Vikas Rawal <vikaslists@agrarianresearch.org> writes:

> I know I am being lazy in not trying it out, but if you could share a
> PDF, it would give us an idea of what this gives you.

Yes - an example pdf would be great.

Rainer

>
> Vikas
>  
> On 20-Sep-2014, at 6:19 am, Dan Griswold <kc5gmr@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Not sure anybody saw this the first time, so I'll try again, with some expansion.
>> 
>> Unlike the others who've commented, I moved my CV from LaTeX to
>> org-mode and I'm happy with the results. Two things make it work
>> well.
>> 
>> First, a "cv" class added to org-latex-classes:
>> 
>> (add-to-list '("cv"
>> "\\documentclass[10pt]{article}\n\\usepackage[margin=.75in]{geometry}\n%\\usepackage{palatino}\n\\usepackage{sectsty}\n\\sectionfont{\\normalsize\\selectfont\\itshape}\n\\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}\n\\usepackage{libertine}\n\\renewcommand*\\oldstylenums[1]{{\\fontfamily{fxlj}\\selectfont
>> #1}}"
>>   ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")))
>> 
>> Second, something like the following at the top of the org file (replace with your particulars):
>> 
>> #+OPTIONS: author:nil timestamp:nil
>> #+TITLE:
>> #+DATE:
>> #+LaTeX_CLASS: cv
>> 
>> #+BEGIN_LATEX
>> \begin{flushleft}
>>   \bfseries\Large Curriculum Vitae\hfill Daniel M. Griswold\normalfont
>> \end{flushleft}
>> 
>> \vspace{-12pt}%
>> \begin{flushright}
>>   69 Stratton Road\\
>>   Rochester, NY 14610\\
>>   (585) xxx-xxxx\\
>>   dgriswol@xxxxx.com\\
>>   \hrulefill
>> \end{flushright}
>> #+END_LATEX
>> 
>> Main headings are things like:
>> 
>> * Education
>> * Specialization
>> * Employment
>> * Publications
>> * Awards and Honors
>> 
>> and the details below each of these headings are simply unordered lists
>> 
>> I really like the easy of editing in org-mode this gives me.
>> 
>> Hope this helps,
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>

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