Re: [O] Index of cases

Lyx is brilliant - I used it to typeset a cookbook that my wife wrote and then I wrote a small text "Self-publishing with LyX". Anyone can learn to use it in a short time. It was my first thought, but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be an easy way to import LaTeX where the LaTeX file has multi

Re: [O] Index of cases

On Sep 9, 2013 3:14 AM, "Alan L Tyree" wrote: > At least a lot of simple editors (the software) are LaTeX aware, so my editor (the human being) should be able to handle it. I don't know it well, but Lyx purports to almost be LaTeX and almost be WYSIWYG, so that mi

Re: [O] Index of cases

Paul Rudin writes: > Alan L Tyree writes: > > >> My real problem is that I don't know how to generate the multiple indexes >> that >> I need if I use org mode. Everything else is easy. Any potential solution >> that >> I see involves adding lots more markup, but if I do that I might as well >

Re: [O] Index of cases

Alan L Tyree writes: > My real problem is that I don't know how to generate the multiple > indexes that I need if I use org mode. You'd likely have to use macros (one for each index) and have a filters or derived backends sort things out. Getting to something as elaborate as the various index pac

Re: [O] Index of cases

Suvayu Ali writes: > Hi Alan, > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 05:14:17PM +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote: >> >> My real problem is that I don't know how to generate the multiple indexes >> that I need if I use org mode. Everything else is easy. Any potential >> solution that I see involves adding lots more

Re: [O] Index of cases

Alan L Tyree writes: > My real problem is that I don't know how to generate the multiple indexes that > I need if I use org mode. Everything else is easy. Any potential solution that > I see involves adding lots more markup, but if I do that I might as well stick > with LaTeX. I'm not sure that

Re: [O] Index of cases

Hi Alan, On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 05:14:17PM +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote: > > My real problem is that I don't know how to generate the multiple indexes > that I need if I use org mode. Everything else is easy. Any potential > solution that I see involves adding lots more markup, but if I do that I >

Re: [O] Index of cases

On 09/09/13 16:58, David Rogers wrote: Alan L Tyree writes: ... I am now senior enough to insist that the editor edit my files directly. That single sentence really answers the question pretty effectively! The whole explanation does make perfect sense, though. I admit that the entire structu

Re: [O] Index of cases

Alan L Tyree writes: > ... I am now senior enough to insist that the editor edit my files > directly. That single sentence really answers the question pretty effectively! The whole explanation does make perfect sense, though. I admit that the entire structure of the work-flow is not something I

Re: [O] Index of cases

On 09/09/13 08:17, David Rogers wrote: Jambunathan K writes: Jambunathan K writes: I have (I think) got them to agree to accept plain text, but I would like to make it just as plain as possible. Oh, Ok. Looks like there is "exchange of ideas" between the author and publisher... In lighte

Re: [O] Index of cases

Jambunathan K writes: > Jambunathan K writes: > >>> I have (I think) got them to agree to accept plain text, but I would >>> like to make it just as plain as possible. >> >> Oh, Ok. Looks like there is "exchange of ideas" between the author and >> publisher... > > In lighter vein and tongue-in-

Re: [O] Index of cases -- Revisited

Alan L Tyree writes: > I am concerned with the write -> send to editor -> rewrite -> send to > editor cycle. When the editor and I are in agreement with everything, > convert to Word and send to publisher. Wikis.. Talk or comment pages separate from document content. Changes shouldn't be inlin

Re: [O] Index of cases

Jambunathan K writes: >> I have (I think) got them to agree to accept plain text, but I would >> like to make it just as plain as possible. > > Oh, Ok. Looks like there is "exchange of ideas" between the author and > publisher... In lighter vein and tongue-in-cheek sort of way... It seems like

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CC me in the reply. Alan L Tyree writes: > G'day, > > I am the author of a legal text of about 700 pages. I currently have > the book in LaTeX using the memoir class. A couple of macros define > special indexes for a Table of Cases and a Table of Statutes. Please share the existing macros. O

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> Here are the LaTeX macros that I use. Seeing a concrete example helps. Helps avoid speculation. I don't understand Latex, so I will speculate ... > #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE > Provided the documents are in order, the buyer must pay. This is so > even if it is known that the goods have been lost at sea

Re: [O] Index of cases

On 08/09/13 14:37, Jambunathan K wrote: CC me in the reply. Alan L Tyree writes: G'day, I am the author of a legal text of about 700 pages. I currently have the book in LaTeX using the memoir class. A couple of macros define special indexes for a Table of Cases and a Table of Statutes. Ple

Re: [O] Index of cases

On 08/09/13 12:05, David Rogers wrote: Alan L Tyree writes: G'day, I am the author of a legal text of about 700 pages. I currently have the book in LaTeX using the memoir class. A couple of macros define special indexes for a Table of Cases and a Table of Statutes. I would like to move the wh

Re: [O] Index of cases

Alan L Tyree writes: > G'day, > > I am the author of a legal text of about 700 pages. I currently have > the book in LaTeX using the memoir class. A couple of macros define > special indexes for a Table of Cases and a Table of Statutes. I would > like to move the whole thing to Org to make it eas