From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Price Subject: Re: merge trees? Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 14:31:11 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113eeccad457b1051edbfc45 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38729) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXZI2-0000Oe-L1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2015 14:31:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXZI0-0004sL-Sl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2015 14:31:14 -0400 Received: from mail-io0-x22f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22f]:35340) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXZI0-0004sH-LH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Sep 2015 14:31:12 -0400 Received: by ioiz6 with SMTP id z6so68442811ioi.2 for ; Thu, 03 Sep 2015 11:31:12 -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 --001a113eeccad457b1051edbfc45 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable sounds interesting, can you send me a copy of the source? I don't usei nternal links very much! On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote: > Aloha Matt, > > Matt Price writes: > > > Eveyr year at this time, I struggle with the structure of my course > > syllabi, and move bits an pieces around with wild abandon. At the end = of > > my struggles, my course outline will be filled with headings like this: > > ------------------------ > > ** <2015-10-06 Tue> Spatial History > > Thinking about the visual presentation of information, especially in ma= p > > form > > *** Readings > > + Franco Moretti, /Graphs, Maps, Trees/, ch. 1 ([[ > > > http://2012.hackinghistory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/placing-history.= pdf][Graphs > ]] > > ). > > + Knowles, A. K. =E2=80=9CGIS and History.=E2=80=9D [[ > > > http://2012.hackinghistory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pariser-filter-b= ubble.pdf][/Placing > > History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS Are Changing Historical > > Scholarship/]] (2008): 1=E2=80=9313. > > + Bondenhamer, David J. =E2=80=9CHistory and GIS: Implications for the > Discipline.=E2=80=9D > > /Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS Are Changing Historic= al > > Scholarship/ (2008): 219-234. > > + Theibault, John. =E2=80=9C[[ > > > http://writinghistory.trincoll.edu/evidence/theibault-2012-spring/][Visua= lizations > > and Historical Arguments]].=E2=80=9D Writing History in the Digital Age= , March > 23, > > 2012. > > *** Lab: Google Maps and Javascript > > -------------------------- > > > > Unfortunately, the Seminar topics, labs, and readings do not always mat= ch > > up very well. It occurs to me that it would be preferable to maintain > > separate trees of seminar topics and labs, and merge them, so eg: > > > > * Topics > > ** Introduction > > ** Crowds and Publics > > ** Spatial History > > > > * Labs > > ** Intro to HTML > > ** Styling with CSS > > ** The Google Maps Javascript API > > > > The two subtrees can be manipulated independently, then merged to creat= e > > something like: > > > > * Schedule > > ** <2015-09-15> > > *** Seminar: Introduction > > *** Lab: Intro to HTML > > > > (each subheading will also include content, e.g., a description of the > > class, some lab instructions, etc.). > > > > Is there an easy way to do this already? Or is the best thing to do to > > write a piece of elisp that generates the appropriate structure using > > org-element, and put that code in a babel block? And if the latter, doe= s > > anyone, um, want to write the code for me? > > > > I keep separate headings for readings, discussion questions, lectures, > etc., and don't attach dates directly to the headings. Then, I put > together a course calendar as a table that includes links to all the > relevant parts. I export this to html, using Fabrice Niessen's > ReadTheOrg stylesheet, and I'm good to go. My students like it, too. > > Not sure if this is what you're after, but it is working for me. > > All the best, > Tom > -- > Thomas S. Dye > http://www.tsdye.com > --001a113eeccad457b1051edbfc45 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
sounds interesting, can you send me a copy of the source? = I don't usei nternal links very much!


On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Thoma= s S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:

Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com= > writes:

> Eveyr year at this time, I struggle with the structure of my course > syllabi, and move bits an pieces around with wild abandon.=C2=A0 At th= e end of
> my struggles, my course outline will be filled with headings like this= :
> ------------------------
> ** <2015-10-06 Tue> Spatial History
> Thinking about the visual presentation of information, especially in m= ap
> form
> *** Readings
> + Franco Moretti, /Graphs, Maps, Trees/, ch. 1 ([[
> http://2012= .hackinghistory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/placing-history.pdf][Graphs]]
> ).
> + Knowles, A. K. =E2=80=9CGIS and History.=E2=80=9D [[
> htt= p://2012.hackinghistory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pariser-filter-bubble= .pdf][/Placing
> History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS Are Changing Historical
> Scholarship/]] (2008): 1=E2=80=9313.
> + Bondenhamer, David J. =E2=80=9CHistory and GIS: Implications for the= Discipline.=E2=80=9D
> /Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS Are Changing Histori= cal
> Scholarship/ (2008): 219-234.
> + Theibault, John. =E2=80=9C[[
> http://writin= ghistory.trincoll.edu/evidence/theibault-2012-spring/][Visualizations > and Historical Arguments]].=E2=80=9D Writing History in the Digital Ag= e, March 23,
> 2012.
> *** Lab: Google Maps and Javascript
> --------------------------
>
> Unfortunately, the Seminar topics, labs, and readings do not always ma= tch
> up very well. It occurs to me that it would be preferable to maintain<= br> > separate trees of seminar topics and labs, and merge them, so eg:
>
> * Topics
> ** Introduction
> ** Crowds and Publics
> ** Spatial History
>
> * Labs
> ** Intro to HTML
> ** Styling with CSS
> ** The Google Maps Javascript API
>
> The two subtrees can be manipulated independently, then merged to crea= te
> something like:
>
> * Schedule
> ** <2015-09-15>
> *** Seminar: Introduction
> *** Lab: Intro to HTML
>
> (each subheading will also include content, e.g., a description of the=
> class, some lab instructions, etc.).
>
> Is there an easy way to do this already? Or is the best thing to do to=
> write a piece of elisp that generates the appropriate structure using<= br> > org-element, and put that code in a babel block? And if the latter, do= es
> anyone, um, want to write the code for me?
>

I keep separate headings for readings, discussion questions, le= ctures,
etc., and don't attach dates directly to the headings.=C2=A0 Then, I pu= t
together a course calendar as a table that includes links to all the
relevant parts.=C2=A0 I export this to html, using Fabrice Niessen's ReadTheOrg stylesheet, and I'm good to go.=C2=A0 My students like it, t= oo.

Not sure if this is what you're after, but it is working for me.

All the best,
Tom
--
Thomas S. Dye
http:= //www.tsdye.com

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