Re: latex export beginner

[Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>]

Steven Arntson <steven@stevenarntson.com> writes:

> I'm taking my first baby steps at exporting an org file to LaTex. I know
> a little about org-mode, and almost nothing about LaTex.
>
> I type C-c C-e l o
>
> A file named file.tex is produced, but the process halts with an error:
>
> org-latex-compile: PDF file ./plm.pdf wasn't produced: [LaTeX error] 
>
> A program called pdfTex produces a buffer with extensive output,
> including:
>
> ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
>
> This seems like some markup that should probably be included in my file
> automatically as part of the export? Shoud I add "/begin{document}" to
> my org doc?
>

No, the exporter should have done that. Post your org file and the
resulting tex file.

Also, the version of your org mode: C-u M-x org-version will insert
it in the current buffer.
-- 
Nick