[O] changing cells in an org-mode table with Emacs lisp

2014-12-27 Thread Tamas Papp
Hi, I would like to manipulate cells in an org-mode table using Emacs lisp code. Suppose I have a function (FORMAT-CELL CELL ROW COL) that takes a cell (string), row and column numbers, and returns a new string if I want to replace content in a cell, and NIL otherwise. I need help with writing co

Re: [O] Efficiency of Org v. LaTeX v. Word

2014-12-27 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Saturday, 27 Dec 2014 at 04:06, Peter Neilson wrote: [...] > My conclusions? If your paper is trivial and you are under pressure to > produce it quickly, then MS Word might be the best tool. Actually, I don't think I can get any faster than using org for a trivial paper needed quickly... I'm

Re: [O] Efficiency of Org v. LaTeX v. Word

2014-12-27 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Friday, 26 Dec 2014 at 21:21, briangpowell . wrote: [...] > Word is in a different class of software, the 2 aren't comparable at all. Indeed. Nonsense article, in my opinion. Comparing apples and oranges. In any case, as my writing is very highly equation based, I think I'll stick to LaTeX

Re: [O] Efficiency of Org v. LaTeX v. Word

2014-12-27 Thread Daniele Pizzolli
Hello, Ken Mankoff writes: > People here might be interested in a publication from [2014-12-19 Fri] > available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115069 > > Title: An Efficiency Comparison of Document Preparation Systems Used > in Academic Research and Development > > Summary: Word users

Re: [O] Efficiency of Org v. LaTeX v. Word

2014-12-27 Thread Fabrice Popineau
I agree that this study is certainly not large enough to draw strong conclusions, but it raises a couple of questions and some points may require attention. I have spent many years in the TeX world. I see how lots of people use TeX : students, professionals, researchers etc... and I would easily d

Re: [O] Efficiency of Org v. LaTeX v. Word

2014-12-27 Thread M
> Von: Paul Rudin > Datum: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 10:05:19 + > An: > Betreff: Re: [O] Efficiency of Org v. LaTeX v. Word > > Ken Mankoff writes: > >> People here might be interested in a publication from [2014-12-19 Fri] >> available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115069 >> >> Ti

Re: [O] Efficiency of Org v. LaTeX v. Word

2014-12-27 Thread Paul Rudin
Ken Mankoff writes: > People here might be interested in a publication from [2014-12-19 Fri] > available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115069 > > Title: An Efficiency Comparison of Document Preparation Systems Used > in Academic Research and Development > > Summary: Word users are mo

Re: [O] Efficiency of Org v. LaTeX v. Word

2014-12-27 Thread Achim Gratz
Am 26.12.2014 um 23:47 schrieb Ken Mankoff: People here might be interested in a publication from [2014-12-19 Fri] available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115069 Title: An Efficiency Comparison of Document Preparation Systems Used in Academic Research and Development Summary: Word

Re: [O] Efficiency of Org v. LaTeX v. Word

2014-12-27 Thread Peter Neilson
On Fri, 26 Dec 2014 23:27:37 -0500, Nick Dokos wrote: Anyway, color me deeply suspicious of the "study". Indeed! The study touches only a few of the inherent difficulties in document production. Its major flaw is that it draws any conclusions at all recommending that authors produce docu