What happened to ODT export?

What happened to ODT export?

[Christopher Culver]

I am running org-mode 8.2.10 from elpa on Emacs 24.4. When I try to
export to ODT format with the keystrokes described here:

http://orgmode.org/manual/ODT-export-commands.html

I get an error. Indeed, when I press C-c C-e, ODT is not even mentioned
among the formats that I can export to, I am offered only iCalender,
HTML, plaintext and LaTeX. I remember being able to easily export to ODT
in the past. Has this functionality been removed or moved to a separate
package?

Re: What happened to ODT export?

[Brady Trainor]

Hello, 

Christopher Culver <crculver@christopherculver.com> writes:

> I am running org-mode 8.2.10 from elpa on Emacs 24.4. When I try to
> export to ODT format with the keystrokes described here:
>
> http://orgmode.org/manual/ODT-export-commands.html
>
> I get an error. Indeed, when I press C-c C-e, ODT is not even mentioned
> among the formats that I can export to, I am offered only iCalender,
> HTML, plaintext and LaTeX. I remember being able to easily export to ODT
> in the past. Has this functionality been removed or moved to a separate
> package?

I find the following: 

,---- [ C-h v org-export-backends RET ]
| org-export-backends is a variable defined in `org.el'.
| Its value is (ascii html icalendar latex md odt)
| Original value was 
| (ascii html icalendar latex)
`----

In my init file, I have

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(setq org-export-backends 
      '(ascii
        html
        icalendar
        latex
        md
        odt
        ))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Also, at top of buffer, I see

,----
| Use SPC, DEL, C-n, or C-p to navigate.
`----

Helpful if additional options are not visible. 

HTH

--
Brady

Re: What happened to ODT export?

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Christopher Culver <crculver@christopherculver.com> writes:

> I am running org-mode 8.2.10 from elpa on Emacs 24.4. When I try to
> export to ODT format with the keystrokes described here:
>
> http://orgmode.org/manual/ODT-export-commands.html
>
> I get an error. Indeed, when I press C-c C-e, ODT is not even mentioned
> among the formats that I can export to, I am offered only iCalender,
> HTML, plaintext and LaTeX. I remember being able to easily export to ODT
> in the past. Has this functionality been removed or moved to a separate
> package?

You have to explicitly require many of the export backends: (require
'ox-odt). That should do it.

Re: What happened to ODT export?

[Christopher Culver]

Brady Trainor <algebrat@uw.edu> writes:
> I find the following: 
>
> ,---- [ C-h v org-export-backends RET ]
> | org-export-backends is a variable defined in `org.el'.
> | Its value is (ascii html icalendar latex md odt)
> | Original value was 
> | (ascii html icalendar latex)
> `----
>
> In my init file, I have...

Thanks, that did the trick. Strange that I had to manually enable ODT
export, when I am sure that this was automatically present when I first
learned org-mode a couple of years back.

Re: What happened to ODT export?

[Sebastien Vauban]

Christopher Culver wrote:
> Brady Trainor <algebrat-lfcS8c3Mqgg@public.gmane.org> writes:
>> I find the following: 
>>
>> ,---- [ C-h v org-export-backends RET ]
>> | org-export-backends is a variable defined in `org.el'.
>> | Its value is (ascii html icalendar latex md odt)
>> | Original value was 
>> | (ascii html icalendar latex)
>> `----
>>
>> In my init file, I have...
>
> Thanks, that did the trick. Strange that I had to manually enable ODT
> export, when I am sure that this was automatically present when I first
> learned org-mode a couple of years back.

IIRC, you're correct: it was enabled by default before Org 8. But it
isn't anymore, with the new "export dispatcher".

Best regards,
  Seb

-- 
Sebastien Vauban