On Thursday, 12 Oct 2017 at 14:13, Kaushal Modi wrote:

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> 1. You mean.. how to type that in Emacs in the first place?
> 2. Or it's fine in the Org file, but does not export correctly?
>
> I can help if it's the first question.. just type "C-x 8 ' e" to get "é"
> (and "C-x 8 ` e" to get "è").

And, if you are going to type many words in French, you may wish to
change your input method (M-x set-input-method RET) to,
e.g. french-prefix, so that you can simply type Saut'e and it will
appear as Sauté.  The ' key will be "sticky" and will be applied to the
following letter if appropriate.

The emacs input methods are fantastic.  I frequently use the TeX input
method to be able type, easily, things like ∫x≠y₁ or 6.02×10⁹, as
examples.

"C-h I" will describe the current input method.

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: Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50, Org release_9.1.2-98-g0b8316