From: Rainer M Krug <Rainer@krugs.de>
To: Brady Trainor <algebrat@uw.edu>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: CV in orgmode for export to pdf (and html?)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 10:28:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2y4tc5aad.fsf@krugs.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <lvi1hv$d3e$1@ger.gmane.org> (Brady Trainor's message of "Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:52:30 -0700")
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Brady Trainor <algebrat@uw.edu> writes:
> On 9/19/2014 2:18 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> - How do you do it (I don't assume you write your CVs in Word?), or are
>> you using LaTeX directly?
>
> Nice question, I will enjoy reading all the examples in this thread.
>
> For a bit, I tried to make org do everything, like export resumes to
> Word, Writer, LaTeX and ASCII from one tree. Eventually, I couldn't
> justify managing all the moving parts, but maybe one day...
I am only thinking about export to LaTeX / pdf and html, but ASCII might
be nice as well.
>
> So I abandoned the export to word processors, though I had succeeded in
> applying template files. Too much going on behind the scenes for me, and
> requests for Word resumes should be rare enough that I just have notes
> on how to quickly format a resume there. After all, with so many OS and
> fonts, sending a Word document across OS can have unpredictable results.
> PDF or plain text is the way to go. (Interpretive dance is okay too.)
Completely agree - it would not be worth to keep that route up for a
CV.
>
> And I did have a decent export to LaTeX resume from org, but after
> discovering moderncv, I've switched, though I will be curious to read
> others' methods of org-to-moderncv export.
Yes - moderncv looks nice. Would be interested in suggestions as well.
Thanks,
Rainer
>
> But what I do still use is export to ASCII, as editing an ASCII resume
> layout is a pain. Here is the crux of my template for that
>
> #+OPTIONS: toc:nil num:nil
> #+NAME: setup # I have no idea what this line is for, I found it on worg
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results silent :exports none
> (setq org-ascii-headline-spacing '(0 . 1))
> (setq org-ascii-inner-margin 5)
> (setq org-ascii-underline '((ascii nil ?= nil)))
> #+END_SRC
>
> * resume :export:
>
> #+BEGIN_CENTER
> Brady Trainor\\
> algebrat@uw.edu -- (206) 898-4124
> #+END_CENTER
>
> ** Experience
> *** Jan 0000-Present Position
> Location\\
> Job description.
>
> ... etc.
>
> This is nice for sites that seem to prefer plain text, or demand it. I'm
> considering removing the centering, as some sites seem to remove the
> whitespace up to first character (B).
>
> Brady
>
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-22 8:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-19 9:18 CV in orgmode for export to pdf (and html?) Rainer M Krug
2014-09-19 10:10 ` Tory S. Anderson
2014-09-19 10:29 ` Andreas Kiermeier
2014-09-19 15:06 ` John Hendy
2014-09-19 17:15 ` Tory S. Anderson
2014-09-22 8:24 ` Rainer M Krug
2014-10-29 19:35 ` Karl Voit
2014-09-19 15:38 ` Dan Griswold
2014-09-19 19:52 ` Brady Trainor
2014-09-19 20:18 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-09-19 23:01 ` Rasmus
2014-09-22 8:30 ` Rainer M Krug
2014-09-21 19:59 ` Myles English
2014-09-22 8:31 ` Rainer M Krug
2014-09-22 21:37 ` Myles English
2014-09-23 6:56 ` Rainer M Krug
2014-09-22 8:28 ` Rainer M Krug [this message]
2014-09-20 0:49 ` Dan Griswold
2014-09-20 5:56 ` Vikas Rawal
2014-09-22 8:32 ` Rainer M Krug
2014-09-20 6:36 ` Joseph Vidal-Rosset
2014-09-22 8:32 ` Rainer M Krug
2014-09-22 8:23 ` CV in orgmode for export to pdf (and html? Rainer M Krug
2014-09-22 11:55 ` Nick Dokos
2014-09-23 9:06 ` Rasmus
[not found] ` <87fvfihfh8.fsf@gmx.us>
2014-09-23 9:24 ` Rainer M Krug
2014-09-20 7:45 ` CV in orgmode for export to pdf (and html?) Xavier Garrido
2014-09-22 8:33 ` Rainer M Krug
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