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From: Paul Rudin <paul-sqPYmOVXOov10XsdtD+oqA@public.gmane.org>
To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: inline constant substitution
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:13:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tx39yzx9.fsf@rudin.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8738atpbuk.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr

Nicolas Goaziou <mail-Gpy5sJQTEQHwkn9pgDnJRVAUjnlXr6A1@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Paul Rudin <paul-sqPYmOVXOov10XsdtD+oqA@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
>> Suppose I have:
>>
>> #+CONSTANTS: foo=42
>>
>> How can I make inline references to a constant on export in regular
>> text, rather than in a table?
>>
>> I want to be able to write something like: 
>>
>>   The value of foo is $foo 
>>
>> in my org file, and then end up with:
>>
>>   The value of foo is 42
>>
>> when I export to LaTeX.
>
> Constants are for tables only. You can use a macro instead:
>
> #+MACRO: foo 42
>
>   The value of foo is {{{foo}}}.
>

Thanks. If I *also* want to use that value in a table is there a way to
do that? I experimented with:

#+TBLFM: @1$1={{{foo}}}

and 

#+TBLFM: @1$1="{{{foo}}}"

But neither of those work.

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2014-10-12 17:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-12 14:41 inline constant substitution Paul Rudin
2014-10-12 15:05 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-10-12 17:13   ` Paul Rudin [this message]
2014-10-13 11:51     ` Eric S Fraga
2014-10-13 19:38       ` Paul Rudin
2014-10-13  1:00   ` Grant Rettke

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