Re: [O] Re: Difference between subtree-restricted export and 'publish enclosing subtree'

[Sean Whitton]

Hi,

On 8 Apr 2011 at 13:01Z, Matt Lundin wrote:

>> When I put my cursor in the properties drawer within the essay text
>> and hit C-c C-e 1 d I get my 'essay' exported and processed to
>> hume-essay-causation.pdf correctly, but if I instead use C-c C-e SPC
>> with point at various different places within the essay, I just get
>> the error 'No enclosing node with LaTeX_CLASS or EXPORT_FILE_NAME',
>> yet afaics they are there.

> Yes, there are a few issues here.

> I can replicate this bug when the cursor is above the LATEX_CLASS
> property. For instance, if the cursor is located on the :PROPERTIES:
> line, C-c C-e SPC results in an error. If it is on the :END: line, it
> finds the relevant headline

Interesting.  I get the problem from anywhere in the subtree - it
doesn't seem to be able to find the latex_class nor the
export_title/export_file_name.

> The problem is that C-c C-e space calls a simple backwards regexp
> search for the two properties. But the regexp search looks for
> export_title instead of export_file_name (lines 998-1000):

>           (if (re-search-backward "^[
> \t]+\\(:latex_class:\\|:export_title:\\)[ \t]+\\S-" nil t)

> In addition, the regexp search is not bounded, so if you have another
> headline higher up in the file with one of the properties in the
> search, such as...

> * Kant Essay
>> PROPERTIES:
>> LATEX_CLASS: spwessay
>> END:
> ** Some text

> ...hitting space will export that essay instead.

Okay, so it looks like this isn't a feature that's really usable right
now.  Maybe I'll write a patch to fix it at some point; for now I can
just use C-c C-u C-c C-e 1.  Thanks for the feedback.

S

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