org-thesis VS org-reveal

I have used Org mode in tandem with LaTeX for displaying inline statistical equations when taking notes for data science topics and have found it works very well, although I am by no means a LaTeX expert. I have, however, read where Ph.D students have used Org mode to write their theses using LaTeX.

Check out https://github.com/dangom/org-thesis

Not barebones, but I would consider looking at scimax, which is an emacs configuration that likely is similar to your work flow. You can also look to PhD theses written in org-mode and shared on github, there are a few with sensible configurations you might want to just copy.

The include has the ability to specify lines. Here is an article I saved that goes into how this could be used for a thesis and reuse parts for journal articles. That sounds similar to your use case. https://github.com/dangom/org-thesis

As a sibling parent mentioned, you can tag an element by inserting it into it's own heading and adding the :ignore: tag.

I feel this functionality is overlooked, and it is in my opinion one of the most powerful features implemented in org, as it allows you to add "meta" groupings to your org document without any effect on the content.

Without the :ignore: tag, there is a strict semantic relation between org-mode document headings, as physically indicated by the * at the beginning of a line, and the corresponding hierarchical level of the heading's content.

With the :ignore: tag, however, you separate content from form. Headings with :ignore: work just as headings for your file.org document: you can search for headings, link to them, add IDs and properties and whatever else you can do with headings. But when you export your document, the heading no longer exists and thus has no impact on the hierarchical level of its content.

Why is this interesting? Well, because if content is separated from form, we can build things where the same content assume multiple forms depending on whatever context we define.

I used this in combination with other org-mode tags, "#+exclude_tags" and "#+include" directives to build my Ph.D. thesis with org mode and have my thesis chapters be exportable both as thesis chapters as well as standalone publications. Shameless plug: https://github.com/dangom/org-thesis

It should be straightforward to extend the idea to presentations and other formats as well.

https://github.com/dangom/org-thesis (org mode phd solution) https://write.as/dani/writing-a-phd-thesis-with-org-mode (explaining his solution)

I wrote my thesis with org mode and wrote about it here: https://write.as/dani/writing-a-phd-thesis-with-org-mode. Repo here: https://github.com/dangom/org-thesis

I think that org-reveal is able to deal with most of your requirements. At least I've used background images multiple times. Overlapping non-background images and text probably is difficult.

Is there somebody who knows the differences between org-reveal.el and org-re-reveal.el?

I now use emacs and Org mode for notetaking (with zetteldeft) and for drafting articles. I can export them into Word and get pretty close to the formatting I want. But I also use it for writing lecture notes and making slideshows for my classes using org-reveal.

What are the main differences between org-reveal (the one that's still maintained) and org-re-reveal?

I think `emacs` with `org-mode` _is_ the life management software. Also there are all kinds of "apps" built on top of this, such as https://github.com/yjwen/org-reveal/. For desktop, maybe this just serves the target group well enough, and there isn't much incentive to create a new platform, native apps or similar built on top of the org format. It would be a lot of work as well, compared to create a module for `emacs`, probably. For mobile, this doesn't work, and there are some initiatives, I have used orgzly a bit, http://www.orgzly.com/, it uses org files exactly like you describe, where the user doesn't have to be aware of the underlying format.

Org mode is my documentation secret weapon. I write books, presentations, technical documentation, and even literate data migration scripts.

Some added tips: ditaa is cool but you can also integrate mermaid [0] well and display inline images. There's a well-done revealjs [1] exporter. And you can also use results blocks as input to other code blocks!

PDF export is excellent and integrates well with some scripts I wrote to publish them to my remarkable. Great for writing and then reviewing specs on the go.

[0] https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/

[1] https://github.com/yjwen/org-reveal

People seem to like using reveal.js via ox-reveal.

Thanks! I write them in org-mode and use org-reveal to export it to reveal.js/HTML5 format. I have some custom tweaks in org to allow customizing style without having to use an external .css, but most of it is using org-reveal features out of the box. My next blog post will most likely be about covering this topic in more detail, and provide an org template for this kind of presentation, as many have asked about how I've created the slides. I can add a ping here for you once the post is up (late January/early February).