org: ASCII/Latin-1/UTF-8 export
12.4 ASCII/Latin-1/UTF-8 export
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ASCII export produces a simple and very readable version of an Org mode
file, containing only plain ASCII. Latin-1 and UTF-8 export augment the
file with special characters and symbols available in these encodings.
Links are exported in a footnote-like style, with the descriptive
part in the text and the link in a note before the next heading. See
the variable ‘org-ascii-links-to-notes’ for details and other options.
ASCII export commands
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‘C-c C-e t a/l/u (org-ascii-export-to-ascii)’
Export as an ASCII file. For an Org file, ‘myfile.org’, the ASCII
file will be ‘myfile.txt’. The file will be overwritten without
warning. When the original file is ‘myfile.txt’, the resulting
file becomes ‘myfile.txt.txt’ in order to prevent data loss.
‘C-c C-e t A/L/U (org-ascii-export-as-ascii)’
Export to a temporary buffer. Do not create a file.
Header and sectioning structure
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In the exported version, the first three outline levels become
headlines, defining a general document structure. Additional levels are
exported as lists. The transition can also occur at a different level
(Export settings).
Quoting ASCII text
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You can insert text that will only appear when using ‘ASCII’ back-end
with the following constructs:
Text @@ascii:and additional text@@ within a paragraph.
#+ASCII: Some text
#+BEGIN_ASCII
All lines in this block will appear only when using this back-end.
#+END_ASCII
ASCII specific attributes
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‘ASCII’ back-end only understands one attribute, ‘:width’, which
specifies the length, in characters, of a given horizontal rule. It
must be specified using an ‘ATTR_ASCII’ line, directly preceding the
rule.
#+ATTR_ASCII: :width 10
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