Re: Org expert mode?

[Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>]

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Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:

> Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:
>
>> So I naturally thought of something like an "Org Expert mode": when
>> turned off, the UI would *not* give access to complex features
>
> More precisely: the UI would not _display_ complex features, which will
> still be available anyway (of course).

I started using org only last summer, and found it a little daunting,
but reading the intro manual was easier than I thought.  There are lots
of complicated features, but I found it entirely easy to ignore
exporting, clocking, and many others.

Looking back, the hardest thing for a new person to learn is the
keybindings for scheduling, priorities, etc. in both the org mode view
and agenda view.

I don't see where having a mode to turn on and off would help any of
this.  I can sort of see the point about the export help, but I type
"C-e C-h h" so fast that it barely blinks by.  (Were I still on dialup I
would be cranky.)

Overall, I suggest enumerating what changes ought to be made for
non-expert mode, and then seeing if the complexity of having a mode is
really worth it, rather than inventing a mechanism and then looking for
ways to apply it.

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