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From:  Camille persson <camille.persson@gmail.com>
> 2011/3/4  <Ken.Williams@thomsonreuters.com>
>> [...] here's a test case that shows my intent:
>>=20
>>   | foo | =3Dm/foo\vert{}foodfight/=3D |
>>=20
>> The \vert{} seems not to work inside a =3D...=3D construction.  Furtherm=
ore,
>> the =3D...=3D construction is problematic there because it conflicts wit=
h
>>the
>> start-of-formula syntax.


> =3D...=3D is used for code so it is printed as it written
> You may use \texttt{}
> | foo | \texttt{m\/foo\vert{}foodfight\/} |


Unfortunately that doesn't work when exporting to HTML though, I assume
it's for LaTeX export only?


I'd suggest there are 3 things that need to be addressed/fixed in org-mode.

First, the table-parser should respect =3D...=3D sections and skip over the=
m,
just like a C preprocessor respects double-quoted string sections.

Second, there should be a way to indicate verbatim sections that doesn't
conflict with formula syntax.

Finally, there should be a way (e.g. \x{...}) to stick in a character by
ASCII/Unicode number.  This would help with several issues when a literal
character is intended but it conflicts with a markup character.


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Ken Williams
Senior Research Scientist
Thomson Reuters
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