On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sebastien Vauban <sva-news@mygooglest.com>
> writes:
>
> > See
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2014-06/msg00744.html
> > for Nicolas' answer on this point:
> >
> >   ╭────
> >   │ I suggest to use existing solutions instead: configure
> >   │ `org-latex-classes'.
> >   ╰────
>
>
> a related question: is this the right format to create the preamble
> string:
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> '(;; Name
>   "obb-article-full-page"
>   ;; Preamble
>   (concat
>    "\\documentclass{article}\n"
>    "[DEFAULT-PACKAGES]\n"
>    "[PACKAGES]\n"
>    "[EXTRA]\n"
>    "\\usepackage[cm]{fullpage}\n")
>   ;; Sectioning Structure
>   ("\\part{%s}" . "\\part*{%s}")
>   ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}") ...)
> #+END_SRC
>
> not sure if I need the line-feeds ...
>

I don't think you do. I build my org-latex-classes with add-to-list, so an
example of mine is:

(add-to-list 'org-latex-classes
             '("MikeMcLean"
               "\\documentclass{MikeMcLean}
             [DEFAULT-PACKAGES]
             [PACKAGES]
             [EXTRA]
             "
               ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}")
               ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
               ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")
               ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}")
               ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}")
               ("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}")))

The MikeMcLean document class (all of my 3-4 main classes, really) are a
moderate wrapper around the memoir class. A document I produce for myself
looks different than one that I produce as part of my employment or
volunteer effort(s), even though I produce them all from Org.

- Sets some class options
- Requires some packages I use a lot (minted, e.g.)
- Defines some fonts and colors.
- Sets page options (footers, chapter headers, sectioning, etc.)
- Defines a title page





>
> --
> cheers,
> Thorsten
>
>
>