> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

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>   i am not an accomplished user of *any* of the technologies in the

> toolchain -- org-mode, emacs, latex or beamer.  i have used emacs in

Highly recommended series for getting to know Emacs better:

HTH

--Manish