From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) Subject: Re: Efficiency of Org v. LaTeX v. Word Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 13:36:47 -1000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46893) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y4eRR-0006op-MU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 18:37:10 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y4eRN-0005eZ-KW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 18:37:09 -0500 Received: from gproxy1-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com ([69.89.25.95]:35152) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y4eRN-0005e4-Eb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Dec 2014 18:37:05 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Ken Mankoff's message of "Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:47:39 -0500") 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: Ken Mankoff Cc: Org-mode mailing list ,---------------------------------------------------------------------- | "One may also argue that given a well-designed LaTeX document class | file, document development speed and text and formatting accuracy are | significantly improved." `---------------------------------------------------------------------- Apparently, the LaTeX users didn't have the benefit of a document class. Hard to take a "study" like this seriously. ,----------------------------------------------------------------------- | "preventing researchers from producing documents in LaTeX would save | time and money to maximize the benefit of research and development for | both the research team and the public" `----------------------------------------------------------------------- All you have to lose is your freedom. All the best, Tom Ken Mankoff writes: > People here might be interested in a publication from [2014-12-19 Fri] > available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115069 > > Title: An Efficiency Comparison of Document Preparation Systems Used > in Academic Research and Development > > Summary: Word users are more efficient and have less errors than even > experienced LaTeX users. > > Someone here should repeat experiment and add Org into the mix, perhaps > Org -> ODT and/or Org -> LaTeX and see if it helps or hurts. I assume > Org would trump LaTeX, but would Org -> ODT or Org -> X -> DOCX (via > pandoc) beat straight Word? > > -k. > > > -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com