Re: [O] latex export of \ce question

[Rasmus]

John Kitchin <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I often have to use the mhchem latex package to write chemical formulas,
> and I have teh following export issue.
>
> If I have this in an org file:
>
> \ce{ABO_3}
>
> \ce{ABO_{3-\delta}}
>
> this exports as
> \ce{ABO_3}
>
> \ce\{ABO$_{\text{3-}\delta}$\}
>
> The first one is fine, but the second one is not.  The nested {} seems to
> mess it up. Is there a way to get this to export correctly?

You could use snippets.  If you prefer the macro syntax you could also
use that. . .  

   #+MACRO: ce @@latex:ce($1)@@
   @@latex:ce{ABO_{3-\delta}}@@
   {{{ce(ABO_{3-\delta})}}}

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This is the kind of tedious nonsense up with which I will not put