From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Leha Subject: Re: [RFC][ODT] Converting to pdf (or other formats) via odt Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:42:04 +0100 Message-ID: <87haz266yr.fsf@med.uni-goettingen.de> References: <81sjitx86z.fsf@gmail.com> <81obthx7xn.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:47791) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RumFo-0003yY-Hq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:42:49 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RumFi-0005Bl-LL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:42:44 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:50662) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RumFi-0005BY-Dk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:42:38 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RumFe-0007vA-8E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:42:34 +0100 Received: from genepi110.genepi.med.uni-goettingen.de ([134.76.140.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:42:34 +0100 Received: from andreas.leha by genepi110.genepi.med.uni-goettingen.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:42:34 +0100 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Jambunathan K writes: > I committed the changes only a few minutes ago as part of Org-mode > version 7.8.03 (release_7.8.03.300.g9b820) > > So the Org version should be at or above the 300th version. > > Jambunathan K writes: > >> Thanks to Giles[1] for introducing us to the "--convert-to" option of >> soffice.exe. The option seems to be a fairly recent development[2]. >> >> With this change, one can export to pdf (or any other popular format) >> via odt by a simple >> >> #+begin_src emacs-lisp >> (setq org-export-odt-preferred-output-format "pdf") >> #+end_src >> >> There is no need to install additional converters. It is assumed that >> the user has a working and fairly recent LibreOffice installation. >> >> Footnotes: >> [1] >> http://imperfectsoftware.blogspot.in/2012/01/one-of-my-less-enjoyable-tasks-is-to.html >> >> [2] There seems to be a bunch of fairly recent bugs with this option. So >> a cutting edge LibreOffice would definitely be needed. >> >> http://www.google.co.in/search?q=headless+%22--convert-to%22+site%3Alibreoffice.org&btnG=Search&sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&source=hp&gbv=1&sei=L_gqT97rIMXorAf248C6DA >> >> Feedback welcome. Hi Jambunathan, this sounds great. Unfortunately, this does not seem to work for me. Just pulled (last commit c4b233453ca846351bb5ba0893ebb2b8a5b3a941 Merge branch 'maint') and I do get "org-lparse: Don't know how to export to backend docx via odt" What did I miss? - Andreas