From: Daniel Martins <danielemc@gmail.com>
To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>,
"emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" <Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX (was: Fwd: Exporting latex without preamble)
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:29:45 -0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+oe6vqk+xmO2vw_0NqbYzk3e9F0dmERyYF_n3nMCMhS0B1Ufw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+oe6vppaFbdzO_chuEL+WnUhEsmG4ZsnocLCaqSMVSQe6W8vg@mail.gmail.com>
2011/11/14 Daniel Martins <danielemc@gmail.com>:
> I would like to see just the preamble of these org files prepared to
> replace LaTeX files
>
> Daniel
>
> 2011/6/30 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>:
>>
>> On 30.6.2011, at 08:35, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
>>
>>> Aloha Karl,
>>>
>>> I agree that AucTeX is awesome. I use it every day at work with much
>>> pleasure.
>>>
>>> I've been using Org-mode with the goal of creating reproducible
>>> research, where the LaTeX output is just one part of the package. In my
>>> case, this is something that requires Org-mode for its ability to pass
>>> results between code blocks written in different languages. I can't do
>>> these things in AucTeX.
>>>
>>> At first, like you, I was suspicious of adding a layer between me and
>>> LaTeX. I was impatient with figuring out how to make the little things
>>> work right. I'm still not able to control LaTeX as finely as I'd like
>>> from within Org-mode, but I've managed to close the gap sufficiently
>>> that my last four publications were authored completely with Org-mode.
>>
>> Are these publicly accessible? I think that would be a great advertisement
>> for Org as a publishing environment if you could link to source and paper....
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>>> The one I'm working on now is Org-mode, too. I'm really liking it as
>>
>>
>>> an
>>> authoring environment.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> Karl Voit <devnull@Karl-Voit.at> writes:
>>>
>>>> * Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
>>>>> Aloha Rafael,
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I thought you might as well be interested in my point of
>>>> view.
>>>>
>>>> First: I am pretty new to Org-mode but I am using LaTeX a while now
>>>> and I am even teaching LaTeX to motivated beginners.
>>>>
>>>>> Is there a reason not to have everything in one .org file? I find
>>>>> Org-mode's ability to fold on headlines and to edit subtrees in indirect
>>>>> buffers very convenient, even for long documents. For my work, that
>>>>> functionality has replaced LaTeX \include files.
>>>>
>>>> I did not follow the thread here but I do think I get the idea that
>>>> you want to replace LaTeX with Org-mode and generate a PDF via
>>>> LaTeX/PDF-export functionality of Org-mode.
>>>>
>>>> On the one hand, I do agree that (simple) PDF documents are written
>>>> very easily with Org-mode. But on the other hand you are going to
>>>> add just another layer. This means that you probably end up wanting
>>>> this LaTeX feature in Org-mode, that other handy LaTeX feature too
>>>> and so forth.
>>>>
>>>> In my point of view, if you leave the basic stuff, you should stick
>>>> to LaTeX. And I do have good news to you: You are very fortune
>>>> because Emacs does have the IMHO most advanced editor support for
>>>> LaTeX: AucTeX (with all of its extensions like preview-latex and
>>>> RefTeX).
>>>>
>>>> I plan to use Org-mode as an outline tool for larger documents,
>>>> where the basic structure evolves, keywords are moved from one part
>>>> to the other. But before I start to write the detailed document
>>>> content, I move to AucTeX, having the great possibilities for
>>>> writing documents that end up being great PDFs.
>>>>
>>>> But this is just my point of view.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thomas S. Dye
>>> http://www.tsdye.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-14 13:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-28 19:15 Exporting latex without preamble Rafael Calsaverini
2011-06-28 19:20 ` Fwd: " Rafael Calsaverini
2011-06-28 23:05 ` Bastien
2011-06-29 14:20 ` Rafael Calsaverini
2011-06-29 16:28 ` Bastien
2011-06-29 16:32 ` Rafael Calsaverini
2011-06-29 16:57 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-06-29 20:35 ` Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX (was: Fwd: Exporting latex without preamble) Karl Voit
2011-06-30 6:35 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-06-30 15:30 ` chris.m.malone
2011-06-30 17:18 ` Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX Thomas S. Dye
2011-06-30 18:11 ` Eric S Fraga
2011-07-01 11:10 ` Collaborating with other people (was: Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX) Karl Voit
2011-07-01 11:47 ` Rainer M Krug
2011-07-01 14:46 ` Chris Malone
2011-06-30 17:04 ` Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX (was: Fwd: Exporting latex without preamble) Carsten Dominik
2011-06-30 17:23 ` Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX Thomas S. Dye
2011-07-12 19:07 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-07-12 22:00 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-07-12 22:12 ` Nick Dokos
2011-07-13 7:28 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-07-12 22:16 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-07-12 22:45 ` John Hendy
[not found] ` <CA+oe6vppaFbdzO_chuEL+WnUhEsmG4ZsnocLCaqSMVSQe6W8vg@mail.gmail.com>
2011-11-14 13:29 ` Daniel Martins [this message]
2011-11-14 16:36 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-06-30 18:03 ` Markus Heller
2011-07-01 2:58 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-06-29 17:05 ` Fwd: Exporting latex without preamble suvayu ali
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