Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com> writes: > Igor Sosa Mayor <joseleopoldo1...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Steven Arntson <ste...@stevenarntson.com> writes: >> >>> Hi, I'm trying to export an org-mode doc to LaTex and subsequently to >>> PDF. This is a literary novel, written in prose. Right now when I run >>> the export command, the resulting file is incorrectly formatted for the >>> literary world, and I'm not sure how to change it. Is there a dialog or >>> "customize" menu that allows users to eliminate some default settings, >>> and add others? >> >> Maybe you can configure it with >> M-x customize-group org >> >> But I think a look at the manual is pretty useful and you can configure >> it in your .emacs without very much complication: >> >> http://orgmode.org/manual/Export-settings.html#Export-settings >> http://orgmode.org/manual/LaTeX-and-PDF-export.html#LaTeX-and-PDF-export > > I may be barking up the wrong tree, but to me the problem seems to be > not so much what org does, but what latex does. If that is so, then > perhaps what is needed is a latex style file that formats prose > "correctly for the literary world". That may be a non-trivial > undertaking (but maybe not: typographical demands for a novel are > trivial compared to say mathematics). Integrating such a hypothetical > style file into org would be pretty easy. > > But perhaps the OP can clarify: what does "incorrectly formatted for > the literary world" mean? > > Nick
Full disclosure: I'm a beginning emacs user, and I know nothing about LaTex at all! I'm not producing a "book" per se, but a manuscript that will be printed on 8.5 x 11 pages and read by my agent or a publisher. The conventions are simple, but thus far I haven't been able to understand much of what I'm reading in the customize menu for org-mode. Until now I've done this formatting with MS Word or Libre Office. I dislike those programs, but I know how to use them. Simplest has been to take my raw org-mode txt files and convert them manually. It's a tedious last step before sending downstream, which I'd love to replace, and I've seen some beautiful LaTex examples online, so I know it's possible ... Literary format redux: + 12 point text + Title page has title and author name, centered both horizontally and vertically. Contact info for agent is in the bottom left, single spaced. + Remaining pages are double-spaced + Page numbers are centered at the bottom of the page (but no page number on title page) + Each page has a right-justified header in the format LASTNAME/TITLE That's it. I guess I'm wondering now--should I be learning more about org-mode, or more about LaTex? Thank you very much for taking the time to read all of this. -Steven
