Re: publishing: no default publishing function, or symbol is not defined

[Christian Moe]

Hi, Chris,

"Symbol's function definition is void" means there is no such function
defined.

Try org-html-publish-to-html instead.

Yours,
Christian

Christopher W. Ryan via General discussions about Org-mode. writes:

> I'm making my first foray into publishing a project. I'm running GNU
> Emacs 26.2 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2019-04-13, on Windows 10.
>
> I've defined a single project, just to try it out and learn.  Here is
> the relevant portion of my .emacs file
>
>
> ;; Projects and publishing
> ;;
> (setq org-publish-project-alist
>       '(("CaseInvestigationTrainingAndReferenceManual"
>          :base-directory
> "E:/DATA/BCHD/CD/ChinaCoronavirus2019/CommCare/Sandbox/"
>          :publishing-directory
> "E:/DATA/BCHD/CD/ChinaCoronavirus2019/CommCare/Sandbox/StagingArea")))
>
>
> There is one org file in ......../Sandbox,  called
> WorkAreaForIndexingTrainingAndReferenceManual-7-June.org
>
> (as the filename suggests, I'm mostly interested in learning how to make
> an index).
>
> If I execute C-c C-e P a  whilie in the org file I am trying to publish,
> I get an error message that there is "No publishing function chosen".  I
> thought org-publish-org-to-html was the default, as described here:
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/org/Publishing-action.html
>
> But if I modify the relevant section of my .emacs file like this,
> specifying a publishing action:
>
> ;; Projects and publishing
> ;;
> (setq org-publish-project-alist
>       '(("CaseInvestigationTrainingAndReferenceManual"
>          :base-directory
> "E:/DATA/BCHD/CD/ChinaCoronavirus2019/CommCare/Sandbox/"
>          :publishing-directory
> "E:/DATA/BCHD/CD/ChinaCoronavirus2019/CommCare/Sandbox/StagingArea"
>          :publishing-function org-publish-org-to-html)))
>
> and try again, I get an error message that I can't figure out: "Symbol’s
> function definition is void: org-publish-org-to-html"
>
> Grateful for any guidance.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Chris Ryan