Hi list,

Not sure if this is related (or fixed with the aforementioned patch)
because I'm not using a list for the ODT style file.

Today, after upgrading from Org 9.1.13 (actually installed from melpa on
20180625) to melpa version 20181105 exporting to ODT stopped working. In
my org file the style file name was enclosed in double quotes (as
specified in the manual [1]):

#+ODT_STYLES_FILE: "template.ott"

The error message is:

OpenDocument export failed: Invalid specification of styles.xml file:
"\"template.ott\""

Removing the quotes fixes the export to ODT.


Best regards,

Lennart.

[1] https://orgmode.org/org.html#Applying-custom-styles


On 05-11-18 09:49, Christian Moe wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Nicolas!
> 
> I'll test on my end when it shows up in ELPA.
> 
> Yours,
> Christian
> 
> Nicolas Goaziou writes:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com> writes:
>>
>>> It seems the ODT exporter currently fails to read the ODT_STYLES_FILE
>>> option as a list, as in this example from the manual
>>> ([[info:org#Applying custom styles]]):
>>>
>>>   #+ODT_STYLES_FILE: ("/path/to/file.ott" ("styles.xml" "image/hdr.png"))
>>>
>>> This is needed if you want a complex style with e.g. an image in the
>>> header.
>>>
>>> Exporting this causes an "Invalid specification of styles.xml file"
>>> error on my recent ELPA version. The problem seems to be that the option
>>> is treated as a string and never tested to see if it contains a list.
>>>
>>> To reproduce the problem, place the attached documents
>>> odt-styles-test.org and odt-test-styles.odt in the same directory, then
>>> export odt-styles-test.org to ODT. The result should have a unicorn in
>>> the letterhead.
>>>
>>> The below quick-and-dirty patch seems to fix it, but I'm sure there's a
>>> better approach.
>>
>> Thank you. I applied your patch with an additional check: the value should
>> be enclosed within round brackets.
>>
>> Regards,
> 
> 

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