Re: Example of Make file for Org Mode LaTeX to pdf

[Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>]

Here's a simple (GNU make) makefile to export something in batch mode:

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%.html:	%.org
	emacs -batch -l batch-export.el --eval "(batch-org-export-as 'html)" $<

%.pdf:	%.tex
	latexmk --shell-escape -pdf -xelatex $<

%.tex: %.org
	emacs -batch -l batch-export.el --eval "(batch-org-export-as 'latex)" $<
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Starting from foo.org, say

  make foo.html foo.pdf

to produce the indicated exports.

I don't remember where I picked up the batch-org-export-as function, but
whoever wrote it, thanks! You might be able to simplify it: I've been
carrying it around unchanged for a couple of years, so there may be
simpler ways to do things nowadays, but AFAIK it works well with org
8.x. Here's the bach-export.el file (obviously the path in the second
line will need to be changed to suit your circumstances - I'm not sure
if the (require 'org-loaddefs) needs to be changed if e.g. you are using
org from ELPA - you might have to add a (package-initialize) too in this
case):

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;;; -*- mode: emacs-lisp -*-
(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/src/emacs/org/org-mode/lisp"))

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.\\(org\\|org_archive\\|txt\\)$" . org-mode))

(setq org-export-backends '(html latex))

(require 'org-loaddefs)

(defun org-export-file-to (backend src dest)
  (with-temp-buffer
    (insert-file-contents src)
    (org-export-to-file backend dest)))

(setq file-suffixes
      '((html . ".html")
	(latex . ".tex")
	(pdf . ".pdf")))

(defun org-export-dest (backend f)
  (concat (file-name-sans-extension f) (cdr (assoc backend file-suffixes))))

(defun batch-org-export-as (backend &optional noforce)
  "Run `org-export-as' with the given backend  on the files remaining on the command line.
Use this from the command line, with `-batch'; it won't work in
an interactive Emacs.  Each file is processed even if an error
occurred previously.  For example, invoke \"emacs -batch -f
batch-byte-compile $emacs/ ~/*.el\".  If NOFORCE is non-nil,
don't recompile a file that seems to be already up-to-date."
  ;; command-line-args-left is what is left of the command line, from
  ;; startup.el.
  (defvar command-line-args-left)	;Avoid 'free variable' warning
  (if (not noninteractive)
      (error "`batch-org-export-as' is to be used only with -batch"))
  (let ((error nil))
    (while command-line-args-left
      (if (file-directory-p (expand-file-name (car command-line-args-left)))
      	  ;; Directory as argument.
      	  (let (source dest)
      	    (dolist (file (directory-files (car command-line-args-left)))
      	      (if (and (string-match emacs-lisp-file-regexp file)
      		       (not (auto-save-file-name-p file))
      		       (setq source
                             (expand-file-name file
                                               (car command-line-args-left)))
      		       (setq dest (org-export-dest backend source))
      		       (file-exists-p dest)
      		       (file-newer-than-file-p source dest))
      		  (if (null (org-export-file-to backend source dest))
      		      (setq error t)))))
      	;; Specific file argument
	(let* ((source (car command-line-args-left))
	       (dest (org-export-dest backend source)))
	  (if (or (not noforce)
      		  (or (not (file-exists-p dest))
      		      (file-newer-than-file-p source dest)))
      	    (if (null (org-export-file-to backend (car command-line-args-left) dest))
      		(setq error t)))))
      (setq command-line-args-left (cdr command-line-args-left)))
    (kill-emacs (if error 1 0))))

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HTH.
--
Nick