Re: [O] Export as ASCII whilst respecting current fill column

[Samuel Wales]

interesting that it worked for you.  i am using 8.2.10 and ascii
export does not fill.  it seems to wrap single lines but not fill
entire paragraphs.

On 5/1/14, Miguel Guedes <address@hidden> wrote:
> Charles,
>
> Thanks very much for the tips -- they certainly helped!
>
> Miguel
>
>
> On 02/05/14 00:56, Charles Berry wrote:
>> Miguel Guedes <miguel.a.guedes <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>>
>>> Using org-mode version 7.93f, when exporting to ASCII it doesn't respect
>>> the current fill column. Can this be enforced?
>>>
>>
>> Miguel,
>>
>> Upgrade to current org-mode (version 8.2.6) before you do anything else.
>>
>> Then modify `org-ascii-text-width' to suit your needs.
>>
>> ,----
>> |
>> | org-ascii-text-width is a variable defined in `ox-ascii.el'.
>> | Its value is 72
>> |
>> |   Automatically becomes buffer-local when set.
>> |
>> | Documentation:
>> | Maximum width of exported text.
>> | This number includes margin size, as set in
>> | `org-ascii-global-margin'.
>> |
>> | You can customize this variable.
>> `----
>>
>>
>>> Also, I've noticed that org doesn't remove verbatim tags (=verbatim=)
>>> but removes BEGIN_EXAMPLE blocks and presumably other BEGIN_xxx blocks;
>>> is this by design?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Same deal - upgrade. Then =xyz= becomes `xyz' on export.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>>
>>
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