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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: Org syntax inside verbatim/literal blocks
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 22:39:44 +0200
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Hello,

=C5=A0t=C4=9Bp=C3=A1n N=C4=9Bmec <stepnem@gmail.com> writes:

> I notice that even inside example blocks, some strings are still parsed
> as Org syntax, e.g. the asterisk becomes a bogus heading:
>
> #+begin_example
> *  _____
>  \|   @ \
>   |_____/
>    /\ /\
> #+end_example

This is expected. Headlines bind stronger than example blocks.

> When I enclose the text in a region and use
> `org-insert-structure-template' to surround it with begin and end lines,
> a comma is prepended to the asterisk automatically (doc string of
> `org-escape-code-in-region' uses the word "append", which is usually
> used in the sense of "add to the end", though).
>
> But all I could find in the manual regarding "verbatim", "escaping" etc.
> are sections 12.2 and 16.3, neither of which mentions comma.

See "Literal Examples" section, fourth footnote.

Regards,

--=20
Nicolas Goaziou