Re: [O] allow italic quote marks? org-emphasis-regexp-components
Thank you very much!
-steven
Kaushal kaushal.m...@gmail.com writes:
A quick google search comes up this these:
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/83440/inputenc-error-unicode-char-u8-not-set-up-for-use-with-latex
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/4268/inputenc-error-unicode-char-u8-error-while-trying-to-write-a-degree-symbol
Based on those solutions, may be you can add
\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{200b}{}
I haven't tried it, so cannot guarantee if that will work.
I regularly generate pdfs and almost all of my org documents would be
using 0x200b somewhere. If a pdf generates fine without any visible
artifacts and with all content as expected, I do not look into the tex
compilation logs.
This time I checked the log and I don't get that error, but a warning
instead. Note that I also use XeTeX which has unicode support. Below
is a snippet from my log:
This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.1 (TeX Live 2014)
(preloaded format=xelatex)
\write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(/home/kmodi/sandbox/org/italic_quotes.tex
LaTeX2e 2014/05/01
Babel 3.9k and hyphenation patterns for 2 languages loaded.
(/home/kmodi/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/home/kmodi/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))
(/home/kmodi/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/inputenc.sty
Package inputenc Warning: inputenc package ignored with utf8 based
engines.
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 11:49 AM Myles English
mylesengl...@gmail.com wrote:
Marcin Borkowski writes:
On 2015-06-18, at 05:19, Kaushal kaushal.m...@gmail.com wrote:
The solution is simpler than you think; you simply need to add
ZERO WIDTH
SPACE unicode char between / and (beginning) and and /
(end).
Thanks for your detailed answer Kaushal. I hadn't heard of a 'zero
length space' before.
Won't it break the LaTeX export?
I seems to work and manages to produce a pdf but does give this
error:
! Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8: not set up for use
with LaTeX.
Myles
Re: [O] allow italic quote marks? org-emphasis-regexp-components
I am not helpful here, but would simply like to add that I would also love an answer to this, as well as times when italics don't seem to work around periods and commas, like and /then,/ well, ... (which does not italicize for me on emacs 24.5.1, org 8.2.1). Myles English mylesengl...@gmail.com writes: Hello, Can anyone tell me what to set org-emphasis-regexp-components to in order to allow italic quote marks? i.e. /like this/ I don't understand the documentation and am just not in the mood to spend the next hour or so working it out. (That is a rule of thumb for me; if it involves a regular expression, it will take at least an hour, and three cups of tea.) Thanks, Myles
[O] Drawers and visibility cycling
I've never been able to get drawers to go through a visibility cycle, and so have always avoided using them, but now I have a use-case in which they would be very handy. Here's my not working process: + type some sample text. + select the region and do `C-c C-x d' + I'm queried for the title of the drawer and type test The result looks like this: :testdrawer: test content :END: However, when I put point on :testdrawer: and hit TAB, it doesn't go through any kind of cycle---just sits there. What am I doing wrong? Thank you, steven arntson
Re: [O] Drawers and visibility cycling
Bob Newell bobnew...@bobnewell.net writes: Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes: Here's my not working process: + type some sample text. + select the region and do `C-c C-x d' + I'm queried for the title of the drawer and type test The result looks like this: :testdrawer: test content :END: I've always had to put the drawer title in a line with all the drawer names like this: #+DRAWERS: EXPANSION PROPERTIES CLOCK LOGBOOK TESTDRAWER I gave this a try, adding #+DRAWERS: DATA and then created a drawer: :DATA: test data :END: and I still can't get it to do anything when I put point on `DATA'. I did `C-h k' just to verify that TAB is running `org-cycle', which it is. I'm perplexed!
Re: [O] Drawers and visibility cycling
Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes: Bob Newell bobnew...@bobnewell.net writes: Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes: Here's my not working process: + type some sample text. + select the region and do `C-c C-x d' + I'm queried for the title of the drawer and type test The result looks like this: :testdrawer: test content :END: I've always had to put the drawer title in a line with all the drawer names like this: #+DRAWERS: EXPANSION PROPERTIES CLOCK LOGBOOK TESTDRAWER I gave this a try, adding #+DRAWERS: DATA and then created a drawer: :DATA: test data :END: and I still can't get it to do anything when I put point on `DATA'. I did `C-h k' just to verify that TAB is running `org-cycle', which it is. I'm perplexed! For the list: Bob wrote me the solution over email: Try closing the file and reopening. You have to force a re-read and re-eval. There is another way to do this but I can't recall it quickly. It worked perfectly. Thank you! steven
Re: [O] open file link in dired?
Alan Schmitt alan.schm...@polytechnique.org writes: On 2014-12-10 10:51, Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl writes: Hi, please note that I did not read the original message, but does this help? http://mbork.pl/2013-10-06_Links_to_directories_in_Org-mode_files I think it's different: the goal here is too reveal the file in its enclosing directory. Alan Yes, that's exactly right. Alan, I hadn't realized your code would work using the normal keybindings. I tried it out this morning, and it works perfectly! I really have been searching around for this kind of thing for a long time. It seems like many people could find it useful. For me, I'll construct a list of project files in an org-mode buffer. Then I'll be able to easily visit those files in a dired directory and do whatever I need to (usually copying the files to a stick drive or other portable media to transfer to collaborators). Thanks again! Steven
Re: [O] open file link in dired?
