[Orgmode] Re: [Babel] Need for an extra literal block construct

[Sébastien Vauban]

Hi Thomas,

"Thomas S. Dye" wrote:
> On Nov 19, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Sébastien Vauban wrote:
>> "Thomas S. Dye" wrote:
>>> On Nov 19, 2010, at 10:26 AM, Sébastien Vauban wrote:
>>>> *Same for PDF*: the lists in the VERSE environment are interpreted:
>>>>
>>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>>> \begin{verse}
>>>>>> Does it work?\\
>>>>> \\
>>>>> Yes, if you:\\
>>>>> - update \url{this-var}\\
>>>>> - restart\\
>>>> \vspace*{1em}
>>>> OK. Confirmed, but you need to:\\
>>>> \begin{enumerate}
>>>> \item delete the \url{cache}.\\
>>>> \item redo it.\\
>>>> \end{enumerate}
>>>>
>>>> \vspace*{1em}
>>>> Thanks to:\\
>>>> \begin{itemize}
>>>> \item you\\
>>>> \item me\\
>>>> \end{itemize}
>>>>
>>>> \end{verse}
>>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>>
>>> Just a side comment on the LaTeX output of your example: it is usually not
>>> a good idea to put markup like \vspace in the .tex file. Commands like
>>> \vspace work there, but they defeat the document design of the style or
>>> class file. In the ideal case, commands like \vspace are confined to style
>>> and class files and do not appear in tex files.
>>>
>>> Perhaps the \vspace could be eliminated on the way to squashing your bug?
>>
>> Just to be sure we talk of the same thing, the \vspace is not introduced by
>> me. It's something automatically inserted in the TeX during the VERSE
>> conversion.
>>
>> I think it's clear to you, but let's state it clearly...
>
> Yes, that's what I meant.  Apologies for any ambiguity.

No worry!  It's simply because I misunderstood it when reading it the first
time. Maybe because I read too quickly, because English is not my mother
tongue, or because it's already late for me. Or a bit of all 3 reasons...

Thanks, clearly, for attaching importance to this post!... and for passing
extra information...

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sébastien Vauban