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From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
Subject: Re: keep newlines on pdf export
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:21:51 -0500
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Eraldo Helal <eraldo@eraldo.org> wrote:

> When I export an org file like the following to pdf:
> test.org
> > line1
> > line2
> > line3
> 
> what I get is:
> test.pdf
> > line1 line2 line3
> 
> however, I would like to get the following in the pdf:
> test.pdf
> > line1
> > line2
> > line3
> 
> How can I get pdf export to keep my org newlines?
> Remark: I do have "\n:t" set in my options line.
> 

org-to-pdf is really org-to-latex-to-pdf, and generally
speaking[1] newlines in latex are not significant. One way
to make them significant is

line1\\
line2\\
line3

Another might be

#+LATEX: \obeylines { %}
line1
line2
line3
#+LATEX: }

The %} might or might not be necessary to prevent the org LaTeX exporter
from complaining, but it's a useful workaround for an area that has had
problems in the past.

HTH,
Nick

[1] with exceptions, e.g. paragraph demarcation.