From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matti De Craene Subject: Re: A shorter manual Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 12:13:06 +0200 Message-ID: References: <096F60B3-65ED-464E-8CDC-1041CA69B706@gmail.com> <4BD85AD3.9070807@ccbr.umn.edu> <87aasn1pa4.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O8WAj-0001tQ-Sm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2010 06:13:13 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=42870 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O8WAg-0001t8-V6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2010 06:13:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O8WAe-00031e-V2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2010 06:13:10 -0400 Received: from mail-ww0-f41.google.com ([74.125.82.41]:35291) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O8WAe-00031I-QZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2010 06:13:08 -0400 Received: by wwg30 with SMTP id 30so255949wwg.0 for ; Sun, 02 May 2010 03:13:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: Dan Davison , emacs org-mode mailing list > Would you like to write that introduction? Sure, I'll put something together, either for the compact manual or for wor= g. Will not be for this week though. Kregs, Matti On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Carsten Dominik wrote: > > On Apr 28, 2010, at 8:43 PM, Matti De Craene wrote: > >>> - 2.8 Drawers >>> - 3.2 Column width and alignment >>> - 3.3 The Spreadsheet (4 rather technical pages) >>> - 7.4 Property Inheritance and 7.5 Column View >>> (do beginners really need properties at all ??) >> >> >> I would agree on this list (except maybe drawers). >> >> If there is room for additional sections maybe: >> - include the org ref card as an appendix (which in itself offers a >> very good overview of org) >> - include some pointers into getting emacs for different OSes and >> getting started with emacs. If there would be an O=B4Reilly book on >> Org-mode this would be in the first chapter or so. For people who >> started using emacs because of org (like me) the current Introduction >> might still be too cryptic (?) > > Would you like to write that introduction? > > - Carsten >