org-thesis VS org-transclusion

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

nobiot/org-transclusion: Emacs package to enable transclusion with Org Mode

There is nobiot/org-transclusion, but i haven't tried it personally.

This is it: https://github.com/nobiot/org-transclusion

As wWA5R... already noted, you can structure large org files with headings and subheadings, where each heading can be handled as an own note. But addtionally, you can export org files a html document or as latex document. There exists also a emacs package which is called transclution (https://nobiot.github.io/org-transclusion/) which makes it possible to construct a new org file out of snipped of other org files. So you can create a new document by combining several peace of other documents. The package/project HyperOrg I didn't know, this seems really interesting for publish the whole org-roam data (thanks a lot for mentioning it @wWA5R...!).

Since I started Uni, I've taken my notes in separate .org files, one per subject. This is ok, but it doesn't allow me to link concepts across subjects. At the same time, I don't think graphs are easy to navigate linearly, which is something I need for revision. I wish to be able to, when necessary, read all nodes in a single file, either by exporting the nodes or by having them all in one file to begin with. Reading the documentation, I haven't seen how to do it. I considered using packages like org-transclusion but I don't think that's the most efficient way. Does anybody know of a configuration to use or have any suggestions?

I found out about org-transclusion and hacked together something that works (feedback is more than welcome).

After finding out about org-transclusion I hacked up the following. As I'm not very experienced with elisp/orgmode/org-roam I'd love some feedback. I'm particularly interested in shortening the code by using more built-in/standard functions.

If I'm understanding your use-case correctly, I think you should look at org-transclusion