Alan Schmitt alan.schm...@polytechnique.org writes: Hi Bastien, On 2013-01-04 17:33, Bastien b...@altern.org writes: Hi Alan, Alan Schmitt alan.schm...@polytechnique.org writes: Thank you, this would work nicely. However I don't know how to specify, when I open the file, which link-type to use. Would I need to modify the link itself from file to file+emacs+dired before opening it? Trying loading the attached .el file to get a new dired type. Very crude but should work. I finally got around to test this, and here is a slightly improved version that handles filenames with spaces. #+begin_src emacs-lisp (org-add-link-type file+emacs+dired 'org-open-file-with-emacs-dired) (add-hook 'org-store-link-functions 'org-dired-store-link) (defun org-open-file-with-emacs-dired (path) Open in dired. (let ((d (file-name-directory path)) (f (file-name-nondirectory path))) (dired d) (goto-char (point-min)) (search-forward f nil t))) (defun org-dired-store-link () Store link to files/directories from dired. (require 'dired+) (when (eq major-mode 'dired-mode) (let ((f (dired-get-filename))) (setq link (concat file+emacs+dired : f) desc (concat f (dired))) (org-add-link-props :link link :description desc) link))) #+end_src Thanks again (and thanks to Org for letting me remember this 18 months old task), Alan I've been searching many moons for this exact functionality! I'm very glad to run across this, but as a fairly new emacser, I'm not sure what to do with this code. I copied it into my init.el, marked it and ran 'eval-region', but what do I call to use the functions? If I can get this working, I will be using it every day. Thank you! steven arntson
[O] get C-c C-o to act similar to C-x C-j
Can C-c C-o, when invoked on a [file:] link at point jump to the file in a dired buffer, the way C-x C-j jumps me to a buffer's dired entry? C-u C-c C-o isn't it, either---I don't want to actually open the file, just see it in dired so I can do whatever needs to be done with it (attach to an email, copy to an external drive, etc). I have a list of video files in this case, and when I do C-c C-o, they open automatically in VLC. This isn't so useful for me. Alternatively, are there ways to do such diredlike things as copying, deleting, attaching, from org mode? If I just need to RTFM here, I'd apprecaite a nudge in the right direction! Thank you, steven arntson
[O] org-babel and lilypond broken after update
I also posted this in emacs.help, then thought it might be better here. I'm an enthusiastic and error-prone new user of emacs (24.3.1) and org-babel (org 8.2.7c). I've been using lilypond mode in the context of org-mode documents, using the command ly-tangle to typeset music into midi and pdf files. It's been working great for the past few weeks, until today ... I updated some packages through the package manager, including org and org-plus-contrib, and now M-x ly- gives [no match] in the minibuffer. I didn't mess with my .emacs at all, which contains these lines: ;; lilypond (autoload 'LilyPond-mode lilypond-mode) (org-babel-do-load-languages 'org-babel-load-languages '( (emacs-lisp . t) (sh t) (org t) (latex . t) (lilypond t))) (setq ly-arrange-mode t) (setq ly-nix-ly-path lilypond) I'm wondering if I put something somewhere that got clobbered when the new versions installed in my .emacs.d/elpa folder. Or if the new version might have a bug. Thank you, if you have any help for me! -Steven
Re: [O] org-babel and lilypond broken after update
Achim Gratz strom...@nexgo.de writes: BTW, you should not install both org and org-plus-contrib. Use the latter if you need something from contrib, otherwsie use just plain org, but never both. Regards, Achim. Thanks for this---it's like the 4th time I've been doing the same thing in two similar ways with emacs. I guess I'm a belt and suspenders kind of guy. I think I'll uninstall org-plus-contrib since I can't remember why I started using it. Thank you! steven
Re: [O] org-babel and lilypond broken after update
Achim Gratz strom...@nexgo.de writes: (setq ly-nix-ly-path lilypond) With the next release these variables will go away and the corresponding settings will become customizable. Two followup questions: 1. Now when I run M-x org-babel-lilypond-tangle I get org-babel-lilypond-compile-lilyfile: Searching for program: no such file or directory, /usr/bin/lilypond because I installed lilypond into /usr/local/lilypond/usr/bin. I tried M-x customize-group lilypond RET and M-x describe function but couldn't solve the problem. 2. Since org-babel-lilypond-tangle is less convenient to type than ly-tangle I think I should bind a key to it. I've never done that---are there are any guidelines out there to keep newbies from mucking things up? Thank you very much for your help! steven
Re: [O] org-babel and lilypond broken after update
Achim Gratz strom...@nexgo.de writes: Steven Arntson writes: org-babel-lilypond-compile-lilyfile: Searching for program: no such file or directory, /usr/bin/lilypond because I installed lilypond into /usr/local/lilypond/usr/bin. I tried M-x customize-group lilypond RET and M-x describe function but couldn't solve the problem. There's no customize interface in the version of Org you are using. Just setq the variable org-babel-lilypond-nix-ly-path. This worked perfectly---thank you! 2. Since org-babel-lilypond-tangle is less convenient to type than ly-tangle I think I should bind a key to it. I've never done that---are there are any guidelines out there to keep newbies from mucking things up? You don't need to since org-babel-tangle knows to call this function on lilypond blocks and is already bound to a key: http://orgmode.org/manual/Extracting-source-code.html When I invoke C-c C-v t the minibuffer gives a result of Tangled 0 code blocks from filename. I added a header of :tangle yes to every code block, and then I get Tangled 3 code blocks but I don't get the output of MIDI playback and PDF update that I'm accustomed to. Invoking M-x org-babel-lilypond-tangle still produces that. Is there a way to get that behavior from C-c C-v t? Thank you for your help! Best, steven
Re: [O] where Babel looks for binaries?
Achim Gratz strom...@nexgo.de writes: Steven Arntson writes: I reverted the change to ob-lilypond.el and did as you suggested, adding (setq ly-nix-ly-path /usr/local/lilypond) I don't think that path points to an actual lilypond executable, but is rather an installation directory. Since it would seem you have lilypond in PATH on your system, you might rather try just lilypond (or check which lilypond you're actually using by doing a which lilypond on the command line). Regards, Achim. That did it---I changed my init.el to read: (setq ly-nix-ly-path lilypond) And it works like a charm. Thank you! steven
Re: [O] where Babel looks for binaries?
Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes: Achim Gratz strom...@nexgo.de writes: Steven Arntson writes: I reverted the change to ob-lilypond.el and did as you suggested, adding (setq ly-nix-ly-path /usr/local/lilypond) I don't think that path points to an actual lilypond executable, but is rather an installation directory. Since it would seem you have lilypond in PATH on your system, you might rather try just lilypond (or check which lilypond you're actually using by doing a which lilypond on the command line). Regards, Achim. That did it---I changed my init.el to read: (setq ly-nix-ly-path lilypond) And it works like a charm. I've stumbled straight into another issue. ly-tangle now works, but when I try to invoke lilypond-mode in my org document by typing C-c ' in a code block, I now get: Language mode `lilypond-mode' fails with: Cannot open load file I did which lilypond in the terminal and retrieved the path /usr/local/bin/lilypond and replaced that in my init.el, viz: (setq ly-nix-ly-path /usr/local/bin/lilypond) After this, ly-tangle still works perfectly, and C-c ' still doesn't. On a hunch, I went to look at org-babel-load-languages, but the customize interface here doesn't seem to offer the ability to change where the system looks for the language.
Re: [O] where Babel looks for binaries?
