On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > #+begin_src orgmode
> > * Header
> >
> > Test paragraph where I insert a dollar amount of $100.
> >
> > Test paragraph where I insert a dollar amount of \$100.
> >
> > Test paragraph where I insert a dollar amount of 100.[fn:1]
> >
> > * Footnotes
> >
> > [fn:1] Successful; the first two give the error 'Cannot insert a footnote
> > here'
> > #+end_src
>
> Yes, that's what I thought: `org-inside-LaTeX-fragment-p' is the key.
>
> ,----
> |(org-inside-LaTeX-fragment-p)
> |
> | Test if point is inside a LaTeX fragment.
> | I.e. after a \begin, \(, M-x , $, or $$, without the corresponding
> closing
> | sequence appearing also before point.
> | Even though the matchers for math are configurable, this function assumes
> | that \begin, \(, \[, and $$ are always used.  Only the single dollar
> | delimiters are skipped when they have been removed by customization.
> | The return value is nil, or a cons cell with the delimiter and the
> | position of this delimiter.
> |
> | This function does a reasonably good job, but can locally be fooled by
> | for example currency specifications.  For example it will assume being in
> | inline math after "$22.34".  The LaTeX fragment formatter will only
> format
> | fragments that are properly closed, but during editing, we have to live
> | with the uncertainty caused by missing closing delimiters.  This function
> | looks only before point, not after.
> `----
>
> On purpose, Org won't insert a footnote inside a LaTeX fragment.  But,
> in your example, it is fooled by the currency.
>
> One workaround would be to remove "$" as a math delimiter from
> `org-format-latex-options'.
>

How about another idea... would it be possible to remove "\$" as a math
delimiter? I *do* use $math$ a bit, at least in this document, and have
=TeX:t and LaTeX:t= in my options... thus, I'm very careful about prefixing
"\" to any instances of $ and %. Removing \$ as a math delimiter or making
"\" register as the "universal escape character" would also do the trick.

If I removed $ as you suggest, could I use \begin{math}/\end{math} inline?
I have quite a bit of inline math.


Thanks!
John


>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou
>