Org-Mode Survey Results

Table of Contents

Survey introduction

A survey was conducted of org-mode users duing November 2007. An invitation was sent to the org-mode users list as well as announced on the http://orgmode.org web site. About 80 people resonded. This file contains a complete list of the answers, as the base of further discussion.

Survey created and summarised by Charles Cave mailto:charlesweb@optusnet.com.au

1. Which operating system, version and Linux distribution?

OSNbar
Windows31*******************************
Linux55*******************************************************
Mac OS X12************

The different Linux distributions:

DistributionNbar
Arch Linux1*
Centos1*
Debian14**************
Fedora7*******
FreeBSD1*
Gentoo7*******
Kununtu1*
MagicLinux1*
OpenBSD1*
RedHat2**
Solarus2**
Suse7*******
Ubuntu9*********
Unspecified2**

2. Which Emacs are you using (GNU/Xemacs, etc) and which version? Paste the result of M-x version.

Summary:

Emacs/XEmacsNumber of answers
XEmacs7
Emacs total73
Emacs 214
Emacs 2247
Emacs 2318

The raw replies can be found here.

3. When did you first start using org-mode and how did you find out about it?

4. What are your main uses of org-mode?

5. New features and product maturity?

Original question:

What new features (if any) would you like to see in org-mode or do you think the product has reached maturity?

6. Additional tutorials, documentation and screencasts would you like?

Original question: Which topics or "how-to" guides would you like to see in the documentation or as a tutorial or screencast?

7. Which features of org-mode do you use? (Spreadsheet, LaTeX, HTML, Remember, etc)

8. Your age

Age rangeNbar
16 - 200
21 - 255*****
26 - 3015***************
31 - 3521*********************
36 - 4011***********
41 - 4513*************
46 - 503***
51 - 553***
56 - 600

9. Which country do you live in?

CountryNbar
Australia3***
Canada2**
China2**
Croatia2*
France5*****
Germany17*****************
Hungary1*
Iceland1*
India4****
Italy2**
Netherlands3***
New Zealand1*
Norway1*
Pakistan1*
Romania1*
Russia1*
Scotland1*
Slovenia1*
Spain1*
Sweden1*
Switzerland1*
UK7*******
USA23***********************

10. Are there any other comments you would like to make about org-mode?

-end-

Appendix: Raw data for some questions:

Raw Emacs versions

Here are the detailed responses, for reference.

GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.10.13) of 2007-07-08 on malo, modified by Debian 2. GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-06-02 on RELEASE      
21.3.1 and 22.1.1       
22.0.96.1 on Windows CVS from the unicode2 branch on Linux     
Emacs 22.1 GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.10.11) of 2007-09-16 on zen     
Emacs 22.1. Where I happen to be sitting, M-x version says: GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8, X toolkit) of 2007-06-15 on sa
Emacs 23        
Emacs from CVS GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0) of 2007-10-31 on samarium   
Emacs22         
GNU 22.0.98.1   
GNU Emacs 21.3.1        
GNU Emacs 22.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2006-03-21 on YAMALOK   
GNU Emacs 22.0.91.1    
GNU Emacs 22.0.95.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2007-03-02 on pacem, modified by Debian       
GNU Emacs 22.0.96.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-03-24 on NEUTRINO   
GNU Emacs 22.0.990.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-05-23 on LENNART-69DE564 (patched)
GNU Emacs 22.1 
GNU Emacs 22.1 
GNU Emacs 22.1.1       
GNU Emacs 22.1.1       
GNU Emacs 22.1.1       
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i386-apple-darwin9, Carbon Version 1.6.0)     
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.0.0, X toolkit) of 2007-11-05 on selenium. dmg    
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-06-02 on RELEASE
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-06-02 on RELEASE      
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-06-02 on RELEASE      
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-06-02 on RELEASE      
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.8.20) of 2007-07-22 on nautilus, modified by Debian"        
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2007-08-22 on raven, modified by Debian   
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2007-11-03 on pacem, modified by Debian  
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2007-11-03 on pacem, modified by Debian - Gnu Emacs 22.1 windows version
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i586-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0) of 2007-11-06 on balada      
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) of 2007-09-27      
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.10.4)
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.10.6) of 2007-09-14, in an Eterm
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0, Carbon Version 1.6.0) of 2007-07-22 on applecore.inf.ed.ac.uk - Aquamacs Distribution 1.
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.10.0, Carbon Version 1.6.0) of 2007-10-04 on malibu.local       
GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0) of 2007-11-06 on king, modified by Ubuntu   
GNU Emacs 22.1.2 (i386-unknown-openbsd4.1, X toolkit) of 2007-06-10 on lucien.my.domain        
GNU Emacs 22.1.50.1     
GNU Emacs 22.1.50.1 (i386-apple-darwin8.10.1, Carbon Version 1.6.0) of 2007-10-02 on plume.sr.unh.edu - Aquamacs Distribution 1.2a      
GNU Emacs 22.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-07-07 on NEUTRINO   
GNU Emacs 22.1.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit) of 2007-06-18 on ...         
GNU Emacs 23.0.0.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-07-10 on BREP        
GNU Emacs 23.0.0.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-08-18 on TPAD        
GNU Emacs 23.0.0.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.8.20) of 2007-03-18       
GNU Emacs 23.0.0.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2007-08-13 on cera" (emacs-unicode2), Emacs 22.1 under Windows.         
GNU Emacs 23.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-11-13 (via CVS, compiled with GnuWin32 native tools rather than cygwin)     
GNU Emacs 23.0.50.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.1) of 2007-11-11 on elegiac, modified by Debian      
GNU Emacs 23.0.50.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.8.20) of 2007-10-14 on elegiac, modified by Debian"     
GNU Emacs 23.0.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.1) of 2007-11-15 on baldur   
GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1
GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0) of 2007-10-31 on samarium  
GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.10.14) of 2007-10-29     
GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i686-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0)  
GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i686-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0)  
GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.1)
GNU Emacs CVS (~23.0.50.1)     
GNU Emacs CVS 20071101  
GNU Emacs CVS 23.0.0    
GNU Emacs On Windows XP: GNU Emacs 22.0.990.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2007-05-23 on LENNART-69DE564 (patched) On Linux: GNU Emacs 22.1.50.1 (armv5tel-unknown-linux-gnu) of 2007-06-22 on homehub    
GNU Emacs and Carbon Emacs, both 22.1   
GNU. On Debian: GNU Emacs 23.0.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.1) of 2007-11-11 on elegiac, modified by Debian The other isn't available right now.        
Gnu Emacs 22.1.1 and 21.4 (patch 20) "Double Solitaire" XEmacs Lucid    
Gnu Emacs v22.1.50.1   
Gnu/Emacs GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0) of 2007-11-11
Carbon Emacs, an OS X distro of GNU Emacs 22.1.50       
XEmacs 21.4 (patch 19) "Constant Variable" [Lucid] (i486-linux-gnu, Mule) of Fri Nov 3 2006 on penell  
XEmacs 21.4 (patch 20) "Double Solitaire" [Lucid] (i486-linux-gnu) of Fri Oct 19 2007 on penell          
XEmacs 21.4 (patch 20) "Double Solitaire" [Lucid] (i686-pc-cygwin, Mule) of Fri Dec 15 2006 on vzell-de         
XEmacs 21.4 (patch 20) \"Double Solitaire\" [Lucid] (i686-pc-cygwin, Mule) of Fri Dec 15 2006 on vzell-d
XEmacs 21.4.20 (distributed with Cygwin)       
XEmacs 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" [Lucid] (i686-pc-linux, Mule) of Wed Jun 13 2007 on n2      
XEmacs Lucid 21.4 (patch 19) "Constant Variable" - on Windows, Similar on linux (not at machine)        
Emacs  
Emacs 21.4.1 emacs 21.?.? (at work, I'm not certain)    
GNU     
GNU 22.1.1      
GNU emacs       
GNU emacs 22.1.50.1 (snapshot)
GNU emacs GNU Emacs 22.0.97.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.4.13)

