I committed the changes only a few minutes ago as part of Org-mode version 7.8.03 (release_7.8.03.300.g9b820)
So the Org version should be at or above the 300th version. Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> writes: > Thanks to Giles[1] for introducing us to the "--convert-to" option of > soffice.exe. The option seems to be a fairly recent development[2]. > > With this change, one can export to pdf (or any other popular format) > via odt by a simple > > #+begin_src emacs-lisp > (setq org-export-odt-preferred-output-format "pdf") > #+end_src > > There is no need to install additional converters. It is assumed that > the user has a working and fairly recent LibreOffice installation. > > Footnotes: > [1] > http://imperfectsoftware.blogspot.in/2012/01/one-of-my-less-enjoyable-tasks-is-to.html > > [2] There seems to be a bunch of fairly recent bugs with this option. So > a cutting edge LibreOffice would definitely be needed. > > http://www.google.co.in/search?q=headless+%22--convert-to%22+site%3Alibreoffice.org&btnG=Search&sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&source=hp&gbv=1&sei=L_gqT97rIMXorAf248C6DA > > Feedback welcome. --
