Hi again all so i tried playing around with the latex options, read the Latex org manual part but still confused and i still get the lines cut. the one thing that did work was using this: begin{itemize} \item testing1 the long lines testing2 the long lines testing3 the long lines testing4 the long lines testing5 the long lines testing6 the long lines \item \item \item \item \end{itemize} but that seems very cumbersome, inserting it every time, writing the lines after the \items etc.. I am really content with using the org example method. is there no way to make the exporter to pdf (latex i guess) auto wrap lines? thx alot Z On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Xebar Saram wrote: > Thank you all > > ill try the Latex list suggestion over the weekend as i have Zero Latex > knowledge so ill try to dig into it a bit > > Best > > z. > > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > >> Hello Xebar, >> >> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 01:37:31PM +0800, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: >> > Xebar Saram writes: >> > >> > > Thanks again guys >> > > >> > > Rick: "But a better approach would be to define your own latex list >> > > environment for >> > > program steps and use lists:" >> > > >> > > ive never used latex, do you mind expanding on that a bit? >> > > >> > > Eric: "I don't think it's cut, is it? I just tried with your example >> > > and long >> > > lines are preserved as-is (ie, quite long)" >> > > this is how it looks in my pdf export: >> > > >> > > https://paste.xinu.at/sYsMVz/ >> > >> > Oh I see -- it's latex that cuts those lines off, not the org exporter. >> > You'll probably want to go the list route then. See this link for how to >> > create a custom list environment: >> > >> > http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/ownlists.htm >> > >> > Then do this in org, replacing "bogus" with the name of your new >> environment: >> > >> > #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment bogus >> > - this is a >> > - list with some >> > - items in it >> >> I guess you missed my response. I suggested this a couple of days back. >> Sadly I was in a hurry and could not provide precise instructions. You >> can achieve this using the enumitem package with the noitemsep option[1]. >> >> So inside Org all you need to do is add the following to the file header: >> >> #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{enumitem} >> >> If you want this behaviour for all lists add the following: >> >> #+LATEX_HEADER: \setlist{nolistsep} >> >> If you only want to do this for a particular kind of list (say, >> enumerate) add the following line instead: >> >> \setenumerate{noitemsep} >> >> To control this per-list you can do: >> >> #+attr_latex: :options noitemsep >> - Step 1 >> - Step 2 >> - Step 3 >> >> For more info on other options, see the documentation for enumitem >> (`texdoc enumitem' or ). >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> >> Footnotes: >> >> [1] See this TeX.SX question for more details: >> . >> >> -- >> Suvayu >> >> Open source is the future. It sets us free. >> >> >