From: chris.m.malone@gmail.com
To: "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>
Cc: news1142@karl-voit.at, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX (was: Fwd: Exporting latex without preamble)
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:30:28 +0000 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: <m1vcvnvnar.fsf@tsdye.com>
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Hi Tom,
I've seen many of the examples you've added to the mailing list and worg. I
also enjoy using Org-mode for writing my own documents and webpages -
currently I'm using it to write my Ph.D. dissertation.
I'm curious how you work on Org-mode papers for publication with
collaborators? In particular, do all of your collaborators know and use
Org-mode themselves? Our current method is just to use ordinary LaTeX files
in a CVS repository for collaboration. I think it would be difficult to get
my collaborators to all use Org-mode - even though they all use emacs.
Org-mode has quite a bit of a learning curve that they probably don't have
the time or patience to learn currently.
Chris
On Jun 30, 2011 2:35am, "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
> Aloha Karl,
> I agree that AucTeX is awesome. I use it every day at work with much
> pleasure.
> I've been using Org-mode with the goal of creating reproducible
> research, where the LaTeX output is just one part of the package. In my
> case, this is something that requires Org-mode for its ability to pass
> results between code blocks written in different languages. I can't do
> these things in AucTeX.
> At first, like you, I was suspicious of adding a layer between me and
> LaTeX. I was impatient with figuring out how to make the little things
> work right. I'm still not able to control LaTeX as finely as I'd like
> from within Org-mode, but I've managed to close the gap sufficiently
> that my last four publications were authored completely with Org-mode.
> The one I'm working on now is Org-mode, too. I'm really liking it as an
> authoring environment.
> All the best,
> Tom
> Karl Voit writes:
> > * Thomas S. Dye tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
> >> Aloha Rafael,
> >
> > Sorry, I thought you might as well be interested in my point of
> > view.
> >
> > First: I am pretty new to Org-mode but I am using LaTeX a while now
> > and I am even teaching LaTeX to motivated beginners.
> >
> >> Is there a reason not to have everything in one .org file? I find
> >> Org-mode's ability to fold on headlines and to edit subtrees in
> indirect
> >> buffers very convenient, even for long documents. For my work, that
> >> functionality has replaced LaTeX \include files.
> >
> > I did not follow the thread here but I do think I get the idea that
> > you want to replace LaTeX with Org-mode and generate a PDF via
> > LaTeX/PDF-export functionality of Org-mode.
> >
> > On the one hand, I do agree that (simple) PDF documents are written
> > very easily with Org-mode. But on the other hand you are going to
> > add just another layer. This means that you probably end up wanting
> > this LaTeX feature in Org-mode, that other handy LaTeX feature too
> > and so forth.
> >
> > In my point of view, if you leave the basic stuff, you should stick
> > to LaTeX. And I do have good news to you: You are very fortune
> > because Emacs does have the IMHO most advanced editor support for
> > LaTeX: AucTeX (with all of its extensions like preview-latex and
> > RefTeX).
> >
> > I plan to use Org-mode as an outline tool for larger documents,
> > where the basic structure evolves, keywords are moved from one part
> > to the other. But before I start to write the detailed document
> > content, I move to AucTeX, having the great possibilities for
> > writing documents that end up being great PDFs.
> >
> > But this is just my point of view.
> --
> Thomas S. Dye
> http://www.tsdye.com
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Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-28 19:15 Exporting latex without preamble Rafael Calsaverini
2011-06-28 19:20 ` Fwd: " Rafael Calsaverini
2011-06-28 23:05 ` Bastien
2011-06-29 14:20 ` Rafael Calsaverini
2011-06-29 16:28 ` Bastien
2011-06-29 16:32 ` Rafael Calsaverini
2011-06-29 16:57 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-06-29 20:35 ` Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX (was: Fwd: Exporting latex without preamble) Karl Voit
2011-06-30 6:35 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-06-30 15:30 ` chris.m.malone [this message]
2011-06-30 17:18 ` Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX Thomas S. Dye
2011-06-30 18:11 ` Eric S Fraga
2011-07-01 11:10 ` Collaborating with other people (was: Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX) Karl Voit
2011-07-01 11:47 ` Rainer M Krug
2011-07-01 14:46 ` Chris Malone
2011-06-30 17:04 ` Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX (was: Fwd: Exporting latex without preamble) Carsten Dominik
2011-06-30 17:23 ` Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX Thomas S. Dye
2011-07-12 19:07 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-07-12 22:00 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-07-12 22:12 ` Nick Dokos
2011-07-13 7:28 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-07-12 22:16 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-07-12 22:45 ` John Hendy
[not found] ` <CA+oe6vppaFbdzO_chuEL+WnUhEsmG4ZsnocLCaqSMVSQe6W8vg@mail.gmail.com>
2011-11-14 13:29 ` Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX (was: Fwd: Exporting latex without preamble) Daniel Martins
2011-11-14 16:36 ` Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX Thomas S. Dye
2011-06-30 18:03 ` Markus Heller
2011-07-01 2:58 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-06-29 17:05 ` Fwd: Exporting latex without preamble suvayu ali
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