Re: [Orgmode] How to insert apostrophe (') into code and verbatim text?

[Carsten Dominik]

On Feb 4, 2010, at 5:48 PM, Uriel Avalos wrote:

> Here's an easy one for the guru's, why does an apostrophe at the  
> beginning of a =code= not work? When I export the following text to  
> HTML, the "'life" variable isn't set as code (and the = symbols show  
> up):
>
>         Select ='life= for the x variable.
>
> If I escape the apostrophe, I course get back the escape character  
> in the HTML:
>
>         Select =\'life= for the x variable.

That is because '=life=' was considered more likely than what you are  
using.
Org-mode is using a heuristic method to figure out what is a normal  
equal sign, and what introduces code.  Feel free to play with the  
variable `org-emphasis-regexp-components' and see if you can come up  
with something that works for you.

- Carsten