Following up on my own message as I found the error (my bad!); the export functions I use in the derived backend, e.g. org-latex-export-to-pdf, still use the original backend:
(defun org-latex-export-to-pdf (&optional async subtreep visible-only body-only ext-plist) ... (interactive) (let ((outfile (org-export-output-file-name ".tex" subtreep))) (org-export-to-file 'latex outfile ^^^^^^ async subtreep visible-only body-only ext-plist (lambda (file) (org-latex-compile file))))) I have obviously missed this point as it is also pointed out at the end of section 12.15, as I see now on closer inspection. /P Per Unneberg <punneb...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi, > > I'm currently experimenting exporting notes from my beamer > presentations as articles via use of the beamerarticle package. In > some cases, I only want to export the *notes* to the article. This can > be achieved easily enough by setting #+SELECT_TAGS: B_noteNH B_note, > but it would be a hassle to remove/insert this statement everytime I > need/don't need non-note material. Therefore, I tried defining a > derived backend with the following settings: > > (org-export-define-derived-backend 'beamerarticlenotes 'latex > :export-block '("LATEX" "TEX") :menu-entry '(?n "Notes export" ( (?M > "As LaTeX buffer (LaTeX notes)" org-latex-export-as-latex) (?m "As > LaTeX file (LaTeX notes)" org-latex-export-to-latex) (?N "As PDF file > and open (LaTeX notes)" (lambda (a s v b) (if a > (org-latex-export-to-pdf t s v b) (org-open-file > (org-latex-export-to-pdf nil s v b))))))) > > :options-alist '( (:author "AUTHOR" nil "John Doe" t) > (:select-tags "SELECT_TAGS" nil "B_noteNH" split) ) ) > > However, I must be doing something wrong as adding this backend and > running C-c C-e n N on the MWE below does not work. Moreover, the > author name does not change to John Doe, which I included just for > testing. I'm running without startup file (emacs -Q), pointing to > release tag release_8.2.8. Adding #+SELECT_TAGS: B_noteNH and running > C-c C-e l o does give the desired result. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Per > > > MWE: > > #+STARTUP: indent beamer > #+OPTIONS: H:1 tags:nil > #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{beamerarticle} * Frame ** Block Block 1 > > * Notes :B_noteNH: :PROPERTIES: :BEAMER_env: noteNH :END: Some notes