Ah, now I'm beginning to understand: I can export a *part* of an org-mode file; I'm not limited to exporting the whole thing. Cool!
I also use bibtex/biblatex a lot. I've started to read that these tools work with Org-mode also. Can anyone speak to that from experience? Thanks. --Chris On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 2:51 PM, <cbe...@tajo.ucsd.edu> wrote: > "Christopher W. Ryan" <cr...@binghamton.edu> writes: > >> I'm fairly experienced with emacs, ESS, Sweave, and R, but I've only >> started to dabble in Org mode in the past couple of weeks. Just as >> Christoph is, I'm trying to decide whether/how Org-mode might be useful >> in organizing and carrying out research projects, presentations, etc. So >> this thread has been very useful and timely. >> >> I'm trying to envision what a small research project, managed via a >> single Org file, might look like. There would be notes from meetings, >> thoughts from brainstorming sessions, scheduled appointments, data, R >> code, R output, and manuscript/presentation prose. Some of this might be >> destined for a manuscript, some for a beamer presentation, and some only >> for "internal consumption." How are all these pieces differentiated in >> the Org file, so that Org knows what to put in the >> presentation/manuscript, and what not to? Could anyone share or point to >> a short, perhaps fictional, example? > > Have you looked at > > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/uses.html > ?? > > There are almost too many possibilities --- it is a bit overwhelming. > > Here are three things I find useful: > > 1) The ability to export a subtree allows you to have many documents > within the *.org file. Setting EXPORT_* properties for the subtree gives > you a lot of flexibility. And it is easy to do with TAB completion to > prompt you to fill in the needed pieces. > > 2) Internal hyperlinks are really useful in staying on course in a big, > complicated document. > > 3) Noweb syntax allows you to mix and match different parts of the > document. Below is a minimal example. The latex chunks can be used > anywhere I need them. Navigating to '* mini report' and typing > > 'C-c @ C-c C-e l' > > produces mini.tex. > > > ,---- > | * COMMENT latex chunks > | > | #+name: chunk1 > | #+begin_src latex > | \begin{displaymath} > | y = r\sin\theta > | \end{displaymath} > | #+end_src > | > | #+name: chunk2 > | #+begin_src latex > | \begin{displaymath} > | x = s\cos\theta > | \end{displaymath} > | #+end_src > | > | > | * mini report > | :PROPERTIES: > | :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: mini.tex > | :EXPORT_TITLE: Minimal Report > | :EXPORT_AUTHOR: Mister CCB > | :END: > | > | #+begin_src latex :noweb yes > | <<chunk1>> > | <<chunk2>> > | #+end_src > `---- > > HTH, > > Chuck > >> >> Thanks very much. >> >> --Chris > > [snip] > > -- > Charles C. Berry Dept of Family/Preventive Medicine > cberry at ucsd edu UC San Diego > http://famprevmed.ucsd.edu/faculty/cberry/ La Jolla, San Diego 92093-0901 > >