Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> writes: > I committed the changes only a few minutes ago as part of Org-mode > version 7.8.03 (release_7.8.03.300.g9b820) > > So the Org version should be at or above the 300th version. > > Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Thanks to Giles[1] for introducing us to the "--convert-to" option of >> soffice.exe. The option seems to be a fairly recent development[2]. >> >> With this change, one can export to pdf (or any other popular format) >> via odt by a simple >> >> #+begin_src emacs-lisp >> (setq org-export-odt-preferred-output-format "pdf") >> #+end_src >> >> There is no need to install additional converters. It is assumed that >> the user has a working and fairly recent LibreOffice installation. >> >> Footnotes: >> [1] >> http://imperfectsoftware.blogspot.in/2012/01/one-of-my-less-enjoyable-tasks-is-to.html >> >> [2] There seems to be a bunch of fairly recent bugs with this option. So >> a cutting edge LibreOffice would definitely be needed. >> >> http://www.google.co.in/search?q=headless+%22--convert-to%22+site%3Alibreoffice.org&btnG=Search&sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&source=hp&gbv=1&sei=L_gqT97rIMXorAf248C6DA >> >> Feedback welcome.
Hi Jambunathan, this sounds great. Unfortunately, this does not seem to work for me. Just pulled (last commit c4b233453ca846351bb5ba0893ebb2b8a5b3a941 Merge branch 'maint') and I do get "org-lparse: Don't know how to export to backend docx via odt" What did I miss? - Andreas
