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From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye)
To: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
Cc: Org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to make ECM for new exporter?
Date: Sat, 05 May 2012 09:24:43 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1397ebfd0.fsf@tsdye.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pqaiebjb.fsf@gmail.com> (Nicolas Goaziou's message of "Sat, 05 May 2012 20:19:04 +0200")

Aloha Nicolas,

Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes:
>
>> I'm starting now to work out the port to the new exporter.  I first
>> tried the new LaTeX exporter, which stops with this error:
>> Symbol's value as variable is void: value
>
> It should be fixed in master.

Yes it is fixed, thanks.  It turns out that was the only problem, and the new
exporter now generates a .tex file.  It looks like I just need to tweak
the configuration a bit.

>
>> The new html exporter exports the file without error.
>>
>> The new ascii exporter stops with this error:
>> concat: Wrong type argument: wholenump, -7
>
> Hmm, probably something related to tables.
>
>> I used toggle-debug-on-error with the hope that I'd be able to find the
>> problem, but the voluminous output doesn't give me any clues I can
>> understand. 
>>
>> Here's my question:
>>
>> Is there a better way for me to find the error than bisecting with
>> :noexport:? 
>
> You can bisect buffer by narrowing it and exporting the narrowed part.
> You don't even have to limit yourself to headings.
>
> Don't hesitate to send me the backtrace or, even better, the faulty part
> of the document.
>
>
> Regards,

Thanks for your quick response and kind offer of more assistance.  I'll
take you up on it if I hit other roadblocks.

All the best,
Tom

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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-05 17:21 How to make ECM for new exporter? Thomas S. Dye
2012-05-05 18:19 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-05-05 19:24   ` Thomas S. Dye [this message]

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