Omar AntolínMar 2
Public service announcement for those writing anonymous referee reports in #Emacs #OrgMode: `(setq org-latex-hyperref-template "")` stops Org Mode from adding your name and other identifying characteristics to the exported PDF's metadata.
Show threadEdgar Chavez
@oantolin Happened to you?
Mar 2 at 5:15pmWeb
Show threadOmar AntolínMar 2

@edgarchavez Fortunately not! I've always been aware that when you export from Org Mode to LaTeX you get a call to `\hypersetup` that includes your name as PDF metadata, so when I writing referee reports I would manually delete that from the LaTeX source and recompile. But the last time I wrote a report I thought to myself: "there has to be a way to get Org Mode to skip the metadata".

Also I don't think having your name just in the PDF metadata typically spoils anonymity of reviews, because popular journal software like EditFlow says it "anonymizes" the report PDF, which, I imagine, at the very least scrubs the author name from the PDF metadata.

Show threadHowitzer105mmMar 9
@oantolin @edgarchavez What package supplies this variable? My 'C-h v' query for any variable with hyperref in it comes up empty.
Show threadOmar AntolínMar 9
@Howitzer105mm @edgarchavez It's in the Org LaTeX exporter, the ox-latex package (which comes with org).
Show threadHowitzer105mmMar 9
@oantolin @edgarchavez Thanks for clarifying. ox-latex must be a package that gets autoloaded. The variable only appears when I perform one export to PDF operation.
Show threadOmar AntolínMar 9
@Howitzer105mm @edgarchavez Yes, in Emacs most packages are autoloaded the first time you use one of the commands they define.