[Resending to the list: I got bitten by my old server verification nemesis. Hope this makes it. Apologies to Herb for the duplicates.]
Herbert Sitz <hs...@nwlink.com> wrote: > I'm trying to call a function in an Emacs server to export a file to PDF usin g > the following command: > > "c:\program files (x86)\emacs\emacs\bin\emacs.exe" -batch --visit=[myfile] > --funcall org-export-as-pdf > > It works okay but it doesn't seem to use the default latex class that I've > defined in my .emacs. I can alter the LaTeX output by embedding #+LATEX_HEAD > lines in my file, but those come after the \documentclass command and all the > other default preamble lines Emacs is inserting. > > Printing from the same Emacs instance directly does seem to use the .emacs > configuration for LaTeX-related variables. > > So I have a couple of questions. > > (1) Is behavior I'm seeing expected? That is, when I call org-export-as-pdf > remotely it ignores settings in the .emacs file? > Yes, --batch implies -q, so you have to load your .emacs explicitly (or perhaps strip it down to its essentials and create a minimal .emacs for such a use). See appendix C.2 of the emacs manual: (info "(emacs)Initial Options") > (2) Is best workaround to just alter the default LaTeX class definitions in > org-latex.el? > Probably not: try emacs --batch --load $HOME/minimal.emacs --visit <file> --funcall org-export-as-pdf (well, translated into whatever Windows needs). HTH, Nick _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
