From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jambunathan K Subject: Re: How to write medical journal articles with org-mode Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:58:55 +0530 Message-ID: <87txcz9cbc.fsf@gmail.com> References: <877g9vccm7.fsf@channing.harvard.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44149) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W5C91-0002IY-F1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 05:31:57 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W5C8v-0007Pc-Gq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 05:31:51 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:39445) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W5C8v-0007PU-AY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 05:31:45 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W5C8t-0000xA-Et for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:31:43 +0100 Received: from 115.241.8.58 ([115.241.8.58]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:31:43 +0100 Received: from kjambunathan by 115.241.8.58 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:31:43 +0100 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 Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org regcl writes: > I am looking for advice regarding how to write medical journal > articles using org-mode. > > My primary motivations are the desire to ... automate the flow of data > from computation to publication, avoid clerical errors, speed up the > conversion of computational results to manuscript, and do 99.9% of my > typing in emacs ;) > > My primary computation platform is linux clusters with OS X desktops. > I have used org-mode for project management and HTML export of > provisional computational results in working papers for ~1 year. > > I recently started using org-mode/babel/ESS/R to export computation > results to HTML. > > It looks like the medical journals require MS word submissions. I > have used the scheme shown below to get MSword to/from my > collaborators for comments & corrections ... > > doc.org----------------------------------+ > | | > v | > M-x org-odt-export-to-odt | > | | > v | > Open office | > | | > v | > MS Word | > | | > v | > doc.docx | > | | > v | You can do it in a single step with `org-odt-preferred-output-format'. See (info "(org) Extending ODT export"). > 1) Has anyone out there used org-mode to produce medical journal > articles (other than demonstration of reproducible research)? > 3) How do I get references into MS word? You can use ODT Export with JabRef using ox-jabref.el. You may want to check whether the JabRef project has layout files that can create citations in a format acceptable to Medical Journals. (Search the list reverse chronologically.)