From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: [WISH] Org Importers Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:17:35 +0100 Message-ID: <87mxpx9ubk.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <87wrp45n2a.fsf@berkeley.edu> <878w1j65va.fsf@berkeley.edu> <877hh2235b.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <81d3quu2zm.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <87aalxamvz.fsf@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=34733 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PBm1s-0006WE-8d for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:17:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PBm1q-0003X3-BZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:17:48 -0400 Received: from vscane-b.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.141]:62040) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PBm1q-0003Ue-7O for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:17:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87aalxamvz.fsf@fastmail.fm> (Matt Lundin's message of "Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:00:32 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Matt Lundin Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Jambunathan K Matt Lundin writes: > FWIW, I have a home-brewed perl script that converts latex documents to > org-mode files. Loosely based on latex2doc[1], it uses a latex style > file (generated by the perl script) to markup the pdf output (e.g. > asterisks for section headings, etc.). The org-formatted pdf is then > converted to plain text with pdftotext. > > It's a crude and by no means comprehensive hack designed to meet my own > peculiar needs. But I'd be happy to share it on Worg (with ample > disclaimers) if anyone is interested. > > Best, > Matt > > Footnotes: > [1] http://www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.heslin/Software/Latex/latex2doc.php Matt, I do have a need to convert latex to org every now and again (luckily not too often) so it would definitely be nice to have this on Worg. My own approach is to manually apply a number of regexp substitutions that don't catch everything. Your approach sounds quite appealing! -- Eric S Fraga GnuPG: 8F5C 279D 3907 E14A 5C29 570D C891 93D8 FFFC F67D