export org-file to pdf on the CLI

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I wonder if it is possible to write a bash oneline to export org-files to pdf. Something like this

emacs -q --eval 'org-latex-export-to-pdf manual.org'

I'm aware of the pandoc project. I would like to do it with emacs, as I also want to add some style options for the export.

I have a document where I will occasionally work with others. To make it easy for them I would like to add a Makefile to generate the pdf.

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emacs --batch -q --eval '(progn (find-file "manual.org") (org-latex-export-to-pdf))'

asked May 1, 2015 at 19:29

kain88

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github.com/fniessen/orgmk
– mankoff
May 1, 2015 at 19:51
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emacs --batch -q --eval '(progn (find-file "manual.org") (org-latex-export-to-pdf))' should do the trick. (untested). AFAIK you need to use elisp syntax for eval.
– Tobias
May 1, 2015 at 20:32
What does latex have to do with this??
– Tobias
May 1, 2015 at 20:37
@Tobias I think your comment is an answer :) Maybe use with-current-buffer instead of progn though.
– Qudit
May 2, 2015 at 0:18
@Qudit Maybe with-current-buffer makes the intention more clear. I agree whith this. Nevertheless, find-file makes the buffer corresponding to the argument current. So, with-current-buffer does not change the functionality in any way.
– Tobias
May 2, 2015 at 6:14

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