calling to Emacs server to export to PDF

calling to Emacs server to export to PDF

[Herbert Sitz]

I'm trying to call a function in an Emacs server to export a file to PDF using
the following command:

"c:\program files (x86)\emacs\emacs\bin\emacs.exe" -batch --visit=[myfile]
--funcall org-export-as-pdf

It works okay but it doesn't seem to use the default latex class that I've
defined in my .emacs.  I can alter the LaTeX output by embedding #+LATEX_HEAD
lines in my file, but those come after the \documentclass command and all the
other default preamble lines Emacs is inserting.

Printing from the same Emacs instance directly does seem to use the .emacs
configuration for LaTeX-related variables.

So I have a couple of questions.

(1)  Is behavior I'm seeing expected?  That is, when I call org-export-as-pdf
remotely it ignores settings in the .emacs file?

(2)  Is best workaround to just alter the default LaTeX class definitions in
org-latex.el?

Thanks for any help.

-- Herb
  

Re: calling to Emacs server to export to PDF

[Nick Dokos]

[Resending to the list: I got bitten by my old server verification nemesis.
 Hope this makes it. Apologies to Herb for the duplicates.]

Herbert Sitz <hsitz@nwlink.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to call a function in an Emacs server to export a file to PDF usin
g
> the following command:
> 
> "c:\program files (x86)\emacs\emacs\bin\emacs.exe" -batch --visit=[myfile]
> --funcall org-export-as-pdf
> 
> It works okay but it doesn't seem to use the default latex class that I've
> defined in my .emacs.  I can alter the LaTeX output by embedding #+LATEX_HEAD
> lines in my file, but those come after the \documentclass command and all the
> other default preamble lines Emacs is inserting.
> 
> Printing from the same Emacs instance directly does seem to use the .emacs
> configuration for LaTeX-related variables.
> 
> So I have a couple of questions.
> 
> (1)  Is behavior I'm seeing expected?  That is, when I call org-export-as-pdf
> remotely it ignores settings in the .emacs file?
> 

Yes, --batch implies -q, so you have to load your .emacs explicitly (or perhaps
strip it down to its essentials and create a minimal .emacs for such a use).

See appendix C.2 of the emacs manual:

  (info "(emacs)Initial Options")


> (2)  Is best workaround to just alter the default LaTeX class definitions in
> org-latex.el?
> 

Probably not: try

  emacs --batch --load $HOME/minimal.emacs --visit <file> --funcall org-export-as-pdf

(well, translated into whatever Windows needs).

HTH,
Nick

Re: calling to Emacs server to export to PDF

[Herbert Sitz]

Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos <at> hp.com> writes:

> Yes, --batch implies -q, so you have to load your .emacs explicitly (or perhaps
> strip it down to its essentials and create a minimal .emacs for such a use).
> 
> Probably not: try
> 
>   emacs --batch --load $HOME/minimal.emacs --visit <file> --funcall
org-export-as-pdf

Nick -- Beautiful, thanks.  -- Herb