Re: Re: Writing a dissertation using org-mode

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>
Cc: Markus Heller <hellerm2@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: Writing a dissertation using org-mode
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:49:11 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1710748F-BD4F-43D0-8669-860366CB1762@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8EF1CD13-7E96-4A12-93AC-96409E1AAF2E@tsdye.com>

On Mar 21, 2010, at 8:19 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote:

> Hi Carsten,
>
> I added an entry to the Export section of the FAQ.

Thanks Tom!

- Carsten

>
> All the best,
> Tom
>
> On Mar 9, 2010, at 6:27 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
>> Hi Thomas,
>>
>> I think this explanation would be good to have (a bit longer,  
>> maybe) in the FAQ.
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>> On Mar 7, 2010, at 4:10 AM, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 6, 2010, at 1:54 PM, Eric S Fraga wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I have to agree with Torsten: I'd write the thesis directly in  
>>>>> LaTeX,
>>>>> only because of the power of AUCTeX and RefTeX (and preview, if  
>>>>> you
>>>>> have lots of plots and math).
>>>>
>>>> For me, org-mode's power overwhelms what auctex brings to the show.
>>>> Not having to worry about any \begins etc not only keeps the text
>>>> cleaner, it helps me in my continuing battle against RSI!
>>>>
>>>> However, I do agree that reftex is particularly useful and I do  
>>>> miss
>>>> some aspects of it.
>>>>
>>>> The preview aspects will of course depend on the topic of the  
>>>> thesis!
>>>
>>> Aloha Eric,
>>>
>>> I have this in my emacs starter-kit and it gives me access to  
>>> reftex in latex code blocks in org-babel.  I've changed a few  
>>> things from the code I found on the link provided, which has two  
>>> methods of integrating reftex with org-mode.  The link also  
>>> provides suggestions for key-bindings within org-mode.  Perhaps  
>>> you don't have to miss reftex anymore.
>>>
>>> *** ON Org-mode RefTeX setup
>>>   - Kevin Brubeck Unhammer, [[http://www.mfasold.net/blog/2009/02/using-emacs-org-mode-to-draft-papers/ 
>>> ][Reftex Setup]]
>>> #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle yes
>>> (defun org-mode-article-modes ()
>>>   (reftex-mode t)
>>>   (and (buffer-file-name)
>>>        (file-exists-p (buffer-file-name))
>>>        (reftex-parse-all)))
>>>
>>> (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
>>>            (lambda ()
>>>              (if (member "REFTEX" org-todo-keywords-1)
>>>                  (org-mode-article-modes))))
>>> #+end_src
>>>
>>> I was struggling without reftex!
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> Thomas S. Dye, Ph.D.
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>>>
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>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>>
>>
>

- Carsten