Thomas, Forgive my density... how does one use this? Or is it not available for public consumption yet? I downloaded your git repo but org-mode complains that it doesn't know about org-article. Where do I obtain the actual class file? I tried searching around on worg for the page you hinted at (mainly checking the org-contrib page) but didn't see anything there. Thanks, John On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote: > Aloha Carsten, > > Much appreciated. I hope the idea of custom LaTeX classes for Org-mode > export proves useful to the community. > > I have the patch on my list of things to do. I don't work at the speeds > you folks attain so the patch will probably seem slow in coming. > > All the best, > Tom > > > > On Oct 16, 2010, at 7:58 PM, Carsten Dominik wrote: > > Hi Tom, >> >> On Oct 16, 2010, at 7:08 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote: >> >> Aloha Carsten, >>> >>> Thanks for your kind words. I'm having fun with org-article.cls and am >>> happy to have Org support in the ways that you mention. >>> >> >> Great. Would you like to make me a patch which does all this? >> If you want, you can also create a new directory in contrib. >> You can also have write permission for the git repo in order >> to install updates for this. >> >> >>> Right now I think the class's main contribution is that it eases >>> configuration of LaTeX export. >>> >>> For the future (perhaps distant), I'm hoping org-article.cls will make >>> the case that Org should identify other semantic elements in LaTeX export, >>> leaving the details of their representation to the LaTeX class. >>> >>> For example: >>> >>> paths: Paths are frequently quite long and when they don't include spaces >>> LaTeX can have a difficult time breaking them at the end of a line. There >>> is a LaTeX package, url.sty, that handles this. I believe that the hyperref >>> package loads url.sty for this functionality, so it is available to the >>> LaTeX exporter with the current defaults. If paths were identified in the >>> export, >>> e.g., \org-path{/long/path/to/my/file/deep/in/the/directory/tree}, >>> then the LaTeX class could typeset this with either the \url{} command >>> (if hyperref wasn't being used), with \nolinkurl{} (if hyperref was being >>> used), or some other way appropriate to the class. >>> >>> lists: In addition to compact lists (I agree with you that they are an >>> improvement over the standard LaTeX lists), it should be possible to typeset >>> lists inside paragraphs. I'm not certain how this might be handled in >>> Org-mode, perhaps an #+property or other entity that could be set on a >>> list-specific basis. The LaTeX paralist package that is responsible for the >>> compact lists does a good job typesetting lists in paragraphs, as well. >>> >>> #+results: I'm integrating Eric Fraga's GANTT chart code, which >>> generates the LaTeX code to create a high quality graphic using an Org-mode >>> table as input. Currently, the #+results: of Eric's code aren't exported >>> unless I add a blank line between the #+results: and #+BEGIN_LaTeX lines. >>> If, instead, the results block were exported inside a LaTeX environment, >>> say \begin{org-results} \end{org-results}, then org-article.cls (or any >>> other LaTeX class) could define an environment to typeset the results >>> appropriately. With the blank line inserted, LaTeX export yields a listing >>> of the LaTeX code, which is all well and good, but it doesn't get set off >>> *as a result*, which might be useful to distinguish it from regular source >>> code blocks in the Org-mode file. >>> >>> I'm not advocating for any specific changes here. I'm just trying to >>> indicate a possibly useful development path for Org-mode LaTeX export in >>> tandem with custom LaTeX classes. >>> >> >> I will be very interested to see what else you come up with. >> >> Cheers >> >> - Carsten >> >> >>> All the best, >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> On Oct 15, 2010, at 7:57 PM, Carsten Dominik wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi Thomas, >>>> >>>> Dan just made me look again at this thread, which I had not yet >>>> studied closely. >>>> >>>> I think you have created something very useful indeed. I love >>>> the compact lists, and I am sure there is a lot more I would use. >>>> So I am wondering: What can Org do to support and integrate this >>>> class? I can think of a couple of things: >>>> >>>> - distribute it in contrib >>>> - advertise it in the manual >>>> - have it as one of the default classes in org-export-latex-classes >>>> >>>> But maybe you have other ideas? >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> - Carsten >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sep 14, 2010, at 10:37 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote: >>>> >>>> Aloha all, >>>>> >>>>> I'd like to draw your attention to a LaTeX class that I put together in >>>>> response to posts here about configuring the output of the LaTeX exporter. >>>>> The class supports all of the Org-mode LaTeX default packages. It supports >>>>> the standard LaTeX article class and the KOMA-script scrartcl class and >>>>> provides several choices of fonts. In addition, it includes facilities to >>>>> apply microtypographic adjustments to suitable fonts, set the line spacing >>>>> of the document to double space, set lists more compactly than the standard >>>>> LaTeX article.cls, and typeset source code listings, optionally with color. >>>>> >>>>> The documentation that should appear shortly in the Babel/Uses section >>>>> of Worg includes two examples that illustrate use of the class. The first >>>>> uses the standard LaTeX article class and Times, Helvetica, and Courier >>>>> fonts with a 12 point base size to typeset the literate program on 8.5 x 11 >>>>> in. paper, with colored source code listings and microtypographic >>>>> adjustments. >>>>> >>>>> #+LaTeX_CLASS: org-article-subsubsection >>>>>> #+LaTeX_CLASS_OPTIONS: >>>>>> [article,letterpaper,times,12pt,listings,color,microtype] >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The second uses the KOMA-script scrartcl class and Utopia, Bera, and >>>>> Inconsolata fonts with a 10 point base size to typeset the literate program >>>>> on 5.8 x 8.3 in. paper in landscape mode, also with colored source code >>>>> listings and microtypographic adjustments. In addition, lists are set >>>>> tighter than with the standard LaTeX article class. >>>>> >>>>> #+LaTeX_CLASS: org-article-subsubsection >>>>>> #+LaTeX_CLASS_OPTIONS: >>>>>> [koma,a5paper,landscape,utopia,10pt,listings,color,microtype,paralist] >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The project is hosted at GitHub: >>>>> http://github.com/tsdye/org-article >>>>> >>>>> All the best, >>>>> Tom >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >>>>> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >>>>> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >>>>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >