From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: How to make Emacs popular again. Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 08:27:46 +0300 Message-ID: <20200928052746.GA18207@protected.rcdrun.com> References: <20200926163008.GS1349@protected.rcdrun.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="4596"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/1.14.0 (2020-05-02) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: James Lu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 28 23:53:36 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kN15T-00017e-VA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 23:53:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59394 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kN15S-0003er-Vc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:53:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57346) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kN14t-0002xW-LL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:52:59 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:59959) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kN14r-0004La-DO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:52:59 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.210.154.90]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000008DC87.000000005F725B36.000021E2; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:52:53 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/28 16:35:58 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -8 X-Spam_score: -0.9 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DATE_IN_PAST_12_24=1.049, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:256639 Archived-At: * James Lu [2020-09-27 23:40]: > Sure, but when I search "emacs org-mode deadline agenda" > on Google, I get an helpful page from org-mode manual > as the first result. I want to sort by deadline, not see what's > due today. "I want to do X" guides don't appear. > "emacs org-mode sort by deadline agenda" gets > me this that just tells me to follow another link and read > several more paragraphs: > https://orgmode.org/manual/Sorting-of-agenda-items.html When faced with those issues, I am using the built-in info system, so something like {C-h i} then I find "Org Mode" then inside there, I am using {C-s deadline}, so I need not have any Internet access at all and need not consult same information online. Emacs and Org Mode and many other features are well documented in the GNU systems, so use info, manuals, and /usr/share/doc/ information. > Compare that to most task managers that simply show you > where on the GUI to do it. I want a guide and a lecture, not > a lecture and a puzzle. Even if it's a little puzzle, I shouldn't > have to think about it to do a task other people have done > before. Look into the information above, it is most probably already on your computer. The information on how to use the info system is in Help -> Tutorial Jean