Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-09 Thread David Rogers
Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com writes: ... I am now senior enough to insist that the editor edit my files directly. That single sentence really answers the question pretty effectively! The whole explanation does make perfect sense, though. I admit that the entire structure of the work-flow

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-09 Thread Alan L Tyree
On 09/09/13 16:58, David Rogers wrote: Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com writes: ... I am now senior enough to insist that the editor edit my files directly. That single sentence really answers the question pretty effectively! The whole explanation does make perfect sense, though. I admit

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-09 Thread Suvayu Ali
Hi Alan, On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 05:14:17PM +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote: My real problem is that I don't know how to generate the multiple indexes that I need if I use org mode. Everything else is easy. Any potential solution that I see involves adding lots more markup, but if I do that I

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-09 Thread Paul Rudin
Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com writes: My real problem is that I don't know how to generate the multiple indexes that I need if I use org mode. Everything else is easy. Any potential solution that I see involves adding lots more markup, but if I do that I might as well stick with LaTeX.

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-09 Thread Alan L Tyree
Suvayu Ali writes: Hi Alan, On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 05:14:17PM +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote: My real problem is that I don't know how to generate the multiple indexes that I need if I use org mode. Everything else is easy. Any potential solution that I see involves adding lots more markup,

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-09 Thread Achim Gratz
Alan L Tyree writes: My real problem is that I don't know how to generate the multiple indexes that I need if I use org mode. You'd likely have to use macros (one for each index) and have a filters or derived backends sort things out. Getting to something as elaborate as the various index

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-09 Thread Alan L Tyree
Paul Rudin writes: Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com writes: My real problem is that I don't know how to generate the multiple indexes that I need if I use org mode. Everything else is easy. Any potential solution that I see involves adding lots more markup, but if I do that I might as

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-09 Thread Brian van den Broek
On Sep 9, 2013 3:14 AM, Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com wrote: snip At least a lot of simple editors (the software) are LaTeX aware, so my editor (the human being) should be able to handle it. I don't know it well, but Lyx http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/LyX purports to almost be LaTeX and almost be

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-09 Thread Alan Tyree
Lyx is brilliant - I used it to typeset a cookbook that my wife wrote and then I wrote a small text Self-publishing with LyX. Anyone can learn to use it in a short time. It was my first thought, but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be an easy way to import LaTeX where the LaTeX file has

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-08 Thread Alan L Tyree
On 08/09/13 14:37, Jambunathan K wrote: CC me in the reply. Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com writes: G'day, I am the author of a legal text of about 700 pages. I currently have the book in LaTeX using the memoir class. A couple of macros define special indexes for a Table of Cases and a

[O] Index of cases -- Revisited

2013-09-08 Thread Alan L Tyree
Some clarification: I realise that my aim wasn't clearly stated: I am concerned with the write - send to editor - rewrite - send to editor cycle. When the editor and I are in agreement with everything, convert to Word and send to publisher. I can get an editor to agree to plain text. What I

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-08 Thread Jambunathan K
CC me in the reply. Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com writes: G'day, I am the author of a legal text of about 700 pages. I currently have the book in LaTeX using the memoir class. A couple of macros define special indexes for a Table of Cases and a Table of Statutes. Please share the

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-08 Thread Jambunathan K
Here are the LaTeX macros that I use. Seeing a concrete example helps. Helps avoid speculation. I don't understand Latex, so I will speculate ... #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE Provided the documents are in order, the buyer must pay. This is so even if it is known that the goods have been lost at sea.

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-08 Thread Jambunathan K
Jambunathan K kjambunat...@gmail.com writes: I have (I think) got them to agree to accept plain text, but I would like to make it just as plain as possible. Oh, Ok. Looks like there is exchange of ideas between the author and publisher... In lighter vein and tongue-in-cheek sort of way...

Re: [O] Index of cases -- Revisited

2013-09-08 Thread Jambunathan K
Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com writes: I am concerned with the write - send to editor - rewrite - send to editor cycle. When the editor and I are in agreement with everything, convert to Word and send to publisher. Wikis.. Talk or comment pages separate from document content. Changes

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-08 Thread David Rogers
Jambunathan K kjambunat...@gmail.com writes: Jambunathan K kjambunat...@gmail.com writes: I have (I think) got them to agree to accept plain text, but I would like to make it just as plain as possible. Oh, Ok. Looks like there is exchange of ideas between the author and publisher... In

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-08 Thread Alan L Tyree
On 09/09/13 08:17, David Rogers wrote: Jambunathan K kjambunat...@gmail.com writes: Jambunathan K kjambunat...@gmail.com writes: I have (I think) got them to agree to accept plain text, but I would like to make it just as plain as possible. Oh, Ok. Looks like there is exchange of ideas

[O] Index of cases

2013-09-07 Thread Alan L Tyree
G'day, I am the author of a legal text of about 700 pages. I currently have the book in LaTeX using the memoir class. A couple of macros define special indexes for a Table of Cases and a Table of Statutes. I would like to move the whole thing to Org to make it easier for my editors who can be

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-07 Thread David Rogers
Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com writes: G'day, I am the author of a legal text of about 700 pages. I currently have the book in LaTeX using the memoir class. A couple of macros define special indexes for a Table of Cases and a Table of Statutes. I would like to move the whole thing to Org

Re: [O] Index of cases

2013-09-07 Thread Alan L Tyree
On 08/09/13 12:05, David Rogers wrote: Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com writes: G'day, I am the author of a legal text of about 700 pages. I currently have the book in LaTeX using the memoir class. A couple of macros define special indexes for a Table of Cases and a Table of Statutes. I would