From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sharon Kimble Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: project-management Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:35:22 +0000 Message-ID: <871tlo9yj9.fsf@skimble.plus.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1424198171 7133 80.91.229.3 (17 Feb 2015 18:36:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:36:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Sam Halliday Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 17 19:35:59 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YNn02-0006Uv-Hd for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:35:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46816 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNn01-0008ML-Ly for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:35:57 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54452) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNmzb-0008JL-O5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:35:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNmzX-0002Pu-9L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:35:31 -0500 Original-Received: from avasout01.plus.net ([84.93.230.227]:51877) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNmzW-0002PS-Jb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:35:26 -0500 Original-Received: from london.london ([87.114.246.1]) by avasout01 with smtp id tWbP1p00802YSlj01WbRHp; Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:35:25 +0000 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=Sbd5d5hu c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=+JS4kbT8CJym6xq95NtOew==:117 a=+JS4kbT8CJym6xq95NtOew==:17 a=0Bzu9jTXAAAA:8 a=acKW_TVRZv8A:10 a=EBOSESyhAAAA:8 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=LlzXLoV6AAAA:8 a=NEAV23lmAAAA:8 a=NjIK7znJAAAA:8 a=5ZabvVnhAAAA:8 a=xtERp6CFAAAA:8 a=iI7HsYTVAAAA:8 a=R2UKFIKLuofWjor3BJoA:9 a=dM6ZkoP6igzATGGk:21 a=AhRdFA56ndrvz_qT:21 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=P8-gZxDyEgmZDVLLdtcA:9 X-AUTH: skimble@:2500 In-Reply-To: (Sam Halliday's message of "Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:01:40 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x (no timestamps) [generic] X-Received-From: 84.93.230.227 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:102761 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sam Halliday writes: > On Tuesday, 17 February 2015 05:54:40 UTC, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> I'm writing several ebooks at present, and also maintain the >> documentation of a couple of projects, all done in latex. I'm now >> finding a problem in "project management". > > As others have mentioned, projectile [1] is good for a wide range of > project types, but doesn't really do "project management" as such. I > mainly use it for development projects, as it provides standardised > keybindings for concepts such as project-wide search, replace and build. > > But the big thing for your particular use case, assuming you haven't > already seen it, is org-mode[2]. It is *incredible* and supports both > inline and block LaTeX. It sounds weird until you use it, but org-mode > works as both a typesetting language (typically by exporting to the more > verbose LaTeX) and a TODO organiser. I strongly recommend reading the > "compact" manual to get a flavour. It is the kitchen sink within the > kitchen sink. > Thanks, but org-mode doesn't give me the fine control that I get with latex. I've tried writing an ebook with org-mode, and I just ended up feeling very restricted. Only writing it direct into latex fulfils my needs and gives me the ability to fine-tune the output to give exceedingly good pdf's. The only way that org-mode is useful is to hold a link to the master document for each project. I'm aware of "pandoc" and would use it if I was writing in "muse", but that doesn't allow me the ability to fine-tune the output. To see what I mean, you can have a read of the "Obnam manual", or "The Quick And Dirty Guide To =E2=80=9DGet-Iplayer=E2=80=9D", or the "Beeb = manual", all from "http://www.sharons.org.uk". Thanks Sharon. > I've even used it with pandoc[3] (a universal document converter tool) to= produce presentations and accompanying speaker notes[4]. > > [1] https://github.com/bbatsov/projectile > [2] http://orgmode.org/ > [3] https://github.com/jgm/pandoc > [4] http://fommil.github.io/scalax14/#/ sources at https://github.com/fom= mil/scalax-linear-algebra > > > Best regards, > Sam =2D-=20 A taste of linux =3D http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo =3D https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds =3D http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, fluxbox 1.3.6, emacs 24.4.1.0 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJU44nqAAoJEDaBgBkK+INbUXMP/2yxtrBcp2X+JKmTDf/GFrhz c6ztWxZpbcumtQzH0xpU7SBilIBI9J5hh0GX8S1ifd4MfRCl7ePVYNqFjzfm2u+V MWhp9T1cHEiM8quV4r2cSLfx81hkdWN7oOiYw3Ugf4vYiqyquKczNd9+pJj8fuPk vDXWHK3pV6DUgEoetZ8skn2Q1vTLqg6x+SeUSsnOscQ3TQTB+5XTivfTdcWycgNF nR+p9qZNDarpY71PZ7io07UMxe2TBMr3tWOfy3K6Naf61Y4N7THPGBJ2AFLENwx9 cFQwLMq9tVC19eRh1yenJ6ufqebMLtPeQpT1X8i10FOL/6UeSMpGJpAs0x0qCrcA VhvYNPhbZB2h91jeTsnOoQgcW+qyCOPh4pCksQdfTbn25UiqAy8vzpLd7dzcAEi0 DUsWd807GIN80w2ZGcPrtczYX0P+tpPvqKjkqmS0uLupq5s+6+6fQgG8FJd5/eTL vba94nBXUwsSUc/U93WVfPRIGsOuTpbsCor8BuddHeFEZxVGM2ot0q0YTGfbkI5k HVCTdB9AKBjydISMii4eGpOsO3TXkjfQP0DziMug4unDQJufQ4uyM6xEQLkU5t98 QRzwDi1xBUQJRgVXd6fHR5rLsP8uJNsMh6HaVurW6qz75l8YSN3qyJePOI2q+YiD fBdnVcqYY6dlXjWyy1/4 =QpEq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--