Re: error when exporting to pdf

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

Hi Buck,

In this process, Org-mode will produce a .tex file.  Try running  
pdflatex on the file "by hand", this will give you (and, if still  
necessary, us), more information on what is going wrong.

- Carsten

On Apr 21, 2010, at 2:22 AM, Buck Brody wrote:

> I am trying to export to PDF.  I typed C-c C-e d.  Which should be,  
> "export as LaTeX and process to PDF and open PDF file".  I received  
> a message that said "PDF file was not produced".  The org file I  
> used was the one in the example http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-beamer.php 
> .  Version information and backtrace are below.  Thanks for your help.
>
> Buck
>
> Versions:
>
> Emacs 22.3.1
>
> Org-Mode 6.34c
>
> Backtrace:
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "PDF file was not produced")
>   signal(error ("PDF file was not produced"))
>   error("PDF file was not produced")
>   (if (not (file-exists-p pdffile)) (error "PDF file was not  
> produced") (set-window-configuration wconfig) (when org-export-pdf- 
> remove-logfiles (dolist ... ... ...)) (message "Exporting to  
> PDF...done") pdffile)
>   (let* ((wconfig ...) (lbuf ...) (file ...) (base ...)  
> (pdffile ...) (cmds org-latex-to-pdf-process) (outbuf ...) (bibtex- 
> p ...) cmd) (with-current-buffer outbuf (erase-buffer)) (message  
> "Processing LaTeX file...") (if (and cmds ...) (funcall cmds file)  
> (while cmds ... ... ... ...)) (message "Processing LaTeX  
> file...done") (if (not ...) (error "PDF file was not produced") (set- 
> window-configuration wconfig) (when org-export-pdf-remove- 
> logfiles ...) (message "Exporting to PDF...done") pdffile))
>   org-export-as-pdf(nil)
>   (let ((pdffile ...)) (if pdffile (org-open-file pdffile) (error  
> "PDF file was not produced")))
>   org-export-as-pdf-and-open(nil)
>   call-interactively(org-export-as-pdf-and-open)
>   (if (and bg (nth 2 ass) (not ...) (not ...)) (let (...) (set- 
> process-sentinel p ...) (message "Background process \"%s\":  
> started" p)) (if subtree-p (progn ... ...)) (call-interactively (nth  
> 1 ass)) (when (and bpos ...) (let ... ... ... ... ...)))
>   (let* ((bg ...) subtree-p (help "[t]   insert the export option  
> template\n[v]   limit export to visible part of outline tree\n[1]    
> only export the current subtree\n[SPC] publish enclosing subtree  
> (with LaTeX_CLASS or EXPORT_FILE_NAME prop)\n\n[a] export as  
> ASCII     [A] to temporary buffer\n\n[h] export as HTML      [H] to  
> temporary buffer   [R] export region\n[b] export as HTML and open in  
> browser\n\n[l] export as LaTeX     [L] to temporary buffer\n[p]  
> export as LaTeX and process to PDF            [d] ... and open PDF  
> file\n\n[D] export as DocBook   [V] export as DocBook, process to  
> PDF, and open\n\n[m] export as Freemind mind map\n[x] export as XOXO 
> \n[g] export using Wes Hardaker's generic exporter\n\n[i] export  
> current file as iCalendar file\n[I] export all agenda files as  
> iCalendar files   [c] ...as one combined file\n\n[F] publish current  
> file          [P] publish current project\n[X] publish a  
> project...          [E] publish every projects") (cmds ...) r1 r2  
> ass (cpos ...) (cbuf ...) bpos) (save-excursion (save-window- 
> excursion ... ... ... ... ... ... ...)) (and bpos (goto-char bpos))  
> (setq r2 (if ... ... r1)) (unless (setq ass ...) (error "No command  
> associated with key %c" r1)) (if (and bg ... ... ...)  
> (let ... ... ...) (if subtree-p ...) (call-interactively ...)  
> (when ... ...)))
>   org-export(nil)
>   call-interactively(org-export)
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- Carsten