Re: [Orgmode] org-export-as-pdf > Deleting the pdf file

[Carsten Dominik]

Applied, thanks.

- Carsten

On Nov 23, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Francesco Pizzolante wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When working with LaTeX files (and now with org files as well), we  
> are used to
> open the resulting PDF files with "Sumatra PDF" viewer. It is very  
> handy because
> it does not lock the file (like Adobe Reader) and thus enables us to  
> recompile
> it while it is still open. It is then refreshed automatically at the  
> end of
> the compilation.
>
> While using the "org-export-as-pdf" function, we are not able to get  
> the same
> behavior as the function deletes the pdf file before the  
> compilation. The
> deletion fails because the pdf file is opened in the viewer.
>
> Would it be possible to avoid deleting the pdf file before  
> compilation?
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> diff --git a/lisp/org-latex.el b/lisp/org-latex.el
> index 5aa6409..6e1356d 100644
> --- a/lisp/org-latex.el
> +++ b/lisp/org-latex.el
> @@ -698,7 +698,6 @@ when PUB-DIR is set, use this as the publishing  
> directory."
>                       (re-search-forward "\\\\bibliography{" nil t))))
>         cmd)
>     (with-current-buffer outbuf (erase-buffer))
> -    (and (file-exists-p pdffile) (delete-file pdffile))
>     (message "Processing LaTeX file...")
>     (if (and cmds (symbolp cmds))
>        (funcall cmds file)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Thanks,
> Francesco
>
>
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- Carsten