On Mar 23, 2010, at 8:42 PM, Matt Lundin wrote: > Hi Alex, > > Alexander Poslavsky <alexander.poslav...@gmail.com> writes: > >> There is a new tutorial on worg: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/ >> org4beginners.php. The idea is to write a tutorial for somebody who is >> new to org-mode. > ... >> For everybody: >> -What kind of tutorial would be the most useful? >> -What in your experience people find confusing? > > Thanks for taking the time to put this on Worg. I wish I had had such a > concise summary of the various flavors of emacs on different platforms > when I started exploring org-mode. > > I was wondering if you could elaborate on the following. Are you > suggesting that new users should never use M-x customize? Well, I don't know about anybody else, but I *never* use it. I think it is awful. But then, what do I know…. > > ,---- > | The biggest pain, when you just begin with Emacs, is the configuration. > | There is not really a menu for it (you might later hear there is, but > | they are lying, that menu is really there to trap innocent people), you > | need to edit a text-file. > `---- > > A few comments: > > 1. Some of the "step-by-step" instructions might be a bit easier to > follow in list format (rather than paragraphs). Hmm, I see your point, but having a tutorial that is just a bunch of lists looks really ugly. Off course if people don't understand it, it's not good either. Let's see if more complaints follow on this. > > 2. If I were reading the tutorial for the first time, I might conclude > that I had to place "#-*- mode: org -*-" at the top of all my org > files, even after configuring auto-mode-alist. fixed, added a note about that. > > 3. Why C-x b 2.org --> M-x org-mode --> C-x C-s as the recommended > workflow? Once the configuration file is set up, C-x C-f 2.org will > bring one right into org-mode. As far as I can see, that is actually what the doc says:
Save the file (*C-x s*) as 2.org, and you will notice that the colors change, syntax highlighting is turned on, and Emacs understands you are working in org-mode. but if it is not clear, let me know what paragraph you are refering to. > > Thanks again for all the work you've put into this. > > Best, > Matt > and thank you for your remarks! alex _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
