David Rogers <davidandrewrog...@gmail.com> writes: > "Axel E. Retif" <axel.re...@mac.com> writes: > >> What about starting with a quote by Dr. Stefan Vollmar: >> >> ---- >> >> 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'm not SO sure that it's difficult. Let me try: > > Org-mode is a set of processors that work in the background of Emacs to > convert your text into action and your chaos into structure. With the > help of those processors, almost anything you type while using Org-mode > is already a computer program.
While these things are true, and well-stated, they're not really going to help someone who's just landed on the homepage and has no idea what he/she is looking at. If I didn't already know what org did, these descriptions would kind of beg the question...