Hi Chuck, It looks fine to me. I see: Name: fig:foo Lang: python Properties: :header-args :eval never-export :header-args:python nil Header Arguments: :cache no :eval never-export :exports results :hlines no :noweb yes :results file replace :session discharge_ts :tangle no -k. On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 5:51 PM Berry, Charles wrote: > > > > On Jun 12, 2018, at 7:01 AM, Ken Mankoff wrote: > > > > I'm trying to export a file to LaTeX. It takes about one minute. The > > file is 12000 lines long and has 200 code blocks. I have set: > > > > #+PROPERTY: header-args :eval never-export > > > > That is the right idiom. Of course, you have to refresh the local setup > after typing that (C-c C-c with point in the PROPERTY line) or it will have > no effect until you save and re-open the file. > > It is good to check that you have refreshed and that there are no typos or > hidden chars in the line, so go to a src block and type > > C-c C-v C-i > > and verify that you see something like this > > ,---- > | Lang: R > | Properties: > | :header-args :eval never-export > | :header-args:R nil > | Header Arguments: > | :cache no > | :eval never-export > | :exports code > | :hlines no > | :noweb no > | :results replace > | :session none > | :tangle no > `---- > > You should see both the :header-args line as you typed it and the :eval > line showing never-export. > > > which means, I think, no babel blocks should evaluate. > > > > (setq org-export-use-babel t) seems to be the culprit. > > Leave it set to `t'. > > Chuck > > > >