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From: Daniel M German <dmg@uvic.ca>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: latex and org-mode
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:39:30 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y70kje0t.fsf@uvic.ca> (raw)


hi everybody,
 
I am also a long time user of Latex (16 years). I use it mainly to
author scientific papers. 

i followed the discussion about trying to export org files to latex
files. I am also currently drafting in org (using latex macros in my
draft, but no latex structure) and then move to latex. Once I move to
latex I still keep the org file for TODOs and notes. I think trying to
get org todo full latex authoring is not an easy battle (for example,
trying to make a figure with 2 minipage environments in it, each with
a table). Debugging latex in org is a nightmare because there is are
no pragma __LINE__ instructions in latex (as far as I know).

I was wondering the other day if it would be possible to improve org
into using % as the first character in its lines. For instance, in an
org file we currently write:

** TODO Call my mother
   SCHEDULED: <2008-10-19 Sun>

How about allowing org to prefix the lines as follows:

%** TODO Call my mother
%   SCHEDULED: <2008-10-19 Sun>

All org commands will take into account a prefix and add one if
necessary (for example when the task is scheduled). Org can then be
used as a minor mode (in conjunction with auctex for example)

This would be even useful for programming in languages that allow
comment prefixing: i.e # , or if any prefix is allowed, any //

--daniel





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2008-10-20  0:39 Daniel M German [this message]
2008-10-20  5:49 ` latex and org-mode Carsten Dominik

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