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From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: The statement on what is orgmode.
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:33:14 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87obi7xlxp.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87obi7dye0.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (Eric Abrahamsen's message of "Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:54:31 +0800")

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> Vikas Rawal <vikaslists@agrarianresearch.org> writes:
>
>>> One remedy, to this, and a thing I think would be nice in any case,
>>> would be if keywords in the presenting sentence would link to (worg?)
>>> feature pages. 
>>
>> Another possibility would be to make the title just say "Org mode".
>>
>> And the first headline, before "Download and install", be something
>> like the following:
>>
>> * Org mode is useful for
>> ** Organising projects
>> ** Maintaining TODO lists and calendars
>> ** Keeping notes
>> ** Creating high quality formatted documents
>> ** Literate programming
>>
>> Each of the above could then be linked to relevant pages of the manual
>> or worg.
>
> I like this -- it seems like the best crash-landing strategy for
> new users is to give them a single comforting phrase to look at (I liked
> the old "your life in plain text"), and then a concise list of things
> that org does, like the above.

When description becomes boring what is needed is a catchy phrase that
stirs up imagination.

    "Free/Libre Digital diary for DIY nuts/ Gen Z geeks/ nerds"

Freemind can create nice looking Mindmaps.

May be the above outline can be converted to a freemind which expands
and shrinks magically.

ps: I have org-e-freemind.el based on new exporter almost done.  It just
requires some tweaking before it lands.
-- 

  reply	other threads:[~2012-12-06 15:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-05 22:28 The statement on what is orgmode Vikas Rawal
2012-12-06  1:21 ` Rasmus
2012-12-06  3:26   ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-06 14:54     ` Eric Abrahamsen
2012-12-06 15:03       ` Jambunathan K [this message]
2012-12-06 15:25         ` Brian van den Broek
2012-12-06 22:00         ` Axel E. Retif
2012-12-07  0:18           ` David Rogers
2012-12-07  0:44             ` Axel E. Retif
2012-12-07  0:53             ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-07  2:10             ` Eric Abrahamsen
2012-12-13  0:11         ` Bastien
2012-12-06 23:04     ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-06 23:17       ` Eric Schulte
2012-12-06 23:56         ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-07  0:07           ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-12-07  1:00         ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-07  2:38           ` brian powell
2012-12-07  8:01             ` Alan Schmitt
2012-12-07 14:38               ` Rasmus
2012-12-07 15:18                 ` Brett Viren
2012-12-07  8:50             ` David Rogers
2012-12-07 18:44               ` What can *not* be done with Org-mode yet (was: The statement on what is orgmode.) Karl Voit
2012-12-07 19:40               ` [OFFTOPIC] The statement on what is orgmode Eric Schulte
2012-12-07 20:14                 ` Rasmus
2012-12-07 19:46               ` Ivan Andrus
2012-12-07 22:17                 ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-09  8:32                 ` David Rogers
2012-12-08  5:19             ` James Harkins
2012-12-12 23:52           ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-13  0:01             ` Bastien
2012-12-21 18:10               ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-12-23 11:56                 ` Bastien
2012-12-07 18:34       ` Karl Voit
2012-12-13  0:13       ` Bastien
2012-12-13  0:10     ` Bastien
2012-12-06  8:40 ` Sebastien Vauban
2012-12-06  9:10 ` Jambunathan K
2012-12-06 12:26   ` Vikas Rawal
2012-12-06 13:43     ` Marco

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