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How do you escape the + to not mean strikethrough in a single file? For example, when typing

use += 1 instead of ++

how can this not-be-strikethrough'ed?

Escaping the + with \ as in \+ works well, but it is not by-file.

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  • Do you need to export this file into another format (html, tex etc), or do you just want to turn off the 'strikethrough' markup in the org buffer?
    – Tyler
    Commented Jun 17, 2015 at 12:57
  • @Tyler: just the markup. Does the question need clarification?
    – serv-inc
    Commented Jun 17, 2015 at 12:58
  • Probably not, it looks like @fredtantini has an answer!
    – Tyler
    Commented Jun 17, 2015 at 12:59
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    Often when writing code in an Org file, I wrap it in "=", even if the string has equals signs in it. (So in your case I would write "use =+== 1 instead of =++=".) This bypasses any formatting rules that might be inside the text, and makes it into a nice monospace font when exported.
    – Archenoth
    Commented Jun 17, 2015 at 18:22
  • @Archenoth: That is much more readable than escaping the + via \. Thanks.
    – serv-inc
    Commented Jun 17, 2015 at 18:26

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This behaviour is defined in the org-emphasis-alist variable.

To disable all markup, just write on your first line:

-*- org-emphasis-alist: nil -*-

To disable only the strike-through:

-*- org-emphasis-alist: (("*" bold) ("/" italic) ("_" underline) ("=" org-verbatim verbatim) ("~" org-code verbatim) ("+" (:strike-through nil))); -*-

You can also use the syntax:

# Local Variables:
# org-emphasis-alist: (("*" bold) ("/" italic) ("_" underline) ("=" org-verbatim verbatim) ("~" org-code verbatim) ("+" (:strike-through nil)))
# End:

(See Specifying file variable)

(("*" bold) ("/" italic) ("_" underline) ("=" org-verbatim verbatim) ("~" org-code verbatim)) without the ("+" (:strike-through nil)) may work too.

Doing so, when you may have a warning when opening the file or reverting the buffer. Please refer to safe file variable.

To disable the warning, when doing M-x customize-variable safe-local-variable-values click on INS, and add:

Key: org-emphasis-alist
Value: (("" bold) ("/" italic) ("_" underline) ("=" org-verbatim verbatim) ("~" org-code verbatim))

Then Apply or Apply and Save.

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