> On 31.3.2012, at 21:24, Stephen J. Barr wrote: >> I want to make a document that has a table where one column has >> variables and another column has descriptions.
>> | VAR NAMES | DESC | >> |-----------+------------------------| >> | =var1= | this is the first var | >> | =var2= | this is the second var | >> | | | >> |-----------+------------------------| >> However, pressing [TAB] after writing =var1= causes #ERROR to show up. >> How do I make this work the way I am intending? :) Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> writes: > | VAR NAMES | DESC | > |-----------+------------------------| > | ~var1~ | this is the first var | > | ~var2~ | this is the second var | > | | | > |-----------+------------------------| Interesting, thanks. The manual says: Emphasis and monospace ---------------------- You can make words *bold*, /italic/, _underlined_, `=code=' and `~verbatim~', and, if you must, `+strike-through+'. Text in the code and verbatim string is not processed for Org mode specific syntax; it is exported verbatim. Is there any functional (or semantic?) difference between =code= and ~verbatim~? Could I use any to avoid escaping problems of the other? (A bit like ' versus " in some languages?) François