From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jambunathan K Subject: Re: ODT preferred format option per-file? Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2012 02:10:42 +0530 Message-ID: <87bohptr1x.fsf@gmail.com> References: <877gsfr7a5.wl%jamshark70@dewdrop-world.net> <87sjb1fuq5.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39855) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T7uTz-00033E-Mp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:39:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T7uTy-0006Y3-64 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:39:55 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.160.41]:56314) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T7uTx-0006Xy-Vo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:39:54 -0400 Received: by pbbro12 with SMTP id ro12so6879789pbb.0 for ; Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:39:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87sjb1fuq5.fsf@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:15:06 +0530") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: James Harkins Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Jambunathan K writes: > James Harkins writes: > >> Hi, >> >> I have one particular org file that I would like to export to PDF by >> way of ODT. (I already set up outline styling in LibreOffice and I >> would like to use that, instead of trying to reconfigure a similar >> look in LaTeX. For fun, I did try the LaTeX pdf export and the output >> format is not what I need for this case.) >> >> But I may want to export other org files to ODT *without* converting them to PDF. >> >> http://orgmode.org/manual/Extending-ODT-export.html >> >> This says I can customize the org-export-odt-preferred-output-format >> variable. This works beautifully, but it's a global setting that will >> apply to every ODT export. >> >> So my question is -- is there any export option for the preferred >> format, per file? Something like: >> >> #+ODT_PREFERRED_FORMAT: pdf >> >> I couldn't find any documentation in the ODT export section of the >> manual for an option like this. >> >> Alternately, I suppose I could write a lisp function that would set >> the variable and call the export, but that would definitely be a hack. > > Old exporter > ============ > > If you are using org-odt.el, then you can use file local variables. I > have pushed a fix which makes string values of this variable safe. > > M-x add-file-local-variable RET org-export-odt-preferred-output-format > RET "pdf" RET > > Or > > Add the following to your Org file. Remember to re-visit the file to > activate the newly installed value. > > # Local Variables: > # org-export-odt-preferred-output-format: "pdf" > # End: > > > New exporter > ============ > > The above local variable trick will fail in case of org-e-odt.el. When > I get some time I will introduce a per-buffer keyword for this > variable. I was wrong about the new exporter - org-e-odt.el. I didn't realize I need to change variable name. One should use the new `org-e-odt-preferred-output-format' instead. --