Hey Tom,
On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 07:34:39AM -1000, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
> Suvayu Ali <[email protected]> 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:}@@
Hope this helps,
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Suvayu
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