From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ista Zahn Subject: Re: Latex export or Latex tangle? Best practice? Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:34:31 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44201) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ymnrp-0004AG-Am for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:34:54 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ymnro-0007Pa-Eh for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:34:53 -0400 Received: from mail-oi0-x22a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c06::22a]:34723) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ymnro-0007PP-9J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:34:52 -0400 Received: by oiko83 with SMTP id o83so96930346oik.1 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:34:51 -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: Lawrence Bottorff Cc: emacs-orgmode Mailinglist I would use LaTeX code blocks when I need to write something in LaTeX that isn't easy to write in org mode, not to distinguish what is a note and what is part of the draft. For that I recommend comments, e.g., ### Start example ### * Section 1 ** COMMENT Some rough draft notes to myself yadda yadda more badda ** Some stuff that should be exported This is the actual important stuff that should be exported *** More stuff that should be exported yadda yada *** COMMENT More notes and stuff don't export *** Export this one too bla bla ### End example ### When you export the commented sections will be excluded. Best, Ista On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Lawrence Bottorff wrote: > In a previous post I was getting at the issue of whether I should just do > regular export or use latex "code blocks" for what I wanted in a final > document. What I want is the ability to create a big, rambling, annotated > org file -- with "keeper" stuff inside the latex babel blocks -- then tangle > the .org file, thereby leaving all the annotations and lead-up notes behind. > I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting "notes" to evolve into a "finished > product" and orgmode would seem to offer a good path. So, I don't want to > have to hand-edit out my so-called annotations. Is keeping the good stuff in > latex babel blocks a best practice? > > LB