Re: [O] Help with new exporter

[Robert Klein]

Hi John,

I don't think I had those square brackets, yesterday, but see at the end
about them.


Anyway, I thought of something which gives me a result I'd say is Ok for me:

1. Change the .org files as follows
   - add a space to empty headings (as written yesterday)
   - add "texht:nil" to the #+OPTIONS: line (without the quotes)

2. Use the following class definition:

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq org-latex-classes
      '(("exam"
         "\\documentclass[12pt]{exam}
% BEGIN exam Defaults
[NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES]
[PACKAGES]

\\usepackage{palatino}
\\extrawidth{.5in}
\\extraheadheight{-.75in}
\\extrafootheight[-3in]{-.75in}
\\pagestyle{headandfoot}
\\NoKey
\\NumberOfVersions{1}
\\renewcommand\\thequestion{\\Roman{question}}
\\renewcommand\\thepartno{\\arabic{partno}}
\\renewcommand\\partlabel{\\thepartno.}

% END exam Defaults
"
         ("\\begin{questions} %% %s" "\\end{questions}")
         ("\\question %% %s" . "\\question* %% %s")
         ("\\begin{parts} %% %s" "\\end{parts}")
         ("\\part %% %s" . "\\part* %% %s"))))
#+end_src

As you can see, I still have the %s (now without the curly braces) but
as a LaTeX comment after %...

About the labels, well, I'd just leave them; as long as you don't
reference them they shouldn't disturb anything.


If you still get those square brackets; I use org-mode from the git
repository, as of yesterday or the day before.  Are you using org-mode
8.0.2 or earlier?  I think this gets fixed by Aaron Ecay's patch from
May 02/03.  If you don't want to use the git version, download version
8.0.5 from orgmode.org.


Does this work for you?


Best regards
Robert




On 07/10/2013 10:46 PM, John Rakestraw wrote:
> Hi, Robert --
> 
> Thanks very much for your work on this. I'm now *much* closer than I
> was. However, I'm not there yet.
> 
> Here's a snippet of the tex file that I need:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> \begin{questions}
> \question
> A paragraph here describes this section and tells students how many
> terms to
> identify.
> \begin{parts}
> \part
> term 1
> \vspace*{\fill}
> \part
> term 2
> \vspace*{\fill}
> \part
> term 3
> \vspace*{\fill}
> \part
> term 4
> \vspace*{\fill}
> \part
> term 5
> \vspace*{\fill}
> \part
> term 6
> \vspace*{\fill}
> \part
> term 7
> \vspace*{\fill}
> \part
> term 7
> \vspace*{\fill}
> \part
> term 8
> \end{parts}
> \end{questions}
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> However, if I use the org-latex-class definition that you suggested,
> this is what I get:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> \begin[]{questions}{}
> \label{sec-1}
> \question[]{}
> \label{sec-1-1}
> A paragraph here describes this section and tells students how many
> terms to
> identify.
> \begin[]{parts}{}
> \label{sec-1-1-1}
> \part[]{}
> \label{sec-1-1-1-1}
> term 1
> \vspace*{\fill}
> 
> \part[]{}
> \label{sec-1-1-1-2}
> term 2
> \vspace*{\fill}
> 
> \part[]{}
> \label{sec-1-1-1-3}
> term 3
> \vspace*{\fill}
> 
> \part[]{}
> \label{sec-1-1-1-4}
> term 4
> \vspace*{\fill}
> 
> \part[]{}
> \label{sec-1-1-1-5}
> term 5
> \vspace*{\fill}
> 
> \part[]{}
> \label{sec-1-1-1-6}
> term 6
> \vspace*{\fill}
> 
> \part[]{}
> \label{sec-1-1-1-7}
> term 7
> \vspace*{\fill}
> 
> \part[]{}
> \label{sec-1-1-1-8}
> term 8
> \vspace*{\fill}
> 
> \part[]{}
> \label{sec-1-1-1-9}
> term 9
> \newpage
> \fillwithdottedlines{\fill}
> \newpage
> \end{parts}
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> 
> The additional lines in the tex file add numbers and oddly formatted
> text to the pdf. The numbering scheme is also off -- these lines in the
> class definition:
> 
> \renewcommand\thequestion{\Roman{question}}
> \renewcommand\thepartno{\arabic{partno}}
> \renewcommand\partlabel{\thepartno.}
> 
> are supposed to have to have the question-level headings numbered with
> Roman numerals and the part-level headings numbered with Arabic numbers.
> But for some reason that numbering scheme isn't imposed.
> 
> Perhaps I need either just to write in latex or to work with what Rasmus
> is suggesting; I've not had time yet to digest his suggestions. I'm
> floating on the edge of my knowledge here....
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> --John
> 


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