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From: Miguel Guedes <miguel.a.guedes@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Export as ASCII whilst respecting current fill column
Date: Fri, 02 May 2014 04:00:49 +0100
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Charles,

Thanks very much for the tips -- they certainly helped!

Miguel


On 02/05/14 00:56, Charles Berry wrote:
> Miguel Guedes <miguel.a.guedes <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
>>
>> Using org-mode version 7.93f, when exporting to ASCII it doesn't respect
>> the current fill column. Can this be enforced?
>>
> 
> Miguel,
> 
> Upgrade to current org-mode (version 8.2.6) before you do anything else.
> 
> Then modify `org-ascii-text-width' to suit your needs.
> 
> ,----
> | 
> | org-ascii-text-width is a variable defined in `ox-ascii.el'.
> | Its value is 72
> | 
> |   Automatically becomes buffer-local when set.
> | 
> | Documentation:
> | Maximum width of exported text.
> | This number includes margin size, as set in
> | `org-ascii-global-margin'.
> | 
> | You can customize this variable.
> `----
> 
>  
>> Also, I've noticed that org doesn't remove verbatim tags (=verbatim=)
>> but removes BEGIN_EXAMPLE blocks and presumably other BEGIN_xxx blocks;
>> is this by design?
>>
>>
> 
> 
> Same deal - upgrade. Then =xyz= becomes `xyz' on export.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
>