From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Mode for Manuscripts? Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 19:29:32 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070317861 20849 80.91.224.253 (1 Dec 2003 22:31:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 22:31:01 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 01 23:30:58 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AQwZF-00050E-00 for ; Mon, 01 Dec 2003 23:30:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AQuxS-0007NY-Li for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Dec 2003 15:47:50 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.42 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1070306972 132.204.24.42 (Mon, 01 Dec 2003 14:29:32 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 14:29:32 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118855 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14803 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14803 > Yeah, it's a funny way to format text, but it's the format required > for manuscript submissions to publishers. Since emacs is such a great > editor, perhaps the best on the planet, I'm sure there is a mode already > constructed for this sort of format you see here in the body of this > email. I think it's worth it to follow the lead of LaTeX and other systems that try to distinguish between the content and the presentation. I.e. edit the text in whatever format you like (if you like double-spacing on screen, you can tell Emacs to place more pixels between lines) and then use something like `pr -d' to "compile" your text into what the publisher wants. The conversion between the two formats can be done when loading/saving the file or at any other time. If you really want to edit the ascii-double-space version of the document directly, then I'm afraid you'll have to work harder. Stefan