> As a non-emacs, non-lisp users, is this really worth trying to learn? I've been using org for about 2 years to take notes... I've taken several hundred pages

> As a non-emacs, non-lisp users, is this really worth trying to learn? I've been using org for about 2 years to take notes... I've taken several hundred pages worth of notes using it by now. I've been using it for about a month as my task / appointment manager, and I'm impressed by its flexibility. I was in the same spot when I started because there's a lot of things that Org is capable of. I used the following resources when I was learning Org. You might find them helpful: 1. Carsten Dominick (lead dev of Org-Mode) talks about Org at Google: http://orgmode.org/talks/index.html#sec-1 http://orgmode.org/talks/index.html#sec-1 2. "Power users describe their setup" section on the worg tutorial list: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html By this point, you'll have atleast some idea about how org can be used. If you decide to delve in further: 3. Sacha Chua's blog posts on Org-Mode: http://sachachua.com/blog/ http://sachachua.com/blog/ 4. Org compact guide: http://orgmode.org/guide/index.html http://orgmode.org/guide/index.html