EFFICIENT TYPESETTING AND GENERATION OF COMPLEX STEM COURSE MATERIALS USING EMACS AND TEX LIVE

Aiming at the low efficiency and poor consistency in the typesetting of complex mathematical formulas, algorithm codes, and experimental charts in the preparation of science and engineering courseware, this paper proposes an integrated solution based on the Emacs editor and the TeX Live typesetting engine. By constructing a content organization framework centered on Org-mode, the solution achieves structured editing of courseware elements and professional typesetting with LaTeX/Beamer. The application results show that this solution increases the typesetting efficiency of courseware by more than 40% compared with traditional tools, and the editing speed of formulas and codes is improved by about 60%. The generated PDF documents are significantly optimized in terms of academic standards. Practice has proved that the in-depth collaboration between Emacs and TeX Live provides an efficient and scalable technical path for the preparation of complex science and engineering courseware. Its plain text workflow and automation capabilities have important promotional value for the construction of educational resources.

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Wuli yu gongcheng.
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2025-12-01
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https://doi.org/10.26599/phys.2025.9320620
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Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing
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EFFICIENT TYPESETTING AND GENERATION OF COMPLEX STEM COURSE MATERIALS USING EMACS AND TEX LIVE

Jiming Zhou
Wuli yu gongcheng.
Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing
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EFFICIENT TYPESETTING AND GENERATION OF COMPLEX STEM COURSE MATERIALS USING EMACS AND TEX LIVE

Jiming Zhou
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Aiming at the low efficiency and poor consistency in the typesetting of complex mathematical formulas, algorithm codes, and experimental charts in the preparation of science and engineering courseware, this paper proposes an integrated solution based on the Emacs editor and the TeX Live typesetting engine. By constructing a content organization framework centered on Org-mode, the solution achieves structured editing of courseware elements and professional typesetting with LaTeX/Beamer. The application results show that this solution increases the typesetting efficiency of courseware by more than 40% compared with traditional tools, and the editing speed of formulas and codes is improved by about 60%. The generated PDF documents are significantly optimized in terms of academic standards. Practice has proved that the in-depth collaboration between Emacs and TeX Live provides an efficient and scalable technical path for the preparation of complex science and engineering courseware. Its plain text workflow and automation capabilities have important promotional value for the construction of educational resources.

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