Re: abstract in exported latex and html

["Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>]

On Nov 1, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Christian Moe wrote:

> Use org-special-blocks
>
>>> On Oct 31, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Magnus Nilsson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to include an abstract that suits both LaTeX export
>>>> and html export?
>>>>
>>>> I am thinking in lines of
>>>> #+BEGIN_ABSTRACT:
>>>> My abstract goes here
>>>> #+END_ABSTRACT:
>>>> and have it interpreted differently depending on the export used.
>
> If I'm not overlooking a hitch, you can do that now with the  
> contributed package org-special-blocks. Just put
>
> (require 'org-special-blocks)
>
> in your .emacs.
>
> The HTML abstract won't look like anything special until you style  
> it, it will just be wrapped in a <div class="abstract"> element.  
> Here are some sample style lines for your org document header  
> (without line wraps):
>
> #+STYLE: <style>.abstract {margin: 1em; padding: 1em; border: 1px  
> solid black}
> #+STYLE: .abstract:before {content: "ABSTRACT: ";}</style>
>
> Thomas S. Dye wrote:
>> Alternatively, you could use the existing link syntax for this kind  
>> of
>> markup. See
>> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-latex-export.php#sec-12
>
> I'm all for using custom links to extend inline markup, but this is  
> block-level, and thus handily extensible with org-special-blocks.
>
> Cheers,
> Christian

Aloha Christian,

Thanks for pointing out org-special-blocks.  This will be very  
useful.  Looks perfect for the OP.

All the best,
Tom