Re: Export special characters to LaTeX and HTML

["Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>]

On Mar 27, 2010, at 10:29 PM, Sven Bretfeld wrote:

> Hi Tom
>
> "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com> writes:
>
>> Aloha all,
>
> You aren't Thomas Magnum, are you?
>
>> Is there a way to insert special characters in org-mode so they  
>> export
>> correctly to both LaTeX and HTML? I'm interested in characters that
>> don't appear on the long list of LaTeX special characters that export
>> to HTML listed here: http://
>> orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-publish-html-tutorial.php#sec-9
>
>> I use Hawaiian words extensively and they often require a macron over
>> vowels, so &#256; &#257; &#274; &#275; etc. in HTML or \=A, \=a, \=E,
>> \=e, etc. in LaTeX.
>
> I use the same characters for Sanskrit. They export just fine to  
> LaTeX.
> To type them I have the following in my .emacs:
>
> (define-key global-map [(meta a)] nil) ;;make Alt-a free as a prefix
> (define-key org-mode-map [(meta a)] nil)
>
> (defun insert-lang-a ()
> (interactive)
> (ucs-insert "0101"))
> (global-set-key "\M-aa" 'insert-lang-a)
>
> (defun insert-lang-i ()
> (interactive)
> (ucs-insert "012B"))
> (global-set-key "\M-ai" 'insert-lang-i)
>
> This binds a-macron and i-macron to M-aa and M-ai. The same can be  
> done
> for all other characters (M-aA = A-macron etc.).
>
> For LaTeX-export you should set inputenc to utf8x.
>
> Hope it helps
>
> Sven
>

Hi Sven,

This is brilliant.  Thanks!  I tried to find this solution in the  
documentation last night but came up empty.  Did I miss something?   
Seems like it should be there someplace.

Actually, I harbor a grudge against Thomas Magnum :)  I've been a  
Detroit Tigers fan for more than 50 years.  For many of those years  
I've worn a Tiger's cap in the summer, but once Magnum started doing  
it, people began to accuse me of aping him.  I had to find a friend  
with a TV to find out what people were asking me.  You are the first  
to ask in at least a decade.

Thanks again for your help.

Tom