Achim Gratz strom...@nexgo.de writes: Steven Arntson writes: I've stumbled straight into another issue. ly-tangle now works, but when I try to invoke lilypond-mode in my org document by typing C-c ' in a code block, I now get: Language mode `lilypond-mode' fails with: Cannot open load file This tells you that you haven't lilypond-mode installed or your Emacs can't find it. Lilypond is not a standard mode that gets delivered with Emacs, you have to install it seperately. Since you said it worked earlier for you, do M-x locate-library lilypond-mode in the _old_ Emacs installation to find out where it is installed, then copy it over to where the new Emacs is looking for it. I did which lilypond in the terminal and retrieved the path /usr/local/bin/lilypond and replaced that in my init.el, viz: (setq ly-nix-ly-path /usr/local/bin/lilypond) After this, ly-tangle still works perfectly, and C-c ' still doesn't. This doesn't have anything to do with the issue you're having. On a hunch, I went to look at org-babel-load-languages, but the customize interface here doesn't seem to offer the ability to change where the system looks for the language. You don't need to look there, either. Regards, Achim. I couldn't remember how I got lilypond-mode working when I first installed it, but I found the web page I'd used before: http://www.geoffhorton.com/lilymacs.html I think what I'd done was pointed emacs at the lilypond-mode files in /usr/bin/lilypond (or somewherelike) instead of copying those files to ~/.emacs.d. So when I removed the original installation, the library disappeared, too. I've got it all working again now, and copied the files into my home directory's .emacs.d, so hopefully my next upgrade will be easier. Thank you! steven
[O] where Babel looks for binaries?
I'm using org-babel to enter lilypond code for music typesetting. I had an old version of lilypond from the Ubuntu repos installed in /usr/bin. This worked, but the version was getting old. I installed the latest stable version from the lilypond.org website, and it ended up in /usr/local. I removed (apt-get remove) the repo version. Now when I do ly-tangle, I get: ly-compile-lilyfile: Searching for program: no such file or directory, /usr/bin/lilypond I tried to customize-variable on ly-compile-lilyfile but there's no match. How do I change where org looks for this program? Thank you! Steven Arntson
Re: [O] where Babel looks for binaries?
Thorsten Jolitz tjol...@gmail.com writes: Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes: I'm using org-babel to enter lilypond code for music typesetting. I had an old version of lilypond from the Ubuntu repos installed in /usr/bin. This worked, but the version was getting old. I installed the latest stable version from the lilypond.org website, and it ended up in /usr/local. I removed (apt-get remove) the repo version. Now when I do ly-tangle, I get: ly-compile-lilyfile: Searching for program: no such file or directory, /usr/bin/lilypond I tried to customize-variable on ly-compile-lilyfile but there's no match. How do I change where org looks for this program? Maybe ,[ C-h v ly-nix-ly-path RET ] | ly-nix-ly-path is a variable defined in `ob-lilypond.el'. | Its value is /usr/bin/lilypond | | Documentation: | Not documented as a variable. | | [back] ` ? I changed ly-nix-ly-path in ob-lilypond.el to /usr/local/lilypond. I restarted emacs, ran ly-tangle and again got the message of no such file or directory, /usr/bin/lilypond. But my change is still there in the file, so it must be looking somewhere else, too? I also wonder: is it a good idea for me to be meddling in a file like ob-lilypond? Will any changes I make be reverted when I get an update from the emacs package manager? I am a beginner here, so thank you for your help! -steven
Re: [O] where Babel looks for binaries?
Thorsten Jolitz tjol...@gmail.com writes: Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes: Thorsten Jolitz tjol...@gmail.com writes: Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes: I'm using org-babel to enter lilypond code for music typesetting. I had an old version of lilypond from the Ubuntu repos installed in /usr/bin. This worked, but the version was getting old. I installed the latest stable version from the lilypond.org website, and it ended up in /usr/local. I removed (apt-get remove) the repo version. Now when I do ly-tangle, I get: ly-compile-lilyfile: Searching for program: no such file or directory, /usr/bin/lilypond I tried to customize-variable on ly-compile-lilyfile but there's no match. How do I change where org looks for this program? Maybe ,[ C-h v ly-nix-ly-path RET ] | ly-nix-ly-path is a variable defined in `ob-lilypond.el'. | Its value is /usr/bin/lilypond | | Documentation: | Not documented as a variable. | | [back] ` ? I changed ly-nix-ly-path in ob-lilypond.el to /usr/local/lilypond. I restarted emacs, ran ly-tangle and again got the message of no such file or directory, /usr/bin/lilypond. But my change is still there in the file, so it must be looking somewhere else, too? Thats because there is probably a compiled ob-lilypond.elc that wasn't updated and is loaded instead - right? I also wonder: is it a good idea for me to be meddling in a file like ob-lilypond? Will any changes I make be reverted when I get an update from the emacs package manager? Not such a good idea, you should rather put , | (setq ly-nix-ly-path /usr/local/lilypond) ` or whatever in your init file and revert the changes in ob-lilypond.el. If you want to hack the library, better clone its git repo and create your own branch for experimenting. I am a beginner here, so thank you for your help! I would say try the above, i.e. restore ob-lilypond.el and set the variable in you init file. Alternatively you could delete the ob-lilypond.elc and the do M-x byte-compile-file on the modified ob-lilypond.el, but I would not recommend mess around in libraries for customizations. I reverted the change to ob-lilypond.el and did as you suggested, adding (setq ly-nix-ly-path /usr/local/lilypond) It's now looking in the right place, but still won't tangle the file when I run ly-tangle. The message in the minibuffer is: ly-compile-lilyfile: Searching for program: resource temporarily unavailable, /usr/local/lilypond The use of temporarily is certainly intriguing! I quit out of emacs and restarted, but am still getting the message. Thank you for all of your help. I feel like I'm inching forward here ... !
Re: [O] where Babel looks for binaries?
Thorsten Jolitz tjol...@gmail.com writes: Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes: I would say try the above, i.e. restore ob-lilypond.el and set the variable in you init file. Alternatively you could delete the ob-lilypond.elc and the do M-x byte-compile-file on the modified ob-lilypond.el, but I would not recommend mess around in libraries for customizations. I reverted the change to ob-lilypond.el and did as you suggested, adding (setq ly-nix-ly-path /usr/local/lilypond) It's now looking in the right place, but still won't tangle the file when I run ly-tangle. The message in the minibuffer is: ly-compile-lilyfile: Searching for program: resource temporarily unavailable, /usr/local/lilypond The use of temporarily is certainly intriguing! I quit out of emacs and restarted, but am still getting the message. hmm ... does it work without emacs? did you try to use lilypond from the commandline? Yes, it's working from there. I'm befuddled. I tried changing the path to /usr/local/lilypond/bin and also /usr/local/lilypond/usr/bin thinking maybe the system needed a little more guidance, but neither of these worked.
