From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Suvayu Ali Subject: Re: Title page in latex export Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 11:49:03 -0800 Message-ID: <20110304114903.426f7f23@bhishma.homelinux.net> References: <20110304020505.77bc12d1@bhishma.homelinux.net> <7925.1299253508@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43016 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pvazw-00030S-Qr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:49:13 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pvazv-0005Ny-Ae for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:49:12 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f41.google.com ([209.85.161.41]:63162) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pvazv-0005KX-6F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:49:11 -0500 Received: by mail-fx0-f41.google.com with SMTP id 5so2971240fxm.0 for ; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:49:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <7925.1299253508@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, Org mode mailing list Hi Nick, On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:45:08 -0500 Nick Dokos wrote: > This is really a bug in your university's style. Lamport (p.21 of the > second edition) says: > > The \maketitle command comes after the \begin{document}, usually > before any other text. The \title, \author, and \date commands can > come *anywhere* before the \maketitle. > > [Emphasis added] \title etc. does not have to be in the > preamble. However, there are many styles out there that restrict the > placement of these macros to the preamble, just as your university's > style does (they probably cribbed from each other :-) ), so applying > Lawrence's patch is probably the best long term solution for org. > Thanks a lot for clarifying that. :) > Nick -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.