Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation

2012-06-14 Thread Eric S Fraga
Rasmus writes: > Eric Schulte writes: > >>> 1) Section labels and other in-document references. It's nice that >>> Org >>> generates these on export, but I need to be able to assign and use >>> labels that will not change if the document is reordered. I know I >>> can >>> simply add such label

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation

2012-06-14 Thread Rasmus
Eric Schulte writes: >> 1) Section labels and other in-document references. It's nice that >> Org >> generates these on export, but I need to be able to assign and use >> labels that will not change if the document is reordered. I know I >> can >> simply add such labels via a \label command, bu

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation - appendices

2012-05-23 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Bastien, On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Bastien wrote: >> >> > > If there is anything useful from the link above that should > be added to Worg, pleas

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation - appendices

2012-05-23 Thread Bastien
Hi Suvayu, suvayu ali writes: > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Henri-Paul Indiogine > wrote: >> The LaTeX export of course does not know the that last chapter should >> contain the appendices.  I have tried to insert several LaTeX commands >> in the orgmode file, but I could not make it work.

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation - appendices

2012-05-21 Thread suvayu ali
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Henri-Paul Indiogine wrote: > The LaTeX export of course does not know the that last chapter should > contain the appendices.  I have tried to insert several LaTeX commands > in the orgmode file, but I could not make it work. This might help:

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation

2012-05-21 Thread Matt Lundin
Richard Lawrence writes: > I am a graduate student in philosophy, and I am about to begin writing > my dissertation. I am wondering about whether I should write it in Org, > or stick to plain LaTeX. I would recommend LaTeX. In my experience, writing long documents (or Beamer slides) in org-mode

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation - appendices

2012-05-21 Thread Tim Burt
Henri-Paul Indiogine writes: > Hi! > > 2012/5/12 Richard Lawrence : >> (Henri-Paul, do you still read this list?) > > Yes, I do. Still using orgmode each day. > > I do not have anything fancy going on and actually would like to know > how to set up appendices for LaTeX export. > > I have the fol

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation - appendices

2012-05-21 Thread Henri-Paul Indiogine
Hi! 2012/5/12 Richard Lawrence : > (Henri-Paul, do you still read this list?) Yes, I do. Still using orgmode each day. I do not have anything fancy going on and actually would like to know how to set up appendices for LaTeX export. I have the following outline: * Review of Literature * Method

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation

2012-05-15 Thread Richard Lawrence
Hi Markus, Thanks for your advice. I figure that, like you, I may eventually need to switch to LaTeX, but will stick with Org for now, at least until my document structure is quite settled. Can you elaborate a bit on the following? Markus Grebenstein wrote: > What I disliked/ preferred in auc

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation

2012-05-15 Thread Richard Lawrence
Hi Suvayu, suvayu ali wrote: > In case you are interested, I'm attaching some relevant bits. It has > examples on how to put in tables (with short and long captions), > figures, latex snippets and finally how I included a bibliography and > appendices. > > Hope this will help. Thanks! This is

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation

2012-05-15 Thread Richard Lawrence
Tom and Nicolas, Thanks! I will give the new exporter a shot when I have a chance and let you know how it goes. Best, Richard

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation

2012-05-15 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Hello, Richard Lawrence writes: > I have seen mention of the new exporter on this list a bit, but I don't > read the list enough to know where to find it. How can I try it, if I > want to see how it compares to the current exporter? Is it in a public > branch somewhere? Assuming contrib dir

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation

2012-05-15 Thread Markus Grebenstein
Hi Richard, I recently have written my dissertation in orgmode. I switched to latex for the final 4 weeks between the correction version (completely written in orgmode) and the final version. What I liked about org: - Outlining functionality - Synopsis drawers and view - Markup - Compiling su

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation

2012-05-15 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Richard, On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Richard Lawrence wrote: > I am a graduate student in philosophy, and I am about to begin writing > my dissertation.  I am wondering about whether I should write it in Org, > or stick to plain LaTeX. Since others have added their bits, I'll just say I

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation

2012-05-14 Thread Richard Lawrence
Thomas S. Dye wrote: > The current Org-mode LaTeX exporter is nifty, but it was designed to > export notes and not dissertations. It can be configured to do that, > but the extra translation step adds some complexity and potentially > introduces problems. In my work this potential downside is m

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation

2012-05-14 Thread Richard Lawrence
Hi Eric, Eric Schulte wrote: > I am currently writing my dissertation (proposal) in Org-mode. So far > it is working very well for me, I can export to both PDF for more formal > submissions to my adviser and to HTML for less formal posting to a web > page. I keep *all* of my reading notes as O

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation

2012-05-12 Thread Peter Münster
On Sat, May 12 2012, Richard Lawrence wrote: > I am a graduate student in philosophy, and I am about to begin writing > my dissertation. I am wondering about whether I should write it in Org, > or stick to plain LaTeX. Or in ConTeXt... Sorry, I can't answer your questions about Org-mode. I just

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation

2012-05-12 Thread Thomas S. Dye
Richard Lawrence writes: > Hi all, > > I am a graduate student in philosophy, and I am about to begin writing > my dissertation. I am wondering about whether I should write it in Org, > or stick to plain LaTeX. > > This question has been asked before: > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmo

Re: [O] Using Org for a dissertation

2012-05-12 Thread Eric Schulte
Hi Richard, Richard Lawrence writes: > Hi all, > > I am a graduate student in philosophy, and I am about to begin writing > my dissertation. I am wondering about whether I should write it in Org, > or stick to plain LaTeX. > > This question has been asked before: > http://article.gmane.org/gman

[O] Using Org for a dissertation

2012-05-12 Thread Richard Lawrence
Hi all, I am a graduate student in philosophy, and I am about to begin writing my dissertation. I am wondering about whether I should write it in Org, or stick to plain LaTeX. This question has been asked before: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/22756 But that was two years ago; Org