That's an interesting point. I started using org-mode randomly, because I was writing an outline and didn't care for outline-mode and figured org-mode should be compatible. After I'd used it for a couple outlines, I found it could export to HTML. And LaTeX. And worked as a day planner...
In terms of marketing within the Emacs community, it might be worth advertising it as an outline-mode replacement. Has anyone written a simple tutorial explaining how to use org-mode just in this way, and then providing a link to, say, the manual/Worg at the end? Most of the tutorials I've seen have been focused on org's time-management capabilities. But the ability to type up an outline, manage that outline, expand it into a document, and export it separately as a Beamer presentation with notes, a PDF, and a webpage are "killer app" functionality in their own right! On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:19 PM, User<spamfilteracco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bastien <bastienguerry <at> googlemail.com> writes: >> >> Org-mode didn't win but it was really great to participate and to have >> all these nice contributions from so many people! > > No wonder it didn't win. Non-emacs users have few incentive to > try it, since they think emacs is bad looking and primitve in > general, so they are looking for something more flashy instead > and do not even try it. > > On the other hand org-mode needs some marketing in the emacs > community as well. I'm a longtime emacs user and heard about org > mode before, but I thought it was something overly complex and > looked for simpler solutions. Then I tried it one day and was > blown away by how mature it was and how well written the > documentation was. > > So it's a natural fit for an emacs user, but obviously alien for > people how don't use emacs and don't know the Emacs Way of doing > things. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
