Re: "Why is emacs so square?"

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:59:06 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> said:

    >> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
    >> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 22:37:48 -0400
    >> Cc: address@hidden
    >> 
    >> Separate and integrated are not opposites.
    >> It is possible for several features to be integrated,
    >> in the sense that they work together _when you want that_,
    >> and also separate, in the sense that we describe each one separately
    >> and you can learn about one without paying the slightest attention
    >> to the others.

    Eli> I think it's more correct to say that Org features are well
    Eli> integrated, not that they are tightly-coupled in the sense that they
    Eli> cannot work separately.  I did (and do) successfully use a couple of
    Eli> Org features although I know and need very little of the rest.

And that 'little' extends to the Org syntax: there is no need to know
all of it, or even a large part of it, since basic use just requires
something like:

    * Heading level one
      Text

    ** Heading level two
      Text

    * Another heading level one

    ** TODO do some stuff

Itʼs only when you start wanting to change org's default behaviour, or
generate a custom agenda, or schedule TODO items, or track task time
usage etc, that you need to learn more.

Robert