From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Lawrence Subject: Re: Using Org for a dissertation Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 22:16:56 -0700 Message-ID: <3446.1337059016@ludwig> References: <87aa1dz2b5.fsf@berkeley.edu> Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46287) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SUAA1-0002LL-Lx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 May 2012 01:19:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SUA9z-0000TP-RD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 May 2012 01:19:01 -0400 Received: from cm06fe.ist.berkeley.edu ([169.229.218.147]:38145) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SUA9z-0000TE-Lg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 May 2012 01:18:59 -0400 In-reply-to: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Thomas S. Dye" Cc: Richard Lawrence , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Thomas S. Dye 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