Re: Org-mode as a replacement for LaTeX

[tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye)]

Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:

> On 30.6.2011, at 08:35, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
>
>> 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
>

Aloha Carsten,

Soon, I hope.  I have to make them run as emacs batches first, a new
thing for me.

All the best,
Tom

>> 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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