From: Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu>
To: "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>
Cc: Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Using Org for a dissertation
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 22:16:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3446.1337059016@ludwig> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1zk9dp5cb.fsf@tsdye.com>
Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
> The current Org-mode LaTeX exporter is nifty, but it was designed to
> export notes and not dissertations. It can be configured to do that,
> but the extra translation step adds some complexity and potentially
> introduces problems. In my work this potential downside is more than
> made up for by the reproducible research facilities of Org-mode. When I
> don't need these, I typically write in LaTeX. The AucTeX environment is
> a terrific help to the author of a LaTeX document and in many ways it is
> ideal for a dissertation writer.
Thanks for your advice. This has been my experience so far as well.
> That said, the new LaTeX exporter in Org-mode is being designed to
> overcome some of the limitations of the old exporter, so it will
> probably be the case that the translation step from Org-mode to LaTeX
> will get easier. It would be good to have someone write a dissertation
> using the new exporter because it might stretch the exporter in ways
> that smaller, simpler documents do not. But I doubt if this will be the
> path of least resistance to the finished dissertation.
I have seen mention of the new exporter on this list a bit, but I don't
read the list enough to know where to find it. How can I try it, if I
want to see how it compares to the current exporter? Is it in a public
branch somewhere? Would feedback from me be helpful?
> I'm using ebib to manage BibTeX data now and I really like it. It works
> well with both LaTeX and Org-mode, so I don't have to switch gears
> completely to move from one authoring environment to the other.
Hmm, I hadn't heard of ebib, but I will have a look at it. Thanks for
the tip!
Best,
Richard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-15 5:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-12 18:23 Using Org for a dissertation Richard Lawrence
2012-05-12 16:49 ` Eric Schulte
2012-05-15 5:02 ` Richard Lawrence
2012-06-14 12:39 ` Rasmus
2012-06-14 16:13 ` Eric S Fraga
2012-05-12 19:27 ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-05-15 5:16 ` Richard Lawrence [this message]
2012-05-15 17:08 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-05-16 0:38 ` Richard Lawrence
2012-05-21 3:56 ` New exporter [was: Re: Using Org for a dissertation] François Pinard
2012-05-21 17:54 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-05-21 19:10 ` François Pinard
2012-05-23 0:35 ` François Pinard
2012-05-12 20:29 ` Using Org for a dissertation Peter Münster
2012-05-15 12:26 ` suvayu ali
2012-05-16 1:15 ` Richard Lawrence
2012-05-17 2:37 ` org-export-preprocess-hook and the new exporter (was Re: Using Org for a dissertation) Eric S Fraga
2012-05-18 6:49 ` Bastien
2012-05-18 10:08 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-05-20 6:12 ` Eric Fraga
2012-05-20 8:03 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-05-28 22:44 ` org-export-preprocess-hook and the new exporter Thomas S. Dye
2012-05-29 1:37 ` Eric S Fraga
2012-05-29 3:20 ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-05-21 13:21 ` Using Org for a dissertation Matt Lundin
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-05-15 16:44 Markus Grebenstein
2012-05-16 1:26 ` Richard Lawrence
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