From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Malone Subject: Re: OSX to PDF: Minimal Install Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 12:34:19 -0700 Message-ID: <45699073-9CF6-467F-86F6-8E67AFB5850C@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_BCE53C37-9786-48D5-A82A-A38F27C04E35" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44166) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TUN0h-0002Y1-5v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:34:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TUN0f-0007Rc-TH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:34:31 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.160.41]:33532) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TUN0f-0007RS-Iy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:34:29 -0400 Received: by mail-pb0-f41.google.com with SMTP id rq2so2842692pbb.0 for ; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:34:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Nathan Neff Cc: emacs-orgmode --Apple-Mail=_BCE53C37-9786-48D5-A82A-A38F27C04E35 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Nathan, As you've discovered, the PDF export option uses (pdf)LaTeX. There are = several ports of LaTeX available, although I'm not sure which is the = most minimal. If you are using some package manager like MacPorts or = homebrew, you might check there for some LaTeX distribution, usually = called tex-live. Another possible option would be to export to HTML and then use some = additional software to convert HTML to PDF. I'm not sure how useful or = pretty the results of this process will be, but it might be worth a shot = if you don't want to use LaTeX. Chris On Nov 2, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Nathan Neff wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I'd like to convert org-mode documents to PDF using the exporter, > on OSX, but it appears that I'd have to download MacTex which is a 2GB > download. Is there anything smaller that I could download in order to > be able to > export org documents to PDF? >=20 > Thanks, > --Nate >=20 = ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Malone (malone@ucolick.org) Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics UC Santa Cruz 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077 phone: 831-459-3809 = ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --Apple-Mail=_BCE53C37-9786-48D5-A82A-A38F27C04E35 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi = Nathan,

As you've discovered, the PDF export option = uses (pdf)LaTeX. There are several ports of LaTeX available, = although I'm not sure which is the most minimal. If you are using = some package manager like MacPorts or homebrew, you might check there = for some LaTeX distribution, usually called = tex-live.

Another possible option would be to = export to HTML and then use some additional software to convert HTML to = PDF. I'm not sure how useful or pretty the results of this process = will be, but it might be worth a shot if you don't want to use = LaTeX.

Chris

On Nov 2, = 2012, at 11:54 AM, Nathan Neff wrote:

Hello,

I'd like to convert org-mode documents = to PDF using the exporter,
on OSX, but it appears that I'd have to = download MacTex which is a 2GB
download. Is there anything = smaller that I could download in order to
be able to
export org = documents to = PDF?

Thanks,
--Nate

malone@ucolick.org)

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Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics

UC Santa = Cruz

1156 High Street

Santa Cruz, CA = 95064-1077

phone: = 831-459-3809

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