From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jmcbray@carcosa.net (Jason F. McBrayer) Subject: Re: Export to PDF Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:42:47 -0400 Message-ID: References: <6dbd4d000704180559h535eaa0aw3542dbfd6db34824@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hebfp-00079V-Bb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:48:05 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hebfj-00075M-Vu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:48:02 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hebfj-00075A-R0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:47:59 -0400 Received: from ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com ([24.25.9.100]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hebak-0003xq-Pk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:42:50 -0400 Received: from bertrand.carcosa.net (cpe-024-168-217-245.sc.res.rr.com [24.168.217.245]) by ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l3JIgm6K012338 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:42:49 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Scott Jaderholm's message of "Thu\, 19 Apr 2007 09\:36\:56 -0600") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org "Scott Jaderholm" writes: > On 4/18/07, Denis Bueno wrote: > > I'm somewhat mystified that I can't seem to find support for this > feature in Org mode. I looked through the manual and mailing list, but > it seems no one has used -- or even wanted -- this feature. > > I completely agree that this feature would be nice. I often wish I > could print my org files in a professional looking manner, without > headlines getting cut off or urls and page numbers appearing at the > top, which happens with html export, which is the easiest way to > print from a remote shell or Emacs in Windows. Taking an agenda from > org into a meeting would be a lot easier with a nice PDF printer. Of > course I realize this is no easy task and so it's no mystery why it > isn't implemented. If we want good PDF output from org-mode, the best way is almost certainly a good LaTeX exporter. Producing one would be time-consuming, but probably not all that hard, since it could start with a straightforward port of the HTML exporter. PDF export could then just run the LaTeX exporter and pdflatex (or whatever other path to pdf you prefer). This will require an additional install on Windows (e.g. MiKTeX), but that honestly shouldn't be a problem for anyone running Emacs. I would like to have this feature, and I think I could probably implement it myself, but unfortunately I know that I don't have time to. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Jason F. McBrayer jmcbray@carcosa.net | | If someone conquers a thousand times a thousand others in | | battle, and someone else conquers himself, the latter one | | is the greatest of all conquerors. --- The Dhammapada |