From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: how to export to HTML keeping the whitespaces Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:57:11 +0800 Message-ID: <87tx1gj7bs.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87oaroussa.fsf@gmail.com> <87mw78w3lx.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87fvd0c8mb.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33582) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XvIxk-0005VZ-MP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 23:51:58 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XvIxe-00016L-Gt for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 23:51:52 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:51691) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XvIxe-00016H-B4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 23:51:46 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XvIxc-0005lK-Uf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Dec 2014 05:51:44 +0100 Received: from 123.122.33.97 ([123.122.33.97]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 01 Dec 2014 05:51:44 +0100 Received: from eric by 123.122.33.97 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 01 Dec 2014 05:51:44 +0100 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 jenia.ivlev@gmail.com (jenia.ivlev) writes: > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> jenia.ivlev@gmail.com (jenia.ivlev) writes: >> >>> Hello: >>> >>> I want to export to HTML and keep the white spaces. >>> Normally, I have to do skip a line (two newline characters) or use >>> #+begin_verse... #+end_verse. >>> Which is not optimal. The two new lines take up too much space, and the >>> begin/end verse don't export in the same to way to HTML as it does to >>> text. >>> To HTML it keep the indentation corresponding to its location in the >>> tree, and to text it has a constant indentation (indentation it gives to >>> verse i think). >>> So what is the proper way to do this? How do I instruct org-export to >>> keep the whitespaces? >>> >>> Thanks very much in advnace for your time and kind help. >> >> Take a look at the docstring for the org-export-preserve-breaks >> variable. That ought to do it, and you can set it per-file in the export >> options. >> >> Eric > > > Thanks. > I set (org-export-preserve-breaks t) in .emacs file and it does preserve > the breaks, but not the white spaces: it doesnt indent depending on the > nesting in the org-tree, and it doesnt indent if I press > . The text is shown to the left mode of the > screen. > > Is there a way to change that? I don't think so, no. That's a fundamental property of the way HTML (and Latex) behave: they collapse all whitespace to single spaces, and single paragraph breaks. As far as I know, the only way to get what you want is a verbatim block, ie a 
 tag in HTML, and as you discovered that
comes with other unwanted display properties.

It's possible you could build something up with non-breaking spaces, but
that sounds awful.

Eric