From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcelo de Moraes Serpa Subject: Re: Org as a publishing toolkit Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 13:48:37 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:51219) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QJrz7-00008C-B5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 May 2011 14:48:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QJrz5-00087d-RR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 May 2011 14:48:41 -0400 Received: from mail-pw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.160.41]:34883) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QJrz5-00087O-Mg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 May 2011 14:48:39 -0400 Received: by pwi10 with SMTP id 10so4414697pwi.0 for ; Tue, 10 May 2011 11:48:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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: "Thomas S. Dye" Cc: Org Mode Cool! Thanks. Now that you mention it, I was wondering if something like "condition export" is possible. For very specific localized LaTeX fetures, it would be useful. Take this example: #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} #+LaTeX:\yinipar{\color{red}H}ello World This created a first-letter that is stylized differently. This won't come out in any other exported, so I'd like to do something like (NOTE: pseudo-code!) #+LaTeX:\yinipar{\color{red}H}ello World #iif not LaTeX Hello World #end If it is not possible what I can do is to pre-process the orgfile with something like ERB (I'm familiar with Ruby) or another templating language before exporting (and even automate it all by calling emacs in batch mode ;) ), but it'd be nice if org supported that out-of-the-box. Cheers, Marcelo. On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote: > Marcelo de Moraes Serpa writes: > >> Hi list, >> >> So today I have been reseaching about higher-levels toolkits that >> could help me get into TeX (and or LaTeX) and at the same time >> allowing me to keep the text in a more human-readable format (easier >> to mantain and to convert to other formats if needed). >> >> I know that if I want beautiful formatted PDFs I will need to get into >> TeX / LaTeX, and I already started doing that, but as I said, keeping >> the text in a higher level format has benefits that you already know >> about. >> >> So I looked at asciidoc, the lower-level XML-based docbook, markdown, >> pandoc, ConTeXt, etc. >> >> Then I thought, why not try orgmode? >> >> So, after reading this article: >> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-latex-export.html, I've then >> realized how powerful the org-export feature is. >> >> I can basically do this: >> =A0* Keep the text in a (very) human readable format that I'm used to >> and that is much better to maintain than any other format I know >> (markdown / asciidoc) and integrated with my own orgmode personal >> information manager! >> =A0* Add / customize the LaTeX output in *ANY* way I want to. Thanks to >> org AND babel! From what I can see, there are no limitations on how >> complex the LaTeX customizations can be, it can essentially match up >> any other "pure" latex documents out there. >> =A0* As noted above, fully support LaTeX while still allowing me to expo= rt to: >> =A0 =A0* plaintext >> =A0 =A0* HTML >> =A0 =A0* DocBook (and hence an array of other formats) >> >> I mean, how cool is that? I'm only starting in TeX/LaTeX so I might be >> overlooking some limitations, but from what I can see, orgmode is the >> most pragmatic and powerful publishing framework I have ever come to >> know. >> >> And what excites me even more is that I can keep my book in my >> preferred format and still output a beautifully-formatted PDF book >> *and* still support other formats (such as mobi or epub through >> docbook). Amazing! >> >> By the way, if I want to use raw TeX or maybe ConTeXt, is it possible? >> Not that I need, only curious :) >> >> This needs more hype! I don't think people realize how powerful this is = ;) >> >> Cheers! >> >> Marcelo. >> >> > > Aloha Marcelo, > > The LaTeX export tutorial is a work in progress. =A0I hope you find it > useful. =A0When you run across something that doesn't work (or make sense= ) > don't hesitate to come back to the list with a query or suggestion. > > All the best, > Tom > > -- > Thomas S. Dye > http://www.tsdye.com >