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From: suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Difficulty of using Org mode
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 19:25:29 +0200
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To: Stephen Eglen <S.J.Eglen@damtp.cam.ac.uk>
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Hi,

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Stephen Eglen <S.J.Eglen@damtp.cam.ac.uk> w=
rote:
> I guess if you were to ask me what I found difficult, was that it was
> quite overwhelming knowing where to start. =C2=A0(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?

:)

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Suvayu

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