Aloha all,

I see in the Org Manual that:

> You can make words *bold*, /italic/, _underlined_, =code= and  
> ~verbatim~, and, if you must, ‘+strike-through+’.  Text in the  
> code and verbatim string is not processed for Org-mode specific  
> syntax, it is exported verbatim.

So a caption like this doesn't export italicized a, b, c, and d  
(presumably because this is a code string):

> #+CAPTION: Pumice collected from pāhoehoe flows at Manini`ōwali: / 
> a/, pieces that sink in fresh water; /b/, pieces without obvious  
> crystallization or coating (Category A); /c/, pieces with obvious  
> crystallization but no coating (Category B); /d/, pieces with  
> obvious coating (Category C).  The scale is 1 cm.

Is there a common work-around for this that will produce correct LaTeX  
and HTML using the org-mode exporters?

And, this is just a question and not a feature request or a request  
for changes to org-mode, would it be hard to change org-mode's  
behavior so that markup like /a/ in the #+CAPTION: string exports  
correctly marked-up text to LaTeX and HTML?

All the best,
Tom