From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: suvayu ali Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Simple emacs setup for general prose? Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:47:52 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87mxl5i90w.fsf@rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1300405723 2747 80.91.229.12 (17 Mar 2011 23:48:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:48:43 +0000 (UTC) To: Emacs mailing list Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 18 00:48:38 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q0Mvm-0005mA-5M for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:48:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36389 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q0Mvl-00022g-L3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:48:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45168 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q0MvP-00022O-1L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:48:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q0MvN-0004SG-Rr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:48:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:40546) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q0MvN-0004S3-NI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:48:13 -0400 Original-Received: by bwz17 with SMTP id 17so3290136bwz.0 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:48:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=E0z9i+WeNs5GLN0o5f2UX0dyfGAjon37FchGovzfIr0=; b=OyWUP/8ehEccsPqvPtGsUKztBZ8zIacGD/Tr4HEn+LUEyVwFT3MziYtQw4+TL5sFyd oVyUFxUbtmAEsqljyMHNy62hVqI1/VDhAlkRQwnhQEdUL/4PFbD2zjspzjWtJ5x9NwjR fehbefA4jSuFsjFs8Xi0SOvMN7cVHh1jG1OE4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; b=LlSFC05/HonZav+tikQbqx0dAfVQtFsZP+pzKaFOGL0jwcf1RaVA6/TOyQnC1NmDc2 FjoVVMaeKJZdcbAczCRs5agCZ79muB+kC8bnQh5GqiRkf4if9Jv10A/7N7TJPf9ykjhc /2wU43Fqv3ydQ1C21Ru25xXrIrYPsToOqCYgQ= Original-Received: by 10.204.45.164 with SMTP id e36mr365081bkf.29.1300405692115; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:48:12 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.204.45.225 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:47:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: 7KXuU2TqIajLrXWu5PBw--djJoQ X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.214.41 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:80217 Archived-At: On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Daniel Goldin wrote: > I use org-mode for editing prose. Double-space to define paragraphs instead > of tabs. The results can easily be ported to latex. pdf, odt or html and > tweaked to create tabbed pars, if that's what you want. I would second that. I am writing my thesis in org-mode and exporting to pdf via latex. I think the beauty lies in the fact that for a simple setup you can use the same source file to export to several formats (html, latex and even plain text) http://orgmode.org/ -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.