Minor change below. Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> writes:
> David Masterson <dsmaster...@gmail.com> writes: > >> I think begin.html is a good starting point. Mentioning 'texdoc latex' >> is also simple (and more LaTeX specific) and most likely to work. You >> could include a parenthetical note that, if it doesn't work, try the >> URL. After that, new users can dig through the documentation. > > See the attached tentative patch. > > From 659d79484fcd280b0ec8d57282588386aa626b21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > Message-ID: > <659d79484fcd280b0ec8d57282588386aa626b21.1691049428.git.yanta...@posteo.net> > From: Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> > Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 10:56:07 +0300 > Subject: [PATCH] doc/org-manual.org: Refer to LaTeX docs for general > terminology > > * doc/org-manual.org (LaTeX Export): Add links to online and offline > LaTeX docs. > (Quoting LaTeX code): Clarify that direct LaTeX can be used for > fine-tuning. > > Link: > https://orgmode.org/list/sj0pr03mb5455b2712fa85ba945dff441a2...@sj0pr03mb5455.namprd03.prod.outlook.com > --- > doc/org-manual.org | 14 +++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org > index 16fbb268f..c3a4e47bc 100644 > --- a/doc/org-manual.org > +++ b/doc/org-manual.org > @@ -13703,6 +13703,13 @@ ** LaTeX Export > blank lines in the Org document. That's because LaTeX itself depends > on blank lines to tell apart syntactical elements, such as paragraphs. > > +The following sections expect users to be familiar with common LaTeX > +terminology. You may refer to https://tug.org/begin.html to get > +familiar with LaTeX basics. Users with LaTeX installed may also run > +=texinfo latex= from terminal to open LaTeX introduction [fn:: The I think you meant '=texdoc latex=' here. > +command will open PDF file, which is also available for download from Oh, also 'open a PDF file'. > +http://mirrors.ctan.org/info/latex-doc-ptr/latex-doc-ptr.pdf] > + > *** LaTeX/PDF export commands > :PROPERTIES: > :DESCRIPTION: For producing @LaTeX{} and PDF documents. > @@ -13979,9 +13986,10 @@ *** Quoting LaTeX code > :DESCRIPTION: Incorporating literal @LaTeX{} code. > :END: > > -The LaTeX export backend can insert any arbitrary LaTeX code, see > -[[*Embedded LaTeX]]. There are three ways to embed such code in the Org > -file and they all use different quoting syntax. > +When the available LaTeX export customizations are not sufficient to > +fine-tune the desired output, it is possible to insert any arbitrary > +LaTeX code (see [[*Embedded LaTeX]]). There are three ways to embed such > +code in the Org file and they all use different quoting syntax. > > #+cindex: inline, in @LaTeX{} export > Inserting in-line quoted with @ symbols: > -- > 2.41.0 Everything else looks good. -- David Masterson
