Marcin Borkowski <mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes: > Imagine someone wrote a dedicated Org-mode LaTeX class, and the LaTeX > exporter got an option to export to this class. The class modifies > LaTeX so that it supports all Org's elements and objects, and things > like tags, timestamps, checkboxes etc. Moreover, the look of these > elements is configurable on the LaTeX end, and further by means of Org > options. This way, we drop the "generic LaTeX" thing (which is nice for > people sending articles to journals etc. – so my dream should not > replace the current LaTeX exporter, only constitute a variant!), but > instead we gain a beautiful, configurable pdf rendering of Org buffers. > > What do you think?
Make sure to have a look at expl3 (and others like e.g. xparse and xstring) package, i.e. upcoming LaTeX 3, before writing this class, because as a programming language the new version seems highly superior, and will most likely result in much cleaner and more readable code. Its well documented, search for 'The LaTeX 3 Interface' and 'The expl3 Package and LaTeX 3 Programming'. -- cheers, Thorsten
