From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: 'Mash Subject: Re: Professional PDF LaTeX templates? Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:04:29 +0000 Message-ID: <20110316110429.19583tdvlcfb6y4g@webmail.tuffmail.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36444 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PzoWq-0005zA-0o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:04:40 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PzoWk-0005aB-TD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:04:32 -0400 Received: from mxout-08.mxes.net ([216.86.168.183]:42679) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PzoWk-0005a5-Nj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:04:30 -0400 Received: from wm1.irbs.net (wm1.irbs.net [216.86.168.168]) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81933509ED for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:04:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (wm1.irbs.net [216.86.168.168]) by wm1.irbs.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 4B9AE5005E4 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:04:29 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Emacs Org mode mailing list Quoting Eric S Fraga : > >>> 2011/3/14 Thomas Herbert >>>> >> >>>> Afternoon, >>>> >>>> I wonder if anyone had any good examples of org-mode LaTeX templates wi= th >>>> which to export professional looking PDFs? >>>> >>>> It is my big issue with org-mode at the moment, and I have tried readin= g >>>> what I can on LaTeX styling but it is getting to the point that I am >>>> spending way to much time trying to learn enough LaTeX only to =20 >>>> find I can't >>>> translate it into anything that looks the quality of using MS =20 >>>> Word and Adobe >>>> Flashpaper. > > Not intending to start a flame war but my experience is that latex, even > with everything at default settings, beats a typical MS Word document > hands down! At least in academic circles, many publishers use latex for > the final typesetting stage even if the original article was submitted > in MS Word. > > The negative aspect, for some, about latex is that everything is > customisable (as you have alluded to) given that it is but a set of > macros built on top of the TeX typesetting system (thank you Donald > Knuth!). Because the underlying system is both robust and > comprehensive, anything is possible! The power of TeX comes partly from > the basis being both page and paragraph formatting, as opposed to line > by line formatting which tools like MS Word use. > > Therefore, I am curious as to what you wish to achieve: > > John Hendy writes: >> Instead... could you provide something you think is professional to >> set the bar and those on the list can either match it or point you in >> the direction of something they've seen or already created to fit into >> your genre of "professional"? > > This would indeed be very useful. Sorry yes my question was fairly vague. Also I actually had trouble =20 trying to find an example of what I mean. But let me clarify. I suppose by "professional" I really meant "polished", and so it is =20 LaTeX styling I have having trouble with, it may also be laziness on =20 my part. I have tried searching for LaTeX styling which I can =20 translate into a few org-mode header declarations but still can't work =20 out what is or is not compatible with org-mode (LaTeX classes) or how =20 to implement styling correctly. I think what it is that I have been using CSS for so long that I am =20 getting frustrated in not being able to produce the level of results I =20 want in LaTeX. Also I feel like a complete numpty not being able to =20 clearly understand how to build and define external LaTeX classes I =20 can call to output my simple .org file to a "polished" .pdf. I.e. =20 margins, line-heights, different block element font styling, common =20 graphical page headers or footers. There are a huge amount of LaTeX examples on the web, but they are =20 full documents with inline elements, I wanted to know if anyone has =20 already setup classes that work, with notes on LaTeX dependencies (and =20 how and where to download them from) which they use day to day to =20 produce reports, articles, contracts or client proposals from simple =20 .org files? Is that any clearer?