I would <i>highly</i> recommend org-mode for writing documents and papers. I&#x27;m an academic, and have been using org-mode for the last 4 years as part of the paper writing process.<p>One of the best features of this pipeline is the fact that I can write a large chunk of the document <i>whilst conducting research</i>. I can jot down notes, caveats, schedule TODO items etc. and just tag the bits I want for my own reference as &#x27;noexport&#x27;, so that they don&#x27;t make it into the exported tex or pdf document.<p>Another great feature is that I can embed code for producing tables&#x2F;figures all within the document and specify whether I want the code or result or both to be included.<p>Finally, once I am happy I have most of the document the way I want it, I export to tex to deal with the final tweaks to finesse things -- spacing for the entire document, fine-grained adjustment of figure formatting.<p>This ensures that I have all the information that went into constructing the document and allows me to deal with various venue-specific constraints like submitting a source archive, or pdf as necessary.<p>Here are some resources for getting started with this:<p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;vikasrawal&#x2F;orgpaper&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;orgpapers.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;vikasrawal&#x2F;orgpaper&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;orgpapers...</a><p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;draketo.de&#x2F;english&#x2F;emacs&#x2F;writing-papers-in-org-mode-acpd" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;draketo.de&#x2F;english&#x2F;emacs&#x2F;writing-papers-in-org-mode-a...</a><p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.clarkdonley.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2014-10-26-org-mode-and-writing-papers-some-tips.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.clarkdonley.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2014-10-26-org-mode-and-writ...</a>