Hi Tom,
I've seen many of the examples you've added to the mailing list and worg. I
also enjoy using Org-mode for writing my own documents and webpages -
currently I'm using it to write my Ph.D. dissertation.
I'm curious how you work on Org-mode papers for publication with
collaborators? In particular, do all of your collaborators know and use
Org-mode themselves? Our current method is just to use ordinary LaTeX files
in a CVS repository for collaboration. I think it would be difficult to get
my collaborators to all use Org-mode - even though they all use emacs.
Org-mode has quite a bit of a learning curve that they probably don't have
the time or patience to learn currently.
Chris
On Jun 30, 2011 2:35am, "Thomas S. Dye" <t...@tsdye.com> 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.
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 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
