From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alexander Poslavsky Subject: Re: org-mode tutorial questionaire Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:30:11 +0100 Message-ID: <616C6A36-9655-49C8-BCB5-8DD5AC76480D@gmail.com> References: <87bpeesu45.fsf@fastmail.fm> <99A2E2E8-6334-4148-9E65-CDCE2B99EF3F@gmail.com> <87wrx2r48k.fsf@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NuGML-0000BK-Jz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:30:17 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=49843 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NuGMK-0000B2-FS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:30:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NuGMJ-0003QK-5L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:30:16 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f219.google.com ([209.85.218.219]:59443) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NuGMJ-0003QD-0Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:30:15 -0400 Received: by bwz19 with SMTP id 19so5876490bwz.26 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:30:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87wrx2r48k.fsf@fastmail.fm> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode On Mar 24, 2010, at 12:46 AM, Matt Lundin wrote: > > Sorry if my question was unclear. I'm simply wondering whether we should > recommend a multi-step process to new users (i.e., C-x b to create a new > buffer and then C-x C-s to activate org-mode) when C-x C-f (find-file) > both creates a new buffer and activates org-mode immediately. Of course, > all this is a matter of taste (as is almost everything in emacs)! But I > suspect a new user might find it a bit crufty if org-mode commands don't > work *until* the buffer is first saved. Also, C-x b (switch-to-buffer) > followed by C-x s typically requires you to provide two names (first the > buffer and then the file), whereas C-x C-f does everything at once. You are probably right, leaving out C-x b, will make it just a bit simpler, thanks, alex