Raw ages

22      Sun, 11/25/07 6:38 PM 
22      Thu, 11/15/07 11:55 PM 
24      Fri, 11/16/07 4:15 AM 
25      Sun, 11/18/07 10:05 PM 
25      Sun, 11/25/07 12:04 PM 

26      Mon, 11/19/07 10:29 AM 
26      Sat, 11/24/07 4:38 AM 
26      Thu, 11/15/07 2:45 PM 
26      Thu, 11/15/07 7:22 PM 
27      Fri, 11/16/07 9:20 AM 
27      Wed, 11/28/07 3:20 AM 
28      Sun, 12/2/07 5:32 AM 
28      Thu, 11/15/07 10:06 PM 
28      Thu, 11/15/07 12:04 PM 
28      Thu, 11/15/07 12:17 PM 
29      Mon, 11/19/07 8:06 PM 
29      Thu, 11/15/07 11:27 AM 
30      Fri, 11/16/07 3:26 AM 
30      Thu, 11/15/07 10:07 PM 
30      Thu, 11/15/07 3:01 PM 

31      Fri, 11/16/07 2:30 AM 
31      Sun, 11/18/07 3:14 PM 
31 yrs.         Fri, 11/23/07 7:04 PM 
32      Fri, 11/23/07 10:11 PM 
32      Thu, 11/15/07 12:02 PM 
33      Fri, 11/16/07 12:54 PM 
33      Sat, 11/17/07 4:41 AM 
33      Sat, 11/24/07 2:28 AM 
33      Thu, 11/15/07 11:23 AM 
33      Thu, 11/15/07 11:34 PM 
33      Thu, 11/15/07 12:27 PM 
33      Wed, 11/21/07 11:57 PM 
34      Fri, 11/16/07 1:24 AM 
34      Mon, 11/19/07 7:31 PM 
34      Thu, 11/22/07 6:59 AM 
35      Fri, 11/16/07 3:23 AM 
35      Fri, 11/16/07 7:53 AM 
35      Mon, 11/19/07 10:03 AM 
35      Sun, 12/9/07 2:40 AM 
35      Thu, 11/22/07 6:47 PM 
35      Tue, 11/27/07 11:04 AM 

36      Fri, 11/16/07 3:19 AM 
37      Fri, 11/16/07 12:11 PM 
37      Fri, 11/16/07 12:36 AM 
37      Fri, 11/23/07 1:13 AM 
37      Thu, 11/15/07 9:09 PM 
37      Thu, 11/22/07 3:39 AM 
37      Tue, 11/20/07 10:55 PM 
38      Sun, 12/23/07 1:43 AM 
39      Sun, 11/18/07 9:52 PM 
39      Thu, 11/15/07 4:53 PM 
40      Thu, 11/15/07 6:00 PM 

41      Fri, 11/16/07 7:36 AM 
41      Sat, 11/17/07 9:27 AM 
42      Fri, 11/23/07 7:58 AM 
42      Mon, 11/19/07 9:18 AM 
42      Sat, 11/17/07 2:31 AM 
42      Sat, 11/17/07 4:32 AM 
42      Thu, 11/15/07 11:45 PM 
42      Thu, 11/15/07 8:23 PM 
43      Mon, 12/10/07 12:58 AM 
45      Fri, 11/16/07 3:21 AM 
45      Fri, 11/16/07 4:40 AM 
45      Fri, 11/16/07 4:40 AM 
45      Sun, 11/18/07 7:39 PM 

46      Fri, 11/16/07 4:18 AM 
47      Thu, 11/15/07 8:42 PM 
49      Thu, 11/15/07 11:15 AM 

52 Mon, 11/19/07 12:40 AM 54 Thu, 11/15/07 11:38 AM 54 Thu, 11/15/07 12:27 PM

Author: Charles Cave <charles.cave@gmail.com>

Date: 2008/02/12 12:28:15