Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celose...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi list, > > So today I have been reseaching about higher-levels toolkits that > could help me get into TeX (and or LaTeX) and at the same time > allowing me to keep the text in a more human-readable format (easier > to mantain and to convert to other formats if needed). > > I know that if I want beautiful formatted PDFs I will need to get into > TeX / LaTeX, and I already started doing that, but as I said, keeping > the text in a higher level format has benefits that you already know > about. > > So I looked at asciidoc, the lower-level XML-based docbook, markdown, > pandoc, ConTeXt, etc. > > Then I thought, why not try orgmode? > > So, after reading this article: > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-latex-export.html, I've then > realized how powerful the org-export feature is. > > I can basically do this: > * Keep the text in a (very) human readable format that I'm used to > and that is much better to maintain than any other format I know > (markdown / asciidoc) and integrated with my own orgmode personal > information manager! > * Add / customize the LaTeX output in *ANY* way I want to. Thanks to > org AND babel! From what I can see, there are no limitations on how > complex the LaTeX customizations can be, it can essentially match up > any other "pure" latex documents out there. > * As noted above, fully support LaTeX while still allowing me to export to: > * plaintext > * HTML > * DocBook (and hence an array of other formats) > > I mean, how cool is that? I'm only starting in TeX/LaTeX so I might be > overlooking some limitations, but from what I can see, orgmode is the > most pragmatic and powerful publishing framework I have ever come to > know. > > And what excites me even more is that I can keep my book in my > preferred format and still output a beautifully-formatted PDF book > *and* still support other formats (such as mobi or epub through > docbook). Amazing! > > By the way, if I want to use raw TeX or maybe ConTeXt, is it possible? > Not that I need, only curious :) > > This needs more hype! I don't think people realize how powerful this is ;) > > Cheers! > > Marcelo. > >
Aloha Marcelo, The LaTeX export tutorial is a work in progress. I hope you find it useful. When you run across something that doesn't work (or make sense) don't hesitate to come back to the list with a query or suggestion. All the best, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com