Thomas S. Dye <t...@tsdye.com> wrote: > The current Org-mode LaTeX exporter is nifty, but it was designed to > export notes and not dissertations. It can be configured to do that, > but the extra translation step adds some complexity and potentially > introduces problems. In my work this potential downside is more than > made up for by the reproducible research facilities of Org-mode. When I > don't need these, I typically write in LaTeX. The AucTeX environment is > a terrific help to the author of a LaTeX document and in many ways it is > ideal for a dissertation writer.
Thanks for your advice. This has been my experience so far as well. > That said, the new LaTeX exporter in Org-mode is being designed to > overcome some of the limitations of the old exporter, so it will > probably be the case that the translation step from Org-mode to LaTeX > will get easier. It would be good to have someone write a dissertation > using the new exporter because it might stretch the exporter in ways > that smaller, simpler documents do not. But I doubt if this will be the > path of least resistance to the finished dissertation. I have seen mention of the new exporter on this list a bit, but I don't read the list enough to know where to find it. How can I try it, if I want to see how it compares to the current exporter? Is it in a public branch somewhere? Would feedback from me be helpful? > I'm using ebib to manage BibTeX data now and I really like it. It works > well with both LaTeX and Org-mode, so I don't have to switch gears > completely to move from one authoring environment to the other. Hmm, I hadn't heard of ebib, but I will have a look at it. Thanks for the tip! Best, Richard
