From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan L Tyree Subject: Re: LaTex export questions Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 11:35:16 +1000 Message-ID: <53853D54.7050701@gmail.com> References: <87mwe3uhmt.fsf@stevenarntson.com> <871tve7wmj.fsf@gmail.com> <87mwe2c30n.fsf@alphaville.bos.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55302) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WpSm6-0007eS-5t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 May 2014 21:35:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WpSm1-0003sJ-V3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 May 2014 21:35:26 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-x22d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22d]:63042) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WpSm1-0003s9-NU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 May 2014 21:35:21 -0400 Received: by mail-pb0-f45.google.com with SMTP id um1so10231178pbc.32 for ; Tue, 27 May 2014 18:35:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.1] (202.63.32.163.static.rev.eftel.com. [202.63.32.163]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id dd5sm25396742pbc.85.2014.05.27.18.35.18 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 27 May 2014 18:35:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87mwe2c30n.fsf@alphaville.bos.redhat.com> 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 28/05/14 07:42, Nick Dokos wrote: > Igor Sosa Mayor writes: > >> Steven Arntson writes: >> >>> Hi, I'm trying to export an org-mode doc to LaTex and subsequently to >>> PDF. This is a literary novel, written in prose. Right now when I run >>> the export command, the resulting file is incorrectly formatted for the >>> literary world, and I'm not sure how to change it. Is there a dialog or >>> "customize" menu that allows users to eliminate some default settings, >>> and add others? >> Maybe you can configure it with >> M-x customize-group org >> >> But I think a look at the manual is pretty useful and you can configure >> it in your .emacs without very much complication: >> >> http://orgmode.org/manual/Export-settings.html#Export-settings >> http://orgmode.org/manual/LaTeX-and-PDF-export.html#LaTeX-and-PDF-export > I may be barking up the wrong tree, but to me the problem seems to be > not so much what org does, but what latex does. If that is so, then > perhaps what is needed is a latex style file that formats prose > "correctly for the literary world". That may be a non-trivial > undertaking (but maybe not: typographical demands for a novel are > trivial compared to say mathematics). Integrating such a hypothetical > style file into org would be pretty easy. > > But perhaps the OP can clarify: what does "incorrectly formatted for > the literary world" mean? > > Nick I think this is right. Try #+LATEX_CLASS: book and then modify the defaults in org-export-latex-classes by deleting the \part as the first item in the Levels of the 'book' entry. This will make all your top level headings 'Chapters' which is probably what you want for a novel. Cheers, Alan -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:typhoon@iptel.org