Re: org-startup-truncated default should be nil [legibility 2/6]

[Texas Cyberthal]

That's a great idea. And if the Org tutorial included an easy option
to enable "PIM" mode for normie-noobs, so that Emacs starts behaving
like a PIM instead of an IDE, that would be even better. Someone who's
never coded before doesn't need IDE defaults.

On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 8:37 AM Corwin Brust <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 5:33 PM Texas Cyberthal <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> No, that isn't what I'm saying. I'm quite happy with Emacs, especially
>> Spacemacs. However, I had a much harder adoption experience than
>> necessary, and I find that the barriers to entry are preventing
>> normie-noobs from choosing Org as a PIM. So I intend to fix that.
>
>
> I'm not sure this is on-topic, but... what about creating a separate tutorial 
> just org-mode?
>
> The possibilities seem endless but, for example, this could
>  * provide instruction for different primary use cases (for me: note-taking, 
> prose, agenda, habit, babel, and literature)
>  * mention especially important customizations for the given usage
>  * offer "express setup" buttons to instantly apply settings from a sample 
> configuration.
>
> Finally, this could be added into the Emacs splash-screen alongside the 
> general tutorial.
>
> I like the idea of promoting org-mode to people using Emacs for the first 
> time and I like the idea of sensible defaults, especially that reduce 
> frustrations for users new to the GNU tool-chain That said, org-mode is lots 
> of things to lots of people, even notwithstanding the reticence to break 
> things for people who've had them working the way the like for decades.   I 
> think this is fundamentally an education problem.   But even if that's wrong, 
> I think we should look closely at education as a solution.
>
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