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From: Scott Randby <srandby@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Multiple underscores crash org latex export; other exporters
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On 12/03/2016 02:40 PM, Scott Otterson wrote:
> When an org file contains a string with more than one underscore, the
> orgmode export result will crash latex (example attached).   On the
> other hand, the org html export does finish successfully, and while
> result is odd, it's odd in a way that makes the problem visible and easy
> to identify.

I exported your file using LaTeX export without trouble. The result does
look odd, but that is because the string you gave is missing the braces
needed to make it export properly. The output messages warn that the
string contains a double subscript, so the problem is with the string
and not Org's LaTeX export.

Your string: a_variable_deleteThisAndItWorks

Properly formed string: a_{variable_{deleteThisAndItWorks}}

Scott Randby

> 
> Many people have orgfiles with heavily underscored code snippets buried
> deep inside.  To them, the latex crashes are probably as mysterious as
> they were to me.  So I'd like to suggest that the org latex exporter
> adopt something like the org html exporter behavior.
> 
>