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From: Scott Randby <srandby@gmail.com>
To: Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: LaTeX special characters 8.3.1
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2015 15:00:03 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <55C651B3.4090106@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87614py5mp.fsf@gmx.us>

On 08/08/2015 02:52 PM, Rasmus wrote:
> Scott Randby <srandby@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Until 8.3.1, I needed to use \% in an org document in order to get the
>> % symbol displayed when exporting to LaTeX. I just discovered that \%
>> messes up the exported document, and that using % only works. I've
>> also experimented with \$ and $ and found the same behavior.
>>
>> I've looked through the 8.3.1 changes document, but I can't find
>> reference to this change. Since I use special characters frequently, I
>> need more information about this change. Where can I find it?
>
> % Is exported as "\%" in latex.
>
> $ is a mess.  It's uses some heuristic to determine if it's a math snippet
> or a currency symbol.
>
> You can always use a snippet, @@latex:%@@ which is exported literally in
> the backend before the colon.
>
> Hope it helps,

Yes, that helps. Thank you.

> Rasmus
>

  reply	other threads:[~2015-08-08 19:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-08 18:19 LaTeX special characters 8.3.1 Scott Randby
2015-08-08 18:24 ` Ken Mankoff
2015-08-08 18:52 ` Rasmus
2015-08-08 19:00   ` Scott Randby [this message]
2015-08-16 13:03   ` Bastien Guerry
2015-08-16 14:00     ` Rasmus
2015-08-16 14:15       ` Bastien Guerry

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