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 Eric and Rick!

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

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.
> >
>
>

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