Xebar Saram <zelt...@gmail.com> writes: > Thank you Eric and Rick! > > Eric: > The #+OPTIONS: \n:nil didn't do much here even using the default > templates for export as suggested
Sorry! Got it backwards -- it's meant to be \n:t But still, other responders are probably right that what you want is actually a different kind of text type: a list or an example block. E > Rick: > i think i can live with the #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE blocks , is there a way > to define wrapping text in the block? as you said using the block > currently cuts off text towards the lines end > > Appreciate all the help from everyone. thanks alot! > > z. > > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Eric Abrahamsen < > e...@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote: >> >> Xebar Saram <zelt...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > Thank you all >> > >> > "I think `org-export-preserve-breaks' is the option you want. Try >> > setting it in a single buffer with #+OPTIONS:\n:nil and see what >> > happens..." >> > >> > that sounds interesting, but i couldn't understand how to use it >> > (again im still an org novice:) ) >> > do i stick this line at the start: >> > #+OPTIONS:\n:nil >> > >> > is that ^^ syntax correct? >> >> Nearly correct -- we're the victim of unfortunate line wrapping. It >> should look like: >> >> #+OPTIONS: \n:nil >> >> Ie, with an extra space. If you're a novice, as you say, you might > like >> to see the default options template for exporting. In your org > buffer, >> hit "C-c C-e" to get to the export dispatcher, then hit "#" for > template >> insertion, then pick "default". It will be a lot easier to see and > edit >> existing options than type them all in by hand. >> >> Yours, >> Eric >> >> >> > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Suvayu Ali < >> > fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 09:55:12AM +0200, Xebar Saram wrote: >> > > >> > > I'm trying to write a simple guidebook for my students in a > GIS >> > course. >> > > Everything works great apart for the life of me i cant get > the >> > hang of >> > > formatting and specifically how to insert (automatically?) > line >> > breaks so >> > > that its discrete lines and not a paragraph. i think one > can >> > use '\\' to >> > > indicate a line break but since its a guidebook "form" > there >> > are almost no >> > > paragraphs and most line are 1 liners, so it seems to me > crazy >> > to go over >> > > hundred lines of text and attach a \\ at the end. What am i >> > missing here? >> > > >> > > i hope i made sense :) any help or documentation links > would be >> > really >> > > appreciated! >> > > >> > > I'm attaching a short example of my org file, note that > where i >> > want single >> > > lines i add a empty space between lines but still in the >> > exporter it >> > > creates a paragraph out of these lines >> > > >> > >> > I think you are better off trying to do this with a > specialised >> > LaTeX >> > class. A quick search led me to this TeX.SX question: >> > <http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/3852>. You could also try > using >> > lists, >> > just disable the bullets with an option in an #+attr_latex > line. >> > >> > >> > GL, >> > >> > -- >> > Suvayu >> > >> > Open source is the future. It sets us free. >> > >> >>
