From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) Subject: Re: Org Tutorials need more structure Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:56:24 -1000 Message-ID: References: <52474101.7010904@verizon.net> <20130928233159.56203f9f@aga-netbook> <20130929072801.GS12411@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43593) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VQhiJ-0003rN-Lx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:57:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VQhiC-0007mN-9q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:56:55 -0400 Received: from oproxy1-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com ([66.147.249.253]:60042) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VQhiC-0007mB-3Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:56:48 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20130929072801.GS12411@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> (Suvayu Ali's message of "Sun, 29 Sep 2013 09:28:01 +0200") 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: Suvayu Ali Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Aloha Suvayu, I like this, too, except that I miss the capabilities of the export framework. How about?: a programmable and dynamic plain-text note taking platform and markup language All the best, Tom Suvayu Ali writes: > Hi, > > On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 07:29:26PM -0500, John Hendy wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote: >> > >> > In this vein, I think it would be useful to have a brief statement about >> > Org-mode that gives the interested reader from any background a good >> > feel for the scope of Org-mode and how it presents itself to the user. >> > I don't think the current statements about what Org-mode "is" do this >> > very effectively, though they might have done so in the past. >> > >> >> Absolutely love that, and this puts some of your earlier comments in >> perspective -- you're looking for the 30sec elevator pitch for >> Org-mode, and saying "this outline-y task manager" is not cutting it. > > To me the best way to describe Org is: a programmable and dynamic > plain-text note taking platform. All its features are essentially built > on this ability: planning & task management, authoring or publishing, > literate programming, and what not. On top of this, it can interact > with external applications for tasks like referencing (links, citation, > etc). Of course trying to faithfully outline this in a few words is a > herculean task. -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com