So I guess it's too complicated for the gurus. :-) I'm already doing '=life= but I thought perhaps there was a quick hack to get ='life= to work. Oh well, not a biggie, life moves on...
On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:53:30 -0500 Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> wrote: > Uriel Avalos <amscopub-m...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Here's an easy one for the guru's, why does an apostrophe at the beginning > > of a =code= not work? When I export the following text to HTML, the "'life" > > variable isn't set as code (and the = symbols show up): > > > > Select ='life= for the x variable. > > > > If I escape the apostrophe, I course get back the escape character in the > > HTML: > > > > Select =\'life= for the x variable. > > > > Emphasis is applied by matching against a regular expression stored in the > variable > org-emph-re. I get > > ,---- > | org-emph-re is a variable defined in `org.el'. > | Its value is > | "\\([ ('\"{]\\|^\\)\\(\\([*/_=~+]\\)\\([^ > \n,\"']\\|[^ > \n,\"'].*?\\(?:\n.*?\\)\\{0,1\\}[^ > \n,\"']\\)\\3\\)\\([- .,:!?;'\")}\\]\\|$\\)" > | > | Documentation: > | Regular expression for matching emphasis. > `---- > > which is way too complicated for my simple mind to wrap around without > some guidance. But the doc for org-export-with-emphasize says: > > ,---- > | org-export-with-emphasize is a variable defined in `org-exp.el'. > | Its value is t > | > | Documentation: > | Non-nil means, interpret *word*, /word/, and _word_ as emphasized text. > | If the export target supports emphasizing text, the word will be > | typeset in bold, italic, or underlined, respectively. Works only for > | single words, but you can say: I *really* *mean* *this*. > | Not all export backends support this. > | > | This option can also be set with the +OPTIONS line, e.g. "*:nil". > `---- > > so *words* are emphasized[1]. > > Can you write > > Select '=life= for the x variable. > > instead? The quote is not part of the <code> block, but does that > make much difference? And if it does, a little postprocessing on the > HTML might be all that is needed[2]. > > HTH, > Nick > > [1] although after staring at it for a while and with the hindsight > provided by the org-export-with-emphasize doc, the part that goes [^ > ^M\n,\"'] > specifically excludes spaces, tabs, carriage returns, newlines, > commas, double quotes and single quotes as components of words. > > [2] You might try changing the RE (it is constructed in > org.el:org-set-emph-re()) - but regular expressions are very unforgiving > beasts: you forget one character or add one too many and the whole thing > goes to hell in a handbasket, faster than a bat out of hell - choose > your own cliche' :-) -- --Thanks! Uriel _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode