kaobook tex template integration to a org file to make self-contained, portable?

kaobook tex template integration to a org file to make self-contained, portable?

[Zenny]

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Hi,

References of interest:
1. https://github.com/fmarotta/kaobook
2. https://github.com/asilata/emacsconf2021

Can anyone guide me how to get a self-contained and portable template that
executes kaobook tex templates (see 1) to create an org-file that resembles
with the instance in 2 above?

I tried the best I can by adding the kaobook.cls and kaobook.sty files
inside `~/texmf/tex/latex/kaobook/` folder and specified 'kaobook' in the
`#+latex_class: kaobook` but it failed to produce the desired look of pdf
similar to
https://github.com/fmarotta/kaobook/blob/master/example_and_documentation.pdf
withing the same examples directory!

Any input appreciated!

Cheers and have a nice week,
/z

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Re: kaobook tex template integration to a org file to make self-contained, portable?

[Christian Moe]

Hi,

For starters, have you added the kaobook document class to the variable
org-latex-classes? (If yes, ignore the rest of this message, if not, do
so and see what happens.)

This is needed to tell Org how to set the document class and what commands
are used for sections. See the manual 13.10.2 and 13.10.3,
[[info:org#LaTeX specific export settings]] and [[info:org#LaTeX header
and sectioning]], and look up the docstring for org-latex-classes if you
need help.

E.g., in .emacs I have this for Tufte-Latex:

(add-to-list 'org-latex-classes
	     '("tufte-handout" "\\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{tufte-handout}"
	       ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
	       ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")))

(add-to-list 'org-latex-classes
	     '("tufte-book" "\\documentclass[11pt,a5paper,nols]{tufte-book}"
	       ("\\part{%s}" . "\\part*{%s}")
	       ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
	       ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")
	       ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}")))

Yours,
Christian


Zenny writes:

> Hi,
>
> References of interest:
> 1. https://github.com/fmarotta/kaobook
> 2. https://github.com/asilata/emacsconf2021
>
> Can anyone guide me how to get a self-contained and portable template that
> executes kaobook tex templates (see 1) to create an org-file that resembles
> with the instance in 2 above?
>
> I tried the best I can by adding the kaobook.cls and kaobook.sty files
> inside `~/texmf/tex/latex/kaobook/` folder and specified 'kaobook' in the
> `#+latex_class: kaobook` but it failed to produce the desired look of pdf
> similar to
> https://github.com/fmarotta/kaobook/blob/master/example_and_documentation.pdf
> withing the same examples directory!
>
> Any input appreciated!
>
> Cheers and have a nice week,
> /z

Re: kaobook tex template integration to a org file to make self-contained, portable?

[Zenny]

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Thanks Christian for the pointer,

But I already have,

 (add-to-list 'org-latex-classes
>                `("kaobook"
>                  ,(string-join
>                    '("\\documentclass{kaobook}"
>                      "\\usepackage{color}"
>                      "\\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}")
>                    "\n")
>                  ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}")
>                  ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
>                  ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")
>                  ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}")
>                  ("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}")))
>

yet `C-c C-e l o` fails to produce pdf.

Cheers,

On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 1:55 PM Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hi,
>
> For starters, have you added the kaobook document class to the variable
> org-latex-classes? (If yes, ignore the rest of this message, if not, do
> so and see what happens.)
>
> This is needed to tell Org how to set the document class and what commands
> are used for sections. See the manual 13.10.2 and 13.10.3,
> [[info:org#LaTeX specific export settings]] and [[info:org#LaTeX header
> and sectioning]], and look up the docstring for org-latex-classes if you
> need help.
>
> E.g., in .emacs I have this for Tufte-Latex:
>
> (add-to-list 'org-latex-classes
>              '("tufte-handout"
> "\\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{tufte-handout}"
>                ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
>                ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")))
>
> (add-to-list 'org-latex-classes
>              '("tufte-book"
> "\\documentclass[11pt,a5paper,nols]{tufte-book}"
>                ("\\part{%s}" . "\\part*{%s}")
>                ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
>                ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")
>                ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}")))
>
> Yours,
> Christian
>
>
> Zenny writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > References of interest:
> > 1. https://github.com/fmarotta/kaobook
> > 2. https://github.com/asilata/emacsconf2021
> >
> > Can anyone guide me how to get a self-contained and portable template
> that
> > executes kaobook tex templates (see 1) to create an org-file that
> resembles
> > with the instance in 2 above?
> >
> > I tried the best I can by adding the kaobook.cls and kaobook.sty files
> > inside `~/texmf/tex/latex/kaobook/` folder and specified 'kaobook' in the
> > `#+latex_class: kaobook` but it failed to produce the desired look of pdf
> > similar to
> >
> https://github.com/fmarotta/kaobook/blob/master/example_and_documentation.pdf
> > withing the same examples directory!
> >
> > Any input appreciated!
> >
> > Cheers and have a nice week,
> > /z
>
>

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/z

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Re: kaobook tex template integration to a org file to make self-contained, portable?

