Re: "Why is emacs so square?"

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Kangas <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:28:01 +0200
> Cc: Joost Kremers <address@hidden>, Emacs developers <address@hidden>
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Unless I misunderstand what you mean by "Org syntax", I don't think
> > users who want to create documents with Org should be required to know
> > that syntax.  Instead, there should be commands to help them produce
> > correctly formatted snippets.
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean here.  AFAICT, there are already several
> such commands.
> 
> - To insert a new headline, type 'M-RET'.
> - To insert a source block, type '< s TAB'.
> - To insert org export headers, type ''C-c C-e #'.
> - To schedule a headline for later, type 'C-c C-s'.
> - To insert a link, type 'C-c C-l'.
> - etc.

Then it seems like I was right: there's no need for users who want to
produce documents with Org to be proficient in the Org syntax.  Right?