* Sharon Kimble <[email protected]> [2025-08-04 10:53]:
>
> Is it possible to have a link in file B to file A, which when double-clicked,
> or C-c'ed, or some other form of automating it, causes file A to activate
> please?
>
> The backstory is that I'm copying my blog posts (written in org-mode of
> course) into file B, and then opening file A and compiling it into a latex
> file which I then build my pdf from, to give a pdf file containing my blog
> postings.
>
> But what I want to happen is that by double-clicking the link in file B (or
> some other method of activating it that I don't know about, yet), it
> automatically compiles file A without me having to open it first.
Here is how that problem can be solved:
First, Emacs Lisp function which will ensure that file is exported, but
function is not perfect:
(defun my-org-compile-file (path)
"Compile the file at PATH."
(let ((default-directory (file-name-directory path)))
(find-file path)
(org-latex-export-to-pdf)
(kill-buffer (current-buffer))))
Now problem is that function `org-latex-export-to-pdf' has various other
parameters that you may need...
Anyway... let us continue.
Let us say you wish to invoke that function on very specific file:
(defun my-org-compile-my-specific-file ()
(interactive)
(my-org-compile-file "/my/specific/file"))
Then you can bind the function on the key:
(local-set-key "F9" #'my-org-compile-my-specific-file)
or you could just invoke it M-x my-org-compile-my-specific-file RET
Now, you can have file-A.org:
-----------------------------
#+TITLE: File A
* Hello there
And this file can insert things from file-B.org
Then file-B.org
---------------
#+TITLE: File B here
* TODO
[[compile:/home/data1/protected/file-A.org][Compile file A]]
* Here some notes
----------------
Now when you click on the link inside of file B, it will compile the file A and
produce the PDF file. You can improve to open the PDF file if you wish.
The concept can also be made with the standard Makefile and using Tools -->
Compile options.
But let us see on your feedback first...
--
Jean Louis
