Re: Figure caption containing math mode not typeset

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

Hi Ahmed,

I hope this has been resolved with the change I just pushed.....

- Carsten

On Nov 20, 2010, at 5:29 PM, Ahmed Fasih wrote:

> Hello, I have a figure with a caption that contains dollar signs to
> typeset math mode:
>
>  #+CAPTION:    Approximating ... for $s(y_0) = \exp(j k_y y_0)$.
>  #+LABEL:      fig-mylabel
>  #+ATTR_LaTeX: width=0.9\textwidth placement=[t]
>  [[file:figs/myfile.pdf]]
>
> When this is converted to PDF via pdflatex (C-c C-e d), the math in
> the caption is not correctly formatted because org-mode escapes the
> dollar signs: in the generated .tex file:
>
>  \caption{\label{fig-mylabel}Approximating ... for \$s(y$_0$) =
> $\exp$(j k$_y$ y$_0$)\$.}
>
> Elsewhere in my org file, the dollar signs work perfectly, typesetting
> math as expected. I would expect the math in the org file's caption to
> be copied verbatim to the Latex figure's caption.
>
> I believe I'm using the latest org-mode but an older Emacs. Advice is
> much appreciated. Thank you for an incredible tool,
>
> Ahmed
>
> PS. Below is the output of org-submit-bug-report. Apologies for its  
> length.
>
>
>
> Emacs  : GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version  
> 2.16.6)
> of 2010-04-01 on x86-06.phx2.fedoraproject.org
> Package: Org-mode version 7.3
>
> current state:
> ==============
> (setq
> org-log-done t
> org-export-latex-after-initial-vars-hook '(org-beamer-after-initial- 
> vars)
> org-export-latex-listings 'minted
> org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook
> 			  org-babel-speed-command-hook)
> org-babel-load-languages '((matlab . t) (C . t) (python . t) (emacs- 
> lisp . t))
> org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe)
> org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current)
> org-babel-tangle-lang-exts '(("python" . "py") ("c++" . "cpp")
> 			      ("emacs-lisp" . "el"))
> org-export-latex-minted-langs '((matlab "matlab") (emacs-lisp  
> "common-lisp")
> 				 (cc "c++") (cperl "perl")
> 				 (shell-script "bash") (caml "ocaml"))
> org-export-blocks-postblock-hook '(org-exp-res/src-name-cleanup)
> org-export-latex-format-toc-function 'org-export-latex-format-toc- 
> default
> org-latex-to-pdf-process '("pdflatex --shell-escape -interaction
> nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f" "pdflatex --shell-escape
> -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f" "pdflatex
> --shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f")
> org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe
> 		      org-src-native-tab-command-maybe
> 		      org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe)
> org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer
> 		     org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer)
> org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
> org-export-first-hook '(org-beamer-initialize-open-trackers)
> org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text)
> org-export-latex-packages-alist '(("" "minted"))
> org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer)
> org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide- 
> drawers
> 		  org-cycle-show-empty-lines
> 		  org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change)
> org-export-preprocess-before-normalizing-links-hook
> '(org-remove-file-link-modifiers)
> org-mode-hook '((lambda nil
> 		  (local-set-key "\356" (quote outline-next-visible-heading))
> 		  (local-set-key "\360"
> 		   (quote outline-previous-visible-heading))
> 		  (local-set-key "\227" (quote org-table-copy-region))
> 		  (local-set-key "\231" (quote org-table-paste-rectangle))
> 		  (local-set-key "\214" (quote org-table-sort-lines))
> 		  (local-set-key "\311" (quote org-toggle-iimage-in-org)))
> 		 turn-on-font-lock
> 		 (lambda nil
> 		  (org-add-hook (quote change-major-mode-hook)
> 		   (quote org-show-block-all) (quote append) (quote local))
> 		  )
> 		 (lambda nil
> 		  (org-add-hook (quote change-major-mode-hook)
> 		   (quote org-babel-show-result-all) (quote append)
> 		   (quote local))
> 		  )
> 		 org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes)
> org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point
> 			  org-babel-execute-safely-maybe)
> org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
> org-export-interblocks '((lob org-babel-exp-lob-one-liners)
> 			  (src org-babel-exp-inline-src-blocks))
> org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter)
> org-from-is-user-regexp "\\<Aldebran\\>"
> org-export-preprocess-before-selecting-backend-code-hook
> '(org-beamer-select-beamer-code)
> org-export-preprocess-after-include-files-hook '(org-export-blocks- 
> preprocess)
> org-export-latex-final-hook '(org-beamer-amend-header org-beamer-fix- 
> toc
> 			       org-beamer-auto-fragile-frames
> 			       org-beamer-place-default-actions-for-lists)
> org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe)
> org-export-blocks '((src org-babel-exp-src-blocks nil)
> 		     (comment org-export-blocks-format-comment t)
> 		     (ditaa org-export-blocks-format-ditaa nil)
> 		     (dot org-export-blocks-format-dot nil))
> )
>
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