Vikas Rawal <vikasli...@agrarianresearch.org> writes: >> like the following: >> >> * Org mode is useful for >> ** Organising projects >> ** Maintaining TODO lists and calendars >> ** Keeping notes >> ** Creating high quality formatted documents >> ** Literate programming >> >> Each of the above could then be linked to relevant pages of the manual >> or worg. > > A slightly improved version in my view: > > * Org mode is useful for > ** Organising projects, maintaining TODO lists and calendars > ** Creating high quality formatted documents > ** Keeping notes > ** Literate programming >
Suggested slight change which mentions RR in addition to LP, and doesn't abuse the outline syntax (one of the most common beginner mistakes IMO). Org-mode is useful for - Organising projects, maintaining TODO lists and calendars - Creating high quality formatted documents - Keeping notes - Literate programming and Reproducible Research > > Would everyone agree that before "Download and install", we have > something like the above on the front-page? > > We would still need to decide what to do with the title. Following > suggestions have come so far: > > 1. Org-mode (only) > 2. Org-mode: your life in plain text > 3. "Orgmode is a Free/libre plain-text system for GNU Emacs for > organizing project, and maintaining TODO lists, keeping notes, doing > literate programming and exporting to many high quality formats." > 4. Orgmode is a Free/libre plain-text versatile personal workflow and > information tool for GNU Emacs allowing you to keep and organize > notes, projects, calendars, do literate programming and reproducible > research, and export all your informations and documents to a variety > of cam-ready formats. > 5. Org-mode: the text editor's best chance at achieving the singularity. > 6. Org-mode: It's difficult to say what exactly Emacs' Org-mode will > do for you; it's easier to list all things it doesn't do. > > I would actually vote for the old orgmode title phrase (option 2 above). > +1, I also like option 2 best of all those listed above. > > Vikas > -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte
