Hello,
I'm forwarding this question asked on stackexchange:
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/186605/with-orgtbl-how-to-ensure-
that-braces-and-dollars-are-not-escaped
After some investigation, it seems that the behavior is hidden deep in the
export routines, and I was wisely suggested to ask the question on this list
instead.
I have given some tex-related details in the linked question, including some
motivations and an example, the tl;dr is that in some conditions, the
orgtbl-to-latex exporter will perform arbitrary escape of some characters in
the cells, or other kind of transformations:
$\text{test}$
is exported verbatim (OK).
But
\pbox{test}
becomes
\pbox\{test\}
{test}
becomes
\{test\}
{$test$}
becomes
\{\$test\$\}
And the exporter seems to be trying to be smart, because it will still
ensure that the result is correct:
{$\infty$}
becomes
\{\$$\infty$\$\}
The weirdest of all might be this one:
\pbox{Foo: \\${bar= (2^{3},1)}$, ${baz= (8^{4})}$}
becomes
\pbox\{Foo: \\${bar= (2^{3},1)}$, \$\{baz= (8$^{\text{4}}$)\}\$\}
(Note how the two mathematical expressions recieve different treatment, and
the decision to insert "\text" around the exponent!)
The option `:no-export`, as expected, has no effect, since it only controls
whether `#_^&%` are escaped or not.
Is this a known feature, or a bug? And is there a known workaround?
Thanks,
Thibaut Verron
