On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Brian van den Broek <brian.van.den.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jul 31, 2013 8:28 AM, "Jeff Rush" <jr...@taupro.com> wrote: >> >> I'm trying to export a .org file to .pdf and although I've gotten past >> many formatting hurdles, I am stuck on two problems. >> > > <snip> > >> >> 2) How can I change the basic formatting of paragraphs everywhere to >> >> a) omit the leading indent, and >> b) have a blank line between paragraphs >> >> Instead of this strange-looking style: >> >> This is a test paragraph >> of the following kind of thing. >> And so is this one. >> >> I want it to look like this: >> >> This is a test paragraph >> of the following kind of thing. >> And so is this one. > > Hi all, > > (Catching up on the traffic, so a bit late to the thread.) > > I don't use org's export facilities, so I am not sure how and where to > object this into org's export process. But, the LaTeX way is to use the > parskip package. > > Please do reconsider, though. Just about every book on my shelves follows > what you label a 'strange style,' for the good reason that the style you > favour can result in ambiguity. (A paragraph that ends a page, takes up the > entire last line and is followed by a new paragraph cannot be distinguished > from a paragraph that spans the page break.) >
True, though when it comes to that sort of thing I look at it from a probability point of view: - p(what you described happens): perhaps < 1%, if even that high - p(looking at default LaTeX format will make my eyes bleed): 100% That was [mostly] a joke. I'm actually not clear from the text above what is desired. The description says "no leading indent and blank line between," but the example text shows non-indent on first paragraph, indent on second (which would void the page-span concern), and no line break... I take it you have literary experience, which I'm glad to have on the list. Your comment made me consider that I often fiddle with "what seems to look nice," overlooking that some of these things have a very specific purpose in terms of avoiding ambiguity or what you described -- I'd never have thought of that! John > Best, > > Brian vdB