Re: org-mode markup vs rst for general content

[Alan L Tyree <alantyree@gmail.com>]

On 11/03/17 07:32, Samuel Wales wrote:
> On 3/10/17, Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> I would say Markdown if you are collaborating with someone not familiar
>>> with Emacs. The Pandoc version will do a surprising amount.  Org-mode
>>> for nearly everything else, but if you need more, go on to LaTeX.
>> Excellent summary.
> the pandoc version of ...?  org->markdown->pandoc->word?
The opinion is mine (I don't want Eric embarrassed by my opinions!!). 
The pandoc version of Markdown is what I meant. And I definitely prefer 
org-mode, but the context was one of collaboration with someone who has 
never used Emacs. I had no hope of converting him from Word to 
Emacs/org-mode, but he was happy with Markdown. The text was simply 
enough that none of the complexities that you mention below arose.

Also, on export to Word: my export path actually was org -> LaTeX -> 
LibreOffice. The last step uses a special script that is part of the 
tex4ht (I even got the name wrong before) package: oolatex.

For some reason, the Debian Jessie package does not install oolatex on 
the PATH. On my system it is installed at /usr/share/tex4ht/oolatex.

oolatex will pause periodically, at least on a long manuscript. Restart 
by typing 'x'.

Cheers,
Alan

>
> i think a major feature would be working with internal links.  so
> you'd export a subtree, and links to locations in the subtree would be
> supported.  does markdown do that?
>
> also, org-export-with-tasks can't be supported by pandoc, because
> presumably it doesn't go off and inspect your .emacs, but can it
> support the properties drawer equivalent?
>


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