Hello,
Jon Degenhardt <jondegenha...@yahoo.com> writes:
> Export to Latex (org-latex-export-to-pdf) generates incorrect latex when
> list items start with a left square bracket. This occurs because the
> \item command interprets the left square bracket as the start of an
> argument list. An example:
>
> An item list:
> - abc def
> - [def] ghi
> - [jkl m n o]
> - pqr
>
> This produces the latex fragment:
>
> An item list:
> \begin{itemize}
> \item abc def
> \item [def] ghi
> \item [jkl m n o]
> \item pqr
> \end{itemize}
>
> The pdf output renders the second and third items incorrectly. If there
> is no right bracket to terminate the argument, then pdf generation may
> fail with message:
>
> org-latex-compile: PDF file ./example.pdf wasn't produced: Runaway
> argument
Thank you for the report. Would the following patch solves the problem?
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
>From 64a5290bd6b7b8d29e9b77ecc3fe7c29619e37e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaz...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:48:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ox-latex: Fix items starting with a square bracket
* lisp/ox-latex.el (org-latex-headline, org-latex-item): Fix items
starting with a square bracket
Thanks to Jon Degenhardt for reporting it.
---
lisp/ox-latex.el | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lisp/ox-latex.el b/lisp/ox-latex.el
index 8294938..f695dfc 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-latex.el
@@ -1374,7 +1374,12 @@ holding contextual information."
(when (org-export-first-sibling-p headline info)
(format "\\begin{%s}\n" (if numberedp 'enumerate 'itemize)))
;; Itemize headline
- "\\item " full-text "\n" headline-label pre-blanks contents)))
+ "\\item "
+ (replace-regexp-in-string "\\`[ \t]*\\[" "{\\[}" full-text)
+ "\n"
+ headline-label
+ pre-blanks
+ contents)))
;; If headline is not the last sibling simply return
;; LOW-LEVEL-BODY. Otherwise, also close the list, before
;; any blank line.
@@ -1565,7 +1570,12 @@ contextual information."
(concat checkbox
(org-export-data tag info)))))))
(concat counter "\\item" (or tag (concat " " checkbox))
- (and contents (org-trim contents))
+ (cond ((not contents) nil)
+ ((or tag
+ checkbox
+ (not (string-match "\\`[ \t]*\\[" contents)))
+ (org-trim contents))
+ (t (replace-match "{[}" nil nil contents)))
;; If there are footnotes references in tag, be sure to
;; add their definition at the end of the item. This
;; workaround is necessary since "\footnote{}" command is
--
1.8.5.2
