From: Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Cc: Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org>
Subject: Re: Better way to specify the latex documentclass of an exported file without changing my configuration?
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:26:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874n2ktucn.fsf@berkeley.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m2siq52kl5.fsf@polytechnique.org
Hi Alan,
Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> writes:
> Feng Shu <tumashu@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> writes:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm collaborating on a paper with some colleagues, and I convinced them
>>> to use org-mode. I'm trying to make sure the paper is as self-contained
>>> as possible (I don't want them to have to change their emacs
>>> configuration file).To change the documentclass name of the exported
>>
>> Maybe you can write a Makefile to change their emacs configure...
>
> I don't want to push my luck ;-)
I wouldn't have a Makefile change their .emacs, but this does seem like
a good application for a Makefile or similar.
You can put code that configures Emacs/Org in the way you need for
compiling your document in a separate file in the repository, then load
that file using Emacs' --load flag in the command that runs the
export/compilation.
For example, here's a snippet of the Makefile I use for my
dissertation. This compiles the bibliography from my Org-based reading
list:
#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
BATCH_EMACS=$(EMACS) --batch -Q
bib: tasks.org lib/el/bib-export.el
$(BATCH_EMACS) --load lib/el/bib-export.el --file tasks.org --funcall reading-list-to-bibtex
#+END_EXAMPLE
(The code that lives in bib-export.el takes care of walking over the
reading entries in tasks.org and exporting them to Bibtex. It is where
reading-list-to-bibtex is defined. I'm happy to share if you want to
see it.)
This allows me to just type `make bib' to get a fresh copy of my .bib file.
Another nice thing about this approach is that you can use the -Q flag,
as I've done here, to make sure that Emacs' configuration is clean
before the export begins, which should make compilation more reliable.
--
Best,
Richard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-26 23:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-26 8:37 Better way to specify the latex documentclass of an exported file without changing my configuration? Alan Schmitt
2014-03-26 9:24 ` Feng Shu
2014-03-26 12:38 ` Fabrice Niessen
2014-03-26 12:53 ` Alan Schmitt
2014-03-26 18:46 ` Thomas S. Dye
2014-03-26 22:03 ` Alan Schmitt
2014-03-26 12:47 ` Alan Schmitt
2014-03-26 23:26 ` Richard Lawrence [this message]
2014-03-26 13:21 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-03-26 13:54 ` Alan Schmitt
2014-03-26 14:10 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-03-26 14:57 ` Alan Schmitt
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