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From: | Thomas S. Dye |
Subject: | Re: [Orgmode] Re: Writing a dissertation using org-mode |
Date: | Thu, 4 Mar 2010 07:33:13 -1000 |
On Mar 4, 2010, at 4:02 AM, Maurizio Vitale wrote:
I'd recommend you use auctex for writing your thesis: it knows about many LaTeX packages (and you can teach it more), so you get autocompletion and highlighting. It does quasi-wysiwyg for fonts and math. It can render fragments for quick checking and interface withexternal viewers. And it has some folding support, albeit not as nice asorg-mode's. Org-mode would basically give you three things: - sectioning/folding - todo lists - simple tables Org-mode is wonderful for quickly taking notes and generate LaTeX/pdf out of them. But for a book/thesis you cannot beat auctex. Best regards, Maurizio
Aloha Henri-Paul,I think this is good advice for a thesis writer. auctex, with the reftex plug-in, is a huge help.
The model I'm working with now for writing a book (still evolving as I learn org-mode and org-babel and try different things) has 3 parts:
1) The main body of the book, held in several tex files, typically one file per chapter. A master tex file contains the memoir header, the includes, and the glossary, bibliography, and index paraphernalia. I do almost all my writing in these files.
2) An org-mode file with a level one heading for each chapter, underneath which is a place for notes, todo items, random thoughts, and outline fragments. Immediately beneath the level one heading is a link to the chapter tex file. I use the org-mode file to keep track of what I've finished and what still needs work. This is a tremendous help when I have to put the work down for a while and then pick it up again. I'm back up to speed in short order.
3) Several org-babel LaTeX code blocks and noweb references to the output from statistical analyses mostly in R and carried out in org- babel. These are mostly descriptive sections and the benefit of writing them this way is that they track changes in the database as I augment observations or spot data entry errors while writing. These are exported to tex files that are referenced in the master tex file.
4) Compiling my book is a three-step process (ignoring for the moment the bibliography, glossary, and index). First, re-run the statistical analyses in org-babel. Second, run org-babel-tangle on the org-mode file to refresh the output of the org-babel LaTeX code blocks. Lastly compile to pdf with auctex.
I'll be interested to learn how you end up writing your thesis with LaTeX and org-mode.
HTH, Tom
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