Re: Re: Writing a dissertation using org-mode

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>
Cc: Markus Heller <hellerm2@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: Writing a dissertation using org-mode
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:27:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <44DE79A6-B76B-46D1-808B-8301D3B53CB9@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1E5AB204-D4E2-4174-AA7F-2FDC93700D6B@tsdye.com>

Hi Thomas,

I think this explanation would be good to have (a bit longer, maybe)  
in the FAQ.

- Carsten

On Mar 7, 2010, at 4:10 AM, Thomas S. Dye wrote:

>
> On Mar 6, 2010, at 1:54 PM, Eric S Fraga wrote:
>
>>> I have to agree with Torsten: I'd write the thesis directly in  
>>> LaTeX,
>>> only because of the power of AUCTeX and RefTeX (and preview, if you
>>> have lots of plots and math).
>>
>> For me, org-mode's power overwhelms what auctex brings to the show.
>> Not having to worry about any \begins etc not only keeps the text
>> cleaner, it helps me in my continuing battle against RSI!
>>
>> However, I do agree that reftex is particularly useful and I do miss
>> some aspects of it.
>>
>> The preview aspects will of course depend on the topic of the thesis!
>
> Aloha Eric,
>
> I have this in my emacs starter-kit and it gives me access to reftex  
> in latex code blocks in org-babel.  I've changed a few things from  
> the code I found on the link provided, which has two methods of  
> integrating reftex with org-mode.  The link also provides  
> suggestions for key-bindings within org-mode.  Perhaps you don't  
> have to miss reftex anymore.
>
> *** ON Org-mode RefTeX setup
>     - Kevin Brubeck Unhammer, [[http://www.mfasold.net/blog/2009/02/using-emacs-org-mode-to-draft-papers/ 
> ][Reftex Setup]]
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle yes
>   (defun org-mode-article-modes ()
>     (reftex-mode t)
>     (and (buffer-file-name)
>          (file-exists-p (buffer-file-name))
>          (reftex-parse-all)))
>
>   (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
>              (lambda ()
>                (if (member "REFTEX" org-todo-keywords-1)
>                    (org-mode-article-modes))))
> #+end_src
>
> I was struggling without reftex!
>
> All the best,
> Tom
>
> Thomas S. Dye, Ph.D.
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- Carsten