Re: [O] latex export of \ce question

[John Hendy]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 6:35 PM, John Kitchin <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I often have to use the mhchem latex package to write chemical formulas, and
> I have teh following export issue.
>
> If I have this in an org file:
>
> \ce{ABO_3}
>
> \ce{ABO_{3-\delta}}
>

I've taken to using \( \) around LaTeX stuff. I also have:

#+options: tex:t

so that might be required. I tried your example, and I get an
undefined control sequence error (not sure why...), but it seems to
look right in the PDF. Just another option that might work for you
(maybe less typing for one-off situations?).

\(\ce{ABO_{3-\delta}}\)



John

> this exports as
> \ce{ABO_3}
>
> \ce\{ABO$_{\text{3-}\delta}$\}
>
> The first one is fine, but the second one is not.  The nested {} seems to
> mess it up. Is there a way to get this to export correctly?
>
> thanks,
>
> John
>
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