Re: [Orgmode] strange behavior for export -- Solved

[Thomas S. Dye]

On May 4, 2010, at 6:15 AM, Sebastian Rose wrote:

> "Thomas S. Dye" <address@hidden> writes:
> > On May 4, 2010, at 12:26 AM, Sebastian Rose wrote:
> >
> > > Erik Butz <address@hidden> writes:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > after some fiddling and looking at list-load-path-shadows (where  
> > > > I did
> > > > not find org-latex at all), I included
> > > > (require 'org-latex)
> > > > into my .emacs file, which solved the problem. This solution  
> > > > somewhat
> > > > puzzles me though, since I would have expected that org-latex is
> > > > loaded by default. But maybe I am missing something.
> > >
> > >
> > > Most of it is autoloaded if you do `make autoloads' after pulling  
> > > from
> > > time to time, and have this line in your .emacs or similar:
> > >
> > > (require 'org-install)
> > >
> > >
> > > Sebastian
> >
> > Is there a reliable way within emacs to determine whether or not  
> > (require
> > org-install) has been called, other than opening .emacs or  similar  
> > to take a
> > look?
> >
> > Tom
>
>
> This here has to return `t':
>
>   (featurep 'org-install)
>
>
> You could use something like this in your init file:
>
>    (unless (featurep 'org-install)
>        (error "%s" "org-install: Required feature is missing!"))
>
>
> Quite radical...
>
>
>   Sebastian

Thank you Sebastian.  That looks like a useful predicate,

All the best,
Tom

> > > > At any rate, thanks for the help.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Eri K
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Carsten Dominik
> > > > <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > > Hi Eric,
> > > > >
> > > > > I think this could mean two things.  Most likely org is loading
> > > > > some other version of org-latex.el.  One way to find out is to  
> > > > > run M-x
> > > > > list-load-path-shadows.
> > > > >
> > > > > Another possibility is that you have somewhere a configuration  
> > > > > setting of
> > > > > org-export-latex-classes that is old and does not contain the  
> > > > > beamer class
> > > > > definition, and somehow that setting is loaded before org- 
> > > > > latex.el is
> > > > > loaded.
> > > > >
> > > > > HTH
> > > > >
> > > > > - Carsten
> > > > >
> > > > > On Apr 30, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Erik Butz wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have the following problem:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have set up my emacs so as to use org-mode uncompiled from a  
> > > > > > local
> > > > > > directory
> > > > > >
> > > > > > # from .emacs
> > > > > > (setq load-path (cons "~/elisp/org-mode/lisp" load-path))
> > > > > > (setq load-path (cons "~/elisp/org-mode/contrib/lisp" load-path))
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > starting emacs22 or 23 and displaying M-x org-version I get:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Org-mode version 6.35trans (release_6.35g.207.g7f085)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > so indeed the version from the local directory.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > when I take a document with the following preamble:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > #+LaTeX_CLASS: beamer
> > > > > > #+TITLE:     present.org
> > > > > > #+AUTHOR:    Erik
> > > > > > #+EMAIL:     address@hidden
> > > > > > #+DATE:      2010-04-08 Thu
> > > > > > #+DESCRIPTION:
> > > > > > #+KEYWORDS:
> > > > > > #+LANGUAGE:  en
> > > > > > #+OPTIONS:   H:3 num:t toc:t \n:nil @:t ::t |:t ^:t -:t f:t *:t  
> > > > > > <:t
> > > > > > #+OPTIONS:   TeX:t LaTeX:nil skip:nil d:nil todo:t pri:nil  
> > > > > > tags:not-in-toc
> > > > > > #+INFOJS_OPT: view:nil toc:nil ltoc:t mouse:underline buttons:0
> > > > > > path:http://orgmode.org/org-info.js
> > > > > > #+EXPORT_SELECT_TAGS: export
> > > > > > #+EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS: noexport
> > > > > > #+LINK_UP:
> > > > > > #+LINK_HOME:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > and export this to latex I get the following:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > \documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
> > > > > > \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
> > > > > > \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> > > > > > \usepackage{graphicx}
> > > > > > \usepackage{hyperref}
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > \title{present.org}
> > > > > > \author{Erik}
> > > > > > \date{2010-04-08 Thu}
> > > > > >
> > > > > > \begin{document}
> > > > > >
> > > > > > \maketitle
> > > > > >
> > > > > > \setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
> > > > > > \tableofcontents
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > \end{document}
> > > > > >
> > > > > > so despite the #+LaTeX_CLASS: beamer, the document gets  
> > > > > > exported as
> > > > > > 'article'. Even worse, when I try to export the same document  
> > > > > > again
> > > > > > afterwards, I get a:
> > > > > > No definition for class `beamer' in `org-export-latex-classes'
> > > > > >
> > > > > > error.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When I issue a 'reload-org-uncompiled' directly after starting  
> > > > > > emacs,
> > > > > > this behavior does not occur.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In this case I get, as expected:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > \documentclass{beamer}
> > > > > > \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
> > > > > > \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> > > > > > \usepackage{fixltx2e}
> > > > > > \usepackage{graphicx}
> > > > > > \usepackage{longtable}
> > > > > > \usepackage{float}
> > > > > > \usepackage{wrapfig}
> > > > > > \usepackage{soul}
> > > > > > \usepackage{t1enc}
> > > > > > \usepackage{textcomp}
> > > > > > \usepackage{marvosym}
> > > > > > \usepackage{wasysym}
> > > > > > \usepackage{latexsym}
> > > > > > \usepackage{amssymb}
> > > > > > \usepackage{hyperref}
> > > > > > \tolerance=1000
> > > > > > \providecommand{\alert}[1]{\textbf{#1}}
> > > > > >
> > > > > > \title{present.org}
> > > > > > \author{Erik}
> > > > > > \date{2010-04-08 Thu}
> > > > > >
> > > > > > \begin{document}
> > > > > >
> > > > > > \maketitle
> > > > > >
> > > > > > \begin{frame}
> > > > > > \frametitle{Outline}
> > > > > > \setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
> > > > > > \tableofcontents
> > > > > > \end{frame}
> > > > > >
> > > > > > \end{document}
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > any hints appreciated on how this behavior comes about.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Erik
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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> > > > > - Carsten