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From: Viktor Rosenfeld <listuser36@googlemail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to include section in exported Latex file, but not in table of contents
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:21:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120116222121.GA2767@kenny.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pqej7t6d.fsf@ucl.ac.uk>

Hi Eric,

Eric S Fraga wrote:

> Viktor Rosenfeld <rosenfel@informatik.hu-berlin.de> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to include an entry of my org file in the exported Latex
> > file, but I would like the entry to be skipped in the table of contents.
> >
> > In other words, I would like to reproduce the behavior of Latex commands
> > like \section* and so on. Is this at all possible?
> >
> > I tried EXPORT_OPTIONS: toc:nil in a property drawer below the entry,
> > but that didn't work out.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Viktor
> 
> AFAIK, I don't think this is possible as headlines are exported as
> either \section or \section* depending on your num: setting for the
> whole document.
> 
> However, it *is* possible to do the opposite of what you want, albeit
> with direct latex code.  That is, you can have sections *not* included
> in the table of contents automatically but have those that you want
> included by adding an explicit =\addcontentsline= directive into your
> org file.  For example:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> #+OPTIONS:   H:3 num:nil toc:t
> 
> #+LaTeX: \tableofcontents
> 
> * Introduction
>   This is some introductory text.
> * Included in toc
>   #+LaTeX: \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{The actual entry in TOC}
>   This section heading should appear in the table of contents.
> * Conclusions
>   But this will not appear in the toc.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> Unfortunately, numbering is not done at all so you would have to do this
> manually if you wanted numbers.  Also note that the "toc:t" setting is
> actually ignored as you have not asked for numbering...  so you have to
> explicitly ask for the table of contents yourself.

Thanks for the info. I'll try it out, but it seems somewhat brittle,
especially with a large toc.

Cheers,
Viktor

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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-13 11:41 How to include section in exported Latex file, but not in table of contents Viktor Rosenfeld
2012-01-16 12:01 ` Eric S Fraga
2012-01-16 22:21   ` Viktor Rosenfeld [this message]

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