Re: how to escape org markup?

[Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>]

Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:

> Steven Haryanto <stevenharyanto@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I need to insert bits of plain text into a final composite Org document. =
> The text should be
> > protected from any Org formatting (for example, "* " at the beginning of =
> a line should not be
> > interpreted as a headline). Is enclosing it with #+BEGIN_SRC/#+END_SRC or=
> =C2=A0#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE/#
> > +END_EXAMPLE the correct way? I'm thinking yes, but my Emacs still interp=
> rets the "* " as headline
> > though.
> >=20
> 
> This seems to work - I can export to html or latex and get the expected res=
> ult:
> 
> 
> * foo
> org example
> 
> #+begin_example
> ,* bar
> <2011-06-16 Thu>
> 
> This is example code.
> 
> #+end_example
> 
> But I don't know all the rules and moreover I don't know of any place where
> they are described. I'll look around and post an update when I find it.
> But feel free to beat me to it.
> 

Section 11.3, "Literal Examples", of the Org manual
(info "(org)Literal Examples")

footnote 4.

Nick