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Re: Worg, the Org-Mode Community

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Post by girzel » Tue, Dec 01, 2015, 9:37 AM UTC

joonoro wrote: post #23

_yy wrote: post #17

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Doesn't have to be that complicated, though. I recommend starting with a simple workflow. As a former Vim user, I can recommend evil-mode and the SpaceMacs project: https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs https://bitbucket.org/lyro/evil/wiki/Home > An Emacs distribution - The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim, it's Emacs and Vim! Evil is a very, very complete Vim emulation in Emacs. I have yet to find a feature whic…

> Doesn't have to be that complicated, though. I recommend starting with a simple workflow. Definitely agree. I tried to force myself into using tags and agenda when I first started and it didn't end well. Instead you should start out using it as a simple TODO list manager and slowly use more advanced features when you figure out how they could fit in with your workflow. I think Carsten Dominik (the original author o…

I entirely approve of starting small, including avoiding tags and many different TODO keywords, but I think avoiding the Agenda is a bad idea. If your files start out simply, the Agenda will be easy to use. And once you learn its commands, and how to manipulate Org files through the Agenda (instead of editing the file itself), you will have gained a power that will continue to pay dividends later, as you get better at Org.

To me, learning to use the Agenda early on is as important as learning to use Emacs' basic movement commands early on: it will make everything after that much easier.

Re: Worg, the Org-Mode Community

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Post by daschwa » Wed, Dec 02, 2015, 3:30 AM UTC

joonoro wrote: post #24

daschwa wrote: post #14

Org-Mode has been the most rewarding part of using Emacs for me and has been what kept me from switching to another editor for more than two years now. I have a single Org-Mode file[1] that builds my entire development environment. [1] https://github.com/daschwa/emacs.d

> Org-Mode has been the most rewarding part of using Emacs for me and has been what kept me from switching to another editor for more than two years now. Same. Every now and then I think "ooh, Acme might be really cool" but then I remember it doesn't have Org-mode. It really is the killer-app of Emacs. I guess it's a good thing because it means I can finally settle on an editor long enough to master it.

Precisely.

Re: Worg, the Org-Mode Community

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Post by blue1 » Wed, Dec 02, 2015, 2:38 PM UTC

girzel wrote: post #60

jmnicolas wrote: post #27

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Well an outliner is really faster but sucks at showing the big picture. A graphical mindmapper is slower but is great when you want an overview. Ultimately you would need a combination of both, one where you create your outline and it's rendered as a visual mindmap. I'm not aware of any software that does that though.

There's another (Mac-only) bit of software called Tinderbox. I'm a die-hard Org user -- use it every day, and have written quite a bit of software on top of it. Tinderbox is the only program that occasionally makes me regret committing to Emacs/Org.

I've also been watching Tinderbox for years, it's a very interesting software, but never used it because it's non-FLOSS and single-platform.