Re: [Orgmode] Writing a dissertation using org-mode

2010-03-05 Thread Sven Bretfeld
Eric S Fraga writes: > if I may (respectfully) disagree? Having examined too many PhD theses > to count, I would prefer PhD candidates spent more of their time > worrying about the content and organisation of their thesis than the > actual layout. Unlike the preparation of camera ready copy for

Re: [Orgmode] Writing a dissertation using org-mode

2010-03-05 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:33:33 +0900, Torsten Wagner wrote: > On 03/04/2010 01:45 PM, Henri-Paul Indiogine wrote: > > I started writing my doctoral dissertation in history using org-mode. I > > am also using git.el for my version control and gnus for my email. Of > > course I export my org file to

Re: [Orgmode] Writing a dissertation using org-mode

2010-03-04 Thread Henri-Paul Indiogine
Torsten Wagner writes: > please consider that you might have to follow a very stricy layout > style depening on your university, department, lab or supervisor. If > your are lucky there will be a LaTeX template somewhere at your > university. If you are unlucky there is nothing like that or even >

Re: [Orgmode] Writing a dissertation using org-mode

2010-03-04 Thread Scot Becker
Henri-Paul, I'm doing the same, with basically the same setup, but using biblatex, and Zotero, but planning to give Mendeley a serious test for PDF management. (And yes there are still problems and repeated manual tweaking associated with using Zotero + bibtex. The export is just not bibtex-y eno

Re: [Orgmode] Writing a dissertation using org-mode

2010-03-03 Thread Torsten Wagner
Dear Henri, On 03/04/2010 01:45 PM, Henri-Paul Indiogine wrote: I started writing my doctoral dissertation in history using org-mode. I am also using git.el for my version control and gnus for my email. Of course I export my org file to LaTeX which I compile to pdf. My bibliography is managed u