Use arbitrary LaTeX itemize in Org Mode
emacs, latex, org-mode
Solution
Following fniessen's suggestion below I found the solution to produce an `itemize` environment without having the years turn into inactive timestamps or footnote references. The key is to insert or surround the year with spaces, which will be ignored by the TeX conversion.
- [ 2013 ] This item happened in 2013
- [ 2012 ] This item happened in 2012
If there is a more official way to do this I'd like to here it.
The other answers provide great solutions for creating both `enumerate` and `description` environments, but it was specifically `itemize` I was after.
Problem
If I want to export a itemized list from Org to LaTeX, is there a way to set arbitrary itemization? The usual Org plain list, i.e. `- item` will result in an `\begin{itemize}` environment, but I would like to set arbitrary itemization. For example, is there any kind of Org list markup that will output this kind of LaTeX list environment? ``` \begin{itemize} \item[2013] This item happened in 2013 \item[2012] This item happened in 2012 \end{itemize} ``` Edit: The problem is that Org is recognising the years as inactive timestamps or footnote references and this is screwing up the LaTeX export. Solution below.