Re: [O] Limit on macro snippet size?

[Thomas S . Dye]

Hi Suvayu,

Suvayu Ali <address@hidden> writes:

> Hey Tom,
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 07:34:39AM -1000, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
>> Suvayu Ali <address@hidden> 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:}@@

This doesn't work for me.  The latex output isn't marked up, but the
text passed to $1 appears in the tex file.


All the best,
Tom

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