Problem when exporting to PDF to a different directory

Problem when exporting to PDF to a different directory

[Manuel Amador]

Hi everybody, 

I am running into the following issue. 

I would like to export certain subtrees of an org file to a particular
directory. I set the export property as follows:

* Test 1
   :PROPERTIES:
   :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: some_directory/some_name
   :END: 


When I try exporting the above subtree as a pdf (say for example, by running
C-c C-e 1 d), the .tex file is created in the appropriate target directory, but
the .pdf file is created in the current directory (while emacs mistakenly
reports that the pdf was not created). Is there a way to get this to work
correctly?

Thanks, 

-- Manuel 

[PATCH] Re: Problem when exporting to PDF to a different directory

[Noorul Islam]

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On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 1:26 AM, Manuel Amador <amador.manuel@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> I am running into the following issue.
>
> I would like to export certain subtrees of an org file to a particular
> directory. I set the export property as follows:
>
> * Test 1
>   :PROPERTIES:
>   :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: some_directory/some_name
>   :END:
>
>
> When I try exporting the above subtree as a pdf (say for example, by
> running
> C-c C-e 1 d), the .tex file is created in the appropriate target directory,
> but
> the .pdf file is created in the current directory (while emacs mistakenly
> reports that the pdf was not created). Is there a way to get this to work
> correctly?
>
>
The following patch solves this problem. Actually html export has no issues
with this.

* lisp/org-latex.el:
  + Modify the custom variable org-latex-to-pdf-process to include
-output-directory option for
     the command pdflatex.
  + org-export-as-pdf()
     Give some respect to  EXPORT_FILE_NAME if it has path elements.
     Modified some of the messages to include the file name.

Thanks and Regards
Noorul

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diff --git a/lisp/org-latex.el b/lisp/org-latex.el
index 056f1b3..2e42399 100644
--- a/lisp/org-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/org-latex.el
@@ -451,12 +451,13 @@ allowed.  The default we use here encompasses both."
   :group 'org-export)
 
 (defcustom org-latex-to-pdf-process
-  '("pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode %s"
-    "pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode %s")
+  '("pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f"
+    "pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f")
   "Commands to process a LaTeX file to a PDF file.
 This is a list of strings, each of them will be given to the shell
-as a command.  %s in the command will be replaced by the full file name, %b
-by the file base name (i.e. without extension).
+as a command.  %f in the command will be replaced by the full file name, %b
+by the file base name (i.e. without extension) and %o by the base directory
+of the file.
 The reason why this is a list is that it usually takes several runs of
 pdflatex, maybe mixed with a call to bibtex.  Org does not have a clever
 mechanism to detect which of these commands have to be run to get to a stable
@@ -840,9 +841,10 @@ when PUB-DIR is set, use this as the publishing directory."
 		     (save-excursion
 		       (goto-char (point-min))
 		       (re-search-forward "\\\\bibliography{" nil t))))
-	 cmd)
+	 cmd output-dir)
     (with-current-buffer outbuf (erase-buffer))
-    (message "Processing LaTeX file...")
+    (message (concat "Processing LaTeX file " file "..."))
+    (setq output-dir (file-name-directory file))
     (if (and cmds (symbolp cmds))
 	(funcall cmds (shell-quote-argument file))
       (while cmds
@@ -852,15 +854,20 @@ when PUB-DIR is set, use this as the publishing directory."
 		     (save-match-data
 		       (shell-quote-argument base))
 		     t t cmd)))
-	(while (string-match "%s" cmd)
+	(while (string-match "%f" cmd)
 	  (setq cmd (replace-match
 		     (save-match-data
 		       (shell-quote-argument file))
 		     t t cmd)))
+	(while (string-match "%o" cmd)
+	  (setq cmd (replace-match
+		     (save-match-data
+		       (shell-quote-argument output-dir))
+		     t t cmd)))
 	(shell-command cmd outbuf outbuf)))
-    (message "Processing LaTeX file...done")
+    (message (concat "Processing LaTeX file " file "...done"))
     (if (not (file-exists-p pdffile))
-	(error "PDF file was not produced")
+	(error (concat "PDF file " pdffile " was not produced"))
       (set-window-configuration wconfig)
       (when org-export-pdf-remove-logfiles
 	(dolist (ext org-export-pdf-logfiles)

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Re: Problem when exporting to PDF to a different directory

[David Maus]

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Manuel Amador wrote:
>Hi everybody,

>I am running into the following issue.

>I would like to export certain subtrees of an org file to a particular
>directory. I set the export property as follows:

>* Test 1
>   :PROPERTIES:
>   :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: some_directory/some_name
>   :END:


>When I try exporting the above subtree as a pdf (say for example, by running
>C-c C-e 1 d), the .tex file is created in the appropriate target directory, but
>the .pdf file is created in the current directory (while emacs mistakenly
>reports that the pdf was not created). Is there a way to get this to work
>correctly?

This is a glitch in Org mode and I'm on it to provide a patch.  The
problem is, that pdflatex creates the output file in current directory
unless we pass the -output-directory switch[1].

