Re: How to make Emacs popular again.

[Jean Louis]

* James Lu <jamtlu@gmail.com> [2020-09-27 23:40]:
> Sure, but when I search "emacs org-mode deadline agenda"
> on Google, I get an helpful page from org-mode manual
> as the first result. I want to sort by deadline, not see what's
> due today. "I want to do X" guides don't appear.

> "emacs org-mode sort by deadline agenda" gets
> me this that just tells me to follow another link and read
> several more paragraphs:
> https://orgmode.org/manual/Sorting-of-agenda-items.html

When faced with those issues, I am using the built-in info system, so
something like {C-h i} then I find "Org Mode" then inside there, I am
using {C-s deadline}, so I need not have any Internet access at all
and need not consult same information online.

Emacs and Org Mode and many other features are well documented in the
GNU systems, so use info, manuals, and /usr/share/doc/ information.

> Compare that to most task managers that simply show you
> where on the GUI to do it. I want a guide and a lecture, not
> a lecture and a puzzle. Even if it's a little puzzle, I shouldn't
> have to think about it to do a task other people have done
> before.

Look into the information above, it is most probably already on your
computer.

The information on how to use the info system is in Help -> Tutorial

Jean