From: Leo Butler <Leo.Butler@umanitoba.ca>
To: "Alain.Cochard@unistra.fr" <Alain.Cochard@unistra.fr>
Cc: Org Mode Mailing List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: setting export_file_name during export
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 22:52:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r0w7qnrk.fsf@t14.reltub.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <25528.40312.882538.752027@gargle.gargle.HOWL> (Alain Cochard's message of "Fri, 6 Jan 2023 23:15:20 +0100")
On Fri, Jan 06 2023, Alain.Cochard@unistra.fr wrote:
> Leo Butler writes on Fri 6 Jan 2023 21:38:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying something new this semester: all my lecture notes are
> > organized into a single org file. A minor problem: I want to export each
> > lecture (see below) as a separate pdf file. I would like to know if
> > anyone has ``solved'' this problem or has a suggestion on how to do it.
> >
> > Ideally, I would like to have a single function that retains only the
> > current subtree that contains point, sets EXPORT_FILE_NAME based on the
> > top heading, and exports it as a complete beamer pdf.
>
> Hi. Sorry if you already know this and want something more automated
> it is not too clear to me. (What is not clear either is why you have
> '* Lecture 1' _and_ '** Lecture 1', etc., i.e., why not just
> '* Lecture 1'.)
For my setup, each heading is a separate lecture, each subheading is a
separate beamer slide, etc.
>
> So: if you insert
>
> :PROPERTIES:
> :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: lecture-1.pdf
> :END:
>
Aha! Thank you very much. I had forgotten about using property
drawers. It would be a simple matter to create a filter to insert that
property drawer under the heading that contains point.
> right after '** Lecture 1' and, with the point inside that subtree,
> do:
>
> C-c C-e C-s l O
>
> it seems to me it does the job.
Yes, it does! Thanks again.
Leo
>
> > #+AUTHOR: Leo Butler
> > #+TITLE: Lectures in Math
> > #+OPTIONS: H:2 toc:t num:t
> > #+LATEX_CLASS: beamer
> > #+LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [presentation]
> > #+STARTUP: beamer
> > #+EXPORT_FILE_NAME: lectures
> >
> > * Lecture 1
> > ** Lecture 1
> > In the beginning...This subtree should be exported to =lecture-1.pdf=.
> > * Lecture 2
> > ** Lecture 2
> > Next...This subtree should be exported to =lecture-2.pdf=.
*and* that I needed to
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-06 22:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-06 21:38 setting export_file_name during export Leo Butler
2023-01-06 22:15 ` Alain.Cochard
2023-01-06 22:52 ` Leo Butler [this message]
2023-01-06 23:03 ` Alain.Cochard
2023-01-10 16:46 ` Nick Dokos
2023-01-10 20:01 ` Leo Butler
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