[PATCH] org-manual: Add references to LaTeX docs (was: New Orgmode LaTex Document Class ?)

[Ihor Radchenko]

David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:

> I think begin.html is a good starting point.  Mentioning 'texdoc latex'
> is also simple (and more LaTeX specific) and most likely to work.  You
> could include a parenthetical note that, if it doesn't work, try the
> URL.  After that, new users can dig through the documentation.

See the attached tentative patch.

>From 659d79484fcd280b0ec8d57282588386aa626b21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Message-ID: 
<659d79484fcd280b0ec8d57282588386aa626b21.1691049428.git.yantar92@posteo.net>
From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 10:56:07 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] doc/org-manual.org: Refer to LaTeX docs for general
 terminology

* doc/org-manual.org (LaTeX Export): Add links to online and offline
LaTeX docs.
(Quoting LaTeX code): Clarify that direct LaTeX can be used for
fine-tuning.

Link: 
SJ0PR03MB5455B2712FA85BA945DFF441A20BA@SJ0PR03MB5455.namprd03.prod.outlook.com">https://orgmode.org/list/SJ0PR03MB5455B2712FA85BA945DFF441A20BA@SJ0PR03MB5455.namprd03.prod.outlook.com
---
 doc/org-manual.org | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index 16fbb268f..c3a4e47bc 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -13703,6 +13703,13 @@ ** LaTeX Export
 blank lines in the Org document.  That's because LaTeX itself depends
 on blank lines to tell apart syntactical elements, such as paragraphs.
 
+The following sections expect users to be familiar with common LaTeX
+terminology.  You may refer to https://tug.org/begin.html to get
+familiar with LaTeX basics.  Users with LaTeX installed may also run
+=texinfo latex= from terminal to open LaTeX introduction [fn:: The
+command will open PDF file, which is also available for download from
+http://mirrors.ctan.org/info/latex-doc-ptr/latex-doc-ptr.pdf]
+
 *** LaTeX/PDF export commands
 :PROPERTIES:
 :DESCRIPTION: For producing @LaTeX{} and PDF documents.
@@ -13979,9 +13986,10 @@ *** Quoting LaTeX code
 :DESCRIPTION: Incorporating literal @LaTeX{} code.
 :END:
 
-The LaTeX export backend can insert any arbitrary LaTeX code, see
-[[*Embedded LaTeX]].  There are three ways to embed such code in the Org
-file and they all use different quoting syntax.
+When the available LaTeX export customizations are not sufficient to
+fine-tune the desired output, it is possible to insert any arbitrary
+LaTeX code (see [[*Embedded LaTeX]]).  There are three ways to embed such
+code in the Org file and they all use different quoting syntax.
 
 #+cindex: inline, in @LaTeX{} export
 Inserting in-line quoted with @ symbols:
-- 
2.41.0

-- 
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