From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: plain text best practice? Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:33:10 +0800 Message-ID: <87zk8hxdo9.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <20120605223813.464454b5@tomsarchtoo> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34789) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sc7zs-0004fe-6S for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:41:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sc7w2-0007n2-UN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:37:27 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:56008) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sc7w2-0007mt-NS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:33:30 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Sc7vy-0007XZ-Ge for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:33:26 +0200 Received: from 114.250.121.87 ([114.250.121.87]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:33:26 +0200 Received: from eric by 114.250.121.87 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:33:26 +0200 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 On Wed, Jun 06 2012, scrawler@gmail.com wrote: > howdy guys, > > I want to use org-mode for writing documents that don't necessarily > have very many headings or sub-headings. > > I could do: > > * Chapter One > lots of text > * Chapter Two > lots more text Is there anything wrong with this approach? I've used Org for novel translations, and do it just like this. If there are no logical divisions within chapters you probably don't want additional markup, it will just get in the way. If navigation is the problem, getting accustomed to keybindings like C-c C-n, C-c C-p, and C-c C-u can be very helpful. Also look at the docstring for `org-cycle', and you might consider binding a few outline-mode commands (like `hide-other') to your own keys, to help keep navigation and visibility under control. Keep it simple! Eric > or: > > * Chapter One > - lots of text > * Chapter Two > - lots more text > > or: > > * Chapter One > ** paragraph 1 > lots of text > ** paragraph 2 > lots of text > * Chapter Two > > ...but I'm not sure which to use. It almost seems like the last format > is the best, but I don't want to type paragraph headings. Maybe the > first few words of the paragraph could be a heading after the fact, but > not as I write. > > Apologies for such a basic question, but I how can I leverage org-mode > to just write? What do you do? > > thanks > > > > > -- GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10) of 2012-06-06 on pellet 7.8.10