From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Guerry Subject: Re: LaTeX special characters 8.3.1 Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 15:03:13 +0200 Message-ID: <874mjzqtbi.fsf@gnu.org> References: <55C64844.6040406@gmail.com> <87614py5mp.fsf@gmx.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33027) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZQxax-0007XL-UR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Aug 2015 09:03:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZQxas-0005fO-W8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Aug 2015 09:03:27 -0400 Received: from so1.mailgun.net ([198.61.254.11]:53810) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZQxas-0005ef-PM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Aug 2015 09:03:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87614py5mp.fsf@gmx.us> (rasmus@gmx.us's message of "Sat, 08 Aug 2015 20:52:46 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Rasmus Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Rasmus, Rasmus writes: > Scott Randby 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. Did you find the change we could document in ORG-NEWS? -- Bastien