From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christian Wittern Subject: Re: Japanese popularity of orgmode Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:32:27 +0900 Message-ID: <54CAED3B.80702@gmail.com> References: <874mrc2trq.fsf@gmail.com> <8CCE0A3D-C32E-420D-8D82-1851CBF7C6A3@ieee.org> <87mw5416p2.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39334) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YH1Ns-00030r-Fb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:32:37 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YH1Np-0001Jp-1Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:32:36 -0500 Received: from mail-pa0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::233]:46020) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YH1No-0001Hc-RQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:32:32 -0500 Received: by mail-pa0-f51.google.com with SMTP id fb1so46373184pad.10 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:32:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from mbp3a.local (chw.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp. [130.54.104.146]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id fo8sm9034906pdb.74.2015.01.29.18.32.29 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:32:30 -0800 (PST) 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Here is another academic org user in Japan. I started writing articles a few years ago and am also using it for doing research etc. I live in Kyoto, so please drop me a line if something goes on here!! Christian On 2015-01-28 09:54, Waldemar Quevedo wrote: > Ishikawa-san > >> I know a super student. He wrote his thesis using Emacs with org-mode! > Sounds interesting, by any chance is it on Github or somewhere publicly > available? > > By the way I live in Tokyo, would be great to attend one of these Emacs+Org > mode meetups in Kyoto or Tokyo! Japanese no problem ;) > > Cheers, > > - Waldemar > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 2:20 AM, Tory S. Anderson > wrote: > > Thanks for the answer! > > Takaaki Ishikawa > writes: > > > Dear Tory, > > > > Good point. I don’t know “taking off” is the correct word, but as you > mentioned, it’s still growing. I can see several reasons why you think > Japanese content has been increasing in the Web. First, some students > use Emacs in their university because their teacher also uses Emacs. > Then, the students use Emacs to write papers for graduation. I know a > super student. He wrote his thesis using Emacs with org-mode! After > graduation, they will be programmers, engineers, and researchers with > high-level technical skills enough to distribute their knowledge through > their blog and twitter. Second, We have several workshops related to > Emacs and org-mode. At least, two workshops are held a few times a year > at Kyoto and Tokyo. The participants of the workshops write blog entries > and release some emacs-lisp actively. An Emacs advent calendar is a good > example. Finally, we have many Japanese translated materials, manual, > tutorial, org-web, and twitter bot, to know org-mode quickly and easily. > And of course, the primary reason is that org-mode is very useful tool > to do anything with Emacs :-) > > > > Best regards, > > Takaaki Ishikawa > > > > > >> Jan 27, 2015 11:16 PM、Tory S. Anderson > のメール： > >> > >> There seems to be (and has been for a while) a growing Japanese > presence online with orgmode materials, documentation, addons, etc. Most > recenlty I found this blog: http://paper.li/highfrontier/1300501273 . I > had also noticed many of the page titles on the orgmode website/wiki had > Japanese content. This has me curious. Does anyone know the story of > what's causing it to take off in Japan, or whether "taking off" is even > the right word? Is it just a few people or a department at a university > that are using it? > >> > > -- Christian Wittern, Kyoto