Hi, I've decided to write my next research article using org's LaTeX export. The first problem: the journal mandates one column for the title/author heading and the abstract, while the remainder of the text should be in two columns.
TeX FAQ recommends the following [1]: \documentclass[twocolumn]{article} ... \begin{document} ... % \author, etc \twocolumn[ \begin{@twocolumnfalse} \maketitle \begin{abstract} ... \end{abstract} \end{@twocolumnfalse} ] I can get very near to that this way: #+LaTeX: \twocolumn[ \begin{@twocolumnfalse} \maketitle #+BEGIN_abstract This is my abstract. This is my abstract. This is my abstract. This is my abstract. #+END_abstract #+LaTeX: \end{@twocolumnfalse} ] ... followed by outline headings marking sections. The problem is that the "org-latex-title-command" variable places \maketitle before the \twocolumn[...] bit. I realize I can customize the variable and make it an empty string, but I'm not sure I want this to take effect for every document I export to LaTeX. Is there a way to clear this variable that is local to the buffer? hjh [1] http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=onecolabs