Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <paaguti@gmail.com> writes:

> Attached is a concept which might be useful. At least it detects when
> variables are set locally and then doesn't attempt anything.

You may rather need to hack on `org-export-get-environment', possibly
extending it. For example, we may allow more flexible
`org-export-options-alist'.

> (defun is-in-local-variable-alists (sym)
>   "Check if symbol is in any local variable alist"
>   (when
>       (or (and (boundp 'connection-local-variables-alist)
>                (assoc sym connection-local-variables-alist))
>           (and (boundp 'file-local-variables-alist)
>                (assoc sym file-local-variables-alist))
>           (and (boundp 'dir-local-variables-alist)
>                (assoc sym dir-local-variables-alist)))
>     t))

Note that you can simply use `buffer-local-boundp'.

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