From: "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>
To: maurizio.vitale@polymath-solutions.com
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: Writing a dissertation using org-mode
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 07:33:13 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54E9D7CF-7AE5-4E0D-8954-96D2FABB92FA@tsdye.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bpf4i3ql.fsf@cuma.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me>
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 with
> external viewers. And it has some folding support, albeit not as
> nice as
> org-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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-04 17:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-04 4:45 Writing a dissertation using org-mode Henri-Paul Indiogine
2010-03-04 5:33 ` Torsten Wagner
2010-03-04 9:51 ` Scot Becker
2010-03-04 17:12 ` Henri-Paul Indiogine
2010-03-05 8:58 ` Detlef Steuer
2010-03-05 9:00 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-03-05 10:14 ` Sven Bretfeld
2010-03-05 17:41 ` Markus Heller
2010-03-06 23:54 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-03-07 3:10 ` Thomas S. Dye
2010-03-09 15:16 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-03-09 16:27 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-03-21 19:19 ` Thomas S. Dye
2010-03-22 8:49 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-03-04 14:02 ` Maurizio Vitale
2010-03-04 17:33 ` Thomas S. Dye [this message]
2010-03-04 18:40 ` Henri-Paul Indiogine
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