Ah, of course. Right under my nose, but since I "knew" I only had one
argument, I didn't even think about it.

Thanks for the quick reply.

On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:

> Aloha Jacob,
>
> Jacob Gerlach <jacobgerlach@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I am making heavy use of latex strikeout for a report I'm preparing in
> org
> > mode. I defined a macro for the necessary latex snippet, but the argument
> > gets truncated on export.
> >
> > MWE:
> > ----
> > * Section
> > {{{stk(The argument for this macro is several lines long. It seems
> > that after a certain length, the macro argument gets truncated, as the
> > tex output from exporting this org buffer contains a properly
> > terminated strikeout block with only part of this text.)}}}
> > #+MACRO: stk @@latex:\sout{$1}@@
> >
> > ----
> > C-c C-e l L produces:
> > ----
> > ....
> > \sout{The argument for this macro is several lines long. It seems
> > that after a certain length}
> > % Emacs 24.3.1 (Org mode 8.2.7c)
> > ----
> >
> > I see no mention of any reason for this in the macro node of the manual
> or
> > on list archives. Am I doing something wrong or is it a bug?
>
> Arguments to the macro are separated by commas.  Your text gets
> truncated at the first comma.
>
> From the manual:
>
> /============================================================\
> | You can define text snippets with                          |
> |                                                            |
> |      #+MACRO: name   replacement text $1, $2 are arguments |
> |                                                            |
> | which can be referenced {{{name(arg1, arg2)}}}.            |
> \============================================================/
>
> hth,
> Tom
>
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> Thomas S. Dye
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