Hi Suvayu, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> writes:
> Hey Tom, > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 07:34:39AM -1000, Thomas S. Dye wrote: >> Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> 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:}@@ This doesn't work for me. The latex output isn't marked up, but the text passed to $1 appears in the tex file. All the best, Tom -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com