How to export an Org file to LaTeX's book class, but without parts?

How to export an Org file to LaTeX's book class, but without parts?

[Marcin Borkowski]

Hi all,

this is an actual question, but it can be viewed as a continuation of
the "why use LaTeX directly and not Org" thread (disclaimer: from the
POV of an experienced LaTeX user and much less experienced Org-exporter
user).

So, I tried to do the opposite, just to learn something/unlock the "Org
Exporter" skill;-).  I want to export my Org file to the book class
(actually, a class similar to it, but never mind), but I want my
first-level headings to be chapters, not parts.  OTOH, I don't want to
modify org-latex-classes.  Is that possible, and if yes, how to achieve
that?

TIA,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University

Re: How to export an Org file to LaTeX's book class, but without parts?

[Nick Dokos]

Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> this is an actual question, but it can be viewed as a continuation of
> the "why use LaTeX directly and not Org" thread (disclaimer: from the
> POV of an experienced LaTeX user and much less experienced Org-exporter
> user).
>
> So, I tried to do the opposite, just to learn something/unlock the "Org
> Exporter" skill;-).  I want to export my Org file to the book class
> (actually, a class similar to it, but never mind), but I want my
> first-level headings to be chapters, not parts.  OTOH, I don't want to
> modify org-latex-classes. Is that possible, and if yes, how to achieve
> that?

AFAIK, no, not without modifying org-latex-classes - why don't you want
to modify it?

Nick

Re: How to export an Org file to LaTeX's book class, but without parts?

[Eric S Fraga]

On Wednesday, 22 Apr 2015 at 00:33, Marcin Borkowski wrote:

[...]

> I want to export my Org file to the book class (actually, a class
> similar to it, but never mind), but I want my first-level headings to
> be chapters, not parts.  OTOH, I don't want to modify
> org-latex-classes.  Is that possible, and if yes, how to achieve that?

The easiest way is, unfortunately, to modify org-latex-classes but the
modification is simply adding an element to the list:

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (add-to-list 'org-latex-classes
               '("bookwithnoparts" "\\documentclass{book}"
                 ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}")
                 ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
                 ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")
                 ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}")))
#+end_src

or similar...
-- 
: Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.0.50.1, Org release_8.3beta-1030-g65bbb1

Re: How to export an Org file to LaTeX's book class, but without parts?

[Miguel Ruiz]

If you don't mind to live with part-chapter-section instead chapter-section-subsection:

---8<-----------------orgmode src-------------------->8---

#+LaTeX_CLASS: book

#+LaTeX_HEADER: \let\part\chapter
#+LaTeX_HEADER: \let\chapter\section
#+LaTeX_HEADER: \let\section\subsection

---8<---------------end of orgmode src---------------->8---

Regards.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mbork@mbork.pl
> Sent: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 00:33:24 +0200
> To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> Subject: [O] How to export an Org file to LaTeX's book class, but without
> parts?
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> this is an actual question, but it can be viewed as a continuation of
> the "why use LaTeX directly and not Org" thread (disclaimer: from the
> POV of an experienced LaTeX user and much less experienced Org-exporter
> user).
> 
> So, I tried to do the opposite, just to learn something/unlock the "Org
> Exporter" skill;-).  I want to export my Org file to the book class
> (actually, a class similar to it, but never mind), but I want my
> first-level headings to be chapters, not parts.  OTOH, I don't want to
> modify org-latex-classes.  Is that possible, and if yes, how to achieve
> that?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> --
> Marcin Borkowski
> http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
> Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
> Adam Mickiewicz University

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Re: How to export an Org file to LaTeX's book class, but without parts?

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2015-04-22, at 08:27, Miguel Ruiz <rbenit68@inbox.com> wrote:

> If you don't mind to live with part-chapter-section instead chapter-section-subsection:
>
> ---8<-----------------orgmode src-------------------->8---
>
> #+LaTeX_CLASS: book
>
> #+LaTeX_HEADER: \let\part\chapter
> #+LaTeX_HEADER: \let\chapter\section
> #+LaTeX_HEADER: \let\section\subsection
>
> ---8<---------------end of orgmode src---------------->8---

Haha, thanks!  Not a clean way, but should work.  Nice!

> Regards.

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University

Re: How to export an Org file to LaTeX's book class, but without parts?

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2015-04-22, at 03:32, Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> wrote:

> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> this is an actual question, but it can be viewed as a continuation of
>> the "why use LaTeX directly and not Org" thread (disclaimer: from the
>> POV of an experienced LaTeX user and much less experienced Org-exporter
>> user).
>>
>> So, I tried to do the opposite, just to learn something/unlock the "Org
>> Exporter" skill;-).  I want to export my Org file to the book class
>> (actually, a class similar to it, but never mind), but I want my
>> first-level headings to be chapters, not parts.  OTOH, I don't want to
>> modify org-latex-classes. Is that possible, and if yes, how to achieve
>> that?
>
> AFAIK, no, not without modifying org-latex-classes - why don't you want
> to modify it?

Because I want this setup for only one file, and not necessarily globally.

BTW, I'll probably settle with this:

,----
| #+LATEX_CLASS: mwbk
| # Local Variables:
| # org-latex-classes: (("mwbk" "\\documentclass[11pt]{mwbk}" ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}") ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")))
| # End:
`----

Seems to do the trick (mwbk is a Polish-localized - or rather, European
- version of the book class).  The drawback is that it keeps asking for
confirmation that it is safe.  It seems that there is no option to mark
a /variable/ and not a /variable-value pair/ as "safe" as file local
variables - I guess I'll file an Emacs feature request for that.

> Nick

Thanks to all, and best regards!

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University