From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Paul Rudin <public-paul-sqPYmOVXOov10XsdtD+oqA@plane.gmane.org>
Cc: public-emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@plane.gmane.org
Subject: Re: inline constant substitution
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 17:05:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8738atpbuk.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871tqd1hao.fsf@rudin.co.uk> (Paul Rudin's message of "Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:41:51 +0100")
Hello,
Paul Rudin <paul-sqPYmOVXOov10XsdtD+oqA@public.gmane.org> writes:
> Suppose I have:
>
> #+CONSTANTS: foo=42
>
> How can I make inline references to a constant on export in regular
> text, rather than in a table?
>
> I want to be able to write something like:
>
> The value of foo is $foo
>
> in my org file, and then end up with:
>
> The value of foo is 42
>
> when I export to LaTeX.
Constants are for tables only. You can use a macro instead:
#+MACRO: foo 42
The value of foo is {{{foo}}}.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-12 15:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-12 14:41 inline constant substitution Paul Rudin
2014-10-12 15:05 ` Nicolas Goaziou [this message]
2014-10-12 17:13 ` Paul Rudin
2014-10-13 11:51 ` Eric S Fraga
2014-10-13 19:38 ` Paul Rudin
2014-10-13 1:00 ` Grant Rettke
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