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From: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: #+BEAMER_THEME fails
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:13:26 +0200
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Hi Loris,

On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:22:40AM +0200, Loris Bennett wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Using Emacs 24.2.1 (Org mode 8.1.1) and having read the page
> 
>   http://orgmode.org/worg/exporters/beamer/ox-beamer.html
> 
> I assumed I would be able to set the Beamer theme using
> 
>   #+BEAMER_THEME: Madrid
> 
> However, this did not work and I just got the default theme.  However,
> looking at 

Can you provide a minimal working example[1] with a sample of the exported
LaTeX code for you?

>   http://orgmode.org/worg/exporters/beamer/presentation.org.html
> 
> I found the more cryptic
> 
>   #+latex_header: \mode<beamer>{\usetheme{Madrid}}
> 
> which did work.

Well, this inserts raw LaTeX in the exported file.  So yes, that should
always work.


Footnotes:

[1] <http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#bug-reporting>

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Suvayu

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