Re: [O] protect slash - suppress markup

[Bernt Hansen]

Carson Chittom <address@hidden> writes:

> Bernt Hansen <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Lasse Bombien <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> first of all: thanks for org-mode. I'm still new to it but love it already.
>>>
>>> Now, I need to find a way to produce sentences like "The phonemes /l/
>>> and /n/ …" in my exported documents. However, org-mode of course
>>> transforms strings enclosed in slashes to emphasized text. This is
>>> usually great, but in my area slashes are used as brackets for
>>> phonological transcripts. Is there a way to locally suppress slashes
>>> from being interpreted as markup characters (I tried backslashing and
>>> double slashes…) or an entirely different way to accomplish this (I
>>> tried: #+MACRO: phonem /$1/ …)?
>>>
>>> I looked in the manual and the list archive but could find
>>> anything. If I missed something, I apologize.
>>
>> During export you can turn this off
>>
>> #+OPTIONS: *:nil
>
> But wouldn't that turn off, for example, *bolding* also?

Yes it would.  See Nick's answer about org-emphasis-alist.

Regards,
Bernt