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From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Subject: Re: request for latex-to-org importer
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To: Bastien <bastien.guerry@wikimedia.fr>
Cc: Marvin Doyley <marvinpas@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

Bastien <bastien.guerry@wikimedia.fr> writes:

> Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> writes:
>
>> Marvin Doyley <marvinpas@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Does anybody have a latex-org- importer ?
>>> I would like to use this as a collaborative tool when working with
>>> colleagues and students who are versed in latex but not familiar with
>>> emacs or org mode. Could prove to be very powerful when editing latex
>>> manuscripts - just import into org edit (my preferred way of working
>>> with latex) and export back to latex and send to co-authors.
>>
>> I have a rudimentary latex2org perl script (ahem, bundle of hacks) born
>> of necessity that I intend to put up on Worg when I get a chance. I'm
>> afraid it knows nothing (at the moment) of math formulas. (I did use it
>> to convert a large manuscript, including biblatex citations, to a nice
>> clean org file --- a result that brought a smile to my face, however
>> ugly the script itself might be.)
>
> Looks pretty useful!  Let's put a smile on everyone's face :)

Yes! My apologies for the delay. 

I now have a bit of time to polish it up and add documentation, so it
should be on Worg soon. :)

Best,
Matt