Category Archives: Emacs

Using org-mode in outline-mode

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I have written about using org-mode in gams-mode in an earlier post. Gams-mode lets you structure your gams file using headings and subheadings. These headings can be (partially) collapsed. The structure of your file could look like this:

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You can now cycle through the structure using Shift-Tab. Tab opens a section:

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This is a great help in complex files.

Gams-mode has another great outline feature for the listing file. Instead of putting a normal comment with a “*” in front, one writes a display statement that starts with a “@” (see the code above). We now see a nice heading … Read the rest “Using org-mode in outline-mode”

Managing papers with Org-Mode and Reftex

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Writing papers means reading lots of papers, and I often lose track of all the papers I am reading: Where did I file a certain paper? Which paper did I start reading? Which paper might be interesting?

A reading list would be nice, but such a list should be easy to handle. I have all my papers catalogued in JabRef and use AucTex and RefTex for writing and Org-Mode for my tasks.The solution should therefore combine the strength of all three. I found a nice post on how to this (http://tincman.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/research-paper-management-with-emacs-org-mode-and-reftex/) and adopted it to my needs.

Here … Read the rest “Managing papers with Org-Mode and Reftex”

How to generate nice nomenclatures in LaTeX

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If you have to write up your model results, often you have to write down the model documentation. My colleague at work pointed me to a great package in LaTeX that can make your life easier with respect to the nomenclature used. It allows you to produce a glossary with all your variables, parameters and acronyms without much extra work. The package is called “nomencl” and here is an example of a pdf generated with LaTeX:

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As you can see, I have acronyms, parameters and variables as well as the reference to where they are used for the first time … Read the rest “How to generate nice nomenclatures in LaTeX”

Switching between Emacs color themes

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Emacs has lots of different color-themes. Depending on the light and my own mood, I would like to change between my two favorite themes, the “standard” light theme and a dark one.
This is the color-theme I use for my LaTeX files (“sitaramv-nt”):
But for my model files, I like the dark color-theme (“dark-laptop”), but sometimes the light one.
I searched the internet and found some code that allows me to switch easily between the themes using F11:

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Integrating Emacs in your file explorer

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Sometimes I have files that I want to open with Emacs, but I haven’t set the program to open to Emacs (for example, a log-file or .emacs). I found a nice hack for Windows machines in the internet (http://www.johndcook.com/emacs_windows.html#explorer).
Just create a file emacs.reg with the following text and adjust the path to your settings.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\Open In Emacs\Command]
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@=”\”C:\\bin\\Emacs-23.1\\bin\\emacsclientw.exe\” -a \”C:\\bin\\Emacs-23.1\\bin\\runemacs.exe\” \”%1\””
Before you double click on this file, save your registry (you never know…). After double clicking you will have a extra option in your right-click menu in your explorer, which
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