From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Horn Subject: Re: Re: [WISH] Org Importers Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:18:03 -0400 Message-ID: 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=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48160 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PBeY2-0007Ba-UM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:18:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PBeXy-0003KF-2U for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:18:30 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f41.google.com ([209.85.161.41]:54646) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PBeXx-0003K0-Sj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:18:26 -0400 Received: by fxm2 with SMTP id 2so2711021fxm.0 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:18:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87aalxamvz.fsf@fastmail.fm> 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: Eric S Fraga , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Jambunathan K > 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. I for one, would be interested in this, though it is likely to be a few months before I can get around to using it for an actual project. Jeff -- Jeffrey Horn Graduate Lecturer and PhD Student in Economics George Mason University (704) 271-4797 jhorn@gmu.edu jrhorn424@gmail.com http://www.failuretorefrain.com/jeff/