From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Oleksandr Gavenko Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: org-mode for note taking Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:04:10 +0200 Organization: Oleksandr Gavenko , http://gavenkoa.users.sf.net Message-ID: <87zk2shsyt.fsf@gavenkoa.example.com> References: <21629ace-651b-4d95-8909-529cf2b5f761@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1352397884 26885 80.91.229.3 (8 Nov 2012 18:04:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 18:04:44 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 08 19:04:54 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TWWTG-0000Xj-4L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:04:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39694 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWWT6-0005lp-W0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:04:44 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57728) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWWSt-0005kT-FU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:04:40 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWWSo-0002MY-N3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:04:31 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:46271) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWWSo-0002MO-HS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:04:26 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TWWSt-0000IH-Fq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:04:31 +0100 Original-Received: from 37.229.16.202 ([37.229.16.202]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:04:31 +0100 Original-Received: from gavenkoa by 37.229.16.202 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:04:31 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 27 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 37.229.16.202 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qPDI2l7BsG6KrsTif5WVRUG+F44= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:87594 Archived-At: On 2012-11-08, houkensjtu wrote: > However I should say, taking note in org-mode is just not comfortable. I considered why it makes me uncomfortable and here is some of them: > 1. I am not familiar with taking notes in plain text file. Usually plain text > file means hard to navigate, hard to read, ugly structure, to me. Emacs could > handle org file quite well, but WITHOUT emacs, on windows pc, on mobile > device, plain txt is just disaster. > 2. I don't know how organize all my contents when it become more and more. > With a hand writing notebook, I have physical "pages", in Microsoft Word, I > also have virtual "pages". In org-mode org file, I don't. It's like my org > file is a endless roll of toilet paper(forgive me for being rude)! And I think > it's the main reason makes me feels so uncomfortable to handle org file. > 3. Hard to import pictures, web pages...into org file.(In fact I don't know how). > > Is there any tips or suggestion to overcome these uncomfortable feeling? > Thx in advance! > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJTwQvgfgMM Emacs Org-mode - a system for note-taking and project planning Google Tech Talks July 15, 2008 -- Best regards!