From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Erik Hetzner Subject: Re: emacs & org mode for scholars questions Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2015 19:00:13 -0700 Message-ID: <55e7a9af.c76c460a.f4595.1044@mx.google.com> References: <55dbff57.2491420a.591b6.5304@mx.google.com> <55e67518.a931460a.631c4.6af7@mx.google.com> Reply-To: Erik Hetzner Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI-EPG 1.14.7 - "Harue") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56194) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXJp7-0008Nv-7K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 22:00:22 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXJp3-0005mP-9h for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 22:00:21 -0400 Received: from mail-pa0-x232.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::232]:34128) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXJp3-0005mJ-0w for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 22:00:17 -0400 Received: by padhy1 with SMTP id hy1so29591555pad.1 for ; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 19:00:16 -0700 (PDT) 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: John Kitchin Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Thanks, John. I was really blown away by org-ref. It=E2=80=99s a great package. I love, f= or instance, the citation displayed in the minibuffer when the cursor is on a cite. If you need help with the MELPA packaging process, let me know. best, Erik On Wed, 02 Sep 2015 03:40:42-0700, John Kitchin wrote: >=20 > Cool! Thanks for the shout out to org-ref! >=20 > my jmax starter package (http://github.com/jkitchin/jmax) is basically > designed for the last point you described. I use it with students (41 > this semester!) as a standalone "package". It isn't as polished as > prelude or others, but it allows them to do things like I do out of the > box. >=20 > The conference sounds like it was fun! Best wishes, >=20 > Erik Hetzner writes: >=20 > > Hi all, > > > > Thanks for all your responses! They were a great help when putting > > together my talk. I=E2=80=99ve posted my slides from EmacsConf 2015 her= e: > > > > http://www.e6h.org/talks/emacsconf-2015/index.html > > > > I think the planners are planning to post videos as soon as they can > > get them edited to > > > > http://emacsconf2015.org/ > > > > EmacsConf 2015 was a lot of fun. Almost everyone there was an Org mode > > user, which was no great surprise. > > > > One thing that I came out of the conference thinking was that a > > curated meta-package for Emacs (like elpy) that brought together tools > > for scholarly writers (in LaTeX and markdown and org-mode) might be a > > great help for Emacs beginners. > > > > best, Erik > > > > On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 22:38:30 -0700, > > Erik Hetzner wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I am going to be giving a talk on how Emacs can help support scholars, > >> especially those who are using plain text and doing reproducible > >> research, at =E2=80=9CEmacsconf 2015=E2=80=9D in San Francisco this Sa= turday (the > >> 29th). > >> > >> I have done some work on managing references using Emacs & pandoc, but > >> what I=E2=80=99d like to focus on in this talk is why Emacs is a great= tool > >> for scholarly writers (both scientists and humanists) and what Emacs > >> developers should be concentrating on to make it an even better tool > >> for the scholarly community. > >> > >> I=E2=80=99m wondering if you any of you might have any suggestions abo= ut what > >> you would like to see Emacs do better to support the scholarly writing > >> community. > >> > >> Thanks for any help you can provide! > >> > >> best, Erik Hetzner > >> -- > >> Sent from my free software system . > >> > >> >=20 > -- > Professor John Kitchin > Doherty Hall A207F > Department of Chemical Engineering > Carnegie Mellon University > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > 412-268-7803 > @johnkitchin > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu