Re: Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX (was: Fwd: Exporting latex without preamble)

[Daniel Martins <danielemc@gmail.com>]

2011/11/14 Daniel Martins <danielemc@gmail.com>:
> I would like to see just the preamble of these org files prepared to
> replace LaTeX files
>
> Daniel
>
> 2011/6/30 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>:
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>> On 30.6.2011, at 08:35, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
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>>> Aloha Karl,
>>>
>>> I agree that AucTeX is awesome.  I use it every day at work with much
>>> pleasure.
>>>
>>> I've been using Org-mode with the goal of creating reproducible
>>> research, where the LaTeX output is just one part of the package.  In my
>>> case, this is something that requires Org-mode for its ability to pass
>>> results between code blocks written in different languages.  I can't do
>>> these things in AucTeX.
>>>
>>> At first, like you, I was suspicious of adding a layer between me and
>>> LaTeX.  I was impatient with figuring out how to make the little things
>>> work right.  I'm still not able to control LaTeX as finely as I'd like
>>> from within Org-mode, but I've managed to close the gap sufficiently
>>> that my last four publications were authored completely with Org-mode.
>>
>> Are these publicly accessible?  I think that would be a great advertisement
>> for Org as a publishing environment if you could link to source and paper....
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>>> The one I'm working on now is Org-mode, too.  I'm really liking it as
>>
>>
>>> an
>>> authoring environment.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> Karl Voit <devnull@Karl-Voit.at> writes:
>>>
>>>> * Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
>>>>> Aloha Rafael,
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I thought you might as well be interested in my point of
>>>> view.
>>>>
>>>> First: I am pretty new to Org-mode but I am using LaTeX a while now
>>>> and I am even teaching LaTeX to motivated beginners.
>>>>
>>>>> Is there a reason not to have everything in one .org file?  I find
>>>>> Org-mode's ability to fold on headlines and to edit subtrees in indirect
>>>>> buffers very convenient, even for long documents.  For my work, that
>>>>> functionality has replaced LaTeX \include files.
>>>>
>>>> I did not follow the thread here but I do think I get the idea that
>>>> you want to replace LaTeX with Org-mode and generate a PDF via
>>>> LaTeX/PDF-export functionality of Org-mode.
>>>>
>>>> On the one hand, I do agree that (simple) PDF documents are written
>>>> very easily with Org-mode. But on the other hand you are going to
>>>> add just another layer. This means that you probably end up wanting
>>>> this LaTeX feature in Org-mode, that other handy LaTeX feature too
>>>> and so forth.
>>>>
>>>> In my point of view, if you leave the basic stuff, you should stick
>>>> to LaTeX. And I do have good news to you: You are very fortune
>>>> because Emacs does have the IMHO most advanced editor support for
>>>> LaTeX: AucTeX (with all of its extensions like preview-latex and
>>>> RefTeX).
>>>>
>>>> I plan to use Org-mode as an outline tool for larger documents,
>>>> where the basic structure evolves, keywords are moved from one part
>>>> to the other. But before I start to write the detailed document
>>>> content, I move to AucTeX, having the great possibilities for
>>>> writing documents that end up being great PDFs.
>>>>
>>>> But this is just my point of view.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thomas S. Dye
>>> http://www.tsdye.com
>>>
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