Re: [O] beginner agenda question
Eric Abrahamsen e...@ericabrahamsen.net writes: Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes: Simple question, I think, but it has me stumped. I'm wondering what variable controls the org-agenda function that gives you upcoming events, a la: todo: In 2 d.: TODO Friend's Birthday todo: In 4 d.: TODO Rehearsal todo: In 4 d.: TODO Happy Hour todo: In 9 d.: TODO Some other thing I'd like to get rid of all of that It looks like you've put a DEADLINE cookie on those events -- the advance warning only kicks in in that case, if I recall correctly. For plain old events (birthdays, doctors appointments, etc), it's often best just to use a regular old timestamp, so: * Rehearsal 2014-07-28 Mon Or you can put the timestamp on the line below the headline. HTH, Eric Eric, thank you, yes, that did it. Best! steven
[O] beginner agenda question
Simple question, I think, but it has me stumped. I'm wondering what variable controls the org-agenda function that gives you upcoming events, a la: todo: In 2 d.: TODO Friend's Birthday todo: In 4 d.: TODO Rehearsal todo: In 4 d.: TODO Happy Hour todo: In 9 d.: TODO Some other thing I'd like to get rid of all of that, actually. For me, it clutters things up too much. Thank you! steven
Re: [O] A gentle introduction to Emacs Org-mode?
Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl writes: Hi list, this is only partially Org-ode related, but I hope I'll be excused. A friend of mine uses Scrivener; he also does some simple JavaScript/jQuery programming and HTML/CSS editing. He *is* interested in Emacs Org-mode, but does not want to spend more than, say, 2 days on installing, configuring and learning basics of EOm. Are there any resources which might help? I offered him some help with installing and teaching, but what could I use? (Of course, the built-in tutorial and Sacha Chua's sketch-tutorials are great, but what else does there exist? Also, is prelude or Emacs Starter Kit a good idea? I understand this is opinion-based, but maybe someone has some experience *teaching* Emacs and Org-mode?) Best, Hi Marcin, I don't have much specifically to offer here as I'm a fairly new emacser, but I did switch to Org-mode directly from Scrivener. It took awhile, especially getting used to the keybindings as I simultaneously tried to understand various other packages that seemed useful (especially version control through magit). I love those bindings and packages now, however, and wouldn't go back. The simplicity and speed of the keyboard-oriented interface has considerably sped my workflow, especially in dealing with large projects, and even helped my arthritis a little ... :) As a last note, I do think it would take more than 2 days to get a proper sense of the pros and cons. I had a kind of insane glee over emacs that got me through the first month or so. Good luck to your friend! -steven
[O] latex markup in org?
I've been learning to export from org to latex (to pdf), and have had
great success. There's a simplification to the process I'd like to make,
though, if it's possible.
Right now I use files: file.org and filestyle.sty. The .sty gives
the latex-specific instruction, and I point to it from file.org with a
line of #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{filestyle}. This works great, but
I'd love to have just one file, not two, to keep things simple.
So I tried putting the contents of filestyle.sty near the top of file.org
inside of #+BEGIN_latex and #+END_latex, but it doesn't quite work. It
incompletely works, which is perplexing...
I'd appreciate any ideas about this--can it be done?
Thank you!
Steven
Re: [O] latex markup in org?
John Kitchin jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu writes:
Maybe you can include the sty file as a code block that will be
tangled before export. You should put that block in a section tagged
no-export. Depending on your setup, you may need to make a code block
to build your latex file and/or pdf to make sure the tangling happens.
at the top keep this
#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{filestyle}
and in the last section do this
* build :noexport:
#+begin_src text :tangle filestyle.sty
latex code for style
#+end_src
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(org-babel-tangle)
(save-buffer)
(org-latex-export-to-pdf)
#+end_src
and finally put your cursor in the last block, and type C-c C-c. that
should do what you want.
John
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On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 2:57 AM, Steven Arntson
ste...@stevenarntson.com wrote:
I've been learning to export from org to latex (to pdf), and have
had
great success. There's a simplification to the process I'd like to
make,
though, if it's possible.
Right now I use files: file.org and filestyle.sty. The .sty gives
the latex-specific instruction, and I point to it from file.org
with a
line of #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{filestyle}. This works great,
but
I'd love to have just one file, not two, to keep things simple.
So I tried putting the contents of filestyle.sty near the top of
file.org
inside of #+BEGIN_latex and #+END_latex, but it doesn't quite
work. It
incompletely works, which is perplexing...
I'd appreciate any ideas about this--can it be done?
Thank you!
Steven
Thanks for this--great idea. I'll give it a try.
