From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Kitchin Subject: Re: A gentle introduction to Emacs & Org-mode? Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:03:28 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20140723232013.42690fcf@aga-netbook> <87lhrdflbk.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59299) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XBwlP-0002ND-9t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:03:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XBwlK-0000Ve-Cz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:03:39 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87lhrdflbk.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (Bastien's message of "Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:03:43 +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: Bastien Cc: Org-mode mailing list , Marcin Borkowski This page has some links to some videos that you might find helpful: http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2014/07/12/Org-mode-is-awesome/. Some are more gentle than others ;) Bastien writes: > Hi Marcin, > > Marcin Borkowski writes: > >> Also, is prelude or Emacs Starter Kit a good idea? > > My very personal stand on this is that prelude and Starter kit > are good options when someone wants to discover Emacs, but can > sometimes get in the way: if something goes wrong, you are not > sure who to blame, the modified setup or Emacs. > >> I understand this is opinion-based, but maybe someone has some >> experience *teaching* Emacs and Org-mode?) > > My "teaching/helping" IRL experience is that people start with > a Starter Kit because they are afraid of the Beast, sometimes > for no good reasons. It's better to simply play by the rules: > that way, when something goes wrong, the odds are greater to > understand what and why. > > As for a gentle introduction with a wide scope on E&Om, I don't > think there is such a thing... sadly. > > Good luck to your friend! -- ----------------------------------- John Kitchin Professor Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu