I think what Eric is referring to is:
#+latex_header: \usepackage[version=3]{mhchem}
@@latex:\ce{^{147}Pm}@@
that exports for me.
\nbsp{}^{147}Pm also seems to work, but might put an extra space in.
you might prefer \phantom{}^{147}Pm
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On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Eric S Fraga <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday, 18 May 2015 at 11:43, Lawrence Bottorff wrote:
> > Apparently, chemists cannot do Emacs and/or org-mode when they want to
> > prefix the super- bzw. sub-script without a kudge?
>
> I've recently have had to start writing papers with significant amounts
> of chemistry in them. I simply use the mhchem package which supports
> all types of chemical notation... org is quite happy with it for simple
> entries although you may need to @@...@@ escape more complex entries.
>
> However, if you wanted something portable, i.e. that could export to
> other targets, then this won't help you. Sorry!
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> : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 24.4.1, Org release_8.3beta-1136-g0e7062
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