From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Protect active characters such as `~' when exporting to LaTeX
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:42:17 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bnlyisnq.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 86vbk63h7q.fsf@example.com
Sebastien Vauban <sva-news@mygooglest.com>
writes:
> Hello,
>
> When ~code~ is converted to LaTeX, it becomes \verb~code~; i.e., it uses
> a potentially "dangerous" character, in this case `~' which is active.
>
> In most cases, it is unnoticeable, but in some environments, it breaks.
>
> The solution is to protect the command, what the attached patch does.
>
I'm not sure it solves the problem. I had looked at this problem five
years ago and had concluded that \protect was a bust, because \verb is
special - see
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/14256/focus=14257
Maybe I got it wrong back then, but I thought I'd bring it to your
attention.
Nick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-16 16:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-16 14:58 [PATCH] Protect active characters such as `~' when exporting to LaTeX Sebastien Vauban
2015-01-16 16:42 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
2015-01-16 17:12 ` Aaron Ecay
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