Hello,

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 11:37 AM Van L <van@scratch.space> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to produce in PDF the following passage with matching
> new-lines?
>

You can force a newline in LaTeX putting '\\' at the end of the line(as the
last chars on the line).

You can try this:

>     #+NAME: page-56-57
>     #+BEGIN_SRC latex :export:
>       \begin{quotation}
>       war. The longer a war lasts, the more things tend to depend on
> acci-\\
>       dents. Neither you nor we can see into them: we have to abide their
> \\
>       outcome in the dark. And when people are entering upon a war they\\
>       do things the wrong way round. Action comes first, and it is only\\
>       when they have already suffered that they begin to think. We, how-\\
>       ever, are still far removed from such a mistaken attitude; so, to the
> \\
>       best of our belief, are you. And so we urge you, now, while we are\\
>       both still free to make sensible decisions, do not break the peace,
> \\
>       do not go back upon your oaths; instead let us settle our differences
> \\
>       by arbitration, as is laid down in the treaty. If you will not do
> so, we\\
>       shall have as our witnesses the gods who heard our oaths. You will\\
>       have begun the war, and we shall attempt to meet you in any and\\
>       every field of action that you may choose.\\
>       \end{quotation}
>     #+END_SRC
>

Cheers,

LEslie


-- 
Leslie H. Watter