[O] LaTeX export of org file uses listings instead of minted, why?

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Hello again,

I'm still trying to find out why emacs doesn't pick up MINTED instead of LISTINGS to handle code blocks when exporting files from .org to .pdf, via .tex.

I backed-up my previous .emacs file (which had a lot of customization for Beamer, AUCTeX etc.), loaded Nick Dokos' minimal init file, restarted emacs then tried exporting a minimal working example (MWE) of an Org file. IT WORKS!!! (Even though the background color is Black and I'd like it to be White!)

I've tried exporting a more complicated Org file and it works too! (Albeit with a dark background that makes it hard to read some lines).

Now the question is how do I integrate these lines in my old .emacs file so that I can keep all other modes' settings AND export code flawlessly from Org mode?

This is the result of `C-h v org-latex-listings' variable given while .emacs file was open. In truth, this was its value also a couple of days ago, with my old .emacs file active.

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org-latex-listings is a variable defined in `ox-latex.el'.

Its value is minted

Original value was nil

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Here's the very simple MWE of an Org file:

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#+TITLE: My Minted Experiment

#+AUTHOR: me

#+DATE: 

#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview

#+OPTIONS: toc:nil

#+LATEX_CLASS: article

#+LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [a4paper,10pt]

#+ATTR_LATEX: :mode table :booktabs

#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{esdiff}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage[version=4]{mhchem}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{amssymb}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{siunitx}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{booktabs}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \frenchspacing \allowdisplaybreaks

#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{fancyhdr}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \pagestyle{fancy} % choose page-style

#+LATEX_HEADER: \fancyhf{}  % erase and clean up

#+LATEX_HEADER: \fancyhf[HLE,HRO]{\thepage} % H or F=Header or Footer, LCR=Left, Centre, Right

#+LATEX_HEADER: \fancyhf[HC]{My minted experiment}

* SECTION

#+BEGIN_SRC python

 print "there's some code here";

 a= True;

#+END_SRC

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Here's the TeX file generated with the Export command (C-c C-e l o)

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% Created 2017-04-23 Sun 13:23

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage{fixltx2e}

\usepackage{graphicx}

\usepackage{longtable}

\usepackage{float}

\usepackage{wrapfig}

\usepackage{rotating}

\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}

\usepackage{amsmath}

\usepackage{textcomp}

\usepackage{marvosym}

\usepackage{wasysym}

\usepackage{amssymb}

\usepackage{hyperref}

\tolerance=1000

\usepackage{minted}

\usepackage{esdiff}

\usepackage[version=4]{mhchem}

\usepackage{amssymb}

\usepackage{siunitx}

\usepackage{booktabs}

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}

\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}

\frenchspacing \allowdisplaybreaks

\usepackage{fancyhdr}

\pagestyle{fancy} % choose page-style

\fancyhf{}  % erase and clean up

\fancyhf[HLE,HRO]{\thepage} % H or F=Header or Footer, LCR=Left, Centre, Right

\fancyhf[HC]{My minted experiment}

\author{me}

\date{}

\title{My Minted Experiment}

\hypersetup{

  pdfkeywords={},

  pdfsubject={},

  pdfcreator={Emacs 24.4.1 (Org mode 8.2.10)}}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\section{SECTION}

\label{sec-1}

\begin{minted}[fontsize=\footnotesize,bgcolor=black,obeytabs=true]{python}

 print "there's some code here";

 a= True;

\end{minted}

% Emacs 24.4.1 (Org mode 8.2.10)

\end{document}

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This is how the .emacs file looks now: 

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 (server-start)

; (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'turn-on-reftex)

 (setq reftex-plug-into-AUCTeX t)

;;; a key for tilde symbol

(define-key key-translation-map (kbd "M-2") (kbd "~"))

;;; a key for backquote symbol

(define-key key-translation-map (kbd "M-6") "")

(define-key key-translation-map (kbd "M-9") (kbd "`"))

;;this one's only for CDLaTeX math insertion

(define-key key-translation-map (kbd "C-1") (kbd "`"))

;; visual line word wrapping

(global-visual-line-mode t)

;;automatically recognize org files

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org\\'" . org-mode))

;; MINIMAL init FILE. HERE'S WHERE NICK'S INIT FILE STARTS

(add-to-list 'load-path "~/src/emacs/org/org-mode/lisp")

(require 'org-loaddefs)

(require 'org)

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org\\'" . org-mode))

(global-set-key "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)

(global-set-key "\C-cc" 'org-capture)

(global-set-key "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)

;;; 

(setq org-latex-listings 'minted

  org-latex-packages-alist '(("" "minted"))

  org-latex-pdf-process

  '("pdflatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f"

    "pdflatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f"))

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