Re: [O] latex header lines vs latex block

[Mike McLean]

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Thorsten Jolitz <address@hidden> wrote:

Sebastien Vauban <address@hidden>
writes:

> See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2014-06/msg00744.html
> for Nicolas' answer on this point:
>
>   ╭────
>   │ I suggest to use existing solutions instead: configure
>   │ `org-latex-classes'.
>   ╰────


a related question: is this the right format to create the preamble
string:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
'(;; Name
  "obb-article-full-page"
  ;; Preamble
  (concat
   "\\documentclass{article}\n"
   "[DEFAULT-PACKAGES]\n"
   "[PACKAGES]\n"
   "[EXTRA]\n"
   "\\usepackage[cm]{fullpage}\n")
  ;; Sectioning Structure
  ("\\part{%s}" . "\\part*{%s}")
  ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}") ...)
#+END_SRC

not sure if I need the line-feeds ...

I don't think you do. I build my org-latex-classes with add-to-list, so an example of mine is:

(add-to-list 'org-latex-classes

             '("MikeMcLean"

               "\\documentclass{MikeMcLean}

             [DEFAULT-PACKAGES]

             [PACKAGES]

             [EXTRA]

             "

               ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}")

               ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")

               ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")

               ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}")

               ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}")

               ("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}")))

The MikeMcLean document class (all of my 3-4 main classes, really) are a moderate wrapper around the memoir class. A document I produce for myself looks different than one that I produce as part of my employment or volunteer effort(s), even though I produce them all from Org.

- Sets some class options

- Requires some packages I use a lot (minted, e.g.)

- Defines some fonts and colors.

- Sets page options (footers, chapter headers, sectioning, etc.)

- Defines a title page

 

--
cheers,
Thorsten