From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leonard Avery Randall Subject: Re: A gentle introduction to Emacs & Org-mode? Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:07:35 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20140723232013.42690fcf@aga-netbook> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48787) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XA5EF-0007R3-Nw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:41:52 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XA5E6-0002O8-Lf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:41:43 -0400 Received: from mail-wg0-x22d.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::22d]:35248) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XA5E6-0002O1-AH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:41:34 -0400 Received: by mail-wg0-f45.google.com with SMTP id x12so1859754wgg.4 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:41:32 -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 Hi Marcin I switched from Scrivener to org-mode about 11 months ago. I would say the biggest hurdles were getting used to the key bindings, and configuring the back-ends. The emacs tutorial was fairly useful. For the Org-Mode key bindings, I just printed out the starter pdf and put it next to my computer for a while. Regarding the build, I tried several distros and I found vanilla emacs with prelude to be most useful for me as a beginner. (Some people advise against starter packs, and I would try to move away from the prelude custom key bindings, but the packages it includes are fairly useful. It is also fairly easy to customise). Regarding writing in org-mode. Does your friend use MMD and latex with Scrivener? If so the transition is not nearly as difficult. Some of the markup is similar. If he uses rich text rather than MMD, it is worth noting that Scrivener has facilities to transform rich text into MMD. Once you have that, you can use regex searches to convert MMD syntax to org syntax. (I have some regex functions kicking around somewhere in my init files, let me know if you want me to find them and send them to you). If he has a latex setup he likes, he should be able to move it into his init file without too much effort. (Worg and the org guide is fairly useful for helping you figure out how to configure the back-ends). If he does not already use latex the transition may be harder, depending on how specific his formatting and citation requirements are. It will probably still be doable, but probably not in two days. Hope this helps, All best, Leonard Marcin Borkowski writes: > 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? 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?) > > Best, -- Leonard A. Randall PhD Candidate Departments of Philosophy University of St Andrews