Re: trying to write a guidebook for students using org , need help with formating

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> 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:
>     <http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/3852>.  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.
>