John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> wrote: >> There is also a variable (org-export-with-sub-superscript or something >> like that). > > #+begin > org-export-with-sub-superscripts is a variable defined in `ox.el'. > Its value is t > > Documentation: > Non-nil means interpret "_" and "^" for export. > > When this option is turned on, you can use TeX-like syntax for > sub- and superscripts. Several characters after "_" or "^" > will be considered as a single item - so grouping with {} is > normally not needed. For example, the following things will be > parsed as single sub- or superscripts. > #+end_man > >> >> Maybe this would be good as default nil? > > I'd like to poll the list for frequent LaTeX exporters vs. everyone > else before making a change like that. My intuition would suggest that > underscores get used a lot by LaTeX users and not a ton by the rest, > but I could be wrong!
Hey! The above led me to `org-export-filter-subscript-functions', and its `superscript' sibling. I should have guessed that was there. Attaching a filter function to the subscript version should be enough to solve the OP's problem: with some experimentation it ought to be possible to conditionally handle the "_", though I haven't tried this yet and don't know how big a chunk of text is passed to the filter. Anyway, in this case I'll bet a filter is the way to go. Meanwhile, I'll look into deleting my local patch that hard-codes Latex superscripts to "\\textsuperscript{%s}" instead of "$_\\mathrm{%s}$"... E