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From: 42 147 <aeuster@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: converting people to Emacs and org-mode
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:10:07 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <txngunts.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)


Hello mailing list,

This might be considered off-topic.

The question is the title: have you been able to convert many people to
Emacs / org-mode? Are converts all programmers, or those versed in
programming? -- Or have you converted non-programmers, e.g., anyone who
edits text for a living?

It's impossible for me to have a conversation these days without
referring to org-mode. Since I use it for practically everything,
there's no way to avoid raising the topic. However, I do find it
difficult to convert people. I send them video captures showing off the
features, give real-time demonstrations, etc., and offer to work them
through the installation and lead them up the steep Emacs learning curve
-- but thus far, I've only gotten a couple people to adopt it. And that
after relentless advocacy.

Anyway, apologies if this seems to clutter the already highly active
mailing list. But I do think questions of proselytization (because we
/are/ talking religion here) is important.

42

             reply	other threads:[~2013-04-09  8:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-09  8:10 42 147 [this message]
2013-04-09  8:29 ` converting people to Emacs and org-mode Suvayu Ali
2013-04-09  8:47   ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-04-13  8:16   ` Karl Voit
2013-04-09  8:46 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2013-04-09  8:51   ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-09 10:21     ` Moritz Ulrich
2013-04-09 10:30       ` Thorsten Jolitz
2013-04-09 11:05         ` Torsten Wagner
2013-04-22 14:26           ` Eric S Fraga
2013-04-22 15:20             ` Loyall, David
2013-04-22 17:11             ` Bastien
2013-04-22 19:35               ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-04-22 20:03                 ` John Hendy
2013-04-23  5:19                 ` Achim Gratz
2013-04-23  6:38                   ` Thorsten Jolitz
2013-04-22 21:50               ` Samuel Wales
2013-04-23  7:29               ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-23  9:01                 ` OT: Emacs screen colors (was: converting people to Emacs and org-mode) Karl Voit
2013-04-23  9:28               ` converting people to Emacs and org-mode Eric S Fraga
2013-04-23  9:37                 ` Jude DaShiell
2013-04-23  9:48                   ` Eric S Fraga
2013-04-09 11:40         ` Bastien
2013-04-09  8:48 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-09  9:50   ` Bastien
2013-04-09 10:03     ` Russell Adams
2013-04-09 12:27       ` Eric Abrahamsen
2013-04-09 15:31         ` Christopher Allan Webber
2013-04-09 16:28           ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-04-12 22:17             ` Eric Schulte
2013-04-09 18:33         ` Loyall, David
2013-04-09 18:42           ` Chris Gray
2013-04-09 14:42 ` Gunnar Wolf
2013-04-09 21:03   ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-04-09 20:59 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-04-09 22:26 ` John Hendy
2013-04-10 12:03   ` Doug Lewan
2013-04-13  8:43 ` Karl Voit
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-04-09 23:59 42 147
2013-04-10  7:37 ` Bastien
2013-04-10 10:01 ` Suvayu Ali

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