[Zenny]

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Hi again,

I updated the texlive to 2023 and can produce a pdf with the following
snippets inside the https://github.com/asilata/emacsconf2021/ggm.org:

** Org LaTeX setup
> #+latex_class: kaobook
> #+latex_class_options: [openany, a5paper]
> #+latex_header:
> \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm,geometry,hyperref,paralist,svg,thmtools,tikz,tikz-cd}
> #+latex_header: \usepackage{mathtools}
> #+latex_header: \usepackage[capitalise,noabbrev]{cleveref}
> #+latex_header: \usepackage{environ} \NewEnviron{abmn}{\marginnote{\BODY}}
> #+latex_header: \setcounter{tocdepth}{1}
> #+latex_header: \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}
> #+latex_header: \newtheorem{example}[theorem]{Example}
> #+latex_header: \newtheorem{exmpl}[theorem]{Example}
> #+latex_header: \newtheorem{definition}[theorem]{Definition}
> #+latex_header: \newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition}
> #+latex_header: \newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma}
> #+latex_header: \newtheorem{exercise}[theorem]{Exercise}
> #+latex_header: \usetikzlibrary{arrows,automata,positioning}
> ** Export settings
> Export into the artifacts directory
> #+export_file_name: artifacts/ggm
>
> Add ~kaobook~ to ~org-latex-classes~ and update ~org-latex-pdf-process~.
> #+name: export-setup
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp :results silent :var this-year="2023"
>   (add-to-list 'org-latex-classes
>                `("kaobook"
>                  ,(string-join
>                    '("\\documentclass{kaobook}"
>                      "\\usepackage{color}"
>                      "\\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}")
>                    "\n")
>                  ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}")
>                  ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
>                  ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")
>                  ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}")
>                  ("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}")))
>

However, the pdf did not inherit all the kaobook template features like:

   1. Mini table of contents in the margin at the start of each chapter.
   2. Chapter headings.
   3. Huge chapter number with a vertical line

Any input will be appreciated to render the file that looks like
https://github.com/fmarotta/kaobook/blob/master/example_and_documentation.pdf
or https://github.com/tudelft3d/terrainbook/releases/latest.

Thank you in advance,
/z

On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 1:55 PM Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hi,
>
> For starters, have you added the kaobook document class to the variable
> org-latex-classes? (If yes, ignore the rest of this message, if not, do
> so and see what happens.)
>
> This is needed to tell Org how to set the document class and what commands
> are used for sections. See the manual 13.10.2 and 13.10.3,
> [[info:org#LaTeX specific export settings]] and [[info:org#LaTeX header
> and sectioning]], and look up the docstring for org-latex-classes if you
> need help.
>
> E.g., in .emacs I have this for Tufte-Latex:
>
> (add-to-list 'org-latex-classes
>              '("tufte-handout"
> "\\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{tufte-handout}"
>                ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
>                ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")))
>
> (add-to-list 'org-latex-classes
>              '("tufte-book"
> "\\documentclass[11pt,a5paper,nols]{tufte-book}"
>                ("\\part{%s}" . "\\part*{%s}")
>                ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
>                ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")
>                ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}")))
>
> Yours,
> Christian
>
>
> Zenny writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > References of interest:
> > 1. https://github.com/fmarotta/kaobook
> > 2. https://github.com/asilata/emacsconf2021
> >
> > Can anyone guide me how to get a self-contained and portable template
> that
> > executes kaobook tex templates (see 1) to create an org-file that
> resembles
> > with the instance in 2 above?
> >
> > I tried the best I can by adding the kaobook.cls and kaobook.sty files
> > inside `~/texmf/tex/latex/kaobook/` folder and specified 'kaobook' in the
> > `#+latex_class: kaobook` but it failed to produce the desired look of pdf
> > similar to
> >
> https://github.com/fmarotta/kaobook/blob/master/example_and_documentation.pdf
> > withing the same examples directory!
> >
> > Any input appreciated!
> >
> > Cheers and have a nice week,
> > /z
>
>

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Re: kaobook tex template integration to a org file to make self-contained, portable?

[Zenny]

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The pdf rendered after appending the org-latex-class looked like the
attachment which appears the three features of kaobook skipping, fyi.
Thanks!

On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 8:35 PM Zenny <garbytrash@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> I updated the texlive to 2023 and can produce a pdf with the following
> snippets inside the https://github.com/asilata/emacsconf2021/ggm.org:
>
> ** Org LaTeX setup
>> #+latex_class: kaobook
>> #+latex_class_options: [openany, a5paper]
>> #+latex_header:
>> \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm,geometry,hyperref,paralist,svg,thmtools,tikz,tikz-cd}
>> #+latex_header: \usepackage{mathtools}
>> #+latex_header: \usepackage[capitalise,noabbrev]{cleveref}
>> #+latex_header: \usepackage{environ} \NewEnviron{abmn}{\marginnote{\BODY}}
>> #+latex_header: \setcounter{tocdepth}{1}
>> #+latex_header: \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}
>> #+latex_header: \newtheorem{example}[theorem]{Example}
>> #+latex_header: \newtheorem{exmpl}[theorem]{Example}
>> #+latex_header: \newtheorem{definition}[theorem]{Definition}
>> #+latex_header: \newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition}
>> #+latex_header: \newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma}
>> #+latex_header: \newtheorem{exercise}[theorem]{Exercise}
>> #+latex_header: \usetikzlibrary{arrows,automata,positioning}
>> ** Export settings
>> Export into the artifacts directory
>> #+export_file_name: artifacts/ggm
>>
>> Add ~kaobook~ to ~org-latex-classes~ and update ~org-latex-pdf-process~.
>> #+name: export-setup
>> #+begin_src emacs-lisp :results silent :var this-year="2023"
>>   (add-to-list 'org-latex-classes
>>                `("kaobook"
>>                  ,(string-join
>>                    '("\\documentclass{kaobook}"
>>                      "\\usepackage{color}"
>>                      "\\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}")
>>                    "\n")
>>                  ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}")
>>                  ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
>>                  ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")
>>                  ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}")
>>                  ("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}")))
>>
>
> However, the pdf did not inherit all the kaobook template features like:
>
>    1. Mini table of contents in the margin at the start of each chapter.
>    2. Chapter headings.
>    3. Huge chapter number with a vertical line
>
> Any input will be appreciated to render the file that looks like
> https://github.com/fmarotta/kaobook/blob/master/example_and_documentation.pdf
> or https://github.com/tudelft3d/terrainbook/releases/latest.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> /z
>
> On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 1:55 PM Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> For starters, have you added the kaobook document class to the variable
>> org-latex-classes? (If yes, ignore the rest of this message, if not, do
>> so and see what happens.)
>>
>> This is needed to tell Org how to set the document class and what commands
>> are used for sections. See the manual 13.10.2 and 13.10.3,
>> [[info:org#LaTeX specific export settings]] and [[info:org#LaTeX header
>> and sectioning]], and look up the docstring for org-latex-classes if you
>> need help.
>>
>> E.g., in .emacs I have this for Tufte-Latex:
>>
>> (add-to-list 'org-latex-classes
>>              '("tufte-handout"
>> "\\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{tufte-handout}"
>>                ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
>>                ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")))
>>
>> (add-to-list 'org-latex-classes
>>              '("tufte-book"
>> "\\documentclass[11pt,a5paper,nols]{tufte-book}"
>>                ("\\part{%s}" . "\\part*{%s}")
>>                ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
>>                ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")
>>                ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}")))
>>
>> Yours,
>> Christian
>>
>>
>> Zenny writes:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > References of interest:
>> > 1. https://github.com/fmarotta/kaobook
>> > 2. https://github.com/asilata/emacsconf2021
>> >
>> > Can anyone guide me how to get a self-contained and portable template
>> that
>> > executes kaobook tex templates (see 1) to create an org-file that
>> resembles
>> > with the instance in 2 above?
>> >
>> > I tried the best I can by adding the kaobook.cls and kaobook.sty files
>> > inside `~/texmf/tex/latex/kaobook/` folder and specified 'kaobook' in
>> the
>> > `#+latex_class: kaobook` but it failed to produce the desired look of
>> pdf
>> > similar to
>> >
>> https://github.com/fmarotta/kaobook/blob/master/example_and_documentation.pdf
>> > withing the same examples directory!
>> >
>> > Any input appreciated!
>> >
>> > Cheers and have a nice week,
>> > /z
>>
>>
>
>
>

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Cheers,
/z

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Re: kaobook tex template integration to a org file to make self-contained, portable?

