From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rick Frankel Subject: Re: trying to write a guidebook for students using org , need help with formating Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:42:54 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44285) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VYf2q-000398-KY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:43:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VYf2k-00043o-Fa for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:43:00 -0400 Received: from [204.62.15.78] (port=34181 helo=mail.rickster.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VYf2k-00043a-C0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:42:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Xebar Saram Cc: org mode On 2013-10-22 03:55, Xebar Saram wrote: > Hi all >=20 > i decided to dive into the deep water and get rid of M$ word once and > for all. I'm still an org novice but since i love org i choose org for > the task. >=20 > 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 think you are thinking about this in the wrong (microsoft word :) way: format vs. semantic structure. A series of steps should either be a list, or an example block. For instance in your sample, try: #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE Right click on the table name in the TOC panel =E2=80=93 "Table of Conten= ts" and=20 then chose "Display XY data"; Define the X,Y coordinate and data (Z) fields; Click "Edit" to define the coordinate system (use WGS84); Click "OK"; Right click on the "event" layer newly created, go to "data"->"export=20 data", specify a location and give the layer a name [remember: events=20 are a temporary layer, unless you save it as a shape file, it will=20 disappear and you will not be able to use it next time]; add it a s new=20 layer to your project, when asked. #+END_EXAMPLE or (since the lines above are too long to fit w/o truncating or=20 wrapping, - Right click on the table name in the TOC panel =E2=80=93 "Table of Cont= ents" and then chose "Display XY data"; - Define the X,Y coordinate and data (Z) fields; - Click "Edit" to define the coordinate system (use WGS84); - Click "OK"; - Right click on the "event" layer newly created, go to "data"->"export data", specify a location and give the layer a name [remember: events are a temporary layer, unless you save it as a shape file, it will disappear and you will not be able to use it next time]; add it a s new layer to your project, when asked. Think about the contents semantically (e.g., something is descriptive text, or a series of steps, or a code example), instead of how you think it should look and let org and latex may it look right. rick