Re: [Orgmode] Problem exporting to LaTeX/PDF from command line

[Francesco Pizzolante]

Hi,

I forgot to mention that, of course, when I do the same operation within
Emacs, using the C-c C-e l, the file is exported without problem.

Any idea?

Thanks,
Francesco

Francesco Pizzolante wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to write a shell script in order to convert/export Org files to
> LaTeX/PDF from the command line (org2tex/org2pdf). The whole process works
> well, except that it seems that some bits of the exportation are not executed.
>
> Here's an example of what I do.
>
> I'm using the org-interaction.el file from Blorgit:
>
> (require 'org)
> (require 'cl)
>
> (setq font-lock-mode t)
>
> (defun refresh-then-find-file (file)
>   "Find file ensuring that the latest changes on disk are
> represented in the file."
>   (let (file-buf)
>     (while (setq file-buf (get-file-buffer file))
>       (kill-buffer file-buf))
>     (find-file file)))
>
> (defmacro with-temp-filebuffer (file &rest body)
>   "Open FILE into a temporary buffer execute BODY there like
> `progn', then kill the FILE buffer returning the result of
> evaluating BODY."
>   (let ((temp-result (make-symbol "temp-result"))
>         (temp-file (make-symbol "temp-file")))
>     `(let (,temp-result ,temp-file)
>        (refresh-then-find-file ,file)
>        (setf ,temp-file (current-buffer))
>        (setf ,temp-result (progn ,@body))
>        (kill-buffer ,temp-file)
>        ,temp-result)))
>
> ;; (defvar org-interaction-prefix ".exported_")
> (defvar org-interaction-prefix "")
>
> (defun org-file-to-html (file-path)
>   "Open up an org file, publish it to html, and then return the
> html as a string."
>   (let* ((file-name (file-name-nondirectory file-path))
>          (file-dir (file-name-directory file-path))
>          (html-path (expand-file-name (concat org-interaction-prefix 
> file-name) file-dir)))
>     (if (and (file-exists-p html-path)
>              (< 0 (time-to-seconds
>                    (time-subtract
>                     (nth 5 (file-attributes html-path))
>                     (nth 5 (file-attributes file-path))))))
>         html-path
>       (with-temp-filebuffer
>        file-path
>        (org-mode)
>        (save-window-excursion
>          (org-export-as-html-to-buffer nil)
>          (write-file html-path)
>          (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))))))
>
> (defun org-file-to-latex (file-path)
>   "Open up an org file, publish it to latex, and then return the
> latex as a string."
>   (let* ((file-name (file-name-nondirectory file-path))
>          (file-dir (file-name-directory file-path))
>          (latex-path (expand-file-name (concat org-interaction-prefix 
> file-name ".tex") file-dir)))
>     (if (and (file-exists-p latex-path)
>              (< 0 (time-to-seconds
>                    (time-subtract
>                     (nth 5 (file-attributes latex-path))
>                     (nth 5 (file-attributes file-path))))))
>         latex-path
>       (with-temp-filebuffer
>        file-path
>        (org-mode)
>        (save-window-excursion
>          (org-export-as-latex-to-buffer nil)
>          (write-file latex-path)
>          (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))))))
>
> (defun org-file-to-pdf (file-path)
>   "Open up an org file and export it as pdf."
>   (let* ((file-name (file-name-sans-extension file-path))
>          (file-dir (file-name-directory file-path))
>          (org-tmp-path (make-temp-file "org-file-to-pdf-"))
>          (pdf-tmp-path (concat org-tmp-path ".pdf"))
>          (tex-tmp-path (concat org-tmp-path ".tex"))
>          (pdf-path (expand-file-name (concat org-interaction-prefix file-name 
> ".pdf") file-dir)))
>     (if (and (file-exists-p pdf-path)
>              (< 0 (time-to-seconds
>                    (time-subtract
>                     (nth 5 (file-attributes pdf-path))
>                     (nth 5 (file-attributes file-path))))))
>         pdf-path
>       (with-temp-filebuffer
>        file-path
>        (write-file org-tmp-path)
>        (org-mode)
>        (save-window-excursion
>          (org-export-as-pdf nil)
>          (rename-file pdf-tmp-path pdf-path t)
>          (delete-file org-tmp-path)
> ;;         (delete-file tex-tmp-path)
>          (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))))))
>
> ;; customization
> ;; (setq org-export-blocks-witheld '(hidden comment))
>
> ;; Start the server
> ;; (server-start)
>
> ;; save the emacsclient server socket location
> ;; (with-temp-file "/tmp/emacsclient-socket-dir"
> ;;   (insert server-socket-dir))
>
>
> Here's the file I'm trying to convert (test.org):
>
> #+TITLE:   Features report
> #+AUTHOR:    Francesco Pizzolante
> #+EMAIL:     address@hidden
> #+DATE:      2010-04-19
> #+DESCRIPTION:
> #+KEYWORDS:
> #+LANGUAGE: en_US
>
> #+LaTeX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [a4paper]
>
> * First test
> ** tatatata
>
>
> On the command line, I run the following command:
>
> emacs --batch -l org-interaction.el --eval "(org-file-to-latex  
> \"~/test.org\")"
>
>
> My observation is that the #+LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS are not taken into account. I
> can add any option there, I always see the default one (11pt).
>
> It is really strange because if I add a #+LATEX_CLASS directive, this one is
> well taken into account and I get the desired class.
>
> I don't know whether it's a bug somewhere or whether I miss some arguments
> somewhere...
>
> I also tested whith Blorgit and it is the same behavior (options not
> exported).
>
> Thanks a lot for your help,
> Francesco