Re: New Orgmode LaTex Document Class ?

[Stefan Nobis <stefan-ml@snobis.de>]

David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:

> I want to install a resume document class for LaTex

There are the variables org-latex-classes and org-latex-default-class
on the Org side, but that's only about some structural metadata (how
to map Org headline levels to LaTeX structure macros).

To find the new class file you have to put it into a folder where
LaTeX will find it. Org just puts the name of the class into the TeX
file and everything else is up to LaTeX.

Usually, on Unix systems, there is the optional hierarchy $HOME/texmf
where you can store you private, local files. It is a good idea to
mimic the usual TeX directory structure, therefore class and style
files for LaTeX should go into $HOME/texmf/tex/latex (you may add
subdirectories there).

Nowadays it should suffice to just drop your class file there and
everything should work on the LaTeX side.

A quick check whether LaTeX will be able to find the file could be
done with the tool kpsewhich:

    kpsewhich myltxclass.cls

This tool uses the same configuration and search algorithms for the
files as the TeX engines. So if kpsewhich finds the file, the engines
should find it too.

One side note: On macOS the default path for the user texmf tree is
$HOME/Library/texmf. On all systems you may find the correct base
directory for the user texmf tree with the command

    kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME

Hope this helps.

-- 
Until the next mail...,
Stefan.