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Re: [O] Org Tutorials need more structure
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Marcin Borkowski |
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Re: [O] Org Tutorials need more structure |
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Sat, 28 Sep 2013 10:48:46 +0200 |
Dnia 2013-09-28, o godz. 08:11:23
Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> napisaĆ(a):
> Hi everyone,
>
> today I looked at our tutorial page at
>
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html
>
> and came away with the feeling that that this page has become
> somewhat useless for people who are really new to Org. I think
> the page should start with a section of true recommendations
> for beginners, a path we tell every new users to take in order to
> learn about Org mode.
>
> Can we have a discussion here on how this path should look like?
> When you came to Org-mode as a newby, what were the three resources
> that really made an impression on by being accessible and
> providing feel and promise for digging deeper?
As I hinted in my previous email, there are two cases:
1. Emacs users who are new to Org-mode.
This is basically covered by the manual. Period.
2. People new to Emacs who might want to use it /because/ of Org-mode.
Here we have a huge potential for improvement, so to speak;).
A couple of thoughts:
- Screencasts and videos might be a viable option (even though it is a
bit old, I consider your Google lecture a very good introduction to
Org-mode - a survey of features; it is, however, aimed more at a
power user than a newbie).
- What might be really interesting would be something along the lines
of C-h t. In fact, the Emacs tutorial itself badly needs an update
imho. And a similar thing for Org-mode might be even better. In
fact, though I am quite busy at the moment, I'd be happy to start
thinking about something like this in my free time. What do you
think?
- For new users, there might be an installation instruction /including/
installing Emacs (especially on Windows machines, where it might be
tricky). I think it should be emphasized that (at least in case of
Org-mode) Emacs may be treated more as an application framework,
which incidentally has more text-editing capabilities than, say, edit
boxes of GTK etc. (just a bit more, you know;)), and that Org-mode is
an application running in this particular environment. (Calling it an
Elisp Virtual Machine might be a bit stretching, though;).)
- Last but not least: we are still waiting for Sacha Chua to draw a
sketchnote-based intro to Org-mode;).
> - Carsten
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University
Re: [O] Org Tutorials need more structure,
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Re: [O] Org Tutorials need more structure, Thomas S. Dye, 2013/09/28