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From: Scott Randby <srandby@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: LaTeX special characters 8.3.1
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2015 15:00:03 -0400
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To: Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

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
>