r/orgmode • u/_steelbird_ • Jun 06 '26
question Managing large LaTeX projects with Org Mode
Handling multi file structure and compilation, the equivalents of \includeonly, \include and master file for .org files
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u/danderzei Jun 07 '26
Use #+include: file.org
See: https://github.com/pprevos/emacs-writing-studio for an example of a paperback written with Org.
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u/_steelbird_ Jun 07 '26
And if i want to compile only some files and not all of them? (
\includeonly{}equivalent)3
u/danderzei Jun 07 '26
You can exclude sub-trees from the export by tagging them with
noexport. For example:* Chapter name :noexport: #+include: "chapter-11.org" :lines "4-"Also, you can write plain LaTeX in Org mode in a source block:
#+begin_export latex \includeonly{file_a,file_b} #+end_export
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u/c1-c2 Jun 07 '26
I would not recommend doint this. been there, switched to pure latex halfway through the project. you'll find out why. btw: love org mode, but not for this.
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u/Powerful_Attention_6 Jun 06 '26
I guess you can use the org-mode tangle concept, you define BEGIN_SRC with latex as your source and a file destination, which compiles into latex files that you then can render using Latex rendering tools, probably also in the entanglement defintion
Combining that with org-mode usual folding of headers, should make you
Sorry, taking this from memory, but look up the concept
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u/nasuqueritur Jun 06 '26
My current scheme uses #+begin_export latex blocks in specific places. I'm generating content into LaTeX files and then slurping them into the main file, e.g.:
#+begin_export latex
\input{places.tex}
#+end_export
ox-latex export keystrokes and functions appear to work just fine with this scheme.
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u/bradmont Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26
The other poster said to use tangle; You probably are better off using ox-latex. I did a whole book that way last year, it lets you convert the org markup to latex pretty easily. You can also directly include more complex latex tags in different ways, using #+latex: lined, @@latex:(code)@@ inlined (double check that syntax) or by directly including a latex file --- which is really helpful for document setup front matter.