I attempted to follow this blog to enable a background html export on org file save:
http://stephanus-volke.de/posts/2015/Dez/22/org-mode-live-preview-en/ I tried adding the following to the top of the org file: # -*- after-save-hook: org-html-export-to-html; org-export-in-background: t; -*- by the way I also tried: -*- after-save-hook: org-html-export-to-html; org-export-in-background: t; -*- I even tried the following which I thought would work since I'm setting the optional ASYNC variable to true: #-*- after-save-hook: (org-html-export-to-html t); org-export-in-background: t; -*- For each test I tried I quit emacs and reopened to org file fresh. I was prompted to accept some security settings and chose "y" so the variable org-export-in-background is set correctly. The funny thing is when I go through (C-c C-e h o) the export goes to the background, otherwise when I save the file it happens in the foreground (which freezes emacs for some time). :( Running: Org-mode version 8.3.4 (8.3.4-50-g83e373-elpa) GNU Emacs 25.1.50.1 I'm not sure if this is correct behavior? Thank you in advance for any insight or suggestions you may have. - lad