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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Flareriderdash <flareriderdash@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bug: Latex newline string "\\" in subtree export properties [9.3.3 (release_9.3.3-405-g817c0c @ /home/flare/.emacs.d/lisp/org-mode/lisp/)]
Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 19:01:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87blmnx18s.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALVJ4ph7+fbO-gGTPd9O7R39PdZdX2wKHKMA+ECEQ1CCqnGg+A@mail.gmail.com> (flareriderdash@gmail.com's message of "Sun, 3 May 2020 18:47:42 -0700")

Hello,

Flareriderdash <flareriderdash@gmail.com> writes:

> When exporting to latex from within an org subtree with properties like
> EXPORT_AUTHOR set in a way to extend latex title capabilities
> (i.e. adding instructor and institutional affiliation, ref
> [[https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Title_Creation]]) the "\\" string
> within the org property gets escaped to "$\backslash$\" during
> export. Latex then doesn't treat this as a newline, deviating from
> expected behaviour
>
> This is the org property that is used during latex export
>
> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
>
> :EXPORT_AUTHOR: Gabriel S. X. Smith\\ CMST220\\ Professor Voso
>
> #+END_EXAMPLE
>
>
> This is the expected org to latex conversion
>
> #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
>
> \author{Gabriel S. X. Smith\\ CMST220\\ Professor Voso}
>
> #+END_EXAMPLE

No, this is not the expected conversion. AUTHOR, like TITLE, expects Org
syntax, not LaTeX.

You could write, e.g.,

  :EXPORT_AUTHOR: Gabriel S. X. Smith@@latex:\\@@ CMST220@@latex:\\@@ Professor Voso

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou


      reply	other threads:[~2020-05-16 17:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-04  1:47 Bug: Latex newline string "\\" in subtree export properties [9.3.3 (release_9.3.3-405-g817c0c @ /home/flare/.emacs.d/lisp/org-mode/lisp/)] Flareriderdash
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