From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Kitchin Subject: Re: Efficiency of Org v. LaTeX v. Word Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 15:38:42 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60558) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y7rwn-0000yV-Gr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Jan 2015 15:38:50 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y7rwk-0004Eg-5Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Jan 2015 15:38:49 -0500 Received: from mail-qg0-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c04::235]:40955) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y7rwk-0004E5-1q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Jan 2015 15:38:46 -0500 Received: by mail-qg0-f53.google.com with SMTP id l89so14804115qgf.12 for ; Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:38:45 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Ken Mankoff's message of "Fri, 26 Dec 2014 17:47:39 -0500") 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: Ken Mankoff Cc: Org-mode mailing list Ken Mankoff writes: Did anyone see the parody of this here: http://mjambon.github.io/vim-vs-emacs/ It is pretty funny! > People here might be interested in a publication from [2014-12-19 Fri] > available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115069 > > Title: An Efficiency Comparison of Document Preparation Systems Used > in Academic Research and Development > > Summary: Word users are more efficient and have less errors than even > experienced LaTeX users. > > Someone here should repeat experiment and add Org into the mix, perhaps > Org -> ODT and/or Org -> LaTeX and see if it helps or hurts. I assume > Org would trump LaTeX, but would Org -> ODT or Org -> X -> DOCX (via > pandoc) beat straight Word? > > -k. > > > -- ----------------------------------- John Kitchin Professor Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu