Re: [O] Japanese popularity of orgmode

[Christian Wittern]

Here is another academic org user in Japan.  I started writing articles a
few years ago and am also using it for doing research etc.  I live in Kyoto,
so please drop me a line if something goes on here!!  Christian

On 2015-01-28 09:54, Waldemar Quevedo wrote:
> Ishikawa-san
> 
>> I know a super student. He wrote his thesis using Emacs with org-mode! 
> Sounds interesting, by any chance is it on Github or somewhere publicly
> available?
> 
> By the way I live in Tokyo, would be great to attend one of these Emacs+Org
> mode meetups in Kyoto or Tokyo! Japanese no problem ;)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> - Waldemar
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 2:20 AM, Tory S. Anderson <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> 
>     Thanks for the answer!
> 
>     Takaaki Ishikawa <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>> writes:
> 
>     > Dear Tory,
>     >
>     > Good point. I don’t know “taking off” is the correct word, but as you
>     mentioned, it’s still growing. I can see several reasons why you think
>     Japanese content has been increasing in the Web. First, some students
>     use Emacs in their university because their teacher also uses Emacs.
>     Then, the students use Emacs to write papers for graduation. I know a
>     super student. He wrote his thesis using Emacs with org-mode! After
>     graduation, they will be programmers, engineers, and researchers with
>     high-level technical skills enough to distribute their knowledge through
>     their blog and twitter. Second, We have several workshops related to
>     Emacs and org-mode. At least, two workshops are held a few times a year
>     at Kyoto and Tokyo. The participants of the workshops write blog entries
>     and release some emacs-lisp actively. An Emacs advent calendar is a good
>     example. Finally, we have many Japanese translated materials, manual,
>     tutorial, org-web, and twitter bot, to know org-mode quickly and easily.
>     And of course, the primary reason is that org-mode is very useful tool
>     to do anything with Emacs :-)
>     >
>     > Best regards,
>     > Takaaki Ishikawa
>     >
>     >
>     >> Jan 27, 2015 11:16 PM、Tory S. Anderson <address@hidden
>     <mailto:address@hidden>> のメール：
>     >>
>     >> There seems to be (and has been for a while) a growing Japanese
>     presence online with orgmode materials, documentation, addons, etc. Most
>     recenlty I found this blog: http://paper.li/highfrontier/1300501273 . I
>     had also noticed many of the page titles on the orgmode website/wiki had
>     Japanese content. This has me curious. Does anyone know the story of
>     what's causing it to take off in Japan, or whether "taking off" is even
>     the right word? Is it just a few people or a department at a university
>     that are using it?
>     >>
> 
> 


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Christian Wittern, Kyoto