Re: [Orgmode] Problem org-beamer export

[Marvin Doyley]

Hi Carsten,

This problem is now resolved. I just needed to change pdftex to pdflatex in 
graphics.cfg file.  

thanks
M
PS
I am planning to learn lisp this summer so I can contribute to org development 
in my limited spare time, what is the best place to start ?
On May 14, 2010, at 8:08 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote:

> 
> On May 13, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Marvin Doyley wrote:
> 
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> Org beamer has proven to be an invaluable tool, I use it not only for 
>> preparing lecture notes but also for all my presentation - farewell 
>> powerpoint :)  However, I recently upgraded my current version of org to 
>> 6.36. I love the new inline image, but their seem to be a bug in the latex 
>> export.  It would appear that org-export-latex still does a good job in 
>> translating org files to latex, but for some reason I get an error when 
>> issue C-C C-e C-p . More specifically,  pdftex.def Error: Option 'pdftex' 
>> requires pdfTex. What is interesting is 1) if I compile the resulting latex 
>> file from the command line everything  works fine, 2) I don't get an  error 
>> when there is an existing pdf file when I issue C-C C-e C-p,  but the pdf  
>> doesn't get updated - it seems to skip the compiling stage if the pdf file 
>> is there.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have no problems compiling to PDF.  Anyone else?
> 
> The error message sounds to me that somehow Emacs cannot find the you TEX 
> installation.  Maybe there is something wrong with the paths.  If it works 
> from the command line, try starting Emacs from the command line - this will 
> make the command line environment visible to Emacs.  If you start Carbon 
> Emacs normally, then stuff in you shell setup is not read any you may end up 
> with a different set of environment settings.
> 
> - Carsten
> 

Marvin Doyley
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