> > On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 3:28 PM drymer wrote: > >> I evaluated the >> functions, and supposedly it should something like \ast when executing >> C-u *, but it doesn't happen. >> > I reread your initial email.. so look like you see nothing getting inserted when in do "C-u *"? That is odd. Can you do the following and see if things work as intended? If they do, then there's something conflicting with your config: 1. Launch emacs -Q 2. Paste the whole code block from http://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/16746/115 to the *scratch* buffer and evaluate it. 3. Do C-x b something.org 4. M-x org-mode 5. Hit "C-u *" 6. You should see an asterisk being displayed, which is actually a prettified version of "\ast{}" which is what actually got inserted. Also, please report your emacs and org-mode versions. I am using the latest build of emacs-25 branch from git and the latest build of org-mode master branch git. -- -- Kaushal Modi