From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Riley Subject: Re: How do teachers use org-mode Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:33:55 +0000 Message-ID: References: <8162fqvqfb.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:39093) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RsYS6-00033h-4Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:34:19 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RsYS0-0001E8-Ee for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:34:14 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:41460) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RsYS0-0001DW-7t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:34:08 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RsYRy-0000ah-9P for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:34:06 +0100 Received: from client-86-23-112-49.brhm.adsl.virginmedia.com ([86.23.112.49]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:34:06 +0100 Received: from rileyrg by client-86-23-112-49.brhm.adsl.virginmedia.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:34:06 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Jambunathan K writes: > Have students turn in their assignments in Org mode format. > > From > http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~rwl/lib/attachments/teaching/100/paper-guidelines.pdf > > See sec-2.3 > > ,---- > | I’m going to try an experiment in this course. I would like you to > | submit your papers to me as plain text, not in a document format like MS > | Word (.doc, .docx), OpenDocument Text (.odt), RTF, or HTML. You are > | welcome to useWord, OpenOffice, or another document editor to write your > | papers, but please export your paper from these programs as plain text, > | formatted according to the guidelines below.1 > | > | There are several reasons for this. One, I don’t want to require you to > | use any particular software to write your papers; you can edit plain > | text using a wide variety of programs on any platform. Two, I actually > | find the papers in the usual 12 point Times New Roman double-spaced > | format pretty difficult to read and work with. By submitting your papers > | in plain text, you’re making it easier for me to compile them into a > | format that prefer to work with, which means I’ll have more time to > | dedicate to giving you helpful feedback. > | > | In case you’re wondering: these guidelines are a subset of the > | formatting rules of Org mode for GNU Emacs (http://orgmode.org). I’m > | going to use Org mode to compile your papers using the LATEX > | typesetting system. If you want, you can use any formatting compatible > | with Org mode, but you’re not required to learn it. > `---- > Wow. That's a pretty cool "stamp of approval" !