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Re: Warn about shell-expansion in the docstring of org-latex-to-html-con


From: Martin Edström
Subject: Re: Warn about shell-expansion in the docstring of org-latex-to-html-convert-command
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:04:23 +0100

Actually, I agree about your test case, that looks like it'd cause a problem.

So we patch the function to use `shell-quote-argument'?

On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 at 15:38, Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 19/02/2024 02:36, Martin Edström wrote:
> > +Since this is a shell-command, remember to use single-quotes
> > +around \\='%i\\=', not double-quotes!  Else a math fragment such
> > +as \"$y = 200$\" gets butchered into only \" = 200\"."
>
> I am afraid, the code, not the docstring must be fixed. I have not tried
> it, but I expect an issue with
>
>      Test \(f' = df/dx\)
>
> So `shell-quote-argument' is necessary and quotes around %i must be
> stripped similar to %s in mailcap entries in `org-open-file'.
>
> Notice that dollar-math $x = y$ is not recommended and considered as
> obsolete syntax. Use \(x = y\) or \[x = y\] (the latter for display math).



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