Nicolas Goaziou <[email protected]> writes:
> Paul Rudin <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Suppose I have:
>>
>> #+CONSTANTS: foo=42
>>
>> How can I make inline references to a constant on export in regular
>> text, rather than in a table?
>>
>> I want to be able to write something like:
>>
>> The value of foo is $foo
>>
>> in my org file, and then end up with:
>>
>> The value of foo is 42
>>
>> when I export to LaTeX.
>
> Constants are for tables only. You can use a macro instead:
>
> #+MACRO: foo 42
>
> The value of foo is {{{foo}}}.
>
Thanks. If I *also* want to use that value in a table is there a way to
do that? I experimented with:
#+TBLFM: @1$1={{{foo}}}
and
#+TBLFM: @1$1="{{{foo}}}"
But neither of those work.
