From: Scott Randby <srandby@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to export a single subtree but include document preamble?
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 17:13:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5b49eb6e-9290-4654-9fcf-b72c14540c00@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FBCFA6E8-DDCF-4C69-A083-F14A34379163@berkeley.edu>
On 4/3/24 15:00, Richard H. Stanton wrote:
> I just tried to export a single subtree from an org document to a PDF file:
>
> 1) Type C-c C-e [org-export-dispatch]
> 2) C-s to narrow to subtree
> 3) l -> o to export to PDF via LaTeX
>
> However, instead of exporting the portion of the file I want, I get the error message
>
> Undefined Org macro: newline; aborting
>
> That macro is defined in a setup file that is #+included at the top of the file, so exporting the entire file works fine.
>
> I assume the problem is that when I export only one subtree, the setup file is not #+included, and I can see it sort of makes sense, but it would be nice if there were an option to include one or more lines from the preamble when exporting just a subtree, since otherwise exporting a subtree doesn’t actually work! Is there a simple way to do this?
>
I don't know if this does what you want, but I use a ‘PROPERTIES’ drawer right below the subtree's headline and in that drawer, I put the following code:
:EXPORT_LATEX_HEADER_EXTRA: \input{latex-preamble.tex}
Scott Randby
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2024-04-03 19:00 How to export a single subtree but include document preamble? Richard H. Stanton
2024-04-03 21:13 ` Scott Randby [this message]
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2024-04-04 18:11 Richard Stanton
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2024-04-04 18:42 ` Scott Randby
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