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From: Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: latex export: can I add an optional argument to an item?
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 11:36:50 -0800
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To: Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org>, Org list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>

Hi Alan,

Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> writes:

> I would like to generate the following latex export:
>
> \begin{itemize}
> \item[\Checkmark] foo
> \end{itemize}

It's not exactly pretty, but you can use a description list while
resetting it to the itemize environment, like:

#+ATTR_LATEX: :environment itemize  
  - \Checkmark :: foo

That produces:

\begin{itemize}
\item[{\Checkmark}] foo
\end{itemize}

At least, that works for me (I have not yet upgraded to Org 9.0;
so I don't know if this will continue to work, though I don't know of
any reason why it shouldn't). 

Hope that helps!

Best,
Richard