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Re: Differences between Org-Mode and Hyperbole


From: Marcin Borkowski
Subject: Re: Differences between Org-Mode and Hyperbole
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 21:53:47 +0200
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On 2016-07-05, at 21:44, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:

>> From: Marcin Borkowski <address@hidden>
>> Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 20:21:30 +0200
>> Cc: Eric Abrahamsen <address@hidden>, address@hidden
>> 
>> On 2016-07-02, at 00:09, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> >   > 2. The spreadsheet. Apparently table.el was either too complicated or
>> >   >    too limiting to be easily used. Probably what should have happened
>> >   >    here is that table.el should have been improved. There's no 
>> > intrinsic
>> >   >    reason why the spreadsheet aspect of Org needs to rely on Org's
>> >   >    markup, or its major mode.
>> >
>> > This could be an instance of the problem I mean.  If the spreadsheet
>> > were a separate facility from Org mode, so that you could use either
>> > one without the other, that doesn't mean they could not work together
>> > well also.
>> 
>> Org spreadsheet can use values in headline's properties.  That _might_
>> be tricky to do if it were a separate mode.
>
> Which, of course, flies in the face of your assertion that no previous
> knowledge of Org is needed before its features can be used.

How?  "Can" does not mean "must".  I used that feature exactly _once_,
and I even don't remember how to use it.  Yet, I use other features of
Org on a daily basis.

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University



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