[Thomas S. Dye]

Aloha Zenny,

Zenny <garbytrash@gmail.com> writes:
>
> However, the pdf did not inherit all the kaobook template 
> features like: 
>
> 1 Mini table of contents in the margin at the start of each 
> chapter.
> 2 Chapter headings.
> 3 Huge chapter number with a vertical line

The kaobook.cls defines non-standard LaTeX commands for some of 
its features.  Org mode doesn't know about these, so you'll have 
to figure out how Org mode can recognize and export them.

All the best,
Tom
-- 
Thomas S. Dye
https://tsdye.online/tsdye

Re: kaobook tex template integration to a org file to make self-contained, portable?

[Zenny]

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Aloha Tom,

Thank you for taking time to respond with an useful pointer. I feel like I
reached the right person who is  an expert in both LaTeX and Orgmode who
has contributed to org-tufte book earlier as seen in your github repo. I am
a novice, fyi.

I appreciate if you take some time to point out the non-standard features
in order to make Orgmode can recognize.

On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 10:06 PM Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.online> wrote:

> Aloha Zenny,
>
> Zenny <garbytrash@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > However, the pdf did not inherit all the kaobook template
> > features like:
> >
> > 1 Mini table of contents in the margin at the start of each
> > chapter.
> > 2 Chapter headings.
> > 3 Huge chapter number with a vertical line
>
> The kaobook.cls defines non-standard LaTeX commands for some of
> its features.  Org mode doesn't know about these, so you'll have
> to figure out how Org mode can recognize and export them.
>
> All the best,
> Tom
> --
> Thomas S. Dye
> https://tsdye.online/tsdye
>


-- 
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/z

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Re: kaobook tex template integration to a org file to make self-contained, portable?

[Thomas S. Dye]

Aloha Zenny,

Zenny <garbytrash@gmail.com> writes:

> Aloha Tom,
>
> Thank you for taking time to respond with an useful pointer. I 
> feel like I reached the right person who is  an expert in both 
> LaTeX and Orgmode who has contributed to org-tufte book
> earlier as seen in your github repo. I am a novice, fyi.
>
> I appreciate if you take some time to point out the non-standard 
> features in order to make Orgmode can recognize.
>
> On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 10:06 PM Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.online> 
> wrote:
>
>  Aloha Zenny,
>
>  Zenny <garbytrash@gmail.com> writes:
>  >
>  > However, the pdf did not inherit all the kaobook template 
>  > features like: 
>  >
>  > 1 Mini table of contents in the margin at the start of each 
>  > chapter.
>  > 2 Chapter headings.
>  > 3 Huge chapter number with a vertical line
>
>  The kaobook.cls defines non-standard LaTeX commands for some of 
>  its features.  Org mode doesn't know about these, so you'll 
>  have 
>  to figure out how Org mode can recognize and export them.
>

I haven't used kaobook, so I can't offer specific pointers.  I 
have used Tufte LaTeX with Org mode, so I can give general 
pointers.

A LaTeX class, such as kaobook, typically redefines standard LaTeX 
commands and environments, and also defines non-standard commands 
and environments.  So, you should first check if your system 
correctly compiles a pdf from the LaTeX examples supplied with 
kaobook.  When the LaTeX side is working correctly, then you'll 
want to identify non-standard commands and environments defined by 
the kaobook class.  In the style and class files you might search 
for \newcommand and \newenvironment, or the documentation might 
identify the user facing non-standard commands and environments. 
These are the ones you'll need to configure specially.

I typically use Org mode macros to insert non-standard LaTeX 
commands.  Here are some I use with non-standard commands from 
Tufte LaTex:

#+MACRO: newthought \newthought{$1}
#+MACRO: sidenote \sidenote[$2][$3]{$1}
#+MACRO: marginnote \marginnote[$2]{$1}
#+MACRO: urlnote \sidenote[$2][$3]{​\url{$1}​}

Non-standard environments are a bit trickier.

First, you might be able to wrap the non-standard environment like 
this in your Org mode file:

#+begin_<<kaobook-environment>>
Something that should be wrapped in <<kaobook-environment>>.
#+end_<<kaobook-environment>>

For figures and tables, you can pass an arbitrary argument to 
:float.  I do this for the Tufte LaTeX marginfigure environment:

#+attr_latex: :float marginfigure :height 1.2in

#+attr_latex: :float marginfigure :options angle=90

#+attr_latex: :placement [ht!] \setfloatalignment{b}

The last example abuses attr_latex to pass a non-standard LaTeX 
command that Tufte LaTeX uses to tweak the vertical alignment of 
the figure.  

Good luck!

hth,
Tom

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Thomas S. Dye
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