Re: unexpected appearance of x^2 in pdf file

[Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>]

Paul Stansell <paulstansell@gmail.com> writes:


> I may be under a misapprehension, but I expected the pdf output
> (created by C-c C-e l p) from the attached org file to show similar
> results for both lines.  Instead, however, the simple
>
>   x^2
>

Try

    =x^2=  or ~x^2~

instead?

> outside of the verbatim environment puts the caret above the 2 even
> though I have set
>
>   #+OPTIONS: ^:nil
>
> This seems to be because org-mode exports x^2 as x\^2 in the tex file.
>  I think exporting it as x\^{}2 would give a better result.  Is there
> another way to get the appearance I'm looking for without using the
> verbatim environment?
>
> Thanks for your advice,
>
> Paul
>
> PS. I'm using Emacs 24.2.1 with Org mode 8.0.2.
>
> #+OPTIONS: ^:nil toc:nil
>
> x^2
>
> \begin{verbatim}
> x^2
> \end{verbatim}

-- 
Nick