-steven
Re: [O] LaTex export questions
Hi Alan, I downloaded the book and went through it--thank you for putting that together! It was a valuable overview. Nonetheless, some confusions persist for me since I'm using emacs org-mode and not LyX. Should I be putting LaTeX markup into my org-mode doc, for instance, for formatting the title page, c? Also, right now when I do the org to latex to pdf export, I'm given a table of contents, and I don't want one. I'm still perplexed about where defaults like that are kept. Sometimes I worry that my ignorance is invulnerable. Thanks again! -Steven Alan Tyree typh...@aanet.com.au writes: Hi Steven, You want to learn more about LaTeX, but it's not too much. I wrote a little book called Self-publishing with LyX that will help you set up the title page as well as some of your other problems. This is not a sales pitch -- it's free :-). Self-publishing with LyX ISBN: 978-0-9803-3242-1 http://www.lulu.com/content/1085870 Cheers, Alan On 28 May 2014 13:25, Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com wrote: Nick Dokos ndo...@gmail.com writes: Igor Sosa Mayor joseleopoldo1...@gmail.com writes: Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes: Hi, I'm trying to export an org-mode doc to LaTex and subsequently to PDF. This is a literary novel, written in prose. Right now when I run the export command, the resulting file is incorrectly formatted for the literary world, and I'm not sure how to change it. Is there a dialog or customize menu that allows users to eliminate some default settings, and add others? Maybe you can configure it with M-x customize-group org But I think a look at the manual is pretty useful and you can configure it in your .emacs without very much complication: http://orgmode.org/manual/Export-settings.html#Export-settings http://orgmode.org/manual/LaTeX-and-PDF-export.html#LaTeX-and-PDF-export I may be barking up the wrong tree, but to me the problem seems to be not so much what org does, but what latex does. If that is so, then perhaps what is needed is a latex style file that formats prose correctly for the literary world. That may be a non-trivial undertaking (but maybe not: typographical demands for a novel are trivial compared to say mathematics). Integrating such a hypothetical style file into org would be pretty easy. But perhaps the OP can clarify: what does incorrectly formatted for the literary world mean? Nick Full disclosure: I'm a beginning emacs user, and I know nothing about LaTex at all! I'm not producing a book per se, but a manuscript that will be printed on 8.5 x 11 pages and read by my agent or a publisher. The conventions are simple, but thus far I haven't been able to understand much of what I'm reading in the customize menu for org-mode. Until now I've done this formatting with MS Word or Libre Office. I dislike those programs, but I know how to use them. Simplest has been to take my raw org-mode txt files and convert them manually. It's a tedious last step before sending downstream, which I'd love to replace, and I've seen some beautiful LaTex examples online, so I know it's possible ... Literary format redux: + 12 point text + Title page has title and author name, centered both horizontally and vertically. Contact info for agent is in the bottom left, single spaced. + Remaining pages are double-spaced + Page numbers are centered at the bottom of the page (but no page number on title page) + Each page has a right-justified header in the format LASTNAME/TITLE That's it. I guess I'm wondering now--should I be learning more about org-mode, or more about LaTex? Thank you very much for taking the time to read all of this. -Steven
Re: [O] LaTex export questions
Rick, Your google search to find the sffms style package seems like it could be the perfect answer to my quandary. I'm trying now to get my head around acquiring it. I don't have a great track record with installing things, and try to use package management systems when I can. Sffms is located on CTAN (which I'm learning about as I write this!). I'm running Ubuntu, and believe I have TexLive installed, but have never tried its package management system. What's a good way to proceed here? Thank you! Steven Rick Frankel r...@rickster.com writes: On 2014-05-27 23:25, Steven Arntson wrote: Nick Dokos ndo...@gmail.com writes: Igor Sosa Mayor joseleopoldo1...@gmail.com writes: Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes: Hi, I'm trying to export an org-mode doc to LaTex and subsequently to PDF. This is a literary novel, written in prose. Right now when I run the export command, the resulting file is incorrectly formatted for the literary world, and I'm not sure how to change it. Is there a dialog or customize menu that allows users to eliminate some default settings, and add others? But perhaps the OP can clarify: what does incorrectly formatted for the literary world mean? Literary format redux: + 12 point text + Title page has title and author name, centered both horizontally and vertically. Contact info for agent is in the bottom left, single spaced. + Remaining pages are double-spaced + Page numbers are centered at the bottom of the page (but no page number on title page) + Each page has a right-justified header in the format LASTNAME/TITLE A quick google for latex novel manuscript template leads to http://goer.org/Journal/2011/01/publishing_with_sphinx_rest_and_sffms_latex.html, which leads to: http://www.mcdemarco.net/sffms/, which looks like what you want... rick
Re: [O] LaTex export questions
Nick Dokos ndo...@gmail.com writes:
Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes:
Rick,
Your google search to find the sffms style package seems like it could
be the perfect answer to my quandary. I'm trying now to get my head
around acquiring it. I don't have a great track record with installing
things, and try to use package management systems when I can.
Sffms is located on CTAN (which I'm learning about as I write
this!). I'm running Ubuntu, and believe I have TexLive installed, but
have never tried its package management system.
What's a good way to proceed here?
You can search for packages containing a file:
$ dpkg -S sffms.cls
texlive-latex-extra: /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/sffms/sffms.cls
So you need to install texlive-latex-extra:
# apt-get install texlive-latex-extra
You'll probably need to be root for that (or use the graphical thingie
that will ask for your password).
Nick
That dpkg search is a great thing to know about! So I just went through
the install process, and it turns out I already have the files in
question. I just haven't gotten them working yet. The website for sffms
says I need to put the following into my doc:
\documentclass{sffms}
\author{Lois McMaster Bujold}
\title{Komarr}
\begin{document}
Your story goes here.
\end{document}
Which seems encouragingly simple, but I'm a little confused about using
this LaTex markup in the context of an org document. Org has its own
markup to pass to latex for these I think, like #+AUTHOR. Is there
a similar one for \documentclass ?
Thanks again!
Steven
Re: [O] LaTex export questions
Nick Dokos ndo...@gmail.com writes:
Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes:
Nick Dokos ndo...@gmail.com writes:
Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes:
Rick,
Your google search to find the sffms style package seems like it
could
be the perfect answer to my quandary. I'm trying now to get my head
around acquiring it. I don't have a great track record with installing
things, and try to use package management systems when I can.
Sffms is located on CTAN (which I'm learning about as I write
this!). I'm running Ubuntu, and believe I have TexLive installed, but
have never tried its package management system.
What's a good way to proceed here?
You can search for packages containing a file:
$ dpkg -S sffms.cls
texlive-latex-extra: /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/sffms/sffms.cls
So you need to install texlive-latex-extra:
# apt-get install texlive-latex-extra
You'll probably need to be root for that (or use the graphical thingie
that will ask for your password).
Nick
That dpkg search is a great thing to know about! So I just went through
the install process, and it turns out I already have the files in
question. I just haven't gotten them working yet. The website for sffms
says I need to put the following into my doc:
\documentclass{sffms}
\author{Lois McMaster Bujold}
\title{Komarr}
\begin{document}
Your story goes here.
\end{document}
Which seems encouragingly simple, but I'm a little confused about using
this LaTex markup in the context of an org document. Org has its own
markup to pass to latex for these I think, like #+AUTHOR. Is there
a similar one for \documentclass ?
You will need to add a class to org-latex-classes. You should read the
documentation for the variable with C-h v org-latex-classes RET.
You can try customizing this variable but I find the customize interface
to it somewhat confusing, so I prefer to do it by hand - you need to add
something like this to the end of your initialization file (you probably
just need chapters):
(setq sa/sffms-latex-class '(novel \\documentclass{sffms}
(\\chapter{%s} . \\chapter*{%s})
(\\section{%s} . \\section*{%s})
(\\subsection{%s} . \\subsection*{%s})
(\\subsubsection{%s} . \\subsubsection*{%s})))
(eval-after-load ox-latex
'(add-to-list 'org-latex-classes sa/sffms-latex-class))
Then your org file should look like this:
#+LATEX_CLASS: novel
#+TITLE: Fahrenheit 451
#+AUTHOR: Ray Bradbury
#+OPTIONS: toc:nil
* The Hearth and the Salamander
It was a pleasure to burn.
