confused about Beamer export

confused about Beamer export

[Julian M. Burgos]

Dear list, 

I am a bit confused about what I have to use the new Beamer
exporter.  I have customized the org-export-backends variable to include
the Beamer exporter, and now it shows as an option when I do C-c C-e.  I
have also created a toy org file:

----start org file------------------
#+TITLE: Example Presentation
#+AUTHOR: Julian Burgos
   
* This is a structural section
** Frame 1
This is frame 1
** Frame 2 
This is frame 2
----end org file------------------

If I try to use any of the Beamer export commands, I get an "Wrong type
argument: stringnp, nil" error.

If I check the *Messages* buffer, these are the messages generated after
trying to export:

Debug (ox-odt): Searching for OpenDocument styles files...
Debug (ox-odt): Trying /usr/share/emacs/etc/org/styles/... [2 times]
Debug (ox-odt): Trying /home/julian/.emacs.d/etc/styles/...
Debug (ox-odt): Trying /home/julian/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20130514/etc/styles/...
Debug (ox-odt): Using styles under /home/julian/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20130514/etc/styles/
Debug (ox-odt): Searching for OpenDocument schema files...
Debug (ox-odt): Trying /usr/share/emacs/etc/org/schema/... [2 times]
Debug (ox-odt): No OpenDocument schema files installed
org-beamer--normalize-argument: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

On the other hand, if I add 
#+LaTeX_CLASS: beamer
to the org file and use the "non-beamer" latex export commands, I get
the presentation in beamer with no problems, the old fashion way.  What
I am doing wrong? 

Many thanks,

Julian

-- 
Julian Mariano Burgos, PhD
Hafrannsóknastofnunin/Marine Research Institute
Skúlagata 4, 121 Reykjavík, Iceland
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Re: confused about Beamer export

[Eric S Fraga]

"Julian M. Burgos" <julian@hafro.is> writes:

> Dear list, 
>
> I am a bit confused about what I have to use the new Beamer
> exporter.  I have customized the org-export-backends variable to include
> the Beamer exporter, and now it shows as an option when I do C-c C-e.  I
> have also created a toy org file:

Your toy.org file works just fine for me, so long as I add the line

#+options: h:2

so that second level headlines are used to define frames.

Can you provide a debug trace for your error?
-- 
: Eric S Fraga, GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D
: in Emacs 24.3.50.1 and Org release_8.0.2-103-gb3a88b

Re: confused about Beamer export

[Julian Burgos]

Thanks Eric, but I solved the issue already.  I had some errors in my
.emacs file (a mixture of settings for the old and new exporter).

> "Julian M. Burgos" <julian@hafro.is> writes:
>
>> Dear list,
>>
>> I am a bit confused about what I have to use the new Beamer
>> exporter.  I have customized the org-export-backends variable to include
>> the Beamer exporter, and now it shows as an option when I do C-c C-e.  I
>> have also created a toy org file:
>
> Your toy.org file works just fine for me, so long as I add the line
>
> #+options: h:2
>
> so that second level headlines are used to define frames.
>
> Can you provide a debug trace for your error?
> --
> : Eric S Fraga, GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D
> : in Emacs 24.3.50.1 and Org release_8.0.2-103-gb3a88b
>
>

Re: confused about Beamer export

[Eric S Fraga]

Julian Burgos <julian@hafro.is> writes:

> Thanks Eric, but I solved the issue already.  I had some errors in my
> .emacs file (a mixture of settings for the old and new exporter).

Been there, done that :-)
Glad you got it sorted.
-- 
: Eric S Fraga, GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D
: in Emacs 24.3.50.1 and Org release_8.0.2-103-gb3a88b