Avdi Grimm <gro...@inbox.avdi.org> wrote:
> So I'm writing an eBook with lots of source code listings, using
> org-mode-LaTeX->PDF with the "minted" package providing source code
> highlighting. For the most part I'm really, really happy with the
> toolchain; thank you to those that pointed me in the direction of
> "minted".
>
> One issue: my beta reviewers have noted that when copy-and-pasting
> source code listings that contain single-quoted strings, they are
> getting "smart quotes"--i.e. the first quote is a backquote, the
> second quote is a single quote. This breaks the pasted code.
>
In cases like this, an example would help: what you start with in the org
file, what it looks like in the tex file (and any other intermediate
files[fn:1])
and what the resulting PDF file looks like. FWIW, I tried exporting to PDF
the following:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* foo
#+begin_src elisp :results value :exports both
(setq foo '(bar baz))
#+end_src
#+results:
| bar | baz |
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
and then, while viewing the PDF file with xpdf, tried pasting the
lisp-expression from the PDF back into the org file (and even evaluated
it). This worked without a hitch.
So please give us more information.
Nick
PS. IIRC, a long time there was a problem like this: trying to copy and paste
a lisp expression from the org manual resulted in an error because of a "wrong"
quote. I couldn't remember the details so I searched the mailing list. The
thread
starts at
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/6610
but a) the warning does not appear in the Org manual any longer and b) I
now cannot reproduce *that* problem at all (not with xpdf, not with
evince and not even with acroread). But it *was* a problem with an older
version of acroread (and, apparently evince as well), so maybe that's
where you should concentrate your investigations: what PDF viewer are you
using and what is the version?
Footnotes:
[fn:1] Don't know anything about minted so this part of the toolchain is
opaque to me: I don't know if it produces other intermediate files.
