Re: [O] LaTeX special characters 8.3.1

[Bastien Guerry]

Hi Rasmus,

Rasmus <address@hidden> writes:

> Scott Randby <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Until 8.3.1, I needed to use \% in an org document in order to get the
>> % symbol displayed when exporting to LaTeX. I just discovered that \%
>> messes up the exported document, and that using % only works. I've
>> also experimented with \$ and $ and found the same behavior.
>>
>> I've looked through the 8.3.1 changes document, but I can't find
>> reference to this change. Since I use special characters frequently, I
>> need more information about this change. Where can I find it?
>
> % Is exported as "\%" in latex.
>
> $ is a mess.  It's uses some heuristic to determine if it's a math snippet
> or a currency symbol.
>
> You can always use a snippet, @@latex:%@@ which is exported literally in
> the backend before the colon.

Did you find the change we could document in ORG-NEWS?

-- 
 Bastien