I'm writing some French and I needed to make a few letters within a word bold, to highlight a particular syllable or difference between two very similar words so I followed the instruction of this thread "[How to make part of a word bold in org-mode](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1218238/how-to-make-part-of-a-word-bold-in-org-mode)". I added the following lines at the bottom of my .emacs file (I'm in Windows 7 32-bit)

```
(setcar org-emphasis-regexp-components " \t('\"{[:alpha:]")
(setcar (nthcdr 1 org-emphasis-regexp-components) "[:alpha:]- \t.,:!?;'\")}\\")
(org-set-emph-re 'org-emphasis-regexp-components org-emphasis-regexp-components)

```

I saved and restarted the system but now, when I open the .org file, emacs doesn't recognize it as an .org file and doesn't apply any style or formatting. It sees it as a LaTeX file and doesn't allow me to export the contents with `C-c C-e`. Do I have to put those line in any particular order, for it to work with org-mode? I'm no elisp expert, I just a copy-paste the configuration code on-a-need-by-need case.

Please see the picture below. The typing is all white, how do I make it responsive? Should I move those new code lines up in my *.emacs* file?
[![emacs doesn't see the file as an org file, instead as a LaTeX](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dyGTQ.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dyGTQ.jpg)

CURRENT .emacs file
===================

```
;;; Schlosser's .emacs
 (server-start)
 (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'turn-on-reftex)
 (setq reftex-plug-into-AUCTeX t)

;;; a key for tilde symbol
(define-key key-translation-map (kbd "M-2") (kbd "~"))
;;; a key for backtick symbol
(define-key key-translation-map (kbd "M-6") "")
(define-key key-translation-map (kbd "M-9") (kbd "`"))

;; visual line word wrapping
 (global-visual-line-mode t)

;; ;;; Brent.Longborough's .emacs
 (setq inhibit-splash-screen t); Disable splash screen
 (setq visible-bell t); Flashes on error
 (show-paren-mode 1); Matches parentheses and such in every mode

;;; AUCTeX
;; Customary Customization, p. 1 and 16 in the manual, and http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AUCTeX#toc2
 (setq TeX-parse-self t); Enable parse on load.
 (setq TeX-auto-save t); Enable parse on save.
 (setq-default TeX-master nil)

 (setq TeX-PDF-mode t); PDF mode (rather than DVI-mode)

;activate Aspell, for all modes(?), not just TeX;
(add-to-list 'exec-path "C:/Program Files/Aspell/bin/")
(setq-default ispell-program-name "C:/Program Files/Aspell/bin/aspell.exe"); M-x ispell-change-dictionary RET to change dictionary
(setq ispell-dictionary "italiano"); Default dictionary. To change do M-x ispell-change-dictionary RET.
(require 'ispell) ;turn on dictionary check

;; (add-hook 'TeX-mode-hook 'flyspell-mode); Enable Flyspell mode for TeX modes such as AUCTeX. Highlights all misspelled words.
;; (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook 'flyspell-prog-mode); Enable Flyspell program mode for emacs lisp mode, which highlights all misspelled words in comments and strings.

 (add-hook 'TeX-mode-hook
           (lambda () (TeX-fold-mode 1))); Automatically activate TeX-fold-mode.
;; (setq LaTeX-babel-hyphen nil); Disable language-specific hyphen insertion.

;; " expands into csquotes macros (for this to work babel must be loaded after csquotes).
;; (setq LaTeX-csquotes-close-quote "}"
;;       LaTeX-csquotes-open-quote "\\enquote{")

;from StackExchange question "AUCTeX preview font size too small"
 (set-default 'preview-scale-function 1.2)

;; LaTeX-math-mode http://www.gnu.org/s/auctex/manual/auctex/Mathematics.html
 (add-hook 'TeX-mode-hook 'LaTeX-math-mode)

(custom-set-variables
 ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(ansi-color-faces-vector
   [default default default italic underline success warning error])
 '(custom-enabled-themes (quote (tango-dark)))
 '(org-format-latex-options
   (quote
    (:foreground default :background default :scale 1.2 :html-foreground "Black" :html-background "Transparent" :html-scale 1.0 :matchers
         ("begin" "$1" "$" "$$" "\\(" "\\["))))
 '(org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)
 '(preview-default-document-pt 10)
 '(show-paren-mode t)
 '(transient-mark-mode (quote (only . t))))

(custom-set-faces
 ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 )

;; yasnippet
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/elpa/yasnippet-0.8.0")
(require 'yasnippet)
(setq yas-snippet-dirs '("~/.emacs.d/elpa/yasnippet-0.8.0/snippets"))
