How to escape backslashes from TeX when exporting to pdf?

How to escape backslashes from TeX when exporting to pdf?

[Jos'h Fuller]

Hi!

I have a section in a document where I have to specify some DOS file paths (yes, I /know/...).

Unfortunately, I have other stuff in the document that uses these options:

#+OPTIONS:   H:3 num:t toc:nil \n:nil @:t ::t |:t ^:nil -:t f:t *:t TeX:t LaTeX:nil skip:t d:nil tags:not-in-toc

Is there any way I can "escape" the backslashes so they will show up correctly 
in the final pdf? I tried the standard trick of doubling the backslashes, and
that worked about as well as you might expect...

Sample text:

**** Global Paths
     Paths are specified using a
     *Paths* object. Affected fields *shall* accept the
     specification of either a single path
     (e.g. @N:\bacon\cheeseburger\no\tomato@) or a semicolon separated
     search path specification
     (e.g. @N:\bacon\cheeseburger\no\tomato;N:\chicken\sandwich\@).

_______________________________________________________________________________

Jos'h Fuller, Production Programmer

Arc Productions Ltd.     

p: 416.682.5237          | f: 416.682.5209     | http://www.arcproductions.com 
230 Richmond Street East | Toronto, ON M5A 1P4 |

How to escape backslashes from TeX when exporting to pdf?

[Jos'h Fuller]

OK, I feel very silly... Blame it on switching back and forth from org-mode to textile.

The \textbackslash escape works reasonably well in plain text. However, if I had
used the appropriate "~" instead of "@" to highlight the paths, it would have exported
correctly.

So, I needed to change this:

     (e.g. @N:\bacon\cheeseburger\no\tomato@) or a semicolon separated

to this:

     (e.g. ~N:\bacon\cheeseburger\no\tomato~) or a semicolon separated

And everything works well.

Thanks!
_______________________________________________________________________________

Jos'h Fuller, Production Programmer

Arc Productions Ltd.     

p: 416.682.5237          | f: 416.682.5209     | http://www.arcproductions.com 
230 Richmond Street East | Toronto, ON M5A 1P4 |