Re: Dia escapes LaTeX in PGF Export

[Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>]

At 04.08.2010 17:05, Pooya wrote:
[...]
> Any text containing special charactes, which are needed for LaTeX, will be escaped
> by the PGF-Export Plug-In.
Yes, intentionally. See : https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143414
and a lot of duplicates, e.g.:
 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112377
> When typing: $ x $ The exporter saves \$ x \$ to the .tex-file.
> But now, LaTeX will render the Dollar Sign '$' instead of switching in math mode.
> [...]
Yes, everything is escaped. Despite some ideas mentioned about the 
usefulness to act otherwise in:
 http://git.gnome.org/browse/dia/tree/plug-ins/pgf/render_pgf.c#n27

the reason is explained later in the same file:
http://git.gnome.org/browse/dia/tree/plug-ins/pgf/render_pgf.c#n1100

> I would be very glad, if there is a solution or workaround.
Just patch your version of Dia to not escape strings and live with the 
limitations it imposes. Or make a proposal (provide a patch) which 
overcomes the limitations a lot of other people complained about.

> [...]

Regards,
        Hans

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