From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Borkowski Subject: Re: latex export of words starting with a superscript Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 23:37:40 +0200 Message-ID: <20130506233740.0bce2d10@aga-netbook> References: <5187AEA7.6090702@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59618) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UZT6T-00078Q-O8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2013 17:37:52 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UZT6R-0005mJ-43 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2013 17:37:49 -0400 Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([2001:808:114:2::50]:50011) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UZT6Q-0005k5-KU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 06 May 2013 17:37:46 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B64942062 for ; Mon, 6 May 2013 23:37:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id oF9jayxED7wJ for ; Mon, 6 May 2013 23:37:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from aga-netbook (jedenzero5-dziewiecosiem.echostar.pl [213.156.105.98]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4B15C42061 for ; Mon, 6 May 2013 23:37:41 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <5187AEA7.6090702@gmail.com> 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Dnia 2013-05-06, o godz. 15:22:47 Brian napisa=C5=82(a): > Dear list, > this is my first time posting here so: thanks for all the work on=20 > org-mode! I like the new changes (although the new variable names > were a pain). > This is either a feature request, a complaint or a demonstration of > my lack of knowledge of org-mode. Hi, I'd rather say that it's a demonstration of the slope of LaTeX learning curve;). TeX really is not supposed to handle formulae *starting* with ^ or _ (well, it works, since TeX - AFAIR - puts an implicit {} before them, but this is not very usual in maths). What & and _ are meant for is *maths*, not *chemistry*. Try putting "chemistry" into the search form at http://www.ctan.org/search - there are quite a few packages for typesetting chemical formulae. (In fact, your problem is not the only one with typesetting chemistry in TeX; positioning of \(super\|sub\)scripts is also by default suitable for mathematics and not chemistry!) Then, you would (I guess) include some simple TeX markup in your Org file and \usepackage something in the preamble. In a pinch, try \null instead of a \space as a prefix. hth --=20 Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Adam Mickiewicz University