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From: Eric Schulte <eric.schulte@gmx.com>
To: Frozenlock <frozenlock@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Including source when exporting in PDF
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:45:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8739bt1dhe.fsf@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CACjB3dt-=EY65JuujYy3vdDk+AXFLcW1+nFFB1fR6K_2q0s6QA@mail.gmail.com

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Frozenlock <frozenlock@gmail.com> writes:

> I am a strong advocate in keeping the source of everything.
>
> However,  a source can easily be lost if it doesn't follow the document.
> In LaTeX, there's a package to attach a file to a PDF (like when you
> attach a file to an email).
> By doing so, the source will follow the PDF even if the common reader
> have no clue what it's for, or even how to use it.
>

This sounds like a great Reproducible Research practice.

>
> Here is how I attach my org source to every document I export to PDF:
>
> ;; Include the source file for every exported PDF (org-mode)
> (eval-after-load "org-exp"
>   '(defadvice org-export-as-latex (around org-export-add-source-pdf activate)
>      "Add the source (org file) to the resulting pdf file"
>      (let ((filename (buffer-name)))
>        ad-do-it ;do the function
>        (let ((latex-buffer ad-return-value))
> 	 (set-buffer latex-buffer)
> 	 (while (re-search-forward "\\\\usepackage{.+}" nil t)); go to the
> end of packages
> 	 (insert "\n\\usepackage{attachfile2}"); the package needed to attach files
> 	 (when (re-search-forward "\\\\end{document}" nil t)
> 	   (forward-line -1)
> 	   (insert
> 	    (concat
> 	     "\\vfill\n"
> 	     "\\footnotesize\n"
> 	     "The source of this document is an Org-Mode file attached here:"
> 	     "\n\\attachfile"
> 	     "{" filename "}")))
> 	 (save-buffer)))))
>
>
> This is by no mean a patch, but rather a quick hack. Perhaps someone
> with a working knowledge of the org-export could find a way to add a
> source option?
>

I think this practice may not actually require any changes to the
Org-mode core.  The attached small Org-mode file will attach itself to
pdf exports using only features already present in Org-mode.


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#+Title: this has the source included
#+Author: Eric Schulte
#+LaTeX_Header: \usepackage{attachfile2}

A tiny latex file with the source attached.
#+LaTeX: \attachfile{with-the-source.org}

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Thanks for sharing this idea!

>
>
> Cheers!
>

-- 
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2012-01-06  7:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-04 21:29 Including source when exporting in PDF Frozenlock
2012-01-06  7:45 ` Eric Schulte [this message]
2012-01-11 15:28   ` Rainer M Krug
2012-01-12  2:06     ` Frozenlock
2012-01-12  9:11       ` Rainer M Krug
2012-01-12 13:54         ` Frozenlock
2012-01-12 13:59           ` Rainer M Krug
2012-01-15  5:29             ` Frozenlock
2012-01-16 11:21               ` [BUG?][babel] " Rainer M Krug
2012-01-18  0:57                 ` Frozenlock
2012-01-18  9:03                   ` Rainer M Krug
2012-01-20 18:12                     ` Eric Schulte

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