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From: | Charles Millar |
Subject: | Re: [O] Org Tutorials need more structure |
Date: | Sat, 28 Sep 2013 16:50:09 -0400 |
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On 9/28/2013 3:52 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
Aloha Carsten,
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Strongly disagree with the sentiment. My undergraduate degree may gave been Physics, but I work as a freelance paralegal. I use Org Mode for project (file) planning, scheduling, drafting documents, etc. Also, I believe that there are some very active participants on this list who are not scientists and have made great contributions.First, I think that most statements about "what Org-mode is" are outdated. Many of them are quite good, but they represent the previous state of an evolving system and so fail to capture the full scope. To my mind, Org-mode is a "research programming interface" written by and for scientists who take very seriously certain core values of the scientific enterprise--reproducibility, open access, and open source (a partial list).
I use the LaTeX export to create pdf documents, such as contracts and pleadings, nothing "scientific" there. Sometimes I will export to utf-8 text file, so I can copy and paste into "those other" document formats. (Sorry to say, but most of the US legal community is still MS Word and WordPerfect oriented.) I believe that I can eventually use Org-Babel for reproducible "research", research being more other than scientific.Its original focus on project planning has expanded with two amazing and fundamental contributions, Eric and Dan's mature Babel implementation and Nicolas' new export framework.
No argument about the mailing list - see my earlier post. Also, Nick has helped me a few times; and I might add, I make sure that I read your posts - this is not to curry favor!These core values are manifest most clearly in the Org-mode community and its organ, the mailing list. There isn't a tutorial on how to use the mailing list! I'm confident that others in the Org-mode community admire Nick Dokos' contributions to the list as much as I do. It would be great to have his perspective and approach in a short, welcoming tutorial.
hth, Tom
Charlie Millar
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