Dnia 2013-10-01, o godz. 13:34:17 David Rogers <davidandrewrog...@gmail.com> napisał(a):
> Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Hi Joseph, > > > > On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 09:22:02AM +0200, Joseph Vidal-Rosset wrote: > >> > >> Example: I am presently mainly interested to see if it is possible > >> to use gnus to write a scientific letter with all conveniences of > >> texlive. Of course I can open a tex file with letter class and > >> send to my colleague a pdf file. But it would be more convenient > >> to write an email and using conversions to html and png images to > >> send to him directly this email. I guess it is possilbe to do it > >> with gnus. But the documentation is esoteric: I hear about links, > >> but how it works concretly with example understanble by a > >> newby ... mystery. It is therefore frustrating and quickly > >> discouraging. > > > > Your example is not beginner's tutorial at all! Nor is it something > > that the manual can cover. For esoteric/specific needs like this > > "advanced tutorials" are more appropriate. > > Part of this situation, part of what can be improved about the > tutorials, is that a beginner cannot know whether his request belongs > in a beginner's tutorial or not. Beginners cannot know ahead of time > what's hard and what's easy, and beginners often wonder "Can it do > that amazing thing I've been wishing I could do?" when they see a > piece of software that's new to them. Well, in case of Org-mode, surprisingly often the answer is "Yes, it can." ;) > Face it - Org-mode is ALREADY esoteric in itself, so it's quite > reasonable that beginners will continue to expect it to be able to do > esoteric things that don't happen to be the ones that are already > easy - unless there's a convenient way for them to find out. I woudn't call Org-mode "esoteric". For Emacs users, it is quite a natural thing. For non-Emacs-users, maybe, but still, its simplicity and newbie-friendliness is amazing (deceptively, I'd call it;)). Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Adam Mickiewicz University
