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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: Multiple underscores crash org latex export; other exporters
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Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 12:21:39 +0100
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To: Scott Randby <srandby@gmail.com>
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Hello,

Scott Randby <srandby@gmail.com> writes:

> On 12/06/2016 06:50 PM, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
>> I fixed it in maint. Basically, a_b_c is translated as a\(_b\)\(_c\).
>
> With this solution, "a" will be exported as text while "b" and "c" will
> be exported as a single subsrcipt using the math font.

Not at all. I simplified the output for clarity but the real generated
code is

  a\(_{\text{b}}\)\(_{\text{c}}\)

> I would prefer that a_b_c be translated as \(a_{b_{c}}\).

As you pointed out, the string is ambiguous anyway. The point of the fix
is to generate valid LaTeX code. You can obtain the above unambiguously
with

  a_{b_c}

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou