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David Rogers <davidandrewrogers@gmail.com> writes:

> "Axel E. Retif" <axel.retif@mac.com> writes:
>
>> What about starting with a quote by Dr. Stefan Vollmar:
>>
>> ----
>>
>> It's difficult to say what exactly Emacs' Org-mode will do for you;
>> it's easier to list all things it doesn't do
>
>
> I'm not SO sure that it's difficult. Let me try:
>
> Org-mode is a set of processors that work in the background of Emacs to
> convert your text into action and your chaos into structure. With the
> help of those processors, almost anything you type while using Org-mode
> is already a computer program.

While these things are true, and well-stated, they're not really going
to help someone who's just landed on the homepage and has no idea what
he/she is looking at. If I didn't already know what org did, these
descriptions would kind of beg the question...