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

[Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com>]

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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 <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello Xebar,
>
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 01:37:31PM +0800, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
> > Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> 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 <http://ctan.org/pkg/enumitem>).
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>
> Footnotes:
>
> [1] See this TeX.SX question for more details:
>     <http://TeX.stackexchange.com/q/10684>.
>
> --
> Suvayu
>
> Open source is the future. It sets us free.
>
>

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