Re: [tufte-latex] Digest for tufte-latex@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 1 topic

[Raymond Brock]

I recommend Texts. It's a mac native app that is WYSIWYG with mathematics and export to many formats including LaTeX. http://www.texts.io/features/ I write all drafts in it and then polish in Texshop or similar. For a newbie, I'm not sure that Emacs is an easy first step. 

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New tufte-latex explorer wanting to write book, some questions

Eduardo Mercovich <edu...@mercovich.net>: Jun 10 11:57AM -0300 Hi Adil.   > I don't understand what I need org-mode for (what it is) and how it > relates to my questions. [...]   DISCLAIMER: this is just a reply to your questions. I'm not at all trying to convince anyone to use it or even less going into a flame war (that I don't grokk since each one has it's own preferences). It's just that I use it and now anything else seems... just not enough.   Emacs is just the platform, forget about it.   Org-mode -is simply put- a great tool to write. Just opening the org-mode box you have:   + an efficient outliner (expand, collapse, rearrange, focus, etc.).   + simple but powerful structural and semantic markup.   + versatile comments by line, region or branch, etc.   + powerful editing abilities (automagic expansions, corrections, linking, transposing, etc.)   + great latex (and other formats) export: solid, documented and clear.   All this contributes to a super sleek writing flow. The tool never get's in your way at all, but silently supports you. And can keep doing it while you grow since it's highly customizable.   Also, the "terminal" appearance is only if you use it through a terminal: I have it in a desktop window and use my selected fonts and colors so there is absolutely no legacy look here. And I'm no programmer (I studied Biology), and there are other writers out there that found it useful. :)   Again, just to clarify. If it doesn't help, just leave it. :D   Best...     -- eduardo mercovich   Donde se cruzan tus talentos con las necesidades del mundo, ahí está tu vocación.

"Adil Sarıbay" <adil.s...@gmail.com>: Jun 10 08:19AM -0700 Hi Eduardo,   No worries, I really appreciate your taking time to turn me on to a tool that you benefit from. It's too much for now but I will keep org-mode in mind and try to install and play around with it when I can.   By the way, I think I have a solution to my biggest problem with tufte-latex, though I have yet to implement it:   \documentclass[nobib]{tufte-book}   This removes the side bibliography.   \sidenote{\cite{Tufte2006,Tufte1990}}   And this enables dropping simpler citations in the side margin.   cheers!

Eduardo Mercovich <edu...@mercovich.net>: Jun 10 02:18PM -0300 Hi Adil.   > tool that you benefit from. It's too much for now but I will keep > org-mode in mind and try to install and play around with it when I > can.   Great. There is no hurry, each thing has it's time. ;)   > \documentclass[nobib]{tufte-book} > This removes the side bibliography. > \sidenote{\cite{Tufte2006,Tufte1990}}   Yes, I vaguely remember this... Did you find it in the documentation?   > And this enables dropping simpler citations in the side margin.   Please tell us if/how it works for you, so someone with similar requirements can find your experience and benefit from it. :)   Best...     -- eduardo mercovich   Donde se cruzan tus talentos con las necesidades del mundo, ahí está tu vocación.

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[Adil Sarıbay]

 Thanks for the tip, Ray.  I'm on Windows, though, and I guess I will stick with the kind of steep learning curve and learn to type directly in latex code.  cheers!