Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: > Loris Bennett <loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de> writes: > >> Hi Eric, >> >> Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: >> >>> "Loris Bennett" <loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de> writes: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I want to export an org file to a pdf and have the pdf created in >>>> subdirectory relative to the org file. >>>> >>>> What's the simplest way to set the export directory in a file local way? >>> >>> I suggested the attached diff a while ago, but no one seemed very >>> interested. I think it might already do what you want. >>> >>> >>> diff --git a/lisp/ox.el b/lisp/ox.el >>> index 9cf62078a..77cafb20d 100644 >>> --- a/lisp/ox.el >>> +++ b/lisp/ox.el >>> @@ -6417,6 +6417,20 @@ Return file name as a string." >>> "Output file: " pub-dir nil nil nil >>> (lambda (n) (string= extension (file-name-extension n t)))))) >>> extension)) >>> + (pub-dir (or pub-dir >>> + (and subtreep (org-entry-get >>> + nil "EXPORT_PUB_DIR" 'selective)) >>> + (org-with-point-at (point-min) >>> + (catch :found >>> + (let ((case-fold-search t)) >>> + (while (re-search-forward >>> + "^[ \t]*#\\+EXPORT_PUB_DIR:[ \t]+\\S-" >>> + nil t) >>> + (let ((element (org-element-at-point))) >>> + (when (eq 'keyword (org-element-type element)) >>> + (throw :found >>> + (org-element-property >>> + :value element)))))))))) >>> (output-file >>> ;; Build file name. Enforce EXTENSION over whatever user >>> ;; may have come up with. PUB-DIR, if defined, always has >>> >> >> Thanks for the patch - it is exactly what I needed. >> >> I'm surprised no-one was interested, although I suppose back then I was >> probably also one of the uninterested :-) > > Oh I'm not blaming anyone! There are a lot of patches coming down here, > and a lot of ideas for Org, and it's hard to keep up. I don't think I > did a very good job of stating my case, either. > > I actually hadn't thought of how the latex process might go haywire with > an absolute export file name. My motivation was simply that "next to my > *.org" files is pretty much never where I want exported files to end up. > I want to send them to ~/tmp, or to a directory that's shared with > colleagues via syncthing. In fact what I really want is to export to the > value of ATTACH_DIR, because then I can immediately use all the attach > tools on the exported files. > > Latex compilation is a nice additional argument, though!
It's a month later and, having updated Org in the meantime, I'm having to patch again. What would be the way forward in terms of getting the patch into Org? Cheers, Loris -- This signature is currently under construction.