This problem seems to have been caused by a badly written .emacs file and by having the lisp files in two dirs.
My thanks for the individual replies ! Chas ---------------------------------------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:17:07 +0000 > Subject: [Orgmode] Exporting LaTeX > > > I am trying to implement a variation on what Russell Adams describes in > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2008-08/msg00044.html > > but I get the message > >>>> > > An error has occurred while loading `/home/ogham/.emacs': > > Symbol's value as variable is void: org-export-latex-classes > > <<< > > on starting emacs. The only way I could get C^c C^e l to write my preamble > commands to file.tex > was by inserting my block of code > >>>> > ("myarticle" > "\\documentclass[11pt]{article} > \\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} > \\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} > \\usepackage{hyperref} > \\setlength{\\textwidth}{16cm} > \\setlength{\\textheight}{23cm} > \\setlength{\\voffset}{-1cm} > \\setlength{\\hoffset}{-1.5cm} > \\setlength{\\parindent}{0cm} > \\addtolength{\\parskip}{2mm} > \\usepackage{titlesec} > \\titleformat{\\section}[block]{\\bfseries}{\\S\\,\\thesection\\enspace}{.5em}{} > \\titleformat{\\subsection}[block]{\\mdseries}{\\thesubsection\\enspace}{.3em}{} > \\titleformat{\\subsubsection}[block]{\\mdseries}{{\\footnotesize\\thesubsubsection\\enspace}}{.1em}{\\footnotesize}" > ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}") > ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}") > ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}") > ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}") > ("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}")) > > <<< > > directly into /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/org-export-latex.el > > Although this works for me, I'd still like to understand why the > corresponding code into ~/.emacs did not work. > Can someone tell me why this was so? > > I'm using Orgmode 6.06b and emacs 22.1.1 on Ubuntu 7.10. > > Many thanks, Chas > _________________________________________________________________ > Win a voice over part with Kung Fu Panda & Live Search and 100’s of Kung > Fu Panda prizes to win with Live Search > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/107571439/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode _________________________________________________________________ Win New York holidays with Kellogg’s & Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/107571440/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
