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From: Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Org equivalent to \chapter*
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 10:09:12 +0200
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Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:

> Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Alan L Tyree <alantyree@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't seem to find it. Is
>>> there an org markup that produces a starred latex heading?
>>>
>>> In a book, for example, I want the Preface to be at chapter level, but
>>> not included in the numbering. Same for HTML export, of course.
>>
>> ,----[ C-h v org-latex-classes RET ]
>> | org-latex-classes is a variable defined in `ox-latex.el'.
>> | Its value is shown below.
>> | ...
>> `----
>
> How does org-latex-classes help with the OP's question?

OP said 'any hint', and when exporting to LaTeX this variable is where
the starred latex headings come from.

> To the best of my knowledge, the answer to the OP's question is that it
> cannot be done from org: you have to tweak the export output.

So you gave him how many other hints?

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten