From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye)
To: Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Org as a publishing toolkit
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 08:31:21 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m17h9ymmpy.fsf@tsdye.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimjmGsK79EdeOG=uLSjK0uxw_qwnA@mail.gmail.com> (Marcelo de Moraes Serpa's message of "Tue, 10 May 2011 12:52:56 -0500")
Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi list,
>
> So today I have been reseaching about higher-levels toolkits that
> could help me get into TeX (and or LaTeX) and at the same time
> allowing me to keep the text in a more human-readable format (easier
> to mantain and to convert to other formats if needed).
>
> I know that if I want beautiful formatted PDFs I will need to get into
> TeX / LaTeX, and I already started doing that, but as I said, keeping
> the text in a higher level format has benefits that you already know
> about.
>
> So I looked at asciidoc, the lower-level XML-based docbook, markdown,
> pandoc, ConTeXt, etc.
>
> Then I thought, why not try orgmode?
>
> So, after reading this article:
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-latex-export.html, I've then
> realized how powerful the org-export feature is.
>
> I can basically do this:
> * Keep the text in a (very) human readable format that I'm used to
> and that is much better to maintain than any other format I know
> (markdown / asciidoc) and integrated with my own orgmode personal
> information manager!
> * Add / customize the LaTeX output in *ANY* way I want to. Thanks to
> org AND babel! From what I can see, there are no limitations on how
> complex the LaTeX customizations can be, it can essentially match up
> any other "pure" latex documents out there.
> * As noted above, fully support LaTeX while still allowing me to export to:
> * plaintext
> * HTML
> * DocBook (and hence an array of other formats)
>
> I mean, how cool is that? I'm only starting in TeX/LaTeX so I might be
> overlooking some limitations, but from what I can see, orgmode is the
> most pragmatic and powerful publishing framework I have ever come to
> know.
>
> And what excites me even more is that I can keep my book in my
> preferred format and still output a beautifully-formatted PDF book
> *and* still support other formats (such as mobi or epub through
> docbook). Amazing!
>
> By the way, if I want to use raw TeX or maybe ConTeXt, is it possible?
> Not that I need, only curious :)
>
> This needs more hype! I don't think people realize how powerful this is ;)
>
> Cheers!
>
> Marcelo.
>
>
Aloha Marcelo,
The LaTeX export tutorial is a work in progress. I hope you find it
useful. When you run across something that doesn't work (or make sense)
don't hesitate to come back to the list with a query or suggestion.
All the best,
Tom
--
Thomas S. Dye
http://www.tsdye.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-10 18:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-10 17:52 Org as a publishing toolkit Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
2011-05-10 18:31 ` Thomas S. Dye [this message]
2011-05-10 18:48 ` Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
2011-05-10 19:19 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-05-10 20:53 ` Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
2011-05-10 21:35 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-05-10 21:39 ` Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
2011-05-10 22:26 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-05-11 0:41 ` Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
2011-05-11 1:40 ` prad
2011-05-11 4:52 ` Avdi Grimm
2011-05-11 8:09 ` Rasmus
2011-05-12 6:52 ` Eric S Fraga
2011-05-11 15:15 ` Mike McLean
2011-05-11 16:10 ` Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
2011-05-11 16:33 ` Nick Dokos
2011-05-14 12:32 ` Mike McLean
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