Re: Announcing Worg (Web-Org)

[cezar <cezar@mixandgo.ro>]

On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:49:19 +0000, Bastien wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm pleased to announce "Worg" (say "hello Worg!").  Worg is an attempt
> to implement distributed editing of .org files.  The purpose is:
> 
>   1. to edit .org files together
>   2. to have a nice user-contributed website around Org, GTD, planning
>   3. to see whether we can really *share tasks* over the web with Org
> 
> The Worg website is the output of the .org files.  Browse it here:
> 
>   http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/worg/
> 
> The git repository of .org files lives here:
> 
>   http://repo.or.cz/w/Worg.git
> 
> Anyone is welcome to contribute.  If you would like to do so, here are
> the first steps you need to go thru (ask for help):
> 
>   1. create a SSH key
>   2. create a user on repo.or.cz (and tell me your username) 3. install
>   git
>   4. pull the Worg repository somewhere on your disk
> 
> All this doesn't take very long and is explained here:
> 
>   http://www.cognition.ens.fr/~guerry/worg/worg-git.html
> 
> Once you've done that, here is a typical sequence of wor^D^Dfun:
> 
>   1. go to your Worg directory
>   2. pull any changes made by others (~$ git pull) 3. write tutorials
>   and code and whatever you want 4. commit your changes (~$ git commit
>   -a -m "My changes") 5. push your changes (~$ git push)
> 
> That's it.  You can even work offline safely, pulling and pushing will
> take care of any conflicts as simply as possible.
> 
> So instead of feeling lazy about some tutorial you want to write, just
> write the beginning of the tuturial, and add a new task for someone:
> 
> ** TODO Please continue my tutorial [[file:mytutorial.org][here]]
> 
> If you add the ~/org/Worg/worg-todo.org file to your agenda files, then
> you will see this task sneaking into YOUR list of tasks.  I know, tasks
> are very intimate things, but YOU define the way you want Worg-related
> tasks to be displayed in your agenda views.
> 
> There is way too much knowledge and code snipets living on this mailing
> list, I guess Worg would help beginners find their way thru Worg, and
> others find a more central place where to elaborate ideas and code.
> 
> Enjoy,

Great idea !