Character tests =============== The LaTeX Info pages lists under "2.18 Special Characters" The following characters play a special role in LaTeX and are called "special printing characters", or simply "special characters". # $ % & ~ _ ^ \ { } Note: the backslash will not be displayed, it is a ``\`` to the blank. The special chars verbatim:: # $ % & ~ _ ^ \ { } bracketts in lists ------------------ LaTeX has some special characters in certain cases, e.g. # is LaTeX's macro argument chracter. Bracketts also have some meaning in macros, but need(ed) no special treatment up to now. 1. [Advanced] test from dave. 1. The bracketts don't show up. They are in TeX file, but they're missing in PDF and DVI. Probably because in LaTeX :: \begin{itemize} \item one is plain. \item [two] two becomes bold. \end{itemize} 2. Numbering [is] also missing for the "Advanced" test case above, not here in this line. 3. Simply escaping the []'s with a backslash in the LaTeX file puts "Advanced" centered emphasized on a separate line. But the "1." is displayed then. 4. Using LaTeX's enumerate environment instead of docutils's custom list environment for the list does not work too. *Fix* append "{}" to the item command, i.e. :: \item {} [Advanced] double back qoutes field list names ----------------------------------- The *double back qoutes* in the follwing example are ignored, i.e. they are still *double back quotes* in TeX. Example :The ``lambda`` Operator: A metafunction which transforms a lambda expression into a corresponding metafunction class. This is not writer but reader specific. hash # in section title ----------------------- with pdflatex. fontencodings ------------- In T1 literal text double hyphens and angle bracketts need help to remain two characters:: << -- >> non literal "<< -- >>". with context ------------ also *square brackets* [] and *spaces* (after macros) need special care. Compare the items in the following lists: * simple item * [bracketed] item simple description term [bracketed] description term The OT1 font-encoding misses some chars:: < | > come out as < | >