From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sven Bretfeld Subject: Re: Org-mode versus Taskpaper - now for real Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:05:36 +0200 Message-ID: <87hcelch1b.fsf@kamaloka.dhatu> References: <0277B507-1486-4172-B1C6-1B73B84148DD@science.uva.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1543316390==" Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JgrIV-0003sX-RH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:57:51 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JgrIS-0003rA-NM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:57:51 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JgrIS-0003qo-Jl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:57:48 -0400 Received: from viefep18-int.chello.at ([213.46.255.22] helo=viefep15-int.chello.at) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JgrIQ-0004fW-HK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:57:47 -0400 In-Reply-To: <0277B507-1486-4172-B1C6-1B73B84148DD@science.uva.nl> (Carsten Dominik's message of "Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:28:37 +0200") 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: Carsten Dominik Cc: emacs-orgmode Mailinglist --===============1543316390== Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Carsten Dominik writes: > The important point I would like to make here is that for all > intents and purposes, Org-mode *is* taskpaper!=20 Here is what I think: Carsten *is* Clint! This was a very well planned, long prepared, identity-shifting and, indeed, very nasty April's joke. I'm reminded on the philosopher Paul Riccoer, who stated that words cease to be controlled by the speaker as soon as he writes them down and, thereby, makes them subject to interpretation. I think I was the first one to bring up the issue of complexity in the org/taskpaper thread. I never wanted to complain about this. In fact, I like it that way, because coping with complexity creates new ideas from time to time, even for a simple user. Since I use Org-mode (for more than a year now) I have learned many new features that I would miss very much, the table editor being one of them. I deem it an absolutely meaningful feature within a task management system, since it allows one to store a certain type of "reference material" (as David Allen would term it) directly in connection with associated projects. Great! I didn't take a look at the new ++ schedules and, so far, have no idea what they are for. But sooner or later I will come across a posting in this list, that will produce a new idea how this feature could make my life a little more easy. I'm sure about that. This is how a non-geek like myself makes use of complexity: slowly growing into it. And this is one of the main reasons why I read this list. By the way, I don't think that many newcomers are terrified by the complexity of Org-mode. Who -- as a non-geek newbee -- reads through the code and notices its complexity at all? They hear of it by a short howto on the web, download the package and start using it according to the howto. Gradually, as they read more and more pages of the manual, they become acquainted with the more subtle functions. Am I right? Thanks a lot for creating Org-mode Sven --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH8r/FV5JTHLAduAYRAuPJAJ99DAKv/uvP1qy1JC+W7e42IbTJuACeM0o+ E4Tf4/JgKc6jMHsOM39I1Bo= =7tvd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-- --===============1543316390== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode --===============1543316390==--