How do I copy WhatsApp chats and retain linebreaks












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I am looking to copy many whatsapp chats into a document and retain the linebreaks. If I just copy them in, then there are no linebreaks. How do I do this? Thanks



Verbatim (alone) doesn't work because it means text flows off the page



Just using obeylines worked perfectly






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  • Welcome to TeX.SX! I think this isn't a LaTeX related question or could you explain the problem with latex?

    – Bobyandbob
    Nov 17 '17 at 14:51






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    @Bobyandbob I suspect the user wants just to keep line breaks as obeylines or similar would do, but this question is rather unclear.

    – TeXnician
    Nov 17 '17 at 15:10






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    related: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/266713/…

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  • Can you add some examples of what your input text looks like? I mean the text you copied into your .tex document and are trying to typeset.

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I am looking to copy many whatsapp chats into a document and retain the linebreaks. If I just copy them in, then there are no linebreaks. How do I do this? Thanks



Verbatim (alone) doesn't work because it means text flows off the page



Just using obeylines worked perfectly






line-breaking copy-paste







share|improve this question

























  • Welcome to TeX.SX! I think this isn't a LaTeX related question or could you explain the problem with latex?

    – Bobyandbob
    Nov 17 '17 at 14:51






  • 1





    @Bobyandbob I suspect the user wants just to keep line breaks as obeylines or similar would do, but this question is rather unclear.

    – TeXnician
    Nov 17 '17 at 15:10






  • 1





    related: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/266713/…

    – clemens
    Nov 17 '17 at 15:23











  • Can you add some examples of what your input text looks like? I mean the text you copied into your .tex document and are trying to typeset.

    – ShreevatsaR
    Nov 17 '17 at 17:42














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I am looking to copy many whatsapp chats into a document and retain the linebreaks. If I just copy them in, then there are no linebreaks. How do I do this? Thanks



Verbatim (alone) doesn't work because it means text flows off the page



Just using obeylines worked perfectly






line-breaking copy-paste







share|improve this question
















I am looking to copy many whatsapp chats into a document and retain the linebreaks. If I just copy them in, then there are no linebreaks. How do I do this? Thanks



Verbatim (alone) doesn't work because it means text flows off the page



Just using obeylines worked perfectly






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  • Welcome to TeX.SX! I think this isn't a LaTeX related question or could you explain the problem with latex?

    – Bobyandbob
    Nov 17 '17 at 14:51






  • 1





    @Bobyandbob I suspect the user wants just to keep line breaks as obeylines or similar would do, but this question is rather unclear.

    – TeXnician
    Nov 17 '17 at 15:10






  • 1





    related: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/266713/…

    – clemens
    Nov 17 '17 at 15:23











  • Can you add some examples of what your input text looks like? I mean the text you copied into your .tex document and are trying to typeset.

    – ShreevatsaR
    Nov 17 '17 at 17:42



















  • Welcome to TeX.SX! I think this isn't a LaTeX related question or could you explain the problem with latex?

    – Bobyandbob
    Nov 17 '17 at 14:51






  • 1





    @Bobyandbob I suspect the user wants just to keep line breaks as obeylines or similar would do, but this question is rather unclear.

    – TeXnician
    Nov 17 '17 at 15:10






  • 1





    related: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/266713/…

    – clemens
    Nov 17 '17 at 15:23











  • Can you add some examples of what your input text looks like? I mean the text you copied into your .tex document and are trying to typeset.

    – ShreevatsaR
    Nov 17 '17 at 17:42

















Welcome to TeX.SX! I think this isn't a LaTeX related question or could you explain the problem with latex?

– Bobyandbob
Nov 17 '17 at 14:51





Welcome to TeX.SX! I think this isn't a LaTeX related question or could you explain the problem with latex?

– Bobyandbob
Nov 17 '17 at 14:51




1




1





@Bobyandbob I suspect the user wants just to keep line breaks as obeylines or similar would do, but this question is rather unclear.

– TeXnician
Nov 17 '17 at 15:10





@Bobyandbob I suspect the user wants just to keep line breaks as obeylines or similar would do, but this question is rather unclear.

– TeXnician
Nov 17 '17 at 15:10




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related: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/266713/…

– clemens
Nov 17 '17 at 15:23





related: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/266713/…

– clemens
Nov 17 '17 at 15:23













Can you add some examples of what your input text looks like? I mean the text you copied into your .tex document and are trying to typeset.

– ShreevatsaR
Nov 17 '17 at 17:42





Can you add some examples of what your input text looks like? I mean the text you copied into your .tex document and are trying to typeset.

– ShreevatsaR
Nov 17 '17 at 17:42










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Put it into a verbatim environment. begin{verbatim} whatsapptext end{verbatim}.




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So you don't want linebreak, except in all cases where lines that are longer than let's say 72 letters? Please provide an example as »MWE«. Probably the easiest way might be to use your editor's search and replace function:



Swap each end-of-line sign with a double backslass \. Then try instead of the verbatim environment the verse environment. However, it would be much easier if we had an MWE.






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    @Greg Then please accept my answer, because then the question no longer remains in the list of unanswered questions.

