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Re: [O] How do teachers use org-mode
From: |
Richard Riley |
Subject: |
Re: [O] How do teachers use org-mode |
Date: |
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:33:55 +0000 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux) |
Jambunathan K <address@hidden> writes:
> Have students turn in their assignments in Org mode format.
>
> From
> http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~rwl/lib/attachments/teaching/100/paper-guidelines.pdf
>
> See sec-2.3
>
> ,----
> | I’m going to try an experiment in this course. I would like you to
> | submit your papers to me as plain text, not in a document format like MS
> | Word (.doc, .docx), OpenDocument Text (.odt), RTF, or HTML. You are
> | welcome to useWord, OpenOffice, or another document editor to write your
> | papers, but please export your paper from these programs as plain text,
> | formatted according to the guidelines below.1
> |
> | There are several reasons for this. One, I don’t want to require you to
> | use any particular software to write your papers; you can edit plain
> | text using a wide variety of programs on any platform. Two, I actually
> | find the papers in the usual 12 point Times New Roman double-spaced
> | format pretty difficult to read and work with. By submitting your papers
> | in plain text, you’re making it easier for me to compile them into a
> | format that prefer to work with, which means I’ll have more time to
> | dedicate to giving you helpful feedback.
> |
> | In case you’re wondering: these guidelines are a subset of the
> | formatting rules of Org mode for GNU Emacs (http://orgmode.org). I’m
> | going to use Org mode to compile your papers using the LATEX
> | typesetting system. If you want, you can use any formatting compatible
> | with Org mode, but you’re not required to learn it.
> `----
>
Wow. That's a pretty cool "stamp of approval" !
- Re: [O] How do teachers use org-mode, Alan Schmitt, 2012/02/01
- Re: [O] How do teachers use org-mode, Brian van den Broek, 2012/02/01
- Re: [O] How do teachers use org-mode, Jambunathan K, 2012/02/01
- Re: [O] How do teachers use org-mode,
Richard Riley <=
- Re: [O] How do teachers use org-mode, BernardH, 2012/02/01
- Re: [O] How do teachers use org-mode, Alan E. Davis, 2012/02/01
- Re: [O] How do teachers use org-mode, Scott Randby, 2012/02/02