> > I have been trying to figure out how to do this. I saw Suvayu's config > > files which he has kindly kept on github > > (https://github.com/suvayu/.emacs.d). > > > > I tried to evaluate the following lines > > > > (add-to-list 'org-latex-classes > > '("beamer" > > "\\documentclass\[presentation\]\{beamer\}" > > ("\\section\{%s\}" . "\\section*\{%s\}") > > ("\\subsection\{%s\}" . "\\subsection*\{%s\}") > > ("\\subsubsection\{%s\}" . "\\subsubsection*\{%s\}"))) > > > > > > But I get the following error: > > > > Symbol's value as variable is void: org-latex-classes > > > > Why should that be? > > You may be using an outdated version (maint branch?). Otherwise, latex > back-end may not be loaded, but it is by default (see > `org-export-backends').
I shifted from the elpa version to the version downloaded using git repository. But I still get this error. org-version says: Org-mode version 7.9.3f (release_7.9.3f-1360-g2d3add @ /home/vikas/lisp/org-mode/lisp/) Vikas