It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, blackened
and /changed/.
Note that the latex class is known as novel to org because of
the way I defined sa/sffms-latex-class. You could call it whatever
you want, by changing the two instances of novel.
That's a beginning but you will probably have to modify some other
things. Just put them in a style file, say misc.sty:
\runningtitle{Fahrenheit 451}
\authorname{Ray Bradbury}
plus any other settings from the sfmms documentation you think are
necessary, and add a line to your .org file:
#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{misc}
to pick them up. That should get you some way towards your goal.
Nick
Hi Nick,
Sorry to call you Rick earlier; I just noticed I did that.
So, this has been incredibly helpful. I've just processed an org file
into a pdf that's about 93% totally correct for formatting. Furthermore,
it looks great; way better than the output I typically get from Word or
LibreOffice. And way, /way/ easier to achieve.
Thanks so much for your help here, and everyone else on this thread,
too! I'm sure I'll have questions further on but I'm going to call this
a success for today and go mix a martini.
Best!
Steven
PS Strangely, I just read Fahrenheit 451 last week. Odd coincidence
[O] LaTex export questions
Hi, I'm trying to export an org-mode doc to LaTex and subsequently to PDF. This is a literary novel, written in prose. Right now when I run the export command, the resulting file is incorrectly formatted for the literary world, and I'm not sure how to change it. Is there a dialog or customize menu that allows users to eliminate some default settings, and add others? Thank you! Steven Arntson
Re: [O] LaTex export questions
Nick Dokos ndo...@gmail.com writes: Igor Sosa Mayor joseleopoldo1...@gmail.com writes: Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes: Hi, I'm trying to export an org-mode doc to LaTex and subsequently to PDF. This is a literary novel, written in prose. Right now when I run the export command, the resulting file is incorrectly formatted for the literary world, and I'm not sure how to change it. Is there a dialog or customize menu that allows users to eliminate some default settings, and add others? Maybe you can configure it with M-x customize-group org But I think a look at the manual is pretty useful and you can configure it in your .emacs without very much complication: http://orgmode.org/manual/Export-settings.html#Export-settings http://orgmode.org/manual/LaTeX-and-PDF-export.html#LaTeX-and-PDF-export I may be barking up the wrong tree, but to me the problem seems to be not so much what org does, but what latex does. If that is so, then perhaps what is needed is a latex style file that formats prose correctly for the literary world. That may be a non-trivial undertaking (but maybe not: typographical demands for a novel are trivial compared to say mathematics). Integrating such a hypothetical style file into org would be pretty easy. But perhaps the OP can clarify: what does incorrectly formatted for the literary world mean? Nick Full disclosure: I'm a beginning emacs user, and I know nothing about LaTex at all! I'm not producing a book per se, but a manuscript that will be printed on 8.5 x 11 pages and read by my agent or a publisher. The conventions are simple, but thus far I haven't been able to understand much of what I'm reading in the customize menu for org-mode. Until now I've done this formatting with MS Word or Libre Office. I dislike those programs, but I know how to use them. Simplest has been to take my raw org-mode txt files and convert them manually. It's a tedious last step before sending downstream, which I'd love to replace, and I've seen some beautiful LaTex examples online, so I know it's possible ... Literary format redux: + 12 point text + Title page has title and author name, centered both horizontally and vertically. Contact info for agent is in the bottom left, single spaced. + Remaining pages are double-spaced + Page numbers are centered at the bottom of the page (but no page number on title page) + Each page has a right-justified header in the format LASTNAME/TITLE That's it. I guess I'm wondering now--should I be learning more about org-mode, or more about LaTex? Thank you very much for taking the time to read all of this. -Steven
Re: [O] latex export beginner
Nick Dokos ndo...@gmail.com writes:
Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes:
I'm taking my first baby steps at exporting an org file to LaTex. I know
a little about org-mode, and almost nothing about LaTex.
I type C-c C-e l o
A file named file.tex is produced, but the process halts with an error:
org-latex-compile: PDF file ./plm.pdf wasn't produced: [LaTeX error]
A program called pdfTex produces a buffer with extensive output,
including:
! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
This seems like some markup that should probably be included in my file
automatically as part of the export? Shoud I add /begin{document} to
my org doc?
No, the exporter should have done that. Post your org file and the
resulting tex file.
Also, the version of your org mode: C-u M-x org-version will insert
it in the current buffer.
Thank you for your help!
I'm using Org-mode version 8.2.6 (8.2.6-22-gb11b4a-elpaplus @
/home/steven/.emacs.d/elpa/org-plus-contrib-20140519/)
I mocked up a smaller reproduction of the problem, because the original
file is too large. The same errors were produced. There's a file called
test.log, too, which I'm not pasting in here because of its length, but
I can if it would be helpful. Here's my org-mode document:
| Test org file for conversion to LaTex
|
| * My top-level header
| Some information under the top level header
| ** A secondary header
|
| * Chapter the first
| Some information from the first chapter.Some
| information from the first Some information from the first chapter.Some
| information from the first chapter.Some information from the first
| chapter.
|
| * Chapter the second
| The end of this document.
And here is the tex output file:
| % Created 2014-05-21 Wed 09:11
| \documentclass[11pt]{article}
| \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
| \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
| \usepackage{fixltx2e}
| \usepackage{graphicx}
| \usepackage{longtable}
| \usepackage{float}
| \usepackage{wrapfig}
| \usepackage{rotating}
| \usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
| \usepackage{amsmath}
| \usepackage{textcomp}
| \usepackage{marvosym}
| \usepackage{wasysym}
| \usepackage{amssymb}
| \usepackage{hyperref}
| \tolerance=1000
| \author{Steven Arntson}
| \date{\today}
| \title{test}
| \hypersetup{
| pdfkeywords={},
| pdfsubject={},
| pdfcreator={Emacs 24.3.1 (Org mode 8.2.6)}}
| \begin{document}
|
| \maketitle
| \tableofcontents
|
| Test org file for conversion to LaTex
|
| \section{My top-level header}
| \label{sec-1}
| Some information under the top level header
| \subsection{A secondary header}
| \label{sec-1-1}
|
| \section{Chapter the first} \label{sec-2}
| Some information from the
| first chapter.Some information from the first Some information from the
| first chapter.Some information from the first chapter.Some information
| from the first chapter.
|
| \section{Chapter the second}
| \label{sec-3}
| The end of this document.
| % Emacs 24.3.1 (Org mode 8.2.6)
| \end{document}
Re: [O] latex export beginner
Nick Dokos ndo...@gmail.com writes:
Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes:
Nick Dokos ndo...@gmail.com writes:
Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes:
I'm taking my first baby steps at exporting an org file to
LaTex. I know
a little about org-mode, and almost nothing about LaTex.
