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From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: latex export beginner
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 00:19:53 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k39fyd92.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87zjibsta6.fsf@stevenarntson.com

Steven Arntson <steven@stevenarntson.com> writes:

> I'm taking my first baby steps at exporting an org file to LaTex. I know
> a little about org-mode, and almost nothing about LaTex.
>
> I type C-c C-e l o
>
> A file named file.tex is produced, but the process halts with an error:
>
> org-latex-compile: PDF file ./plm.pdf wasn't produced: [LaTeX error] 
>
> A program called pdfTex produces a buffer with extensive output,
> including:
>
> ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
>
> This seems like some markup that should probably be included in my file
> automatically as part of the export? Shoud I add "/begin{document}" to
> my org doc?
>

No, the exporter should have done that. Post your org file and the
resulting tex file.

Also, the version of your org mode: C-u M-x org-version will insert
it in the current buffer.
-- 
Nick

  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-21  4:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-21  3:30 latex export beginner Steven Arntson
2014-05-21  4:19 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
2014-05-21 16:18   ` Steven Arntson
2014-05-21 16:27     ` Igor Sosa Mayor
2014-05-21 17:24     ` Nick Dokos
2014-05-21 19:43       ` Steven Arntson
2014-05-21 19:49         ` Igor Sosa Mayor
2014-05-21 22:32           ` Steven Arntson

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