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Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE
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Rasmus |
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Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE |
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Mon, 23 Mar 2015 01:05:21 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
First: Please don't take me being critical as meaning I'm necessarily
negative about. I'm just minimizing risk over the expectation.
Marcin Borkowski <address@hidden> writes:
>> - What happens when you cannot maintain it any longer? Note also that the
>
> Either the project dies, or someone takes it over. The latter seems to
> be quite common in the LaTeX community, so I wouldn't be very worried.
That does not seem like something you'd want to base Org on...
>> scope is somewhat different as a typical latex package solves a problem
>> like "provide good tables" or "enhance itemize 2e" (ei2e). Such
>> packages are fairly easy to replace (e.g. sugfigure → subcaption).
>
> Fair enough. Not a problem imho, though. A “package” has a very wide
> definition in the LaTeX world, and I explained why a package would be
> better than a class (even though doing it as a package would be a bit
> more work with ensuring that it works with wide range of classes).
I am talking about latex packages and the example mentions real latex
packages. A class would be a sure route to failure. A packages is fine.
But it's beside the point. You argue, if I understand correctly, for
amending ox-latex to rely on a very specialized package, which we may or
may not easily be able to replace should it come to that.
>> - I don't want latex code generated by org to a "special flavor" like with
>> LyX.
> In my vision, the huge preamble is replaced by \usepackage{orglatex} or
> something like this, and instead of, say,
OK.
> : \section{{\bfseries\sffamily TODO} hello\hfill{}\textsc{world}}
>
> (how is that not a “special flavor”?) you would have
>
> : \section{\orgtodo{TODO}hello\orgtags{world}}
>
> or, if we decide to do a major surgery on LaTeX’s sectioning mechanism
> (which is debatable), even
>
> : \section[orgtodo=TODO,orgtags=world]{hello}
Both are appealing.
>> - Why can the issues you have in mind not be solved by a specialized
>> derived backend? Such as ox-beamer or ox-koma-letter.
>
> This seems to bug you enough that you basically asked twice;-).
No. Here is ask why you can't settle for another Org-mode backend, rather
than a new latex package. This can even live in contrib without signing
the copyright agreement with FSF.
E.g. you could get a very similar result to what you are talking about by
defining the macros at export-level (e.g. write-out
\providecommand\orgtodo...) and allowed writing a preamble or similar (if
you really mind long preambles). That way anybody would also be able to
customize on the latex end, if they so desire.
> As I said, people use Org-mode in various ways. [...]. For other
> people, [they make] a draft in Org they continue their work in LaTeX
> (...). For them, human-readable (and editable) LaTeX code is a nice
> thing.
Good point.
> Also, adding some options in a LaTeX package seems to have less friction
> than in Org. In the former, you just code it and make a pull request to
> the package maintainer (or send a patch, or even just file a feature
> request). In the latter, you bug Nicolas, and he has to think about the
> impact of your feature request for other backends (because Org is not
> LaTeX-centric!).
I don't see the difference.
—Rasmus
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- [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Rasmus, 2015/03/20
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/03/20
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Nicolas Goaziou, 2015/03/22
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Rasmus, 2015/03/22
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/03/22
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Thomas S. Dye, 2015/03/22
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, John Williams, 2015/03/22
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Rasmus, 2015/03/22
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/03/22
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE,
Rasmus <=
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Marcin Borkowski, 2015/03/23
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Sebastien Vauban, 2015/03/23
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Nicolas Goaziou, 2015/03/24
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Rasmus, 2015/03/24
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Nicolas Goaziou, 2015/03/28
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Melanie Bacou, 2015/03/25
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Melanie Bacou, 2015/03/25
- Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Rasmus, 2015/03/26
Re: [O] [ox, patch] Add #+SUBTITLE, Eric Abrahamsen, 2015/03/22