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Thanks Richard,
I had the same issue! I can definitely use your solution!

S.

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Richard Lawrence <
richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I don't think this is a bug so much as an unfortunate consequence of
> expected behavior, but I wanted to document it here for the sake of
> future mailing list searches, because I didn't find anything about it
> myself.  (If someone has a better solution than the one I propose,
> please clue me in!)
>
> To add an umlaut/trema/diaeresis to a letter in LaTeX, I use the \"
> command, as in:
>
> G\"{o}del
>
> Unfortunately, due to the fact that Org export treats both `{}' and `"'
> specially, this will be exported to LaTeX as:
>
> G\''\{o\}del
>
> It isn't sufficient to surround the \"{o} with math mode delimiters, e.g.,
>
> G\(\"{o}\)del
>
> even though this will prevent Org from escaping the brackets and
> converting the double-quote, because the command doesn't seem to produce
> output in math mode.  (The compiled file will read "Gdel".)
>
> So, the work-around I've come up with is to use an \mbox inside math
> mode, which prevents Org from doing the escapes/conversions:
>
> G\(\mbox{\"{o}}\)del
>
> A bit ugly, but it produces the correct output.
>
> Hope that helps someone!  And again, if there's a better way, please let
> me know!
>
> Best,
> Richard
>
>
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Thanks Richard,<div>I had the same issue! I can definitely use your solutio=
n!</div><div><br></div><div>S.<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, No=
v 3, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Richard Lawrence <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu">richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu</a>&gt;</=
span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi all,<br>
<br>
I don&#39;t think this is a bug so much as an unfortunate consequence of<br=
>
expected behavior, but I wanted to document it here for the sake of<br>
future mailing list searches, because I didn&#39;t find anything about it<b=
r>
myself. =A0(If someone has a better solution than the one I propose,<br>
please clue me in!)<br>
<br>
To add an umlaut/trema/diaeresis to a letter in LaTeX, I use the \&quot;<br=
>
command, as in:<br>
<br>
G\&quot;{o}del<br>
<br>
Unfortunately, due to the fact that Org export treats both `{}&#39; and `&q=
uot;&#39;<br>
specially, this will be exported to LaTeX as:<br>
<br>
G\&#39;&#39;\{o\}del<br>
<br>
It isn&#39;t sufficient to surround the \&quot;{o} with math mode delimiter=
s, e.g.,<br>
<br>
G\(\&quot;{o}\)del<br>
<br>
even though this will prevent Org from escaping the brackets and<br>
converting the double-quote, because the command doesn&#39;t seem to produc=
e<br>
output in math mode. =A0(The compiled file will read &quot;Gdel&quot;.)<br>
<br>
So, the work-around I&#39;ve come up with is to use an \mbox inside math<br=
>
mode, which prevents Org from doing the escapes/conversions:<br>
<br>
G\(\mbox{\&quot;{o}}\)del<br>
<br>
A bit ugly, but it produces the correct output.<br>
<br>
Hope that helps someone! =A0And again, if there&#39;s a better way, please =
let<br>
me know!<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Richard<br>
<br>
<br>
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