Re: How to export a single subtree but include document preamble?

[Scott Randby <srandby@gmail.com>]

On 4/3/24 15:00, Richard H. Stanton wrote:
> I just tried to export a single subtree from an org document to a PDF file:
> 
> 1) Type  C-c C-e [org-export-dispatch]
> 2) C-s to narrow to subtree
> 3) l -> o to export to PDF via LaTeX
> 
> However, instead of exporting the portion of the file I want, I get the error message
> 
> Undefined Org macro: newline; aborting
> 
> That macro is defined in a setup file that is #+included at the top of the file, so exporting the entire file works fine.
> 
> I assume the problem is that when I export only one subtree, the setup file is not #+included, and I can see it sort of makes sense, but it would be nice if there were an option to include one or more lines from the preamble when exporting just a subtree, since otherwise exporting a subtree doesn’t actually work! Is there a simple way to do this?
> 

I don't know if this does what you want, but I use a ‘PROPERTIES’ drawer right below the subtree's headline and in that drawer, I put the following code:

:EXPORT_LATEX_HEADER_EXTRA: \input{latex-preamble.tex}

Scott Randby