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

[Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com>]

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Hi again all

so i tried playing around with the latex options, read the Latex org manual
part but still confused and i still get the lines cut.

the one thing that did work was using this:

begin{itemize}

\item testing1 the long lines testing2 the long lines testing3 the long
lines testing4 the long lines testing5 the long lines testing6 the long
lines
\item
\item
\item
\item
\end{itemize}

but that seems very cumbersome, inserting it every time, writing the lines
after the \items etc..

I am really content with using the org example method. is there no way to
make the exporter to pdf (latex i guess) auto wrap lines?

thx alot

Z



On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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