* How to insert apostrophe (') into code and verbatim text?
@ 2010-02-04 16:48 Uriel Avalos
2010-02-04 16:53 ` Nick Dokos
2010-02-04 17:31 ` Carsten Dominik
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Uriel Avalos @ 2010-02-04 16:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
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.
--
--Thanks!
Uriel
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread* Re: How to insert apostrophe (') into code and verbatim text? 2010-02-04 16:48 How to insert apostrophe (') into code and verbatim text? Uriel Avalos @ 2010-02-04 16:53 ` Nick Dokos 2010-02-05 16:09 ` Uriel Avalos 2010-02-04 17:31 ` Carsten Dominik 1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Nick Dokos @ 2010-02-04 16:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Uriel Avalos; +Cc: emacs-orgmode Uriel Avalos <amscopub-mail@yahoo.com> 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. > Emphasis is applied by matching against a regular expression stored in the variable org-emph-re. I get ,---- | org-emph-re is a variable defined in `org.el'. | Its value is | "\\([ ('\"{]\\|^\\)\\(\\([*/_=~+]\\)\\([^ \n,\"']\\|[^ \n,\"'].*?\\(?:\n.*?\\)\\{0,1\\}[^ \n,\"']\\)\\3\\)\\([- .,:!?;'\")}\\]\\|$\\)" | | Documentation: | Regular expression for matching emphasis. `---- which is way too complicated for my simple mind to wrap around without some guidance. But the doc for org-export-with-emphasize says: ,---- | org-export-with-emphasize is a variable defined in `org-exp.el'. | Its value is t | | Documentation: | Non-nil means, interpret *word*, /word/, and _word_ as emphasized text. | If the export target supports emphasizing text, the word will be | typeset in bold, italic, or underlined, respectively. Works only for | single words, but you can say: I *really* *mean* *this*. | Not all export backends support this. | | This option can also be set with the +OPTIONS line, e.g. "*:nil". `---- so *words* are emphasized[1]. Can you write Select '=life= for the x variable. instead? The quote is not part of the <code> block, but does that make much difference? And if it does, a little postprocessing on the HTML might be all that is needed[2]. HTH, Nick [1] although after staring at it for a while and with the hindsight provided by the org-export-with-emphasize doc, the part that goes [^ ^M\n,\"'] specifically excludes spaces, tabs, carriage returns, newlines, commas, double quotes and single quotes as components of words. [2] You might try changing the RE (it is constructed in org.el:org-set-emph-re()) - but regular expressions are very unforgiving beasts: you forget one character or add one too many and the whole thing goes to hell in a handbasket, faster than a bat out of hell - choose your own cliche' :-) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: How to insert apostrophe (') into code and verbatim text? 2010-02-04 16:53 ` Nick Dokos @ 2010-02-05 16:09 ` Uriel Avalos 2010-02-05 15:07 ` Nick Dokos 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Uriel Avalos @ 2010-02-05 16:09 UTC (permalink / raw) To: emacs-orgmode So I guess it's too complicated for the gurus. :-) I'm already doing '=life= but I thought perhaps there was a quick hack to get ='life= to work. Oh well, not a biggie, life moves on... On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:53:30 -0500 Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote: > Uriel Avalos <amscopub-mail@yahoo.com> 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. > > > > Emphasis is applied by matching against a regular expression stored in the variable > org-emph-re. I get > > ,---- > | org-emph-re is a variable defined in `org.el'. > | Its value is > | "\\([ ('\"{]\\|^\\)\\(\\([*/_=~+]\\)\\([^ > \n,\"']\\|[^ > \n,\"'].*?\\(?:\n.*?\\)\\{0,1\\}[^ > \n,\"']\\)\\3\\)\\([- .,:!?;'\")}\\]\\|$\\)" > | > | Documentation: > | Regular expression for matching emphasis. > `---- > > which is way too complicated for my simple mind to wrap around without > some guidance. But the doc for org-export-with-emphasize says: > > ,---- > | org-export-with-emphasize is a variable defined in `org-exp.el'. > | Its value is t > | > | Documentation: > | Non-nil means, interpret *word*, /word/, and _word_ as emphasized text. > | If the export target supports emphasizing text, the word will be > | typeset in bold, italic, or underlined, respectively. Works only for > | single words, but you can say: I *really* *mean* *this*. > | Not all export backends support this. > | > | This option can also be set with the +OPTIONS line, e.g. "*:nil". > `---- > > so *words* are emphasized[1]. > > Can you write > > Select '=life= for the x variable. > > instead? The quote is not part of the <code> block, but does that > make much difference? And if it does, a little postprocessing on the > HTML might be all that is needed[2]. > > HTH, > Nick > > [1] although after staring at it for a while and with the hindsight > provided by the org-export-with-emphasize doc, the part that goes [^ ^M\n,\"'] > specifically excludes spaces, tabs, carriage returns, newlines, > commas, double quotes and single quotes as components of words. > > [2] You might try changing the RE (it is constructed in > org.el:org-set-emph-re()) - but regular expressions are very unforgiving > beasts: you forget one character or add one too many and the whole thing > goes to hell in a handbasket, faster than a bat out of hell - choose > your own cliche' :-) -- --Thanks! Uriel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: How to insert apostrophe (') into code and verbatim text? 2010-02-05 16:09 ` Uriel Avalos @ 2010-02-05 15:07 ` Nick Dokos 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Nick Dokos @ 2010-02-05 15:07 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Uriel Avalos; +Cc: emacs-orgmode Uriel Avalos <amscopub-mail@yahoo.com> wrote: > So I guess it's too complicated for the gurus. :-) > > I'm already doing '=life= but I thought perhaps there was a quick hack > to get ='life= to work. Oh well, not a biggie, life moves on... > Too complicated for me, perhaps: I'm no guru :-) Carsten had a suggestion of playing around with the various components of the RE (see the variable org-emphasis-regexp-components) - did you see that? But you will have to experiment and set them for *your* purposes. Cheers, Nick ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: How to insert apostrophe (') into code and verbatim text? 2010-02-04 16:48 How to insert apostrophe (') into code and verbatim text? Uriel Avalos 2010-02-04 16:53 ` Nick Dokos @ 2010-02-04 17:31 ` Carsten Dominik 1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Carsten Dominik @ 2010-02-04 17:31 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Uriel Avalos; +Cc: emacs-orgmode 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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