Re: using orgmode for latex articles

From: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: using orgmode for latex articles
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:34:05 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bqairl3m.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fg2lco$ibb$1@ger.gmane.org> (Fabian Braennstroem's message of "Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:48:06 +0000")

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Hi Fabian,

Fabian Braennstroem <f.braennstroem@gmx.de> writes:

> The available auctex/cdlatex/preview-latex package bundle makes it
> pretty easy to write latex articles in emacs. How do you write your
> articles? Do you use orgmode for the whole article or maybe just for a
> first structure and then switch to 'plain' latex?

I can't speak for other people but as far as I'm concerned, I use the
LaTeX exporter to write small documents and documents that don't need 
a lot of special formatting.

For example, I often have to write reports for meeting I attend to.  I
use org-mode for that and convert the file into both HTML (for online
access to the report) and LaTeX (for printed representation of the text,
which is always very useful.)

Since I don't need to do complex stuff with LaTeX formatting, and since
I can also use RefTeX in conjunction with Org, then the LaTeX exporter
is often enough for me.  I guess scientific writing might require a
different approach.

> Maybe there is a chance, that orgmode could display inserted linked
> pictures and inserted equations (just like preview-latex or
> x-symbol)!? I hope I did not missed a feature again, but it would be
> great, if that works :-)

Missed :)

See the manual (info "(org)Processing LaTeX fragments") and check the
attached screenshot as a small example.

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> By the way, I actually saw that orgmode has special faces for code and
> latex fragment, but moving the cursor on an equation environment, the
> face is 'default'!?

I don't know about a face for LaTeX fragments... I guess you're not
refering to `org-formula' which defines the face for tables formula?

> Would be nice, if anyone can give some ideas about there workflow
> using orgmode and latex...

Definitely.  

And don't forget to get famous by feeding the tutorial section about
this on the website:

  http://orgmode.org/tutorials.html

-- 
Bastien

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