making modular documentation that > is the definitive *best*/*right* way (and *best* explained) to do > something, and then to link to that prolifically. >=20 Your points are very valid and expressed convincingly.=20 Writing this document was a result of, first and foremost, a personal = urge to write it, and secondly, in view of very specific use cases (my = graduate students, to whom I wanted to provide a one-stop shop, before = they explore rest of the stuff). That said, your arguments that it is not optimal to include such a = document as part of documentation on orgmode.org is perhaps right. I can = see that maintaining modular non-repetitive content is easier. Long-term = maintenance of documentation should be an important concern for = something that is under heavy development.=20 Unless others feel differently, I would let the document float around = the cyberspace, on my personal website and on github, for anyone to = discover and use. Thanks for your very reasonable comments.=20 Vikas