Re: Org-mode Code Blocks Manuscript: Request For Comments

From: "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>
To: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Org-mode Code Blocks Manuscript: Request For Comments
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 07:29:17 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E28EC22-31FB-4873-A58E-0DBFD74821D8@tsdye.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874oav59gi.fsf@ucl.ac.uk>

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Hi Eric,

On Dec 3, 2010, at 2:26 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote:

> "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com> writes:
>
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> On Dec 2, 2010, at 1:13 PM, Eric S Fraga wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>> and each is nicely self-contained.  I am a little surprised at the
>>> choice of journal, mind you...
> [...]
>
>
>>
>> Would you recommend publishing someplace else?  We hoped list members
>> would have opinions on this and welcome comments and suggestions.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Tom
>
> This is a little outside my field, even though I'm a computer  
> scientist.
> I work at the interface between computing and industrial  
> engineering...

Yes, this is what makes the choice difficult.  Org-mode is tough to  
categorize.  It cuts across field boundaries in sometimes amazing ways.

> I was surprised at your choice simply because there appears to be
> nothing relevant to statistics about what you have written.  A more
> broad computer science journal may make sense, such as "Programming  
> and
> Computer Software" from Springer or maybe the "IEEE Transactions on
> Software Engineering?"  But I really don't know which are the best
> journals for something like this.

Thanks for the helpful suggestions, which we'll follow up.

I think the idea of submitting to JSS came from the functional overlap  
with Sweave, which is widely used by the R community, and the ease  
with which compendia can be implemented in Org-mode.  The compendium  
idea seems to have developed largely within the statistical computing  
community, with strong ties to R in particular.  JSS is one place the  
R community congregates, so we thought the article would get some  
attention there.

> Hopefully somebody else from the list will have a better idea!
>

As usual, you've provided good food for thought.

All the best,
Tom
> -- 
> : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 23.2.1
> : using Org-mode version 7.3 (release_7.3.164.gcfd7)

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