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From: suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
To: Stephen Eglen <S.J.Eglen@damtp.cam.ac.uk>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Difficulty of using Org mode
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 19:25:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMXnza0p=gN-qkerb-2XpxpvCZpgugKB0KAOVFHGVhUVSg81+A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <t5xd35d7q3i.fsf@rgc.damtp.cam.ac.uk>

Hi,

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Stephen Eglen <S.J.Eglen@damtp.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> I guess if you were to ask me what I found difficult, was that it was
> quite overwhelming knowing where to start.  (So I started small by
> learning the agenda features...)

IMO the reason many have this problem because they think "I need to know
everything Org-mode can do" or "I want to customise Org-mode" from the
very beginning.

The way I went about it was to get an overview of the capabilities from
Worg and start using only the features I needed (in my case note taking
and export). As I became more familiar, I delved into other features
(like agenda, babel) and customisation of the already familiar features
(e.g. custom export hooks, personalised colour theme etc).

Idea: Maybe this could be a nice entry on the FAQ, "Where do I start?".
Maybe even a dedicated page on the Worg Index page. Any volunteers?

:)

-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-06-05 17:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found]   ` <m2ehpxv7yw.fsf@damtp.cam.ac.uk>
     [not found]     ` <CANROs4eR9PC8DiwbNS2K6odWMHhCC1k4e3VfdReTmByqQ526Hg@mail.gmail.com>
2012-06-02 22:21       ` Difficulty of using Org mode Michael Hannon
2012-06-04  6:29         ` Bastien
2012-06-04  7:46           ` Michael Hannon
2012-06-05 15:09             ` Stephen Eglen
2012-06-05 17:25               ` suvayu ali [this message]
2012-06-06 16:48                 ` Memnon Anon

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