Re: File local setting for export directory?

[Loris Bennett]

Russell Adams <RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.Com> writes:

> On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 08:25:13AM +0200, Loris Bennett wrote:
>> > diff --git a/lisp/ox.el b/lisp/ox.el
>> > index 9cf62078a..77cafb20d 100644
>> > --- a/lisp/ox.el
>> > +++ b/lisp/ox.el
>> > @@ -6417,6 +6417,20 @@ Return file name as a string."
>> >          "Output file: " pub-dir nil nil nil
>> >          (lambda (n) (string= extension (file-name-extension n t))))))
>> >       extension))
>> > +   (pub-dir (or pub-dir
>> > +                (and subtreep (org-entry-get
>> > +                               nil "EXPORT_PUB_DIR" 'selective))
>> > +                (org-with-point-at (point-min)
>> > +                  (catch :found
>> > +                    (let ((case-fold-search t))
>> > +                      (while (re-search-forward
>> > +                              "^[ \t]*#\\+EXPORT_PUB_DIR:[ \t]+\\S-"
>> > +                              nil t)
>> > +                        (let ((element (org-element-at-point)))
>> > +                          (when (eq 'keyword (org-element-type element))
>> > +                            (throw :found
>> > +                                   (org-element-property
>> > +                                    :value element))))))))))
>> >     (output-file
>> >      ;; Build file name.  Enforce EXTENSION over whatever user
>> >      ;; may have come up with.  PUB-DIR, if defined, always has
>
> Regarding this patch, have you looked at setting up Org's Publish functions 
> in a
> local variable? That has a "publish destination" which I believe is the 
> pub-dir
> in that export function.
>
> https://orgmode.org/manual/Sources-and-destinations.html#Sources-and-destinations
>
> Perhaps this is fixed by another means?

Maybe.  I did look at "publish destination" but I couldn't get it to
work, possibly because (a) I am not quite clear on difference between
"exporting" and "publishing" and (b) I was feeling lazy and it seemed
like an overly complex way of achieving what I wanted (not that patching
the source can really be considered much less complex :-/ ).

Cheers,

Loris

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