Re: Limit on macro snippet size?

[Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 08:49:17AM -1000, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
> Hi Suvayu,
> 
> Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Hey Tom,
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 07:34:39AM -1000, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
> >> Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > show it actually works.  How does the failure happen, what do you see in
> >> > the exported file?
> >> 
> >> \textcolor{PaleGreen4}\{the only weapons they had were a
> >> few stones in some of the Canoes and these they threw overboard
> >> when they found they were not wanted\}.
> >> 
> >> Note the curly brackets are escaped.  Not sure why ...
> >
> > Easy-peasy!  Org recognises the first {..} as part of a latex command,
> > not the later.  You need snippets.  I always use them to make export
> > more robust.  Try this:
> >
> > #+macro: green @@l:\textcolor{PaleGreen4}{@@$1@@l:}@@
> 
> This doesn't work for me.  The latex output isn't marked up, but the
> text passed to $1 appears in the tex file.

Sorry, I have a shortcut for latex snippets to l.  Try replacing the l
with latex:

#+macro: green @@latex:\textcolor{PaleGreen4}{@@$1@@latex:}@@

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Suvayu

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