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Re: [Emacs-orgmode] Org-mode 4.39
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mtheo |
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Re: [Emacs-orgmode] Org-mode 4.39 |
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Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:55:15 -0700 |
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This is another big release with two exciting (I think...) new features.
This is also the last big release before the summer, I expect to have
one more bugfix release early in July.
On seeing this new release appear (and after undertaking a little exercise I'll
describe in a moment) I feel impelled to offer a public word of gratitude to
Carsten Dominik for the creation of org-mode, and by extension to all those who
have contributed in any way to this remarkable software.
After over 25 years as a contented and loyal vi user, I finally took the plunge
into emacs entirely because of org-mode's arrival on the scene. Better late than
never -- I've never been so delighted with a major change of tools.
The little exercise I mentioned only takes a moment, and I heartily recommend it
to anyone who hasn't tried it in a while. I simply opened up my TODO.org in an
"ordinary" text editor. When I realized how seamlessly org-mode takes this
tangled forest of stars and brackets and raw text, and transforms it into a
supple and effortlessly navigable tool for keeping on top of so much -- so many
things that would otherwise be lost or forgotten in the maelstrom of daily life
-- I had to make some public offering of thanks in addition to the private one I
expressed to him a couple of months ago (and a dozen and a half releases ago).
Carsten could quite justifiably have replied "You ain't seen nothin' yet!" and
it would have been a major understatement.
But he's way too modest for that; so once again, many thanks, Carsten!
Mark Theodoropoulos
Berkeley, California
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