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From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How to insert apostrophe (') into code and verbatim text?
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 18:31:02 +0100
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On Feb 4, 2010, at 5:48 PM, Uriel Avalos wrote:

> Here's an easy one for the guru's, why does an apostrophe at the  
> beginning of a =code= not work? When I export the following text to  
> HTML, the "'life" variable isn't set as code (and the = symbols show  
> up):
>
> 	Select ='life= for the x variable.
>
> If I escape the apostrophe, I course get back the escape character  
> in the HTML:
>
>    	Select =\'life= for the x variable.

That is because '=life=' was considered more likely than what you are  
using.
Org-mode is using a heuristic method to figure out what is a normal  
equal sign, and what introduces code.  Feel free to play with the  
variable `org-emphasis-regexp-components' and see if you can come up  
with something that works for you.

- Carsten