I found Orgmode was amazing for writing LaTeX documents - but I wasn't working with other people. For a few classes I took recently, I used R-markdown. For one

I found Orgmode was amazing for writing LaTeX documents - but I wasn't working with other people. For a few classes I took recently, I used R-markdown. For one class's group paper we all collaborated with the same source file, I set up continuous integration on my server and hosted the result paper - which the other group members seemed to ignore, just looking at their local results, and at one point we had the numbers for numbered headings showing up twice in the document because one member didn't realize we were automatically adding them in. For the other class, we had some group exams each over a weekend, and I found I had to organize everyone else's work, which was a lot of extra work. Some of them didn't understand they needed to give me a plain-text file with their contribution, and instead handed me MS Word with math, which caused some frustration for me. I emailed out the compiled document over and over, and we did essentially one-on-ones where they explained their work and I verified it, cleaned it up, and (re?)wrote most of it anyways. If orgmode was my choice, I'd probably wind up doing the same, but you have to really behave like a type-A personality to lead the group, and stay type-A to get it done. The takeaway I had is that if you take the lead and are willing to do most of the work you can use the tech you want to use and still be rather successful with a group. But if you have to rely on them to do the work, they need to use technology they understand how to use.