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On 1/1/2017 6:49 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
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> On Sun, Jan 01, 2017 at 05:57:03AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> On 1/1/2017 5:45 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
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>>> On Sun, Jan 01, 2017 at 01:02:41AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>>>> emacs has org-mode built-in and org-mode is probably one of the
>>>> older mind mappers available for download.
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>>> +1 on org mode [...]
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>> That description is intriguing. Are there HOWTO's oriented to a
>> newbie who has never seen emacs?
>> TIA
>
> Getting started on Emacs can be pretty daunting, to be honest.
> It pays off big time, IMHO. One of the problems is that it's
> a very old program with a strong community and it has developed
> a 30-year old culture which is difficult to penetrate.

Any worse than Digital Equipment's TECO circa 1970?
You could do strange and wondrous things with it.
I'm new to Linux but no "spring chicken" ;/


>
> It displays one of those "documentation problems": in spite of
> being thoroughly documented down to tech function's source code,
> including full text search, all accessible from inside the edior,
> I had a tough time to "get into" the culture to be able to make
> use of it.
>
> I'd recommend just installing your distro's emacs (Debian's is
> pretty good, albeit not cutting edge) and working through the
> tutorial (available through the Help menu), keeping a tab on
> some idiosyncracies (e.g. the tutorial tries to nudge you into
> using cursor -- called "point" in Emacs jargon -- movement
> comands like control-n, control-p although the arrow keys work
> perfectly). Just ask away when stuck.
>
> For some pointers on Org-mode and specifically on org-babel:
>
> http://orgmode.org/
> https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/OrgMode
> http://orgmode.org/manual/index.html
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/intro.html
>
> and of course, the inimitable Sacha Chua's blog
>
> http://sachachua.com/blog/category/geek/emacs/org/
>
> Take a bit of patience wth you. It's worth it.
>
> Enjoy the ride

As soon as I solve my current hardware problems.

As I've said before, "If retirement is not for learning, what use 
is it?"
Thanks

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