*argh* I remember that variation of postamble in my readings...didn't think to try it. Thank you!!!
I attempted the export as well and it worked as expected. I appreciate your patience! FWIW, yes, I'm on the latest Org (8.3.1) and Emacs 24.4.1 (Debian Jessie). On 08/31/2015 06:36 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote: > David A. Gershman <gersh...@dagertech.net> writes: > >>> # Local Variables: >>> # org-html-postamble: t >>> # org-export-html-postamble-format: "Hello World" >>> # End: >> Either typing C-c C-c, or just opening the file will ask me about the >> variables. I answer 'y', but still get the default postamble. > Are you using an old Org mode, pre 8.0? I believe that's when the old > org-export-* variables lost the "export" part. > > At any rate, the problem appears to be that org-html-postamble-format > (in Org mode > 8.0) is an association list, not a string. > > This works for me using a recent Org mode: > > # Local Variables: > # org-html-postamble: t > # eval: (add-to-list 'org-html-postamble-format (quote ("en" "Hello World"))) > # End: > > At least, I get the cons cell added to the association list, and the > change is local to the buffer. I didn't try the export part. > > hth, > Tom >