Re: [O] Limit on macro snippet size?

[Suvayu Ali]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 07:40:24PM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> Hey Tom,
> 
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 07:34:39AM -1000, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
> > Suvayu Ali <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > > show it actually works.  How does the failure happen, what do you see in
> > > the exported file?
> > 
> > \textcolor{PaleGreen4}\{the only weapons they had were a
> > few stones in some of the Canoes and these they threw overboard
> > when they found they were not wanted\}.
> > 
> > Note the curly brackets are escaped.  Not sure why ...
> 
> Easy-peasy!  Org recognises the first {..} as part of a latex command,
> not the later.  You need snippets.  I always use them to make export
> more robust.  Try this:
> 
> #+macro: green @@l:\textcolor{PaleGreen4}{@@$1@@l:}@@

Btw, this happens because of the newlines of course :).

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Suvayu

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