Re: How to include section in exported Latex file, but not in table of contents

[Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>]

Viktor Rosenfeld <rosenfel@informatik.hu-berlin.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to include an entry of my org file in the exported Latex
> file, but I would like the entry to be skipped in the table of contents.
>
> In other words, I would like to reproduce the behavior of Latex commands
> like \section* and so on. Is this at all possible?
>
> I tried EXPORT_OPTIONS: toc:nil in a property drawer below the entry,
> but that didn't work out.
>
> Thanks,
> Viktor

AFAIK, I don't think this is possible as headlines are exported as
either \section or \section* depending on your num: setting for the
whole document.

However, it *is* possible to do the opposite of what you want, albeit
with direct latex code.  That is, you can have sections *not* included
in the table of contents automatically but have those that you want
included by adding an explicit =\addcontentsline= directive into your
org file.  For example:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#+OPTIONS:   H:3 num:nil toc:t

#+LaTeX: \tableofcontents

* Introduction
  This is some introductory text.
* Included in toc
  #+LaTeX: \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{The actual entry in TOC}
  This section heading should appear in the table of contents.
* Conclusions
  But this will not appear in the toc.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Unfortunately, numbering is not done at all so you would have to do this
manually if you wanted numbers.  Also note that the "toc:t" setting is
actually ignored as you have not asked for numbering...  so you have to
explicitly ask for the table of contents yourself.

HTH,
eric
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