From: Russell Adams <RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.Com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Org as a publishing framework, where to start?
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 14:56:45 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111202205645.GU16723@x201> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACHMzOFPqjqG8K+7v_Pm+asP23-r1q0nKA5_9-VY6z9yfzTi7g@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 02:09:22PM -0600, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'd love to use orgmode as my publishing framework for ebooks (mainly PDF).
> I'd like some flexibility on defining the output. The thought of having to
> use OpenOffice / Office or even Adobe Indesign to write text is daunting to
> me. It might work for small reports, but for longer works, I'd rather write
> it in plain text, and org just makes things easier.
>
> I don't know where to start though. I don't have much time, and I'd like to
> design a nice beautiful layout for the book. Where should I start looking?
> What combos work best ? (org + LaTeX, etc) Is there any place I could get
> some ready beautiful LaTeX layouts to study from that could be used from
> org?
>
> Sorry about the ignorance, I might even be using the wrong terms here, the
> issue is that there's way too much information spread around, and I don't
> know where to start.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcelo.
My advice? Start writing in Org, and don't worry too much.
Org's latex output to PDF already looks good, and should you decide
later to update to a different page layout or template those settings
are normally global and set once for the whole document.
Its a case of focus on content, and make it pretty(ier) later. ;]
Thanks.
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2011-12-02 20:09 Org as a publishing framework, where to start? Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
2011-12-02 20:56 ` Russell Adams [this message]
2011-12-02 21:08 ` Thomas S. Dye
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