Actually, it turns out the publisher did put up the pdf with embedded files, you just can't open them in a pdf in a browser. If you download the file and open in a good pdf reader, you can open the embedded files. It just made my day to figure that out!

This link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/ie400582a/suppl_file/ie400582a_si_001.pdf

is a supporting information file created from org-mode, with embedded excel sheets, and the org-file that was exported to the pdf! It contains all of the data used to make the figures in the paper, along with the python scripts we used to make the figures. It is probably our most complete supplemental file ever. And, this file is freely available (although the manuscript requires a subscription to the journal).

We actually wrote the manuscript in org-mode too, and submitted the latex source that was exported from the org-file. Now, if we can just get publishers to let us embed the org-source of the manuscript in the supporting information file so at least the content is available for free...

John

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On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:

Hi John,

Terrific! There go my plans for the weekend ... :)

Good luck with the heavy-handed journal processor. It seems worth
pursuing to me.

All the best,
Tom

John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

> I think it is so interesting, we have actually tried a variation of it! I
> set up an org-file that exported a supplementary information file, using
> attachfile to embed data files and scripts in the pdf. Unfortunately, the
> journal "processed" the pdf file, and stripped those files out ;( We
> haven't tried to see if we can get our original supplemental pdf accepted.
>
>
> John
>
> -----------------------------------
> John Kitchin
> Associate Professor
> Doherty Hall A207F
> Department of Chemical Engineering
> Carnegie Mellon University
> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
> 412-268-7803
> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>>
>> > Hi everyone,
>> > Thanks for the tips in using export filters for code blocks. I thought I
>> > would share my current solution. The goal was to export all the code
>> blocks
>> > in an org-file to files systematically named part1/script-%d.py where %d
>> is
>> > a number. I didnot want to tangle exactly, because I wanted to avoid
>> naming
>> > the code block tangle files.
>> >
>> > Then, I wanted to insert a pdf link that would open the file, after the
>> > syntax highlighted code.
>> >
>> > I wanted this because it is not convenient to copy and paste the
>> > syntax-highlighted code into an editor. I teach from the pdf that is
>> > generated, and it would be convenient to just open the code, edit and
>> rerun
>> > to explore solutions.
>>
>> This seems like it might be an elegant way to distribute a piece of
>> reproducible research. I suspect most readers would prefer to have a pdf
>> entry point into a compendium over an Org-mode entry point. Instead of
>> distributing the Org-mode file that is configured to make a pdf file,
>> carry out calculations, draw figures, etc., one could distribute a
>> ready-made pdf file with an appendix of Supplementary Material that has
>> all the code for calculations, figures, etc.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> All the best,
>> Tom
>>
>> --
>> Thomas S. Dye
>> http://www.tsdye.com
>>
> I think it is so interesting, we have actually tried a variation of
> it! I set up an org-file that exported a supplementary information
> file, using attachfile to embed data files and scripts in the pdf.
> Unfortunately, the journal "processed" the pdf file, and stripped
> those files out ;( We haven't tried to see if we can get our original
> supplemental pdf accepted.
>
> John
>
> -----------------------------------
> John Kitchin
> Associate Professor
> Doherty Hall A207F
> Department of Chemical Engineering
> Carnegie Mellon University
> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
> 412-268-7803
> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
>
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
>
> John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> > Thanks for the tips in using export filters for code blocks. I
> thought I
> > would share my current solution. The goal was to export all the
> code blocks
> > in an org-file to files systematically named part1/script-%d.py
> where %d is
> > a number. I didnot want to tangle exactly, because I wanted to
> avoid naming
> > the code block tangle files.
> >
> > Then, I wanted to insert a pdf link that would open the file,
> after the
> > syntax highlighted code.
> >
> > I wanted this because it is not convenient to copy and paste the
> > syntax-highlighted code into an editor. I teach from the pdf
> that is
> > generated, and it would be convenient to just open the code,
> edit and rerun
> > to explore solutions.
>
>
> This seems like it might be an elegant way to distribute a piece
> of
> reproducible research. I suspect most readers would prefer to have
> a pdf
> entry point into a compendium over an Org-mode entry point.
> Instead of
> distributing the Org-mode file that is configured to make a pdf
> file,
> carry out calculations, draw figures, etc., one could distribute a
> ready-made pdf file with an appendix of Supplementary Material
> that has
> all the code for calculations, figures, etc.
>
> What do you think?
>
> All the best,
> Tom
>
> --
> Thomas S. Dye
> http://www.tsdye.com
>
>

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