Tiny BSD-make Pipeline to Turn Org Files into PDFs I keep a lot of course material in Org mode, and I wanted a one-liner to turn everything in a directory into PDFs. The result is a tiny BSD make file that I wrote on macOS and that works on any BSD-compatible make. Under the hood it uses Pandoc to convert .org → LaTeX and XeLaTeX (xelatex) to render the PDF. ...
Introduction I am pretty sure that some org-directories out there follow a highly customized or tailored approach to deliver the highest value to their users. Therefore, take a look in my personal folder management and it’s structures and get some ideas how I implemented my system. Maybe there is something in for you. The overall principle for my style is: Flat, but flexible. attachments blog private references The attachment folder A global location for images, PDFs, or other supporting files that I link from my notes. This keeps binary data out of the way and prevents clutter in the main note area. This section is a “stupid” file storage space. I’ll file more information about the various files in the references section. ...