Hi all, Org tries to stay as simple/accessible as possible for newbie and as complete/flexible as possible for power users.
The documentation and the UI are central for this: the documentation should promote core features, document complex ones, and give pointers on how to hack Org -- it does that already IMO; the UI should give access to core features and give hints on complex ones, so that the user can learn more. I've just added the ability to run a custom function for bulk agenda actions (thanks to Puneeth for the patch!) This is clearly for power users -- or those who are willing to take the time to find functions that we might document in Worg. So I naturally thought of something like an "Org Expert mode": when turned off, the UI would *not* give access to complex features and perhaps display more helpful messages on simple ones; when turned on, Org would have a less verbose UI (think of the C-c C-e window, do we really want to *read* it all the times?) and give access to all the complex features. This is really just a call for ideas/comments -- I wonder if people already came accross such an idea and and what they think. I'm myself not convinced: it's a good thing that Org doesn't need an Expert mode so far, it means newbies are not confused by the UI, and experts are not frustrated by it either. But I expect neat features can emerge from the discussion. Thanks for your thoughts! -- Bastien
