Hi Andreas, thanks for the reply. I'm a long time user of babel already. Thus, I am pretty sure it will be part of the solution :) Thanks again for confirmation Torsten On 11 March 2013 12:07, Andreas Röhler wrote: > Am 11.03.2013 11:52, schrieb Torsten Wagner: > > Hi Thorsten, >> >> thanks for the links. I will look into them. >> >> Actually the topic is not exactly OT, I'm looking for a "meta-system" >> which >> helps me to keep all those different things together. Hopefully, in a way >> which allows me to generate different kind of course material from the >> same >> sources. >> I was wondering, can org-mode be such a "meta-system" e.g. could I keep >> materials of a certain topic within a single org-file and use (customized) >> exporters to create the desired outputs like a interactive HTML version, a >> printable PDF, exercises and questions for exams? >> >> E.g. a file structure like this >> >> * Theory >> text text text >> >> ** Interactive example :HTML >> Bable code >> >> ** more theory in detail >> *** Images >> >> ** lecture slides :BEAMER >> >> ** Exercises >> *** Solutions >> >> ** Exam questions >> *** 1 >> *** 2 >> *** 3 >> >> This file should ideally run through different exporters to generate >> interactive HTML for a website, >> printable PDF version, >> slides for a lecture, >> exercises with and without solution, >> exam questions, >> >> One task which might require some more attention (and code) would be to >> compile e.g. the entire script from different source files. Same for an >> entire exam, a set of exercise, etc. >> The benefit of an approach like above would be that I can keep all related >> infos close to each other. It would be much easier to make changes among >> all different outputs, create new material, etc. >> Hope this makes my idea more clear. >> >> Thanks for helping >> >> Torsten >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 10 March 2013 00:20, Thorsten Jolitz wrote: >> >> Torsten Wagner writes: >>> >>> I plan to create new course materials for teaching at university level. >>>> >>> >>> slightly OT, but you could have a look at LaTeX package >>> >>> ,-----------------------------**----- >>> | http://www.ctan.org/pkg/**tcolorbox >>> `-----------------------------**----- >>> >>> and its manual >>> >>> ,-----------------------------**------------------------------** >>> ---------- >>> | http://mirrors.ctan.org/**macros/latex/contrib/** >>> tcolorbox/tcolorbox.pdf >>> `-----------------------------**------------------------------** >>> ---------- >>> >>> its well suited for presenting source-code & output as well as >>> exercises & solutions. >>> >>> -- >>> cheers, >>> Thorsten >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > Hi Thorsten, > > from what I understand, org-mode is designed for this. > Probably org-babel is the point to start, exporting sections with > different kind of text/code. > > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-**contrib/babel/index.html > > Should you miss a part, assume there are good chances to get it written > after request. > > Looking forward to see it grow, > > Andreas >