From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steven Arntson Subject: Re: LaTex export questions Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 20:25:13 -0700 Message-ID: <87d2eyvb3a.fsf@stevenarntson.com> References: <87mwe3uhmt.fsf@stevenarntson.com> <871tve7wmj.fsf@gmail.com> <87mwe2c30n.fsf@alphaville.bos.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44059) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WpUUi-0002t2-8l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 May 2014 23:25:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WpUUc-0000Y1-Ke for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 May 2014 23:25:36 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:44457) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WpUUc-0000Xw-DD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 May 2014 23:25:30 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WpUUa-00036T-Pl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 May 2014 05:25:28 +0200 Received: from 97-113-56-186.tukw.qwest.net ([97.113.56.186]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 28 May 2014 05:25:28 +0200 Received: from steven by 97-113-56-186.tukw.qwest.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 28 May 2014 05:25:28 +0200 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 Nick Dokos writes: > 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 Full disclosure: I'm a beginning emacs user, and I know nothing about LaTex at all! I'm not producing a "book" per se, but a manuscript that will be printed on 8.5 x 11 pages and read by my agent or a publisher. The conventions are simple, but thus far I haven't been able to understand much of what I'm reading in the customize menu for org-mode. Until now I've done this formatting with MS Word or Libre Office. I dislike those programs, but I know how to use them. Simplest has been to take my raw org-mode txt files and convert them manually. It's a tedious last step before sending downstream, which I'd love to replace, and I've seen some beautiful LaTex examples online, so I know it's possible ... Literary format redux: + 12 point text + Title page has title and author name, centered both horizontally and vertically. Contact info for agent is in the bottom left, single spaced. + Remaining pages are double-spaced + Page numbers are centered at the bottom of the page (but no page number on title page) + Each page has a right-justified header in the format LASTNAME/TITLE That's it. I guess I'm wondering now--should I be learning more about org-mode, or more about LaTex? Thank you very much for taking the time to read all of this. -Steven