* [odt] Export of LaTeX Fragments
@ 2012-04-23 14:41 Torsten Wagner
2012-04-23 14:50 ` Bastien
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From: Torsten Wagner @ 2012-04-23 14:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Org Mode Mailing List
Hi,
today I had to send over a document in MS Word format. Suprise suprise
guess I am not the first one on that mailing list.
I was happy to use the new odt export feature and it did the best job
out of some other constellations (org->html->word, org->pdf->odt via
pdf import plugin, org->pdf->copy paste, etc.)
Thanks for this brilliant feature!
I have a minor problem, I used some LaTeX format commands. I know I
might get away by replacing \textbf with *<text>*, etc. But know its
there already. Sure it worked out great for the LaTeX-PDF export.
However, in openoffice I had stuff like \textbf{text}. I was
wondering, the exporter is doing all this nifty work already, could we
have a flag to replace the most common Linux inline text-formats by
the corresponding odt format?
\textbf
\textit
\underline
\mbox (no line break)
\, (protected blank)
would be a good start
Thanks
Torsten
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2012-04-23 14:41 [odt] Export of LaTeX Fragments Torsten Wagner
@ 2012-04-23 14:50 ` Bastien
2012-04-23 14:57 ` Torsten Wagner
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From: Bastien @ 2012-04-23 14:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Torsten Wagner; +Cc: Org Mode Mailing List
Hi Thorsten,
Torsten Wagner <torsten.wagner@gmail.com> writes:
> I have a minor problem, I used some LaTeX format commands. I know I
> might get away by replacing \textbf with *<text>*, etc.
Yes, that's the way to go. Should be quick with M-x replace-regexp.
> But know its
> there already. Sure it worked out great for the LaTeX-PDF export.
> However, in openoffice I had stuff like \textbf{text}. I was
> wondering, the exporter is doing all this nifty work already, could we
> have a flag to replace the most common Linux inline text-formats by
> the corresponding odt format?
Mhh... I think it would be too hackish. Converting \textbf{...} to
*...* in .org files just for converting them back to another format
means that \textbf{...} shouldnot be used on the first place. But
maybe I'm misunderstanding something...
Best,
--
Bastien
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2012-04-23 14:50 ` Bastien
@ 2012-04-23 14:57 ` Torsten Wagner
2012-04-23 15:08 ` Bastien
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From: Torsten Wagner @ 2012-04-23 14:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bastien; +Cc: Org Mode Mailing List
Hi Bastien,
I agree.
Some, I used more of a habit reasons (how many orgers are latexers?!
;) ) and they have a org-replacement.
However, whats with "\," "\mbox{}" "\noindent" and maybe some others?
They helped me to tweak the formatting at some points where the
standard stuff did not make much sense.
Thanks
Torsten
On 23 April 2012 23:50, Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> wrote:
> Hi Thorsten,
>
> Torsten Wagner <torsten.wagner@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I have a minor problem, I used some LaTeX format commands. I know I
>> might get away by replacing \textbf with *<text>*, etc.
>
> Yes, that's the way to go. Should be quick with M-x replace-regexp.
>
>> But know its
>> there already. Sure it worked out great for the LaTeX-PDF export.
>> However, in openoffice I had stuff like \textbf{text}. I was
>> wondering, the exporter is doing all this nifty work already, could we
>> have a flag to replace the most common Linux inline text-formats by
>> the corresponding odt format?
>
> Mhh... I think it would be too hackish. Converting \textbf{...} to
> *...* in .org files just for converting them back to another format
> means that \textbf{...} shouldnot be used on the first place. But
> maybe I'm misunderstanding something...
>
> Best,
>
> --
> Bastien
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2012-04-23 14:57 ` Torsten Wagner
@ 2012-04-23 15:08 ` Bastien
2012-04-23 17:30 ` Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
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From: Bastien @ 2012-04-23 15:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Torsten Wagner; +Cc: Org Mode Mailing List
Torsten Wagner <torsten.wagner@gmail.com> writes:
> However, whats with "\," "\mbox{}" "\noindent" and maybe some others?
> They helped me to tweak the formatting at some points where the
> standard stuff did not make much sense.
There commands are meaningful in a TeX context, and there is not
necessary a precise translation of their meanings in other contexts
like ODT documents.
In Org file, it is better to stick to Org syntax -- even if some
flexibility is allowed with \noindent and friends while converting
to LaTeX.
--
Bastien
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2012-04-23 15:08 ` Bastien
@ 2012-04-23 17:30 ` Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
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From: Darlan Cavalcante Moreira @ 2012-04-23 17:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bastien; +Cc: Org Mode Mailing List
Since org already accepts \SomeCommandName, maybe org-mode could provide
some very basic functionality for the user to provide definitions for these
macros for each (desired) output format. For instance, there could be a
list similar to
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(
("somecommand" :html 'somecommand-html-export :latex ;
somecommand-latex-export :buffer 'somecommand-buffer-change)
("someothercomand" :html someothercomand-html-export)
)
#+end_src
The export function definitions should be provided by the user for each
desired export format and any unspecified format should do what org-mode
does right now. The "buffer" format would be a function for changing the
way the command (and its argument) look in the org-buffer.
I'm no lisp programmer and this is probably no the best way to implement
this feature, but I think this flexibility could allow orgers to tweak
org-mode to their needs easily.
--
Darlan
At Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:08:13 +0200,
Bastien <bzg@altern.org> wrote:
>
> Torsten Wagner <torsten.wagner@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > However, whats with "\," "\mbox{}" "\noindent" and maybe some others?
> > They helped me to tweak the formatting at some points where the
> > standard stuff did not make much sense.
>
> There commands are meaningful in a TeX context, and there is not
> necessary a precise translation of their meanings in other contexts
> like ODT documents.
>
> In Org file, it is better to stick to Org syntax -- even if some
> flexibility is allowed with \noindent and friends while converting
> to LaTeX.
>
> --
> Bastien
>
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