How to include specific lines from latex file for org-export

Question

I am writing a text in orgmode that I want to export to pdf. I want to include specific lines from a latex file using #+include:. In fact, I want to include multiple text sections from a single latex file at specific locations in an org file.

Following the documentation I should be able to do so using the :lines argument with export latex. This, however, seems not to be working.

An org file with the following content:

#+TITLE: Some File

* Heading

#+include: "another-file.tex" export latex :lines 3-5

Does not include anything from the latex file.

I also tested whether the order of arguments had an effect, i.e., with #+include: "another-file.tex" :lines 3-5 export latex. This results in the whole .tex-file being included in the exported PDF.

What am I missing here?

Answer 1

I've tested your code and when I add quotation marks to the line numbers (as described in the documentation), it works.

Here is the working code:

#+TITLE: Some File

* Heading

#+include: "another-file.tex" export latex :lines "3-5"

Hope this helps.