From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: [odt] User-visible improvements Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:31:09 +0200 Message-ID: <87obznch1e.fsf@altern.org> References: <814o1w7urm.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:57335) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qtx3f-0002oe-7M for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:30:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qtx3e-0003Op-6F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:30:31 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:44591) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qtx3d-0003Oj-W6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:30:30 -0400 Received: by wyi11 with SMTP id 11so1402962wyi.0 for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:30:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <814o1w7urm.fsf@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:35:01 +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: Jambunathan K Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Jambunathan, these are great improvements -- I'm surprised people didn't thank you more for this! So, thanks. Jambunathan K writes: > 1. A choice of command-line converters for org-lparse dependent backends > like org-odt and org-xhtml. > > M-x customize-variable RET org-lparse-convert-processes RET > > - Currently two converters are supported. > 1. BasicODConverter - Home-brewed converter. This is available as > an OpenOffice extension in contrib/odt/BasicODConverter dir of > org git repo. > > 2. unoconv - Unable to install this locally on my machine. So use > of this as a converter is largely untested. But should work > without any glitches. > > 3. If there are other popular converters that are in use, I would > like to add them to this list. > > 2. M-x customize-variable RET org-lparse-convert-process RET > - Choose one of the based on your preferences and availability I am not sure I understand why we need `org-lparse-convert-process' and `org-lparse-convert-processes' -- isn't it possible to just have the first one, while listing the choices within this option? > 3. Make C-c C-e O export directly to your preferred output format > (doc?). Use > > M-x customize-variable RET org-export-odt-preferred-output-format RET > > (But review items 1 and 2 before doing this) I use unoconv. Can you give me an example configuration if I want C-c C-e O to output files directly in, say, .doc (MS Word) format? Thanks again, looking forward to test this more heavily! -- Bastien