Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> writes:

> Thank you Eric and Rick!
>
> Eric:
> The #+OPTIONS: \n:nil didn't do much here even using the default
> templates for export as suggested

Sorry! Got it backwards -- it's meant to be \n:t

But still, other responders are probably right that what you want is
actually a different kind of text type: a list or an example block.

E

> Rick:
> i think i can live with the  #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE blocks , is there a way
> to define wrapping text in the block? as you said using the block
> currently cuts off text towards the lines end
>
> Appreciate all the help from everyone. thanks alot!
>
> z.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Eric Abrahamsen <
> eric@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>> >
>>
>>