I type C-c C-e l o
A file named file.tex is produced, but the process halts with an
error:
org-latex-compile: PDF file ./plm.pdf wasn't produced: [LaTeX error]
A program called pdfTex produces a buffer with extensive output,
including:
! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
This seems like some markup that should probably be included in my
file
automatically as part of the export? Shoud I add /begin{document} to
my org doc?
No, the exporter should have done that. Post your org file and the
resulting tex file.
Also, the version of your org mode: C-u M-x org-version will insert
it in the current buffer.
Thank you for your help!
I'm using Org-mode version 8.2.6 (8.2.6-22-gb11b4a-elpaplus @
/home/steven/.emacs.d/elpa/org-plus-contrib-20140519/)
I mocked up a smaller reproduction of the problem, because the original
file is too large. The same errors were produced. There's a file called
test.log, too, which I'm not pasting in here because of its length, but
I can if it would be helpful.
Yes, please: as Igor Sosa Mayor mentioned, you are probably missing some
latex packages. The document exports and compiles without any problems
here. If you are on Linux and use the TeXlive distribution of TeX, then
you can check for the existence of e.g. package ulem with
kpsewhich ulem.sty
Not sure about other systems.
Here's my org-mode document:
| Test org file for conversion to LaTex
|
| * My top-level header
| Some information under the top level header
| ** A secondary header
|
| * Chapter the first
| Some information from the first chapter.Some
| information from the first Some information from the first
| chapter.Some
| information from the first chapter.Some information from the first
| chapter.
|
| * Chapter the second
| The end of this document.
And here is the tex output file:
| % Created 2014-05-21 Wed 09:11
| \documentclass[11pt]{article}
| \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
| \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
| \usepackage{fixltx2e}
| \usepackage{graphicx}
| \usepackage{longtable}
| \usepackage{float}
| \usepackage{wrapfig}
| \usepackage{rotating}
| \usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
| \usepackage{amsmath}
| \usepackage{textcomp}
| \usepackage{marvosym}
| \usepackage{wasysym}
| \usepackage{amssymb}
| \usepackage{hyperref}
| \tolerance=1000
| \author{Steven Arntson}
| \date{\today}
| \title{test}
| \hypersetup{
| pdfkeywords={},
| pdfsubject={},
| pdfcreator={Emacs 24.3.1 (Org mode 8.2.6)}}
| \begin{document}
|
| \maketitle
| \tableofcontents
|
| Test org file for conversion to LaTex
|
| \section{My top-level header}
| \label{sec-1}
| Some information under the top level header
| \subsection{A secondary header}
| \label{sec-1-1}
|
| \section{Chapter the first} \label{sec-2}
| Some information from the
| first chapter.Some information from the first Some information
| from the
| first chapter.Some information from the first chapter.Some information
| from the first chapter.
|
| \section{Chapter the second}
| \label{sec-3}
| The end of this document.
| % Emacs 24.3.1 (Org mode 8.2.6)
| \end{document}
I'd suggest that you use this style of quote:
Quoted text
for stuff that your correspondents might want to use: easier to
just cut-and-paste. This is done with the command
M-x message-mark-inserted-region
(which is bound to C-c M-m by default I think).
Nick
Hi Nick,
Just in case there was something haywire, I uninstalled and reinstalled
TexLive. I'm still getting the same error. Below is the content of the
.log file. Glancing through with an unpracticed eye, I see a line that
says file wrapfig.sty not found. Thanks again for helping me troubleshoot!
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013/Debian)
(format=pdflatex 2014.4.25) 21 MAY 2014 12:32
entering extended mode
restricted \write18 enabled.
%-line parsing enabled.
**/home/steven/Desktop/test.tex
(/home/steven/Desktop/test.tex
LaTeX2e 2011/06/27
Babel 3.9f and hyphenation patterns for 2 languages loaded.
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo
File: size11.clo 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
)
\c@part=\count79
\c@section=\count80
\c@subsection=\count81
\c@subsubsection=\count82
\c@paragraph=\count83
\c@subparagraph=\count84
\c@figure=\count85
\c@table=\count86
\abovecaptionskip=\skip41
\belowcaptionskip=\skip42
\bibindent=\dimen102
)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/inputenc.sty
Package: inputenc 2008/03/30 v1.1d Input
Re: [O] latex export beginner
Success! I installed that package, and things are working. Thank you! -steven Igor Sosa Mayor joseleopoldo1...@gmail.com writes: Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes: Nick Dokos ndo...@gmail.com writes: well, it's pretty clear... ! LaTeX Error: File `wrapfig.sty' not found. you have to install the wrapfig package. If you're in debian/ubuntu: sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-extra
[O] latex export beginner
I'm taking my first baby steps at exporting an org file to LaTex. I know
a little about org-mode, and almost nothing about LaTex.
I type C-c C-e l o
A file named file.tex is produced, but the process halts with an error:
org-latex-compile: PDF file ./plm.pdf wasn't produced: [LaTeX error]
A program called pdfTex produces a buffer with extensive output,
including:
! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
This seems like some markup that should probably be included in my file
automatically as part of the export? Shoud I add /begin{document} to
my org doc?
Thank you!
Steven Arntson
Re: [O] Way OT: Xah Lee.
