Thx again Eric i actually like using the example block but as you mentioned i think the text is cut at the end when you export it , is there anyway to make the exporter auto wrap lines inside example blocks? best z On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > Xebar Saram 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 < > > eric@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote: > >> > >> 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. > >> > > >> > >> > > >