From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: trying to write a guidebook for students using org , need help with formating Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:00:18 +0800 Message-ID: <87iowokdi5.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <20131022093943.GX6656@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48789) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VYmnA-0003wn-VE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:59:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VYmn4-00062J-Uy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:59:20 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:55957) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VYmn4-00062C-Ms for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:59:14 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VYmn1-0002Xm-7i for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 02:59:11 +0200 Received: from 123.122.44.74 ([123.122.44.74]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 02:59:11 +0200 Received: from eric by 123.122.44.74 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 02:59:11 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Xebar Saram 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+linux@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: > .  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. >