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From: Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>
Subject: Re: LaTeX special characters 8.3.1
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2015 20:52:46 +0200
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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,
Rasmus

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