  ;(setq-default mode-require-final-newline nil) 
(yas-global-mode 1)
(defun disable-final-newline () (interactive) (set (make-local-variable 'require-final-newline) nil))

;; solving yasnippet and org-mode conflict as per manual
 (defun yas/org-very-safe-expand ()
   (let ((yas/fallback-behavior 'return-nil)) (yas/expand)))
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook
                    (lambda ()
                      (make-variable-buffer-local 'yas/trigger-key)
                      (setq yas/trigger-key [tab])
                      (add-to-list 'org-tab-first-hook 'yas/org-very-safe-expand)
                      (define-key yas/keymap [tab] 'yas/next-field)))

;;emacs and SumatraPDF sync as per StackOverflow question "sync emacs auctex with SumatraPDF"
(setq TeX-PDF-mode t)
(setq TeX-source-correlate-mode t)
(setq TeX-source-correlate-method 'synctex)
(setq TeX-view-program-list
   '(("Sumatra PDF" ("\"C:/Program Files/SumatraPDF/SumatraPDF.exe\" -reuse-instance" (mode-io-correlate " -forward-search %b %n ") " %o"))))

(eval-after-load 'tex
  '(progn
     (assq-delete-all 'output-pdf TeX-view-program-selection)
     (add-to-list 'TeX-view-program-selection '(output-pdf "Sumatra PDF"))))

;code taken from SX "Cleveref: AUCTeX and RefTeX set-up"
(eval-after-load
    "latex"
  '(TeX-add-style-hook
    "cleveref"
    (lambda ()
      (if (boundp 'reftex-ref-style-alist)
      (add-to-list
       'reftex-ref-style-alist
       '("Cleveref" "cleveref"
         (("\\cref" ?c) ("\\Cref" ?C) ("\\cpageref" ?d) ("\\Cpageref" ?D)))))
      (reftex-ref-style-activate "Cleveref")
      (TeX-add-symbols
       '("cref" TeX-arg-ref)
       '("Cref" TeX-arg-ref)
       '("cpageref" TeX-arg-ref)
       '("Cpageref" TeX-arg-ref)))))

;; Org mode and Beamer export
(require 'ox-beamer)
(setq org-latex-to-pdf-process 
  '("pdflatex --shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f"
"pdflatex --shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f"
"pdflatex --shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f"))

(defun my-beamer-bold (contents backend info)
 (when (eq backend 'beamer)
  (replace-regexp-in-string "\\`\\\\[A-Za-z0-9]+" "\\\\textbf" contents)))

(add-to-list 'org-export-filter-bold-functions 'my-beamer-bold)

(setq org-src-fontify-natively t)
(org-babel-do-load-languages
 'org-babel-load-languages
 '((python . t)
  (latex . t)))
(setq org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil)
(setq org-babel-python-command "ipython --pylab --pdb --nosep --classic --no-banner --no-confirm-exit")

(setq org-latex-listings 'minted)
(setq org-latex-minted-options
   '(("fontsize" "\\footnotesize")("bgcolor" "black")("obeytabs" "true")))

(require 'ox-latex)
(setq org-src-fontify-natively t)
(setq org-latex-pdf-process
   '("pdflatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f"
    "pdflatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o   %f"
    "pdflatex -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f"))
(setq org-src-preserve-indentation t)

;Python
(setq python-shell-interpreter "C:\Python27")

; allow bold or italics for parts of a word, from StakOverflow discussion "How to make part of a word bold in org-mode?"
 (setcar org-emphasis-regexp-components " \t('\"{[:alpha:]")
 (setcar (nthcdr 1 org-emphasis-regexp-components) "[:alpha:]- \t.,:!?;'\")}\\")
 (org-set-emph-re 'org-emphasis-regexp-components org-emphasis-regexp-components)

```

[![underscore after options in org preamble](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qZ4BA.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qZ4BA.jpg)

New screenshots
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What I'm doing is writing and editing some French notes in Org-mode. When I'm done with a set of lessons, export the **vocab.org** file with `C-c C-e`, choose to export only the Body (`C-b`), and turn it into **vocab.tex** with `l l`. Once *vocab.tex* is produced, I type `\input{vocab}` inside **vocab-main.tex** which I have prepared previously and that contains all the page and font formatting (in LaTeX). Finally I compile *vocab-main.tex* with pdfLaTeX and get the pdf!

I don't know if this is the best way to produce a good-looking pdf, I'm open to suggestion. Anyway, as you can see, at the bottom of **vocab.org** I have the LaTeX "tags" that allow **vocab.tex** to work with **vocab-main.tex** as the master file.

[![vocab.org structure](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YZ8vw.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YZ8vw.jpg)