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From: david@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd)
Subject: Re: ascii art in org mode buffer
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:36:06 -0500
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Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:

> This is what "fixed-width" sections are fore, they not only don't
> become tables, but they also ensure that export to html will use a
> fixed-with font, so that the drawing is preserved.
>
> Each line of a fixed-width section starts with a colon, like
>
> :  |\   |
> :  | \  |
> :  |  \ |
> :  |   \|
>
> - Carsten
>
> On Nov 28, 2006, at 19:47, J. David Boyd wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I've been IRCing with someone that is trying to do ASCII art in an
>> ORG mode
>> buffer, and the mode keeps turning his line drawing into tables. (Of
>> course).
>>
>> He was wondering if there is anyway to mark off a section of an
>> org-mode file
>> so that it is left alone, and not processed as part of an org file.
>>
>> I don't see anything like that in the docs.  Any ideas?
>>
>> Dave

Thanks, I'll pass this on...

Dave