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From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Summary of syntax?
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:36:54 +0530
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"Alan Schmitt" <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I was just reading a document in org mode that had some code written
> like this:
>
> : make
> : make install
>
> I wanted to know more about this syntax (colon at the start of the
> line), 

M-x apropos-variable RET fixed-width

or

M-x org-info
g Literal Examples

Search for Fixed width

or

(info "(org) Literal examples")
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