Re: Latex exporting

["Daniel Goldin" <danielgoldin@gmail.com>]

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Thank you so much for sharing this!

d.

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Russell Adams <RLAdams@adamsinfoserv.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 06:46:37PM -0500, Russell Adams wrote:
> > I've finally embarked upon a journey of exploration, attempting to
> > publish quality PDF's via org and latex.
> >
>
> As a follow up to my command line tricks, I want to share how to get
> headers and footers into Latex exports.
>
> First, the default latex exporter uses A4 paper, I need letter. To
> change that I use the following in my .emacs to add a custom export
> type, "myarticle".
>
> This includes expanding the default margins via the geometry package,
> and sets up packages I will use later like fancyhdr and lastpage. I
> also include a default footer on my work, which includes the filename
> and date, page numbering, and copyright statement with current year.
>
> ~/.emacs ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> (setq org-export-latex-classes (cons '("myarticle"
>     "% BEGIN My Article Defaults
> \\documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{article}
>
> \\usepackage[letterpaper,includeheadfoot,top=0.5in,bottom=0.5in,left=0.75in,right=0.75in]{geometry}
> \\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
> \\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> \\usepackage{hyperref}
> \\usepackage{lastpage}
> \\usepackage{fancyhdr}
> \\pagestyle{fancy}
> \\renewcommand{\\headrulewidth}{1pt}
> \\renewcommand{\\footrulewidth}{0.5pt}
>
> % Default footer
> \\fancyfoot[L]{\\small \\jobname \\\\ \\today}
> \\fancyfoot[C]{\\small Page \\thepage\\ of \\pageref{LastPage}}
> \\fancyfoot[R]{\\small \\copyright \\the\\year\\  Me}
> % END My Article Defaults
>
> "
>     ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
>     ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")
>     ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}")
>     ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}")
>     ("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}"))
>
> org-export-latex-classes))
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> To use this custom type I add this as the first line in my Org file:
>
> #+LaTeX_CLASS: myarticle
>
> Further customization is easy using a local variables block at the end
> of my file.
>
> End of file.org --------------------------------------------------
>
> #+ Local Variables:
> #+ org-export-latex-title-command: ""
> #+ org-export-latex-append-header: "\
> #+ \\usepackage{graphicx}
> #+ \\usepackage{multicol}
> #+ \\geometry{headheight=47pt}
> #+ \\fancyhead[L]{\\LARGE This is the header title}
> #+ \\fancyfoot[L]{\\small Overridden filename\\\\ \\today}
> #+ "
> #+ End:
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Changing the title command means no title page is created, so I must
> make my own. Omitting that line will create the normal title page.
>
> Other packages I include via the append header variable are graphicx
> for PNG support, multicol for two columns, overriding the page header
> height in case I get a warning its too tall, and new headers to
> override the defaults (ie: I want something better than a filename).
>
> I'm exporting to latex via a Makefile, using the command line tricks I
> posted earlier. The Makefile is attached.
>
> I've attached a sample org file and its output PDF using these
> settings, because one of my frustrations learning latex has been the
> lack of finished output for examples. ;]
>
> Enjoy!
>
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