org latex/beamer math escape in a ``surrounding context'': $a$'s

org latex/beamer math escape in a ``surrounding context'': $a$'s

[Martin Steffen]

Hi, I'd to have some math in beamer/latex. In LaTeX I'd write

               $a$'s

The a is the math, the apostroph-s is the surrounding text. Math-escape
works fine in org, but it seems the $ -- $ must be surrounded by blanks.
In the above example, exporting to latex/beamer does not give the desired
result. The immediately trailing "'s" get the $-signs interpreted
verbatimely. Same applies for other surrounding contexts like

   ``$a$''  $a$s 

but ($a$) and "$a$" do a math-escape. Is there a solution for the above (I
don't want to write  $a$ 's)? Or is there a rationale behind that, so I know
when to except an escape and when no?

Martin

Re: org latex/beamer math escape in a ``surrounding context'': $a$'s

[John Hendy]

On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Martin Steffen <msteffen@ifi.uio.no> wrote:
> Hi, I'd to have some math in beamer/latex. In LaTeX I'd write
>
>                $a$'s
>
> The a is the math, the apostroph-s is the surrounding text. Math-escape
> works fine in org, but it seems the $ -- $ must be surrounded by blanks.
> In the above example, exporting to latex/beamer does not give the desired
> result. The immediately trailing "'s" get the $-signs interpreted
> verbatimely. Same applies for other surrounding contexts like
>
>    ``$a$''  $a$s
>
> but ($a$) and "$a$" do a math-escape. Is there a solution for the above (I
> don't want to write  $a$ 's)? Or is there a rationale behind that, so I know
> when to except an escape and when no?

Maybe not what you wanted to hear, but I've inquired about various
things like this before and due to issues with various things I've
opted primarily to just do \(math\). So:

\(a\)s

Does that work for you?


John

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> Martin
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Re: org latex/beamer math escape in a ``surrounding context'': $a$'s

[Martin Steffen]

>>>>> "John" == John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> writes:

    John> \(a\)s

    John> Does that work for you?

yes, great (I was not aware that this is an alternative to the
dollar-dollar math, I only knew \[ )


Martin



    John> John

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Re: org latex/beamer math escape in a ``surrounding context'': $a$'s

[John Kitchin]

does \(a\)'s work?

Martin Steffen writes:

> Hi, I'd to have some math in beamer/latex. In LaTeX I'd write
>
>                $a$'s
>
> The a is the math, the apostroph-s is the surrounding text. Math-escape
> works fine in org, but it seems the $ -- $ must be surrounded by blanks.
> In the above example, exporting to latex/beamer does not give the desired
> result. The immediately trailing "'s" get the $-signs interpreted
> verbatimely. Same applies for other surrounding contexts like
>
>    ``$a$''  $a$s
>
> but ($a$) and "$a$" do a math-escape. Is there a solution for the above (I
> don't want to write  $a$ 's)? Or is there a rationale behind that, so I know
> when to except an escape and when no?
>
> Martin

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