On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 07:40:24PM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > Hey Tom, > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 07:34:39AM -1000, Thomas S. Dye wrote: > > Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > show it actually works. How does the failure happen, what do you see in > > > the exported file? > > > > \textcolor{PaleGreen4}\{the only weapons they had were a > > few stones in some of the Canoes and these they threw overboard > > when they found they were not wanted\}. > > > > Note the curly brackets are escaped. Not sure why ... > > Easy-peasy! Org recognises the first {..} as part of a latex command, > not the later. You need snippets. I always use them to make export > more robust. Try this: > > #+macro: green @@l:\textcolor{PaleGreen4}{@@$1@@l:}@@
Btw, this happens because of the newlines of course :). -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.