Re: [Orgmode] Why is text marked as ~verbatim~ exported in LaTeX as \texttt{}

[Thomas S. Dye]

On Jan 28, 2011, at 1:40 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:

> Michael Broschinsky <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > I have a small test document:
> >
> > #+TITLE: Title
> >
> > This is normal text.
> >
> > =This is teletype text.=
> >
> > ~This is verbatim text.~
> >
> > When I choose the LaTeX export option and inspect the LaTeX output, I
> > see that both the text marked as =code= and the text marked as
> > ~verbatim~ are exported as \texttt{}.
> >
> > I expected that =code= would be exported as \texttt{}, but I expected
> > ~verbatim~ to be expected with the LaTeX \verb command.
> >
> > Then when I explored org-export-latex-emphasis-alist, I see that the
> > documentation indicates that if the string to wrap the fontified text
> > is \verb, then "Org will automatically select a delimiter character
> > not in the string", which also leads me to believe that that
> > ~verbatim~ will be exported as \verb.
> >
> > What simple thing am I missing to export ~verbatim~ text as \verb?
>
> See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/14256/focus=14257 for
> an explanation and some references.
>
> Nick

The problem appears to be the docstring of org-export-latex-emphasis- 
alist, which refers to the behavior before Carsten's fix.  Now it  
seems that the second element, \\verb, yields \texttt{} instead of  
\verb.

org-export-latex-emphasis-alist is a variable defined in `org-latex.el'.
Its value is
(("*" "\\textbf{%s}" nil)
 ("/" "\\emph{%s}" nil)
 ("_" "\\underline{%s}" nil)
 ("+" "\\st{%s}" nil)
 ("=" "\\verb" t)
 ("~" "\\verb" t))


Documentation:
Alist of LaTeX expressions to convert emphasis fontifiers.
Each element of the list is a list of three elements.
The first element is the character used as a marker for fontification.
The second element is a formatting string to wrap fontified text with.
If it is "\verb", Org will automatically select a delimiter
character that is not in the string.
The third element decides whether to protect converted text from other
conversions.

Tom