Re: File local setting for export directory?

["Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de>]

Russell Adams <RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.Com> writes:

> On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 08:25:13AM +0200, Loris Bennett wrote:
>> > diff --git a/lisp/ox.el b/lisp/ox.el
>> > index 9cf62078a..77cafb20d 100644
>> > --- a/lisp/ox.el
>> > +++ b/lisp/ox.el
>> > @@ -6417,6 +6417,20 @@ Return file name as a string."
>> >  	      "Output file: " pub-dir nil nil nil
>> >  	      (lambda (n) (string= extension (file-name-extension n t))))))
>> >  	   extension))
>> > +	 (pub-dir (or pub-dir
>> > +		      (and subtreep (org-entry-get
>> > +				     nil "EXPORT_PUB_DIR" 'selective))
>> > +		      (org-with-point-at (point-min)
>> > +			(catch :found
>> > +			  (let ((case-fold-search t))
>> > +			    (while (re-search-forward
>> > +				    "^[ \t]*#\\+EXPORT_PUB_DIR:[ \t]+\\S-"
>> > +				    nil t)
>> > +			      (let ((element (org-element-at-point)))
>> > +				(when (eq 'keyword (org-element-type element))
>> > +				  (throw :found
>> > +					 (org-element-property
>> > +					  :value element))))))))))
>> >  	 (output-file
>> >  	  ;; Build file name.  Enforce EXTENSION over whatever user
>> >  	  ;; may have come up with.  PUB-DIR, if defined, always has
>
> Regarding this patch, have you looked at setting up Org's Publish functions in a
> local variable? That has a "publish destination" which I believe is the pub-dir
> in that export function.
>
> https://orgmode.org/manual/Sources-and-destinations.html#Sources-and-destinations
>
> Perhaps this is fixed by another means?

Maybe.  I did look at "publish destination" but I couldn't get it to
work, possibly because (a) I am not quite clear on difference between
"exporting" and "publishing" and (b) I was feeling lazy and it seemed
like an overly complex way of achieving what I wanted (not that patching
the source can really be considered much less complex :-/ ).

Cheers,

Loris

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