From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: LaTeX export: underscores and the syntax package Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 12:44:25 -0400 Message-ID: <3838.1305737065@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> References: <15300C6C-1B46-42B5-89D5-E38BEF0EE371@agfa.com> <97BE4DB8-21C0-4B5F-90A7-EF6ADB173782@comcast.net> <17549.1305345057@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:36071) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMjrJ-0005J5-Mb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2011 12:44:31 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMjrI-0002qF-6I for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2011 12:44:29 -0400 Received: from g6t0184.atlanta.hp.com ([15.193.32.61]:43106) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QMjrI-0002q2-2k for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2011 12:44:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message from Peter Frings of "Wed\, 18 May 2011 09\:23\:30 +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: Peter Frings Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode mailing list Peter Frings wrote: > Your suggested change in org-exp.el did the trick, thanks! I have not > observed any side-effects, but then again, my files aren=E2=80=99t that > complicated either, only using rather simple markup and a few floating > images, no complex math or so=E2=80=A6 >=20 OK, I'll submit it as a patch and we'll see if there any objections. Thanks for checking. > Anyway, now I know where to look I can always change it after > installing a new release of org :-) >=20 If you use git to keep up with org, then there is a fairly painless way to maintain local changes like this. See the Org FAQ: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#keeping-local-changes-current-with-= Org-mode-development Nick >=20 > Cheers, > Peter. >=20 >=20 > On 14 May 2011, at 05:50, Nick Dokos wrote: >=20 > >> On May 12, 2011, at 9:00 AM, peter.frings@agfa.com wrote: > >>=20 > >>> Good afternoon all, > >>>=20 > >>> I spent the best part of the afternoon trying to figure out why an or= g-generated .tex file wouldn=E2=80=99t compile with my set-up. It turns out= that the `syntax=E2=80=99 package messes a bit with the definition of an u= nderscore, making it impossible to use the underscore in a \label. > >>>=20 > >>> Unfortunately, the LaTeX exporter uses underscores in its section lab= els. > >>>=20 > >=20 > > I'm really replying to Peter here, not to Robert, but I cannot find > > Peter's original mail. > >=20 > > You can change the underscore to e.g. a hyphen and get > >=20 > > ,---- > > | \subsubsection{Experiment 1} > > | \label{sec-1-1-1} > > `---- > >=20 > > in the LaTeX output, by changing it in org-exp.el around line 1300 (I > > don't want this to end up on patchwork, so I am trying to camouflage it > > by boxquoting it - I hope that works for hiding the patch from patchwork > > and also gives you enough context to make the change if you so desire): > >=20 > > ,---- > > | diff --git a/lisp/org-exp.el b/lisp/org-exp.el > > | index cda1f98..ac07c68 100644 > > | --- a/lisp/org-exp.el > > | +++ b/lisp/org-exp.el > > | @@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ Also find all ID and CUSTOM_ID properties and s= tore them." > > | (org-outline-level)))) > > | (setq target (org-solidify-link-text > > | (format "sec-%s" (replace-regexp-in-string > > | - "\\." "_" > > | + "\\." "-" > > | (org-section-number level))))) > > | (setq last-section-target target) > > | (push (cons target target) target-alist) > > `---- > >=20 > > What I don't know is if this change will break something, either in > > the LaTeX exporter or in the other exporters. So you might test it > > and report any problems and if there are no problems, maybe you can > > suggest it as a permanent fix. In my limited experimentation, exporting > > a simple org file to latex/pdf, text and html, I did not observe any > > problems, but that does not mean that they don't exist. > >=20 > > Nick >=20