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[Orgmode] Re: Beginners guide to Org customization


From: Carsten Dominik
Subject: [Orgmode] Re: Beginners guide to Org customization
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 22:40:07 +0100


On Feb 5, 2009, at 7:01 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote:

Carsten,

That looks really good! (except for the FIXME at the bottom ;) )

I really like this version :)

I haven't verified that the setup steps you described actually work.
Somebody(tm) should probably do that with a minimal emacs setup.

I also haven't verified all the links referenced in the document go to
appropriate places.

Hmmm my setup doesn't have (org-remember-insinuate) (well it does
now!) -- I wonder what breaks if that is missing.

org-remember-insinuate is simply a shortcut for the
old setup where you had to add functions to hooks yourself.
The definition of it is:

(defun org-remember-insinuate ()
  "Setup remember.el for use with Org-mode."
  (org-require-remember)
  (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
  (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
  (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))

It actually does one more thing:  If remember.el is not
found, it defines a miniature, just functional version of it.

- Carsten




-Bernt

Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:

I have my home^h^h^h^h trainwork up as a new
attempt for the "Beginners Guide".
A lot more appropriate now, I think.  Bernt?

- Carsten

http://orgmode.org/worg/org-customization-guide.php


On Feb 5, 2009, at 3:21 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote:

Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:

I have made a structured list of 43 (which one can
we remove, please????) Variables that came in as frequently
customized variables in the customization survey.  It is not
exactly the top 43, I have used some additional judgement.

I think a lot of these variables are things you play with _after_
using
org-mode for awhile.  Maybe the following variables should be
introduced
later?

- org-archive-location

  the default works, and you don't archive anytime soon after
starting
  to use org-mode.

- org-startup-folded

  start with #STARTUP first?

- org-odd-levels-only

  Talk about the conversion functions too (org-convert-to-odd-levels
  and org-convert-to-oddeven-levels.)  I switched my files back and
forth a few times but ended up with oddeven levels due to the depth
  of some of my tasks.

- org-special-ctrl-a/e
- org-special-ctrl-k

  I should maybe try these one day :)

I've used org-mode for a few years now and I don't currently use these variables. They're great to have but not essential to getting started.

The default values for the variables work in most cases. I think the
ones that should be listed first are the ones you really have to
customize to get org-mode to work for you.  Beginners will not want
nor
need this amount of detail to be productive with org-mode. Having too
many variables to set up or play with up front may just scare people
away.

Maybe we just need to stress that customizations are optional and you
can completely ignore entire sections that don't apply to you
(clocking,
exporting, etc.) until you feel you need these additional features.

HTH,
Bernt





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