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. 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 <devn...@karl-voit.at> writes: > * Thomas S. Dye <t...@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