I think using this option is better than temporarily switching the
working directory.

HTH,
  -- David

[1] Which is available here with pdfTeX 3.1415926-1.40.10-2.2 (TeX
Live 2009/Debian
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[Accepted] Re: Problem when exporting to PDF to a different directory

[Carsten Dominik]

Patch 203 (http://patchwork.newartisans.com/patch/203/) is now "Accepted".

Maintainer comment: No comment

This relates to the following submission:

http://mid.gmane.org/%3CAANLkTikA0%3DvUhyavQ7g12uJyQRJa%2BxJzE-m60zE95PT2%40mail.gmail.com%3E

Here is the original message containing the patch:

> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> Subject: Re: [Orgmode] Problem when exporting to PDF to a different directory
> Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:00:49 -0000
> From: Noorul Islam <noorul@noorul.com>
> X-Patchwork-Id: 203
> Message-Id: <AANLkTikA0=vUhyavQ7g12uJyQRJa+xJzE-m60zE95PT2@mail.gmail.com>
> To: Manuel Amador <amador.manuel@gmail.com>
> Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> 
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 1:26 AM, Manuel Amador <amador.manuel@gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I am running into the following issue.
> >
> > I would like to export certain subtrees of an org file to a particular
> > directory. I set the export property as follows:
> >
> > * Test 1
> >   :PROPERTIES:
> >   :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: some_directory/some_name
> >   :END:
> >
> >
> > When I try exporting the above subtree as a pdf (say for example, by
> > running
> > C-c C-e 1 d), the .tex file is created in the appropriate target directory,
> > but
> > the .pdf file is created in the current directory (while emacs mistakenly
> > reports that the pdf was not created). Is there a way to get this to work
> > correctly?
> >
> >
> The following patch solves this problem. Actually html export has no issues
> with this.
> 
> * lisp/org-latex.el:
>   + Modify the custom variable org-latex-to-pdf-process to include
> -output-directory option for
>      the command pdflatex.
>   + org-export-as-pdf()
>      Give some respect to  EXPORT_FILE_NAME if it has path elements.
>      Modified some of the messages to include the file name.
> 
> Thanks and Regards
> Noorul
> 
> 
> diff --git a/lisp/org-latex.el b/lisp/org-latex.el
> index 056f1b3..2e42399 100644
> --- a/lisp/org-latex.el
> +++ b/lisp/org-latex.el
> @@ -451,12 +451,13 @@ allowed.  The default we use here encompasses both."
>    :group 'org-export)
>  
>  (defcustom org-latex-to-pdf-process
> -  '("pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode %s"
> -    "pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode %s")
> +  '("pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f"
> +    "pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f")
>    "Commands to process a LaTeX file to a PDF file.
>  This is a list of strings, each of them will be given to the shell
> -as a command.  %s in the command will be replaced by the full file name, %b
> -by the file base name (i.e. without extension).
> +as a command.  %f in the command will be replaced by the full file name, %b
> +by the file base name (i.e. without extension) and %o by the base directory
> +of the file.
>  The reason why this is a list is that it usually takes several runs of
>  pdflatex, maybe mixed with a call to bibtex.  Org does not have a clever
>  mechanism to detect which of these commands have to be run to get to a stable
> @@ -840,9 +841,10 @@ when PUB-DIR is set, use this as the publishing directory."
>  		     (save-excursion
>  		       (goto-char (point-min))
>  		       (re-search-forward "\\\\bibliography{" nil t))))
> -	 cmd)
> +	 cmd output-dir)
>      (with-current-buffer outbuf (erase-buffer))
> -    (message "Processing LaTeX file...")
> +    (message (concat "Processing LaTeX file " file "..."))
> +    (setq output-dir (file-name-directory file))
>      (if (and cmds (symbolp cmds))
>  	(funcall cmds (shell-quote-argument file))
>        (while cmds
> @@ -852,15 +854,20 @@ when PUB-DIR is set, use this as the publishing directory."
>  		     (save-match-data
>  		       (shell-quote-argument base))
>  		     t t cmd)))
> -	(while (string-match "%s" cmd)
> +	(while (string-match "%f" cmd)
>  	  (setq cmd (replace-match
>  		     (save-match-data
>  		       (shell-quote-argument file))
>  		     t t cmd)))
> +	(while (string-match "%o" cmd)
> +	  (setq cmd (replace-match
> +		     (save-match-data
> +		       (shell-quote-argument output-dir))
> +		     t t cmd)))
>  	(shell-command cmd outbuf outbuf)))
> -    (message "Processing LaTeX file...done")
> +    (message (concat "Processing LaTeX file " file "...done"))
>      (if (not (file-exists-p pdffile))
> -	(error "PDF file was not produced")
> +	(error (concat "PDF file " pdffile " was not produced"))
>        (set-window-configuration wconfig)
>        (when org-export-pdf-remove-logfiles
>  	(dolist (ext org-export-pdf-logfiles)
>