From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Titus von der Malsburg Subject: Re: Organizing and taming hectic Academia work (faculty viewpoint)? Tips or a good guides sought after :) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 13:58:52 -0700 Message-ID: <87r3pjgu0j.fsf@posteo.de> References: <7e093509.51e.14ddb300091.Coremail.chxp_moon@163.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48823) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z2n5b-0001UQ-L9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:59:13 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z2n5X-0004ns-H7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:59:11 -0400 Received: from mx02.posteo.de ([89.146.194.165]:54962) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z2n5X-0004nj-7g for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:59:07 -0400 In-reply-to: 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: Ken Mankoff Cc: emacs-orgmode , windy --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2015-06-10 Wed 07:14, Ken Mankoff wrote: > I found a happy medium working in Org, exporting to LaTeX, and then > using Pandoc to convert to Word. With ox-pandoc you can export to .docx directly. No need to go through LaTeX. Ox-pandoc is pretty amazing. Titus > I would send the Word and always the canonical PDF version in case some e= quations got messed up. This requires manually incorporating the tracked ch= anges from Word, but I've never been a fan of just clicking "accept" on cha= nges anyway, and don't mind the manual re-integration of comments. > > -k. >=20=20=20 > > On 2015-06-10 at 09:49, John Kitchin wrote: >> Speaking as an advisor/teacher, you should do what they want if you want >> them to help you. >> >> You could ask if they are willing to comment on the pdf, either by hand >> writing on a printed version, or by pdf commenting, or maybe in the >> LaTeX source. But, if that is not what they want, and they cannot work >> with what you give them, you will not get as much feedback as you want, >> and you will end up creating frustration on your end and theirs. >> >> windy writes: >> >>> Another question, I am a student , I think it is a big problem that how= to exchange you article with your teacher, because the teacher will commen= t or revise your article once again and again. >>> >>> However, Many teachers will not use emacs to write articles and also th= e pdf file is not so convenient to do some modification, how will you deal = with the problem ? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> =E5=9C=A82015=E5=B9=B406=E6=9C=8809 21=E6=97=B621=E5=88=86, "John Kitch= in"=E5=86=99=E9=81=93: >>> >>> you might also enjoy our youtube video: >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DfgizHHd7nOo >>> >>> And this one on using org-mode in teaching: >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DIsSMs-4GlT8&list=3DFLQp2VLAOlvq142YN3= JO3y8w >>> >>> and >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DcRUCiF2MwP4 >>> >>> See http://github.com/jkitchin/jmax for my Emacs setup for >>> org-mode. >>> >>> My only other advice is start learning to program in emacs-lisp. It took >>> me about four years to get proficient enough to write org-ref. I learned >>> by solving lots of little problems, and building up to bigger >>> problems. A lot of those are documented in my blog. Read the emacs and >>> emacs-lisp manuals (read them in Emacs or in a browser). They take some >>> time, so skip the stuff that doesn't make sense and come back to it >>> later if you need to. Consider getting the book at >>> https://www.masteringemacs.org. It isn't about org-mode, but it will >>> make you better at using Emacs. Consider reading Land of Lisp. It isn't >>> about Emacs or Emacs-lisp, but it might interest you in programming in a >>> lispy language, and it is a fun read. >>> >>> Buy the org-mode book: >>> http://www.amazon.com/Org-Mode-Reference-Manual-Organize/dp/9881327709/= ref=3Dsr_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&qid=3D1433855847&sr=3D8-1&keywords=3Dorg-mode. yes, >>> it is the same stuff as in the manual, but it is a book you can read >>> anywhere anytime. >>> >>> Start by learning how to get org-mode to do some things you want. Just >>> do one thing a day. Every day. >>> >>> You hopefully have 30+ years of career ahead of you, so even if it takes >>> a few years or more to learn how to program in emacs-lisp to customize >>> your workflows, you still have plenty of time to benefit from it! >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Holger Wenzel writes: >>> >>>> Hi Xebar, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Xebar Saram gmail.com> writes: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dear Martin >>>>> Thanks so much for your prompt response. I did ofc do an extensive go= ogle >>>> research yet found that as can be seen in your link most entries focus= on >>>> either writing papers or general bits an pieces .What i am looking for= is a >>>> holistic approach regarding organizing all aspects of academic life an= d to >>>> hear workflows of other colleagues using org for that >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I'd start with: >>>> >>>> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2014/08/08/What-we-are-using-or= g- >>>> mode-for/ >>>> >>>> follow John Kitchin's blog there closely and read everything he posts = in >>>> this list. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Holger >>>>> z >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 12:16 AM, M web.de> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > Von: Xebar Saram gmail.com> >>>>> > Datum: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 19:39:14 +0300 >>>>> > An: org mode gnu.org> >>>>> > Betreff: [O] Organizing and taming hectic Academia work (faculty >>>> viewpoint)? >>>>> > Tips or a good guides sought after :) >>>>> >> Hi all >>>>> > >>>>> > Im a young assistant professor (in humanities and thus my horrific >>>> coding >>>>> > skills..basically non ) and having been using orgmode for a year or= two >>>>> > now. I love orgmode dearly and use it mainly for note taking, lists= etc >>>>> > >>>>> > I am aware of the fantastic orgmode capabilities that could benefit= me >>>> greatly >>>>> > such as exporting, email tie-ins, beamer support, organizing my >>>> bibliography >>>>> > (i have switched to a .bib file recently for my references), agenda >>>>> > capabilities and so much moreand have tried several of these with m= ild >>>>> > success. >>>>> > >>>>> > unfortunately (and this maybe due to me not being very technical and >>>> lack of >>>>> > coding skills) i still feel like im really not using orgmode to its >>>> potential >>>>> > and still feel miserably lost in terms of organizing my work in aca= demia >>>> from >>>>> > all aspects. >>>>> > >>>>> > i am looking for 2 things really: >>>>> > 1. as i said in the post topic a good guide if anyone is aware of or >>>> detailed >>>>> > examples of using org in Academia (mainly aimed at faculty :)) >>>>> > >>>>> > 2. related to that as a young researcher with multiple students, pa= per >>>>> > writing, grant applications, department duties, endless TODOS, endl= ess >>>> email i >>>>> > would really be grateful for even non org specific tips on how other >>>> people >>>>> > organize all this to make life more..well..organized :) >>>>> > >>>>> > thanks alot in advance and sorry for the long mail >>>>> > >>>>> > best >>>>> > >>>>> > Z >>>>> >>>>> Dear Xebar, >>>>> I think the first 10 results of the correspondindg google search alre= ady >>>>> show some very interesting examples:http://www.google.com/search? >>>> client=3Dsafari&rls=3Den&q=3Demacs+org-mode+in+resear >>>>> ch&ie=3DUTF-8&oe=3DUTF-8 >>>>> Did you have a look at those? >>>>> Kind regards >>>>> Martin >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJVeKUNAAoJEK40WfPGE2idUugH/j2W0JopthBIr65uhXOhTpZF 1BZwfPnuPjVyfjSihRWctQ2vw1wmcHJ0NkM0ReaoyEB4jHmbjrop3rcpkhU5DyxE mFaNlZd/H/DLRbXBARcQs5J9G1YPQrIsULOTd9ObNKlOGxLh3O+XT59YqN0G6lEh bvFbcL1rV9/BIEpVQlOElt6ltNT95WpjTfeMnqD9IKuDHCSvliy+W6q1/kXM4Q92 Mp6JRUzhapKDbqvM13y+T6y8IYhIjq0p+6tdPtrDApjekjfkGPU+2gBGF3rSBGph pUOgfdNuV3Mbe41jvn5HVWeK5Fmu5K9mbJp3JB/CykzPJbFqkttuNXLp4YY+mV4= =5MF7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--