From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vikas Rawal Subject: Re: Using Emacs, Org-mode and R for Research Writing in Social Sciences Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 06:49:57 +0200 Message-ID: <36F24FE4-EE35-4665-B7E6-4864E42EE7FF@agrarianresearch.org> References: <375121C9-E738-422E-A0F8-8D8CC7FDAAF9@axelkielhorn.de> <96A87FD8-20EA-4BD5-99EA-532FCD54E65E@axelkielhorn.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.2 \(1874\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36670) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkncN-0007gt-PC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 May 2014 00:50:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkncI-0001Hb-Oi for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 May 2014 00:50:07 -0400 Received: from mail-ee0-f53.google.com ([74.125.83.53]:59251) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WkncI-0001BX-Il for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 May 2014 00:50:02 -0400 Received: by mail-ee0-f53.google.com with SMTP id c13so223111eek.12 for ; Wed, 14 May 2014 21:50:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <96A87FD8-20EA-4BD5-99EA-532FCD54E65E@axelkielhorn.de> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Axel Kielhorn Cc: org-mode mailing list >=20 >>=20 >> Thank you Axel for taking the time to test it. I look forward to more = comments as you look at it. You comments are very useful. >=20 > I'm new to Emacs, but know LaTeX and Pandoc. > I have a lot of beginner=92s questions. > (Configuring emacs is quite difficult: should I use > - custom-set-variable > - starter-kit > - raw elisp in .emacs > ) >=20 You could use either.=20 I think starter-kit is a good choice. You will be up and running in no = time. Just put it in place.=20 If you are using the starter kit, you should create a sub-directory = inside .emacs.d with your username. Any .org file or .el file you keep = inside will be evaluated when you start emacs.=20 If you put my config file in that sub-directory, you are good to go as = far as my basic set up goes. In addition, you could have your personal config files for whatever = additional you want. This is not necessarily =93optimal=94, but it will be quick and clean. = As you learn, you can customise to make it optimal to your needs. > In your document you are using alt instead of meta. > Not everyone uses alt for meta (especially on the Mac where alt = (option) is used to access unusual characters). >=20 >>> I tried to export the .org to Latex and failed because it needed >>> tabulary and threeparttable. >>>=20 >>> They are used if you use vikas-general.org but as far as i = understood the document that is just recommended. >>>=20 >>> I added the line=20 >>> #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage{tabulary,threeparttable} >>> to the document. >>>=20 >>=20 >> vikas-general.org (I already dislike my name being on that file) >=20 > How about >=20 > config.org ? > config-example.org ? > And ask the user to copy it to $USER.org=20 >=20 Yes, one of these, I guess. I want to leave $user.org for additional = personal configurations that the person may want to do. >> I removed explicit inclusion of these packages from this document and = the instructions, because I wanted to reduce the work in terms of = setting things up. >=20 > You achieved the opposite. > Now a user *has* to enable the config file. > Otherwise it would be clear that additional packages may be needed = which may not be part of a minimal TeX Live installation. >=20 May be I should specify the packages that are being called, so the user = can make sure those are installed or modify the config file. But I = prefer the basic set of LaTeX packages being called by default rather = than being added in every file. Vikas=