Re: Inserting LaTex expressions using a filter fails

[Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com>]

Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:

> Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I'm trying to replace U+00BD in an org buffer with \sfrac{1}{2} during
>> export to LaTex, and obviously I'm doing something wrong, or I don't
>> understand the documentation.
>>
>> I use the following code to set up the filter:
>>
>> #+BIND: org-export-filter-item-functions (latex-replace-half)
>> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :exports results :results none
>>
>>   (defun latex-replace-half (text backend info)
>>     (when (org-export-derived-backend-p backend 'latex)
>>       (replace-regexp-in-string  "½" "\\sfrac{1}{2}" text)))
>> #+END_SRC
>>
>
> Try
>
>         (replace-regexp-in-string  "½" "\\\\sfrac{1}{2}" text)))
>
Nope. Doesn't do it. Here's the Latex output of the two example lines:

      \item 1½ eetl. gehakte peterselie, ½ eetl. azijn, 4 eetl. olie.

      Laat de gewassen en gebroken vermicelli met de foelie ½ uur in de

This was run using final-output-functions, btw.

Regards,

Mart

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