Hello Charles, thank you for the fast reply. I had actually tried to use the SRC block, but the bracket-enclosed text is still converted to hyperlink format in the Emacs GUI, with the consequent vanishing of the brackets. My understanding is that by using the SRC blocks, the brackets are actually preserved (and the text printed verbatim) when *exporting* to formats such as LaTeX or HTML, but they are *not* displayed verbatim within the Emacs GUI. Unless I am missing something obvious here...
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