In my init.el, I have
(setq org-latex-to-pdf-process
'("pdflatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o
%f"
"pdflatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o
%f"
"pdflatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o
%f"
"pdflatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o
%f"))
The problem is that when I export to HTML with the dvipng option, it's calling
latex, not pdflatex, so I don't think this option has an effect.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nicholas.do...@hp.com [mailto:nicholas.do...@hp.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 7:08 AM
> To: Richard Stanton
> Cc: Puneeth Chaganti; emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: [O] Blank equation when exported to HTML using dvipng
>
> Richard Stanton <stan...@haas.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> > ...
> >
> > So now I can see what the problem is, but how do I tell org-mode to
> > call latex with the -shell-escape flag?
> >
>
> You can customize org-latex-to-pdf-process (or org-e-latex-pdf-
> process[fn:1] if you are using the new exporter). In my case, I have
>
> ,----
> | org-latex-to-pdf-process is a variable defined in `org-latex.el'.
> | Its value is ("texi2dvi --pdf %f")
> | Original value was
> | ("pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f" "pdflatex
> | -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f" "pdflatex
> | -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f")
> `----
>
> but texi2dvi probably does not exist on windows (and you still have to patch
> it even on linux). Just add --shell-escape after every pdflatex (or whatever
> command is invoked on windows).
>
> Nick
>
> Footnotes:
>
> [fn:1] NB: different spelling in the two cases - not only the added "e-" but
> also the missing "-to".