Ian Barton li...@wilkesley.net writes: Please feel free to delete this if you think it's not appropriate for the list. Many people will have read Xah Lee's excellent Emacs tutorials at http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs.html and possibly seen his interview with Sacha Chua at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKPKWqvTImA Xah has contributed a lot to the Emacs community over the years, but is now going through a very hard time. See http://ergoemacs.org/misc/xah_as_good_as_dead.html If you think you can help either with food, employment, accommodation or cash see the above page for details. Ian. Thanks for posting this. As a beginning emacs user, I've frequently found myself on Xah's pages--he's also got some interesting historical essays about the development of computer keyboards. I noticed he's selling his emacs tutorial through for $15. I bought it. -steven
[O] new to drawers
I'm having trouble getting drawers to collapse, and am wondering if I'm misunderstanding their nature. I make an active region in an org-mode doc on, for instance, sample text and invoke C-c C-x d, which invites me to name the drawer. I name it test, and RET, which gives me: :test: sample text :END: :END: is colored green by org-mode, but test isn't. And it won't go through any kind of visibility cycle. I've tried [TAB] and shift+TAB, and shift+arrowkey, and don't get any response. Using emacs 24.3.1 and org 7.9.3f. What am I doing wrong? Thank you! steven arntson
Re: [O] new to drawers
Dieter Schoen die...@schoen.or.at writes: At Sun, 11 May 2014 00:38:15 +0200, Dieter Schoen wrote: e.g. (setq org-drawers '(PROPERTIES CLOCK LOGBOOK RESULTS test2)) or add it to the file's headers: #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES BIG low i shouldn't write emails after midnight.. the examples should read: (setq org-drawers '(PROPERTIES CLOCK LOGBOOK RESULTS test)) #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES test but i think you would have got the idea.. dieter Okay, I see--I thought you could just arbitrarily title them. Which would be a nice feature, IMHO! But this works fine for me, actually--for my use-case, it's fine to just use the predefined RESULTS title. Thank you! steven
[O] org-babel, lilypond, tables
I'm wondering if someone could tell me if this idea is impossible. I'm trying to find a way to leverage org-tables in a document containing lilypond markup for a piano part such that both staves occupy the same line, visually (instead of the lefthand notes occupying the top of the doc and the righthand notes occupying the bottom). Right now I'm accomplishing this with a vertical split in the buffer, which works, but is clunky. I'd love to do something like: left hand | right hand | measure --+-+-- a16 b c d e f g a | a8 b d f e4~ | %m1 c e gs4 a8 g| e g c'4 g d b | %m2 et cetera. This is easy enough to lay out in org mode, and it would look terrific, but I can't imagine how to accomplish it such that the lilypond markup would respond correctly to ly-tangle without bracketing every cell in #+BEGIN_SRC LILYPOND #END_SRC (and even then, I doubt what would happen.) Maybe the answer is You just have to get used to the way things are, which is fine--even that would at least get me thinking about other problems. Thank you! Steven Arntson
Re: [O] org-babel-lilypond newbie
Hi Grant, Another user helped me off-list--I was so unfamiliar with what I was doing that I didn't know I had to wrap the lilypond stuff in source tags to get org-mode to recognize it. Once I did that, I was up and running toward new confusions ... :) Thank you! steven Grant Rettke g...@wisdomandwonder.com writes: Does the first example here http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-lilypond.html work for you? Grant Rettke | AAAS, ACM, ASA, FSF, IEEE, SIAM, Sigma Xi gret...@acm.org | http://www.wisdomandwonder.com/ “Wisdom begins in wonder.” --Socrates ((λ (x) (x x)) (λ (x) (x x))) “Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.” --Thompson On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com wrote: I'm a new Lilypond user (and a beginning but dedicated Emacs user), trying to decide whether to use Frescobaldi or the org based Arrange Mode. I think I've got Arrange Mode running, but can't seem to get the tangle command to work. I opened a .ly file I made in Frescobaldi, put point at the top, and run M-x ly-tangle. The message returned is Tangled 0 code blocks from file-ly.ly. I'm running org 8.2.6, and have evince installed on my system (though I haven't told org anything about that, specifically). Thank you! steven arntson
[O] org-babel-lilypond newbie
I'm a new Lilypond user (and a beginning but dedicated Emacs user), trying to decide whether to use Frescobaldi or the org based Arrange Mode. I think I've got Arrange Mode running, but can't seem to get the tangle command to work. I opened a .ly file I made in Frescobaldi, put point at the top, and run M-x ly-tangle. The message returned is Tangled 0 code blocks from file-ly.ly. I'm running org 8.2.6, and have evince installed on my system (though I haven't told org anything about that, specifically). Thank you! steven arntson
[O] more from org-babel newbie
I'm trying to get going with org-babel and lilypond music markup. I have the system basically functioning, but there's an elementary issue I can't seem to wrap my brain around. The reason I'm excited to use org with lilypond files is the foldable headers *, **, *** etc, as well as drawers and tables. However, that's available only in an org-mode buffer, and I'm also wanting to use lilypond-mode, which gives excellent colored markup and indentation. How do I get the advantages of both? Or is that not even what I should be after? I may be fundamentally missing what's potentially useful about all of this for my musical use case! Thank you, Steven Arntson
Re: [O] more from org-babel newbie
t...@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes: Aloha Steven, Steven Arntson ste...@stevenarntson.com writes: The reason I'm excited to use org with lilypond files is the foldable headers *, **, *** etc, as well as drawers and tables. However, that's available only in an org-mode buffer, and I'm also wanting to use lilypond-mode, which gives excellent colored markup and indentation. How do I get the advantages of both? Or is that not even what I should be after? I may be fundamentally missing what's potentially useful about all of this for my musical use case! I haven't used babel for lilypond, but the usual way to edit a source code block in the emacs mode for the language is to press C-c ' in the source code block. hth, Tom This is embarrassing ... I'd tried that and hadn't managed to get it to work, and now I realize I was using C-c ` and not C-c '. The devil is in the details. I'm still a little mystified about using org markup in the context of the lilypond file, but maybe now I can do a little more experimenting. Thank you! Steven
[O] Chapter headings
Hello, I'm a beginning org-mode user. I'm writing a book with many chapters, each chapter as a top-level header (*). Is there a way to assign chapter numbers automatically, such that I might get a result along the lines of: * 1. This is a chapter containing thousands of words. * 2. This is the next chapter, with many words. * 3. And so on. Thank you! steven arntson
Re: [O] Chapter headings
Nick Dokos ndo...@gmail.com writes: There are probably many ways to do that, but I want to invert the question: *why* do you want chapter numbers in your org file? I would argue that they are a bad idea in the vast majority of cases. Nick I'm just accustomed to seeing them in my working drafts. Perhaps it is I who needs to change, rather than my unnumbered chapters! Something I haven't explored yet with org-mode is exporting to LaTeX, but it sounds like these numbers can be made to appear after export. I'm not yet a LaTeX user, so I may wait to explore that until I get to it. Best! steven
Re: [O] Chapter headings
Back in my mac-user days I used a program called Scrivener that would renumber chapters on the fly if I dragged them to new positions. I think I was missing that functionality a little, but now that I think about it, I shouldn't miss it. It didn't add anything. My next project will be to learn more about exporting. I'm sure I will have questions as I encounter that ...
