Re: please. Hekp me to start

[Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>]

Hi Nick!

This is an awesome response!

Great job!!

Regards,
Bernt


Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:

> Renato <renato.pontefice@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>> I know, ther's a lot of doc around there. But: can someone show me
>> "the best" road map" to start using (and learning) org-mode?
>>
>
> Org is a swiss army knife: if you open up all the blades and try to use
> them at once, you are going to hurt yourself.
>
> Start with one or two things that are interesting to you and ignore
> everything else: e.g. agenda and TODO lists for organizing your life;
> writing up notes for latex or html export. I mention these two because
> they account for about 95% of my personal usage, but you will have to
> adjust to taste.
>
> Resist the temptation to learn everything at once. Once you've used org
> for a while for the things that matter to *you*, extensions and further
> uses will come naturally.
>
> For example, learning about tables comes naturally in the note-taking
> process; then you learn about the spreadsheet and doing data analysis in
> org; then you go on to babel and "reproducible" research. That might
> lead to citations (a field of active research on the list
> currently). Then you might want to publish your notes so others can read
> them; or start a blog...
>
> Or you decide to organize your life even more and start clocking all
> your activities; track your habits; go on to quantify your life...
>
> All of these things and more are possible with org, but just because
> they are possible does not mean that you have to do them all (and
> certainly not all at once) in order to use org productively.
>
> Just remember: one blade at a time.
>
>> I've past the few days, learning emacs, and now, I think I'm able to
>> start using org-mode.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Renato
>>
>>