Hi Tom, I've seen many of the examples you've added to the mailing list and worg. I also enjoy using Org-mode for writing my own documents and webpages - currently I'm using it to write my Ph.D. dissertation. I'm curious how you work on Org-mode papers for publication with collaborators? In particular, do all of your collaborators know and use Org-mode themselves? Our current method is just to use ordinary LaTeX files in a CVS repository for collaboration. I think it would be difficult to get my collaborators to all use Org-mode - even though they all use emacs. Org-mode has quite a bit of a learning curve that they probably don't have the time or patience to learn currently. Chris On Jun 30, 2011 2:35am, "Thomas S. Dye" wrote: > Aloha Karl, > I agree that AucTeX is awesome. I use it every day at work with much > pleasure. > I've been using Org-mode with the goal of creating reproducible > research, where the LaTeX output is just one part of the package. In my > case, this is something that requires Org-mode for its ability to pass > results between code blocks written in different languages. I can't do > these things in AucTeX. > At first, like you, I was suspicious of adding a layer between me and > LaTeX. I was impatient with figuring out how to make the little things > work right. I'm still not able to control LaTeX as finely as I'd like > from within Org-mode, but I've managed to close the gap sufficiently > that my last four publications were authored completely with Org-mode. > The one I'm working on now is Org-mode, too. I'm really liking it as an > authoring environment. > All the best, > Tom > Karl Voit writes: > > * Thomas S. Dye tsd@tsdye.com> wrote: > >> Aloha Rafael, > > > > Sorry, I thought you might as well be interested in my point of > > view. > > > > First: I am pretty new to Org-mode but I am using LaTeX a while now > > and I am even teaching LaTeX to motivated beginners. > > > >> Is there a reason not to have everything in one .org file? I find > >> Org-mode's ability to fold on headlines and to edit subtrees in > indirect > >> buffers very convenient, even for long documents. For my work, that > >> functionality has replaced LaTeX \include files. > > > > I did not follow the thread here but I do think I get the idea that > > you want to replace LaTeX with Org-mode and generate a PDF via > > LaTeX/PDF-export functionality of Org-mode. > > > > On the one hand, I do agree that (simple) PDF documents are written > > very easily with Org-mode. But on the other hand you are going to > > add just another layer. This means that you probably end up wanting > > this LaTeX feature in Org-mode, that other handy LaTeX feature too > > and so forth. > > > > In my point of view, if you leave the basic stuff, you should stick > > to LaTeX. And I do have good news to you: You are very fortune > > because Emacs does have the IMHO most advanced editor support for > > LaTeX: AucTeX (with all of its extensions like preview-latex and > > RefTeX). > > > > I plan to use Org-mode as an outline tool for larger documents, > > where the basic structure evolves, keywords are moved from one part > > to the other. But before I start to write the detailed document > > content, I move to AucTeX, having the great possibilities for > > writing documents that end up being great PDFs. > > > > But this is just my point of view. > -- > Thomas S. Dye > http://www.tsdye.com