From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye)
To: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Best practices for literate programming [was: Latex export of tables]
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:06:11 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1y5ci81ho.fsf@poto.westell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130416221022.GA7809@panahar> (Vikas Rawal's message of "Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:40:22 +0530")
Aloha Vikas,
Vikas Rawal <vikaslists@agrarianresearch.org> writes:
>> I've been down it too many times myself. The habits I've developed
>> over time have helped, but I think they are less systematic than
>> what you've devised.
>
> Tom, do tell us more about what these habits are.
The new exporter is really your friend. Where before I might choose to
generate a LaTeX block, now I look to generate Org output and then count
on the exporter to do the right thing on the way to pdf.
The exporter's attribute system is very easy to use. The attributes you
need to access are always right there.
I've also come to rely on filters quite a bit. I use them for
non-breaking spaces, the plus/minus symbol, and for the multiple
citation commands used by biblatex (e.g., \parencites). There seems to
be a move afoot to collect filters so they can be widely distributed.
I'd like to see the filters go to the Library of Babel, but for
reproducible research it is probably best to keep them with the source
document so there is no doubt about the fidelity of filter code.
All the best,
Tom
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-17 0:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-12 8:06 Latex export of tables Vikas Rawal
2013-04-14 23:29 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-04-16 11:56 ` Vikas Rawal
2013-04-16 13:13 ` Thomas Alexander Gerds
2013-04-16 17:39 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-04-16 20:07 ` Thomas S. Dye
2013-04-16 21:39 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-04-16 23:45 ` Thomas S. Dye
2013-04-17 10:21 ` Myles English
2013-04-16 22:10 ` Best practices for literate programming [was: Latex export of tables] Vikas Rawal
2013-04-17 0:06 ` Thomas S. Dye [this message]
2013-04-18 16:53 ` Rasmus
2013-04-18 17:59 ` Aaron Ecay
2013-04-18 18:25 ` Rasmus
2013-04-18 19:48 ` Achim Gratz
2013-04-18 19:42 ` Thomas S. Dye
2013-04-21 17:25 ` Rasmus Pank Roulund
2013-04-17 6:39 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-04-17 9:55 ` Rainer M. Krug
2013-04-17 10:10 ` Suvayu Ali
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