Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> writes: > Have students turn in their assignments in Org mode format. > > From > http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~rwl/lib/attachments/teaching/100/paper-guidelines.pdf > > See sec-2.3 > > ,---- > | I’m going to try an experiment in this course. I would like you to > | submit your papers to me as plain text, not in a document format like MS > | Word (.doc, .docx), OpenDocument Text (.odt), RTF, or HTML. You are > | welcome to useWord, OpenOffice, or another document editor to write your > | papers, but please export your paper from these programs as plain text, > | formatted according to the guidelines below.1 > | > | There are several reasons for this. One, I don’t want to require you to > | use any particular software to write your papers; you can edit plain > | text using a wide variety of programs on any platform. Two, I actually > | find the papers in the usual 12 point Times New Roman double-spaced > | format pretty difficult to read and work with. By submitting your papers > | in plain text, you’re making it easier for me to compile them into a > | format that prefer to work with, which means I’ll have more time to > | dedicate to giving you helpful feedback. > | > | In case you’re wondering: these guidelines are a subset of the > | formatting rules of Org mode for GNU Emacs (http://orgmode.org). I’m > | going to use Org mode to compile your papers using the LATEX > | typesetting system. If you want, you can use any formatting compatible > | with Org mode, but you’re not required to learn it. > `---- >
Wow. That's a pretty cool "stamp of approval" !
