From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) Subject: Re: Superscripts and subscripts Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:45:05 -1000 Message-ID: References: <87d2tv3s5b.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87k3nynzzv.fsf@gmail.com> <877gjy9wvg.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56974) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UTIBi-0007IP-1c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:45:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UTIBg-00046U-Rc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:45:41 -0400 Received: from oproxy12-pub.bluehost.com ([50.87.16.10]:49265) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UTIBg-00046F-IG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:45:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: <877gjy9wvg.fsf@Rainer.invalid> (Achim Gratz's message of "Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:52:03 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Achim Gratz Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Achim Gratz writes: > Nicolas Goaziou writes: >> Of course, we could work around this with a new rule saying "the longest >> match wins", which, in this case, is the underline. But it would be >> better to find a more elegant solution, one which would remove the sole >> ambiguity, AFAICT, in Org syntax. >> >> Suggestions welcome. > > How about {}^{14}C or {^{14}}C? The LaTeX solution, which recognizes the superscript and subscript symbols in math mode, would only require a change in the Org documentation. This works: \(^{14}\)C. All the best, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com