From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan L Tyree Subject: Re: Index of cases Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 17:14:17 +1000 Message-ID: <522D7549.1000402@gmail.com> References: <522BB194.7060705@gmail.com> <874n9wdj32.fsf@gmail.com> <522C16AD.9030102@gmail.com> <87a9jnzt5h.fsf@gmail.com> <8761ubzs8d.fsf@gmail.com> <874n9vq7q2.fsf@gmail.com> <522D0065.50306@gmail.com> <87y576pjkq.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44968) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VIvfa-0000Md-JU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2013 03:14:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VIvfW-0007pu-0G for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2013 03:13:58 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::230]:52790) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VIvfV-0007pj-Pk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Sep 2013 03:13:53 -0400 Received: by mail-pb0-f48.google.com with SMTP id ma3so5734708pbc.21 for ; Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:13:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87y576pjkq.fsf@gmail.com> 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: David Rogers Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Jambunathan K On 09/09/13 16:58, David Rogers wrote: > Alan L Tyree writes: > >> ... I am now senior enough to insist that the editor edit my files >> directly. > That single sentence really answers the question pretty effectively! The > whole explanation does make perfect sense, though. > > I admit that the entire structure of the work-flow is not something I > really understand - it seems to have developed over time in response to > changing situations, and therefore has elements that one might not > choose if one were starting from scratch. Sigh! Isn't that always the case? :-(. > > But (just throwing an additional idea out there) - the possibility of > having a considerable apparatus for yourself in Org-mode, and your final > step before sending to the editor being "export to plain text". (so that > your editor has bare plain text with no markup of any kind.) > My real problem is that I don't know how to generate the multiple indexes that I need if I use org mode. Everything else is easy. Any potential solution that I see involves adding lots more markup, but if I do that I might as well stick with LaTeX. At least a lot of simple editors (the software) are LaTeX aware, so my editor (the human being) should be able to handle it. Thanks again for your thoughts. Cheers, Alan -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:typhoon@iptel.org