Re: [PATCH] Add catch-up all LaTeX errors

[Sebastien Vauban <sva-news-D0wtAvR13HarG/iDocfnWg@public.gmane.org>]

Hello,

Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> Sebastien Vauban writes:
>
>> FWIW, I'm using this in some export code I have:
>>
>>       (let* ((orgfile (buffer-file-name))
>>              (base-name (file-name-base orgfile))
>>              (htmlfile (concat base-name ".html"))
>>              (pdffile (concat base-name ".pdf")))
>>           ...
>>           (when (file-exists-p pdffile)
>>             (if (file-newer-than-file-p orgfile pdffile)
>>                   (org-latex-export-to-pdf)
>>               (message "PDF is up to date with Org file"))))
>>
>> That way, we know if the PDF file has been (re-)produced: it must be
>> newer than the Org file...
>
> True, but, unfortunately, `org-latex-compile' has no access to
> "orgfile".

Isn't `orgfile' equal to `org-babel-exp-reference-buffer' in
`org-latex-compile'?

> It is possible to rely on `file-attributes' and compare creation time of
> the pdf file before export (if any) and the one after the export.

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban