Re: [Orgmode] Documentation wishlist items

2009-09-16 Thread Sebastian Rose
Bastien writes: > Sebastian Rose writes: > >> Here is some kind of outline for such a tutorial. > > Wow. That an outline for a full book! > > And I guess that's what comes at the horizon: an (O-Reilly) book about > Org-mode. It would not compete with the manual as a reference, but it > would

Re: [Orgmode] Documentation wishlist items

2009-09-16 Thread Peter Frings
On 16 Sep 2009, at 14:17, Jean-Marie Gaillourdet wrote: Another interesting source for inspiration might be the tutorials of the TikZ/PGF Manual. http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/base/doc/generic/pgf/pgfmanual.pdf page 20 till 54 I agree, the tikz manual is really good. Anothe

Re: [Orgmode] Documentation wishlist items

2009-09-16 Thread Jean-Marie Gaillourdet
Am 16.09.09 11:46, schrieb Bastien: > Sebastian Rose writes: > >> Documentation is not such an easy thing to do and a lot of work, too. A >> tutorial _is_ missing. We had some discussions here about that, but no >> one got around to it. I think about it every so often, but writing a >> tutorial i

Re: [Orgmode] Documentation wishlist items

2009-09-16 Thread timetrap
Configuration through dialectic. I like it. Why not start a thread, and have an experienced user teach a newbie how to get this org-mode thing working. The only portion of the thread that would be published would be from the two users, and the rest of the list could inject comments into the threa

Re: [Orgmode] Documentation wishlist items

2009-09-16 Thread Greg Newman
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:46 AM, Bastien wrote: > Sebastian Rose writes: > > > I would love to see a dialog between two org-ers, exchanging on how they > progressively adapt Org to their needs or any other topics. This could > actually be a bit more fun to write, and I'm sure the result would be

Re: [Orgmode] Documentation wishlist items

2009-09-16 Thread Bastien
Sebastian Rose writes: > Here is some kind of outline for such a tutorial. Wow. That an outline for a full book! And I guess that's what comes at the horizon: an (O-Reilly) book about Org-mode. It would not compete with the manual as a reference, but it would make it easier to more people t

Re: [Orgmode] Documentation wishlist items

2009-09-16 Thread Bastien
Sebastian Rose writes: > Documentation is not such an easy thing to do and a lot of work, too. A > tutorial _is_ missing. We had some discussions here about that, but no > one got around to it. I think about it every so often, but writing a > tutorial is such a big thing to do. I'm a go player.

Re: [Orgmode] Documentation wishlist items

2009-09-16 Thread Bastien
Hi Ethan, Ethan writes: > I've been studying org-mode for a few months now, and I think I'm finally > getting the hang of it. It's really overwhelming, and I really appreciate the > efforts that must have gone into the manual and the worg project. But I think > it still needs work. "needs" is t

Re: [Orgmode] Documentation wishlist items

2009-09-15 Thread Sebastian Rose
Ethan writes: > Hi guys, > > I've been studying org-mode for a few months now, and I think I'm finally > getting the hang of it. It's really overwhelming, and I really appreciate > the efforts that must have gone into the manual and the worg project. But I > think it still needs work. > > The fund

[Orgmode] Documentation wishlist items

2009-09-15 Thread Ethan
Hi guys, I've been studying org-mode for a few months now, and I think I'm finally getting the hang of it. It's really overwhelming, and I really appreciate the efforts that must have gone into the manual and the worg project. But I think it still needs work. The fundamental problem is that org-m