Got it set

(custom-set-variables ... '(org-pretty-entities t) ...

but nothing changed. ~> (cons 1 nil) \to (1)~ still outputs the raw \to even though in the buffer it changes.

On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 8:41 PM, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
Aloha Lawrence,

Lawrence Bottorff writes:

> This seems a catch-22: I want to render code in an org-mode export (html or
> latex pdf) where the snippet below done as a ~code block
>
>> (cons 1 nil) \to (1)
>
> actually renders \to as a proper right arrow (yields). Of course if I do the
> snippet as inline latex
>
> $> (cons 1 nil) \to (1)$
>
> I get the properly rendered right arrow, but now it's not in the sans mono code
> font. What can I do to have my cake and eat it too?

\to is defined in org-entities.  Do you get what you want by setting
org-pretty-entities non nil?

All the best,
Tom

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