Ah, of course. Right under my nose, but since I "knew" I only had one argument, I didn't even think about it. Thanks for the quick reply. On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote: > Aloha Jacob, > > Jacob Gerlach writes: > > > I am making heavy use of latex strikeout for a report I'm preparing in > org > > mode. I defined a macro for the necessary latex snippet, but the argument > > gets truncated on export. > > > > MWE: > > ---- > > * Section > > {{{stk(The argument for this macro is several lines long. It seems > > that after a certain length, the macro argument gets truncated, as the > > tex output from exporting this org buffer contains a properly > > terminated strikeout block with only part of this text.)}}} > > #+MACRO: stk @@latex:\sout{$1}@@ > > > > ---- > > C-c C-e l L produces: > > ---- > > .... > > \sout{The argument for this macro is several lines long. It seems > > that after a certain length} > > % Emacs 24.3.1 (Org mode 8.2.7c) > > ---- > > > > I see no mention of any reason for this in the macro node of the manual > or > > on list archives. Am I doing something wrong or is it a bug? > > Arguments to the macro are separated by commas. Your text gets > truncated at the first comma. > > From the manual: > > /============================================================\ > | You can define text snippets with | > | | > | #+MACRO: name replacement text $1, $2 are arguments | > | | > | which can be referenced {{{name(arg1, arg2)}}}. | > \============================================================/ > > hth, > Tom > > -- > Thomas S. Dye > http://www.tsdye.com >