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

[Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com>]

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Thx again Eric

i actually like using the example block but as you mentioned i think the
text is cut at the end when you export it , is there anyway to make the
exporter auto wrap lines inside example blocks?

best

z


On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Eric Abrahamsen
<eric@ericabrahamsen.net>wrote:

> 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.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
>
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