Hi John, would you mind posting an example of the org file, too? It would be easier for me to wrap my thoughts about this.. (The gurus probably don't it...)
Thanks a lot Robert On 07/10/2013 06:32 PM, John Rakestraw wrote: > Greetings, list -- > > I've been using Philip Hirschhorn's exam documentclass > (http://www-math.mit.edu/~psh/#ExamCls) for several years to produce my > exams. I've been writing the exams in org-mode and using the exporter to > produce the pdf. > > I've recently moved to org 8.0. (I like it!) I've successfully converted > all of my other export class definitions, but I can't figure out how to > define the exam class so that I can export my exams. I've pasted below > the class definition that worked with the previous exporter (I know it's > clumsy, but it worked) and also a sample version of what I need in the > tex file. > > (I know I could just write the tex file directly, but it's nice to have > all of the course materials included in human-readable form in the > course org file.) > > My problem is that I can't get the exporter to produce chunks like this: > > \begin{questions} > \question > A paragraph describing how the students should answer the following > questions. > \begin{parts} > \part > A multi-line question > \part > Another multi-line question > \end{parts} > \end{questions} > > Thanks for whatever advice anyone can offer. > > --John > > > Old template: > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > (setq org-export-latex-classes (cons '("exam" > ### I know that in the new exporter I need to change this variable to > "org-latex-classes" ### > "% BEGIN exam Defaults > [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] > [PACKAGES] > \\documentclass[12pt]{exam} > \\usepackage{palatino} > \\extrawidth{.5in} > \\extraheadheight{-.75in} > \\extrafootheight[-3in]{-.75in} > \\pagestyle{headandfoot} > \\NoKey > \\NumberOfVersions{1} > \\renewcommand\\thequestion{\\Roman{question}} > \\renewcommand\\thepartno{\\arabic{partno}} > \\renewcommand\\partlabel{\\thepartno.} > > > % END exam Defaults > > " > ("\\begin{questions}" "\\end{questions}" > "\\begin{questions}" "\\end{questions}") > ("\\question" . "\\question*") > ("\\begin{parts}" "\\end{parts}" "\\begin{parts}" > "\\end{parts}") > ("\\part" . "\\part*")) > > org-export-latex-classes)) > > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > An example of what I need the exporter to produce: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > \documentclass[letterpaper]{exam} > \extrawidth{.5in} > \extraheadheight[.3in]{-.75in} > \extrafootheight{-.25in} > \raggedright > \renewcommand\thequestion{\Roman{question}} > \renewcommand\thepartno{\arabic{partno}} > \renewcommand\partlabel{\thepartno.} > \firstpageheader{Name: \enspace\makebox[3in]{\hrulefill}\\Exam > 1\\}{}{Introductory Class \\May 7, 2013\\} > \begin{document} > > \begin{coverpages} > text describing how the exam should be printed and prepared for > distribution. > \end{coverpages} > > > > \begin{questions} > \question > A paragraph here describes this section and tells students how many > terms to > identify. > \begin{parts} > \part > term 1 > \vspace*{\fill} > \part > term 2 > \vspace*{\fill} > \part > term 3 > \vspace*{\fill} > \part > term 4 > \vspace*{\fill} > \part > term 5 > \vspace*{\fill} > \part > term 6 > \vspace*{\fill} > \part > term 7 > \vspace*{\fill} > \part > term 7 > \vspace*{\fill} > \part > term 8 > \end{parts} > \end{questions} > \newpage > \fillwithdottedlines{\fill} > \newpage > \begin{questions} > \question > Short Answer. A paragraph describing how I want students to respond to the > following questions. I want to leave vertical space filled with dotted > lines > between the questions, and I want two questions on each page. > \begin{parts} > \part > This is the first question. It will be several lines long, so I'm > writing enough > filler here to add at least a second line. > \fillwithdottedlines{\fill} > \part > This is the second question. It will also be several lines long, so I need > filler enough to get to the second line for this example. > \fillwithdottedlines{\fill} > > \newpage > \fillwithdottedlines{\fill} > \newpage > \part > This is the 3d question. > \fillwithdottedlines{\fill} > \end{parts} > \end{questions} > \newpage > \fillwithdottedlines{\fill} > \newpage > \begin{questions} > \question > Essay Question. This is a section of essay questions. Students will > answer only > one of these questions, so I don't need to leave space between the two > questions. > \begin{parts} > \part > The first of the essay questions goes here. It will be several lines > long, so I > want enough text in the example to provide a line break. > \part > The second essay question. It is also several lines long, so I'll add some > rambling text here for the second line. > \end{parts} > \end{questions} > \fillwithdottedlines{\fill} > \newpage > \fillwithdottedlines{\fill} > \end{document} > > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > >
