From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Hannon Subject: Difficulty of using Org mode Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 15:21:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1338675698.75401.YahooMailNeo@web161901.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: Reply-To: Michael Hannon Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58899) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sawha-0005EV-M8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:21:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SawhY-00060m-9O for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:21:42 -0400 Received: from nm9-vm0.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com ([98.139.213.154]:40833) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SawhY-0005zo-0R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:21:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Org-Mode List Hi, folks.=A0 Just FYI:=0A=0A=0A----- Forwarded Message -----=0A>From: Yihu= i Xie =0A>To: Stephen Eglen =0A= >Cc: ESS-help@r-project.org =0A>Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 3:08 PM=0A>Sub= ject: Re: [ESS] knitr=0A> =0A>There is no point comparing markdown with org= mode, and the answer=0A>will be definitely this: org mode can beat markdow= n almost everywhere;=0A>they are not even comparable. The point is that mar= kdown was not=0A>designed to provide new features; it was designed to be si= mple so it=0A>intentionally discarded lots of features and people can learn= it=0A>quickly. I have tried a few times to learn org mode, and it is just= =0A>too complicated for me.=0A>=0A>Regards,=0A>Yihui=0A>--=0A>Yihui Xie =0A>Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name=0A>Departme= nt of Statistics, Iowa State University=0A>2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA=0A>= =0A>=0A>On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Stephen Eglen wrote:=0A>>=0A>> That's interesting that LaTeX was a barrier for R u= sers.=0A>>=0A>> I've not used Markdown before; it seems neat, but what does= it offer=0A>> that org mode doesn't? =A0I see there is a markdown-mode.el= =0A>>=0A>> http://jblevins.org/projects/markdown-mode/=0A>>=0A>> that has s= ome support for org mode style cycling of outlines.=0A>>=0A>> Anyone prefer= markdown to org mode, and if so why?=0A>>=0A>> (If anyone is interested, o= n the org mode list recently there was=0A>> discussion about exporting org = docs to markdown.)=0A>>=0A>> Stephen=0A>=0A>_______________________________= _______________=0A>ESS-help@r-project.org mailing list=0A>https://stat.ethz= .ch/mailman/listinfo/ess-help=0A>=0A>=0A>