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13.10.1 LaTeX and PDF export commands

C-c C-e l l (org-latex-export-to-latex)​

Export to a LaTeX file with a β€˜.tex’ extension. For β€˜myfile.org’, Org exports to β€˜myfile.tex’, overwriting without warning.

C-c C-e l L (org-latex-export-as-latex)​

Export to a temporary buffer. Do not create a file.

C-c C-e l p (org-latex-export-to-pdf)​

Export as LaTeX file and convert it to PDF file.

C-c C-e l o​

Export as LaTeX file and convert it to PDF, then open the PDF using the default viewer.

M-x org-export-region-as-latex​

Convert the region to LaTeX under the assumption that it was in Org mode syntax before. This is a global command that can be invoked in any buffer.

The LaTeX export back-end can use any of these LaTeX engines: β€˜pdflatex’, β€˜xelatex’, and β€˜lualatex’. These engines compile LaTeX files with different compilers, packages, and output options. The LaTeX export back-end finds the compiler version to use from org-latex-compiler variable or the β€˜#+LATEX_COMPILER’ keyword in the Org file. See the docstring for the org-latex-default-packages-alist for loading packages with certain compilers. Also see org-latex-bibtex-compiler to set the bibliography compiler1.


  1. This does not allow setting different bibliography compilers for different files. However, β€œsmart" LaTeX compilation systems, such as latexmk, can select the correct bibliography compiler.↩