Re: Not LaTeX now, trying to use org-mode

[tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye)]

Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:

> The italic paragraph spread over two lines will work, but if you spread
> it over three lines, it won't. You can tweak this (and other emphasis
> settings) by changing org-emphasis-regexp-components, but that's a
> somewhat hazardous and error-prone process - search the list for more.

Another approach might define a LaTeX environment for this, then use
blocks in Org mode.

The following four line paragraph gets set in italics.

,------------------------------------------------------------------------
| #+LATEX_CLASS: article                                                 
| #+LATEX_HEADER: \newenvironment{myitalics}{\itshape}{\par}             
|                                                                        
| * Italic blocks                                                        
| #+BEGIN_myitalics                                                      
| The italic paragraph spread over two lines will work, but if you spread
| it over three lines, it won't. You can tweak this (and other emphasis  
| settings) by changing org-emphasis-regexp-components, but that's a     
| somewhat hazardous and error-prone process - search the list for more. 
| #+END_myitalics                                                        
`------------------------------------------------------------------------

hth,
Tom

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