From: Markus Heller <hellerm2@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Writing a dissertation using org-mode
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:41:23 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <hmrfo4$5c7$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k4tr6pnj.fsf@gmx.ch>
On 3/5/2010 2:14 AM, Sven Bretfeld wrote:
> Eric S Fraga<ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
>
>> if I may (respectfully) disagree? Having examined too many PhD theses
>> to count, I would prefer PhD candidates spent more of their time
>> worrying about the content and organisation of their thesis than the
>> actual layout. Unlike the preparation of camera ready copy for
>> conferences, say, most of the defaults taken by LaTeX are usually fine
>> once you've set up the layout to meet the university's requirements
>> (which are usually only about page size, margins and font sizes). The
>> great thing about using org-mode for writing is the outlining and the
>> ability to easily move sections around.
>
> I fully agree and would add some other advantages:
>
> - Orgmode can help to plan a paper or thesis right from the first second
> onwards. If you plan your texts in the canonical bottom-up way,
> orgmode helps you through all the stages:
>
> 1. Brainstorming
> 2. Selecting
> 3. Mindmapping
> 4. Visualizing (org-mindmap)
> 5. Structuring
> 6. Writing
>
> - Orgmode has the fantastic (and AFAIK unique) feature that you can
> integrate your text project directly into your time and todo
> management. Most people writing with MSWord etc. use to use
> marginnotes or something similar to make notes like "Check the
> pagenumber of this citation again". They are lucky if they actually
> remember this task when they are in a library. Writing in orgmode you
> can just add:
>
> * TODO Check the pagenumber of this citation again :@LIBRARY:
>
> And you automatically have that todo in your daily agenda.
I have to agree with Torsten: I'd write the thesis directly in LaTeX,
only because of the power of AUCTeX and RefTeX (and preview, if you have
lots of plots and math).
I do see the advantages of orgmode in terms of brainstorming etc. as
outlined by Sven, and I'd use orgmode for 1.--5. for sure.
Just one remark on Sven's last point: Having the TODO item in your
agenda when you're in the library only helps if you have access to your
org-files ...
Just my 2 cents
Markus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-05 17:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-04 4:45 Writing a dissertation using org-mode Henri-Paul Indiogine
2010-03-04 5:33 ` Torsten Wagner
2010-03-04 9:51 ` Scot Becker
2010-03-04 17:12 ` Henri-Paul Indiogine
2010-03-05 8:58 ` Detlef Steuer
2010-03-05 9:00 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-03-05 10:14 ` Sven Bretfeld
2010-03-05 17:41 ` Markus Heller [this message]
2010-03-06 23:54 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-03-07 3:10 ` Thomas S. Dye
2010-03-09 15:16 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-03-09 16:27 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-03-21 19:19 ` Thomas S. Dye
2010-03-22 8:49 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-03-04 14:02 ` Maurizio Vitale
2010-03-04 17:33 ` Thomas S. Dye
2010-03-04 18:40 ` Henri-Paul Indiogine
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