Re: [O] disable table in EXAMPLE or QUOTE block

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

David Rogoff <address@hidden> writes:

> I’m trying to draw an ASCII picture in a BEGIN_QUOTE block. However,
> since it contains vertical bars, when I hit return, it formats the
> whole block as if it were a table. How do I stop this incorrect
> behavior?

It is not incorrect. Quote blocks can contain tables per Org syntax.

> I tried BEGIN_EXAMPLE but it acted the same.

You could use C-c ' to edit example block in a different buffer, not in
Org mode.

> I can work around it by using colon-space at the beginning of each
> line instead of begin/end block but it’s a bit ugly.

The advantage of ": " is that C-c ' will put the new buffer in Artist
mode.

HTH,

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou