Re: [patch] ox-latex.el: fix blank lines behavior in verse block

[Ihor Radchenko]

Juan Manuel Macías <maciaschain@posteo.net> writes:

> Rationale for this patch: the treatment of blank lines in
> `org-latex-verse-block' is inconsistent with the syntax of the `verse'
> environment, both the one that includes LaTeX and the one provided by
> the `verse' package as a replacement for the former.
> ...
> So, after this patch:
>
> • Any blank line before and/or after the content is removed;
>
> • One or more blank lines between stanzas are exported as a single blank
>   line, leaving the previous final verse without the linebreak mark
>   `\\';
>
> • When verse numbering is enabled via the `:lines' attribute (for the
>   `verse' package), the last verses of each stanza are marked with
>   `\\!', according to the verse package syntax (this was not necessary
>   with the previous behavior).

I see nothing that would prevent merging this patch.
However, I believe that removing blank lines before/after content is
something we may want to do in other built-in backends as well. WDYT?

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