From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Org Tutorials need more structure Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:35:52 +0200 Message-ID: <1ABC61DD-96A6-410A-AE49-E3B2288B2284@gmail.com> References: <5246E70E.7000705@verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_0092775D-854F-4294-8490-D912970EEEAB"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54317) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VPxUv-0004Df-Lu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:36:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VPxUk-0007vl-Le for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:36:01 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-x229.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::229]:59165) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VPxUk-0007vg-EG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:35:50 -0400 Received: by mail-we0-f169.google.com with SMTP id t60so3953815wes.0 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 09:35:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5246E70E.7000705@verizon.net> 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: Charles Millar Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --Apple-Mail=_0092775D-854F-4294-8490-D912970EEEAB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On 28.9.2013, at 16:26, Charles Millar wrote: > Hi Carsten, >=20 > On 9/28/2013 2:11 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote: >> Hi everyone, >>=20 >> today I looked at our tutorial page at >>=20 >>=20 >> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html >>=20 >>=20 >> and came away with the feeling that that this page has become >> somewhat useless for people who are really new to Org.=20 >>=20 > - I disagree. Your Google talk was just right - for me. It was my = first exposure to Org Mode. Well, I am glad to hear that it still does its work. >>=20 >> Can we have a discussion here on how this path should look like? >> When you came to Org-mode as a newby, what were the three resources >> that really made an impression on by being accessible and >> providing feel and promise for digging deeper? >>=20 > About three years ago I stumbled across Org Mode when I was searching = Emacs in general. (I already was familiar with Emacs, but only to "fool = around".) > After viewing the Google talk, I specifically searched Org Mode. The = three resources that made an impression: > - the general tutorials, starting with David O'Toole's,=20 > - the Compact Guide with the Further Readings, (I did not look at the = ones in the Org Manual) since this gave me a sense of how Org is and can = be used, and > - the mailing list, which was the one resource that has made the = greatest impression on me from the beginning. It has been and is my best = resource; it provides the greatest exposure to Org Mode both as to its = uses and sense of the Org community. Thank you for your input to this discussion. - Carsten > - Thank you Carsten, Bastien and all the rest if you for Org Mode. >=20 > Charlie Millar >=20 --Apple-Mail=_0092775D-854F-4294-8490-D912970EEEAB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSRwVoAAoJEO+gg/nAZuwMJ08H/1AOJ0fdHVG0g1zB181yptZm 0Cya5fR9Udgzq5P9Nqje0uPJkHDEWj3XVi0zL9BbWct3uRTEt3dDN620rVBpy69a 3yyIomy1W72QcaeHVNJJ/K61U44JrVAu/vZ38NX16h1ymHWUr1/KSN8aVBpZ1bgq PHQzbGHnqg1Q6ra07Zee9pCO3p0sTnX4Ew/32dicGbxHuuqk4YofM/Yy8/zSGJyN AaJuG5H9HL3PN72WCQTsPpFa4k97cvxTtv5JetwNUNbuI4/4vkA9ejjF5hk5LJ7y 9opUcgPFsHA232DPOlk881yUk4jZ+Ge8dkkg3Gac2UV6eJ3I0Y5MrqgdJg7hsWQ= =Q7sR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_0092775D-854F-4294-8490-D912970EEEAB--