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From: David Masterson <dsmasterson@outlook.com>
To: Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu>
Cc: Org Mode List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Org-Publish of a PDF ??
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 00:08:58 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <SN1PR0701MB185339FD977B229B4BF847B9A5A00@SN1PR0701MB1853.namprd07.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87efam7f3u.fsf@aquinas.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (Richard Lawrence's message of "Wed, 12 Dec 2018 19:51:49 +0100")

Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu> writes:

> David Masterson <dsmasterson@outlook.com> writes:

>> When I publish my project, I find that my org files are first generated
>> into tex and pdf files in directory1 and then the tex/pdf files are
>> copied to directory2.  What I would like is for the tex/pdf files to be
>> directly generated in directory2 with no "extras" in directory1.

> I think you might be thinking about this the wrong way around.  I may be
> wrong about this, as I'm not a heavy user of the publishing framework,
> but here's my two cents.
>
> As far as I understand it, the publishing framework is basically
> designed around the idea of copying finished products to a desired
> location (a directory, either locally or on a webserver).  It's built as
> a layer on top of Org's exporters, not as a way to make those exporters
> behave differently.  If you want to control the *build* process for the
> PDF, as opposed to just where it finally ends up, you probably want to
> set options for the latex exporter, not the publishing framework.
>
> In particular, you might want something like:
>
> #+EXPORT_FILE_NAME: builddir/file.tex
>
> in the Org files you're exporting, where builddir is somewhere outside
> of your directory1.  (I'm *pretty* sure that will work, but I haven't
> tested it.)

Hmm.  That's a possibility.  Then, I assume, that, after
EXPORT_FILE_NAME is made, the PDF file will be made in the same
location.  I'll have a look at the exporter options more.  I wonder if
there is an EXPORT_DIR..?

--
David

      reply	other threads:[~2018-12-13  0:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-12-12  1:22 Org-Publish of a PDF ?? David Masterson
2018-12-12 18:51 ` Richard Lawrence
2018-12-13  0:08   ` David Masterson [this message]

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