From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: Re: Results of the SourceForge Community Award Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:13:17 +0100 Message-ID: <871vo5opwy.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <87prbqmjro.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Reply-To: Eric S Fraga Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MUQCs-0000Vr-QU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:13:26 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MUQCo-0000Pr-SU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:13:26 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36027 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MUQCo-0000Pe-K4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:13:22 -0400 Received: from vscane-c.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.43]:40612) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MUQCo-0007Ty-3g for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:13:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Raffi R Cc: User , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org At Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:43:04 -0400, Raffi R wrote: > > That's an interesting point. I started using org-mode randomly, > because I was writing an outline and didn't care for outline-mode and > figured org-mode should be compatible. After I'd used it for a couple > outlines, I found it could export to HTML. And LaTeX. And worked as a > day planner... > > In terms of marketing within the Emacs community, it might be worth > advertising it as an outline-mode replacement. Has anyone written a > simple tutorial explaining how to use org-mode just in this way, and > then providing a link to, say, the manual/Worg at the end? Most of the I am a very long time emacs user (~25 years) (mind you, I'm an even longer vi user... ;-) but even I didn't start using org-mode until recently (last year). I did try it a couple of years ago but wasn't impressed for some reason. In the meantime, I started using planner, muse and todo. I'd used outline-mode for quite a while. Anyway, I subsequently ran across Carsten's google tech talk and I decided to try org-mode again. What a difference! I think having used all these disparate tools, each with their own way of working, and then finding that org-mode essentially handled all of them in a consistent manner was a huge selling point. Essentially, what I'm saying is that Carsten's tech talk is one key advertising element we should ensure stays prominent wherever possible! eric