On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:07:26 +0200 Christian Moe <m...@christianmoe.com> wrote:
> > Manfred Lotz writes: > > > On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:37:55 +0100 > > Eric S Fraga <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote: > > > >> Manfred Lotz <manfred.l...@arcor.de> writes: > >> > >> [...] > >> > >> > >> > This is really weird or it is because just my knowledge about > >> > Libreoffice is limited. At least, I'm happy to be able to use > >> > LaTeX in most cases instead of an office product. > >> > >> I'm with you on this! I use LaTeX almost exclusively. Every now > >> and again, unfortunately, I have to share an editable document > >> with others and LibreOffice/MSWord is the only easy way. For > >> simple dissemination, LaTeX -> PDF is better. > >> > > > > > > Yep, exactly. I'm grateful that the export to odt was implemented in > > org-mode so that we have an option to give a finalized document > > away if needed. > > Note, however, that what you've been discussing is a feature, not a > requirement. LibreOffice allows you to put the title of the document > in a field code that mirrors the document metadata; it doesn't force > you to, and I imagine > 95% of users aren't even aware of the option. > > As I recall, this was a solution Jambunathan opted for at some late > point in the development of the org-odt exporter. Before that, the > exporter just wrote the title in as ordinary, editable text. I sort of > preferred the old approach, but not enough to bother to ask to have it > back. > Yes I'm aware that this is due to the way how org-mode export to odt is coded. > But if many users are baffled why they can't just edit a document > title on the page itself after exporting to ODT -- and that seems > likely -- maybe this feature is ripe for a change. > Hm, I do not have any requirements to later change title and author in the odt document as I would change it in the org file directly. Thus I don't care how the title and author is set in the odt document. -- Manfred