Is backslash c special?

[torstenberg]

Hi,

using Pandoc 3.8.3 , this *a\\b\c* converts to <p>*a\b</p>. I would have expected <p><em>a\bc<em></p>.

Not many renderers do it this way but there is also no consensus: babelmark.github.io

Is \c somehoe special or what am I doing wrong here?

[tarleb]

You can try pandoc -t native to see what's happing:

% pandoc -t native
*a\\b\c*
^D
[ Para [ Str "*a\\b" , RawInline (Format "tex") "\\c*" ] ]

I.e., the \c* is interpreted as a LaTeX command, and those don't show up in HTML output.

You can avoid this by disabling the raw_tex extension via pandoc --from=markdown-raw_tex.

[torstenberg]

Ah! I wasn't aware of this. Thanks for the hint. Also, using -t native will help me in future to better understand the outcome of PAndoc.