Charles, Thanks very much for the tips -- they certainly helped!
Miguel On 02/05/14 00:56, Charles Berry wrote: > Miguel Guedes <miguel.a.guedes <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> >> Using org-mode version 7.93f, when exporting to ASCII it doesn't respect >> the current fill column. Can this be enforced? >> > > Miguel, > > Upgrade to current org-mode (version 8.2.6) before you do anything else. > > Then modify `org-ascii-text-width' to suit your needs. > > ,---- > | > | org-ascii-text-width is a variable defined in `ox-ascii.el'. > | Its value is 72 > | > | Automatically becomes buffer-local when set. > | > | Documentation: > | Maximum width of exported text. > | This number includes margin size, as set in > | `org-ascii-global-margin'. > | > | You can customize this variable. > `---- > > >> Also, I've noticed that org doesn't remove verbatim tags (=verbatim=) >> but removes BEGIN_EXAMPLE blocks and presumably other BEGIN_xxx blocks; >> is this by design? >> >> > > > Same deal - upgrade. Then =xyz= becomes `xyz' on export. > > HTH, > > Chuck > > >