Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> writes: > James Harkins <jamshar...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hi, >> >> I have one particular org file that I would like to export to PDF by >> way of ODT. (I already set up outline styling in LibreOffice and I >> would like to use that, instead of trying to reconfigure a similar >> look in LaTeX. For fun, I did try the LaTeX pdf export and the output >> format is not what I need for this case.) >> >> But I may want to export other org files to ODT *without* converting them to >> PDF. >> >> http://orgmode.org/manual/Extending-ODT-export.html >> >> This says I can customize the org-export-odt-preferred-output-format >> variable. This works beautifully, but it's a global setting that will >> apply to every ODT export. >> >> So my question is -- is there any export option for the preferred >> format, per file? Something like: >> >> #+ODT_PREFERRED_FORMAT: pdf >> >> I couldn't find any documentation in the ODT export section of the >> manual for an option like this. >> >> Alternately, I suppose I could write a lisp function that would set >> the variable and call the export, but that would definitely be a hack. > > Old exporter > ============ > > If you are using org-odt.el, then you can use file local variables. I > have pushed a fix which makes string values of this variable safe. > > M-x add-file-local-variable RET org-export-odt-preferred-output-format > RET "pdf" RET > > Or > > Add the following to your Org file. Remember to re-visit the file to > activate the newly installed value. > > # Local Variables: > # org-export-odt-preferred-output-format: "pdf" > # End: > > > New exporter > ============ > > The above local variable trick will fail in case of org-e-odt.el. When > I get some time I will introduce a per-buffer keyword for this > variable.
I was wrong about the new exporter - org-e-odt.el. I didn't realize I need to change variable name. One should use the new `org-e-odt-preferred-output-format' instead. --
