Hi Tom, That fixed it - I figured it was something simple. Thanks!
Chris On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Thomas S. Dye <t...@tsdye.com> wrote: > On Oct 20, 2010, at 9:11 AM, chris.m.mal...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi, >> >> I'm a n00b to Lisp and org-mode so please forgive me if the answer is >> obvious. I'm using version 7.01h of org-mode. >> >> I'm trying to set up a custom Latex class to use for preparing a document. >> Some Google searching showed that I need to add this class to the >> org-export-latex-classes symbol. I tried to do this in my .emacs file, for >> example following what is listed at >> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-latex-export.php by adding the >> following to my .emacs file: >> >> (add-to-list 'org-export-latex-classes >> '("article" >> "\\documentclass{article}" >> ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}"))) >> >> >> I know that org-export-latex-default-class is already set to "article" but >> this example already shows that something is wrong. When I load emacs the >> debugger complains that org-export-latex-classes is an empty list: >> >> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable org-export-latex-classes) >> add-to-list(org-export-latex-classes ("article" "\\documentclass{article}" >> ("$ >> eval-buffer(#<buffer *load*> nil "/home/cmalone/.emacs" nil t) ; Reading >> at$ >> load-with-code-conversion("/home/cmalone/.emacs" "/home/cmalone/.emacs" t >> t) >> load("~/.emacs" t t) >> #[nil "^H\205\276^@ \306=\203...@\307^h\310q\202a^@ >> \311=\20...@\312\307\31$ >> command-line() >> normal-top-level() >> >> As far as I can tell, org-export-latex-classes is set to nil in >> org-latex.el, but this isn't loaded until the export dispatcher calls >> org-export-as-latex. Is this correct? Coincidentally, if I export to latex, >> the appropriate .tex file is created without issue. >> >> My original goal was to setup a custom Latex class - I have tried in the >> same manner as that used above for the "article" class and the debugger >> produces the same result. However, when I attempt to export to latex I get >> the error that my custom class isn't in the org-export-latex-classes list, >> presumably because of the failure in loading the .emacs file. >> >> Any advice? >> >> Chris_______________________________________________ >> > > Hi Chris, > > My tutorial might have been over-optimistic about the ease of > configuration. Perhaps you also need this in your .emacs before you > add-to-list: > > (require 'org-latex) > > All the best, > Tom > >
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