Hi Suvayu,
I think Matt's lisp code /should/ work for doing exactly what we are talking about, but for some reason I can't get it to work with LaTeX export.
Anyway, good luck on your defense!
Chris
On May 5, 2011 1:37pm, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Chris,
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> Sorry for the delay, had to attend a meeting.
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> On Thu, 5 May 2011 11:37:41 -0400
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> Chris Malone chris.m.malone@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi Suvayu,
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> > Thanks for sharing your use case - I'm interested in a few more
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> > details:
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> > > For example for my appendix and bibliography I use the following:
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> > > #+INCLUDE: thesis-appendix.org :minlevel 1
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> > Would this #+INCLUDE line come within the last chapter headline? In
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> > other words did you have something like
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> > #+INCLUDE: thesis-appendix.org :minlevel 1
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> > \bibliography{master}
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> > With this, it seems that all of the appendix/backmatter gets folded
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> > into the last chapter heading. That is sort of the way I'm thinking
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> > of working my thesis, but it seems sub-optimal.
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> Yes that is correct. It folds into the last chapter, and I too find this
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> sub-optimal. If there was a way to specify certain headlines were
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> afraid it would require some lisp intervention.
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> That said, I just found a possible workaround. If you put the appendix
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> #+INCLUDE: thesis-appendix.org :minlevel 1
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> #+LaTeX: \backmatter
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> #+LaTeX: \newpage
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> #+LaTeX: \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\bibname}
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> #+LaTeX: \bibliographystyle{plain}
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> #+LaTeX: \bibliography{master}
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> After my thesis defence I might actually get around to attempting to
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> deal with this in lisp. Would be a good learning excercise. :)
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> > Chris
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> --
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> Suvayu
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> Open source is the future. It sets us free.
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