Null character /sort of/ works: it makes org-mode insert the code delimiters on export, but the presence of null characters breaks export down the road, at least in my case. This time, I could intercept the exported text and remove the null characters by hand, but it might not always be the case.
What org really needs is a stronger verbatim quoting construct. In a lot of cases, you just want your text to be displayed verbatim, with no interpretation, period. Near as I can see, there's nothing in org that can currently do this -- please correct me if I'm wrong. For instance, things like =[[foo]]= should _not_ undergo further parsing / be interpreted as links. Same goes for quotes, or virtually anything. = signs should be allowed provided they are escaped in the usual manner (=\==). The current behavior is very unsatisfactory. On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Michael Hannon <jm_han...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> I noticed that strings like ='foo'= or =di"= don't get recognized by org as >> code, which is somewhat unfortunate because it forces me to edit exported >> HTML by hand. Are there any workarounds for this behavior? > > Hi, Leo. You might try inserting a null character before and after the > quotation marks, as: > > =^@'foo'^@= > > where: > > ^@ > > means CTRL-@, in the usual, text-based notation. > > -- Mike
