LaTeX Typesetting Files

Description

This repository contains all files used for typesetting.

As, primarily, an academic writer, most of my documents are structured so that typesetting them in LaTeX saves a lot of effort. Despite its power, LaTeX, as a markup language, does a mediocre job at distinguishing between content and markup. While this shortcoming is palliated by the use of snippets, I have found that writing documents in Emacs’ Org mode and exporting them to LaTeX works best.

Therefore, in summary, my workflow is as follows:

Write documents in Emacs’ Org mode.
Add the appropriate code lines to have org mode invoke the appropriate typesetting configuration files (all included in this repository), depending on the type of document I am working on (two-column article, one-column article, book, thesis, draft, etc.).
Export the org mode file into a pdf.
[Optional] If I am not completely satisfied with the resulting pdf, I edit the produced tex file, and compile it with Emacs’ Auctex (i.e., Emacs’ LaTeX mode).

Except in rare occasions,

If you are just beginning with LaTeX, I would advice to spend the time

The shortcomings

I used Emacs’ Org mode to plan, draft, and write the thesis. If the source code interests you, visit the org files.

Using the org exporter, I exported the org files into LaTeX, and then into pdfs.

I used LaTeX’s KOMA Script class scrbook.

Contents of this repository

settings.org
layouts.org

Copyright

Files that I have authored are all released under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License or any later version.

These files are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

Please, visit the following website for the full text of the License. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html

Tools

Bibliography Management

Fonts

I only used non-proprietary fonts: The main font is Linux Libertine, alongside Linux Biolinum and Liberation Mono.

sync0/sync0_typesetting