From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Manish Subject: Re: A gentle introduction to Emacs & Org-mode? Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:17:07 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20140723232013.42690fcf@aga-netbook> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b5d4b46e8295404fef54ffd Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52599) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XAOWU-0003cM-2R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:17:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XAOWS-0005X0-Ub for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:17:49 -0400 Received: from mail-oa0-x22b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22b]:49866) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XAOWS-0005WE-NR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:17:48 -0400 Received: by mail-oa0-f43.google.com with SMTP id i7so4343905oag.16 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:17:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140723232013.42690fcf@aga-netbook> 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: Marcin Borkowski Cc: Org-mode mailing list --047d7b5d4b46e8295404fef54ffd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > Hi list, > > this is only partially Org-ode related, but I hope I'll be excused. > A friend of mine uses Scrivener; he also does some simple > JavaScript/jQuery programming and HTML/CSS editing. He *is* interested > in Emacs & Org-mode, but does not want to spend more than, say, 2 days > on installing, configuring and learning basics of E&Om. Are there any > resources which might help? I offered him some help with installing > and teaching, but what could I use? (Of course, the built-in tutorial > and Sacha Chua's sketch-tutorials are great, but what else does there > exist? I found this to be very helpful - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/tutorials/au-emacs1/index.html > Also, is prelude or Emacs Starter Kit a good idea? I > understand this is opinion-based, but maybe someone has some experience > *teaching* Emacs and Org-mode?) > > =E2=80=8BI recently had to start from scratch and I tried Emacs-Starter-Kit= and Prelude. Prelude seemed to fit my needs much better and got me up and running pretty quickly. Thanks -Manish --047d7b5d4b46e8295404fef54ffd Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Wed, Jul 23, = 2014 at 5:20 PM, Marcin Borkowski <m= bork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> wrote:=
Hi list,

this is only partially Org-ode related, but I hope I'll be excused.
A friend of mine uses Scrivener; he also does some simple
JavaScript/jQuery programming and HTML/CSS editing. =C2=A0He *is* intereste= d
in Emacs & Org-mode, but does not want to spend more than, say, 2 days<= br> on installing, configuring and learning basics of E&Om. =C2=A0Are there= any
resources which might help? =C2=A0I offered him some help with installing and teaching, but what could I use? =C2=A0(Of course, the built-in tutorial=
and Sacha Chua's sketch-tutorials are great, but what else does there exist? =C2=A0

I found this to be ve= ry helpful -=C2=A0http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/tutorials/au-= emacs1/index.html
=C2=A0
Also, is prelude or Emacs Starter Kit a good idea? =C2=A0I
understand this is opinion-based, but maybe someone has some experience
*teaching* Emacs and Org-mode?)


=E2=80=8BI recently had to start fr= om scratch and I tried Emacs-Starter-Kit and Prelude. =C2=A0Prelude seemed = to fit my needs much better and got me up and running pretty quickly.

Thanks
-Manish
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