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

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