Re: Differences between Org-Mode and Hyperbole

[Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>]

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  > For distribution of project progress reports, minutes of meetings, ...

I don't think that most developers will want to format their progress
reports, let alone and print them.  If you want to do these things,
I'm glad Emacs makes it easier for you.  But that should be presented
as an advanced feature.

What we tell users now is

  Here's a system for formatting and printing things.
    By the way, it's good for editing your todo lists
    (and you can then format and print them, if you wish).

What we should tell them is

  Here's a system for formatting and printing things.

  Here's a system for editing your todo lists.
    (By the way, you can then format and print them, if you wish).

It could be the same set of features, and more or less the same
commands, but presented differently.

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