    – Keks Dose
    Nov 17 '17 at 14:56






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    @KeksDose a question is only on the unanswered list if it has no upvoted answer

    – clemens
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  • I'm recieving this error seemingly with longer conversations. Do you know how to fix this? Package inputenc Error: Unicode char ‍ (U+200D) (inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX. See the inputenc package documentation for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.204 end{verbatim}

    – Greg
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  • Wait, this actually doesn't work, because it means that the text flows off the page for some reason?

    – Greg
    Nov 17 '17 at 15:31



















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    Put it into a verbatim environment. begin{verbatim} whatsapptext end{verbatim}.




    EDIT:



    So you don't want linebreak, except in all cases where lines that are longer than let's say 72 letters? Please provide an example as »MWE«. Probably the easiest way might be to use your editor's search and replace function:



    Swap each end-of-line sign with a double backslass \. Then try instead of the verbatim environment the verse environment. However, it would be much easier if we had an MWE.






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      @Greg Then please accept my answer, because then the question no longer remains in the list of unanswered questions.

      – Keks Dose
      Nov 17 '17 at 14:56






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      @KeksDose a question is only on the unanswered list if it has no upvoted answer

      – clemens
      Nov 17 '17 at 15:22











    • I'm recieving this error seemingly with longer conversations. Do you know how to fix this? Package inputenc Error: Unicode char ‍ (U+200D) (inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX. See the inputenc package documentation for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.204 end{verbatim}

      – Greg
      Nov 17 '17 at 15:22













    • Wait, this actually doesn't work, because it means that the text flows off the page for some reason?

      – Greg
      Nov 17 '17 at 15:31
















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    Put it into a verbatim environment. begin{verbatim} whatsapptext end{verbatim}.




    EDIT:



    So you don't want linebreak, except in all cases where lines that are longer than let's say 72 letters? Please provide an example as »MWE«. Probably the easiest way might be to use your editor's search and replace function:



    Swap each end-of-line sign with a double backslass \. Then try instead of the verbatim environment the verse environment. However, it would be much easier if we had an MWE.






    share|improve this answer





















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      @Greg Then please accept my answer, because then the question no longer remains in the list of unanswered questions.

      – Keks Dose
      Nov 17 '17 at 14:56






    • 1





      @KeksDose a question is only on the unanswered list if it has no upvoted answer

      – clemens
      Nov 17 '17 at 15:22











    • I'm recieving this error seemingly with longer conversations. Do you know how to fix this? Package inputenc Error: Unicode char ‍ (U+200D) (inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX. See the inputenc package documentation for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.204 end{verbatim}

      – Greg
      Nov 17 '17 at 15:22













    • Wait, this actually doesn't work, because it means that the text flows off the page for some reason?

      – Greg
      Nov 17 '17 at 15:31














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    Put it into a verbatim environment. begin{verbatim} whatsapptext end{verbatim}.




    EDIT:



    So you don't want linebreak, except in all cases where lines that are longer than let's say 72 letters? Please provide an example as »MWE«. Probably the easiest way might be to use your editor's search and replace function:



    Swap each end-of-line sign with a double backslass \. Then try instead of the verbatim environment the verse environment. However, it would be much easier if we had an MWE.






    share|improve this answer















    Put it into a verbatim environment. begin{verbatim} whatsapptext end{verbatim}.




    EDIT:



    So you don't want linebreak, except in all cases where lines that are longer than let's say 72 letters? Please provide an example as »MWE«. Probably the easiest way might be to use your editor's search and replace function:



    Swap each end-of-line sign with a double backslass \. Then try instead of the verbatim environment the verse environment. However, it would be much easier if we had an MWE.







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      @Greg Then please accept my answer, because then the question no longer remains in the list of unanswered questions.

      – Keks Dose
      Nov 17 '17 at 14:56






    • 1





      @KeksDose a question is only on the unanswered list if it has no upvoted answer

      – clemens
      Nov 17 '17 at 15:22











    • I'm recieving this error seemingly with longer conversations. Do you know how to fix this? Package inputenc Error: Unicode char ‍ (U+200D) (inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX. See the inputenc package documentation for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.204 end{verbatim}

      – Greg
      Nov 17 '17 at 15:22













    • Wait, this actually doesn't work, because it means that the text flows off the page for some reason?

      – Greg
      Nov 17 '17 at 15:31














    • 1





      @Greg Then please accept my answer, because then the question no longer remains in the list of unanswered questions.

      – Keks Dose
      Nov 17 '17 at 14:56






    • 1





      @KeksDose a question is only on the unanswered list if it has no upvoted answer

      – clemens
      Nov 17 '17 at 15:22











    • I'm recieving this error seemingly with longer conversations. Do you know how to fix this? Package inputenc Error: Unicode char ‍ (U+200D) (inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX. See the inputenc package documentation for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.204 end{verbatim}

      – Greg
      Nov 17 '17 at 15:22













    • Wait, this actually doesn't work, because it means that the text flows off the page for some reason?

      – Greg
      Nov 17 '17 at 15:31








    1




    1





    @Greg Then please accept my answer, because then the question no longer remains in the list of unanswered questions.

    – Keks Dose
    Nov 17 '17 at 14:56





    @Greg Then please accept my answer, because then the question no longer remains in the list of unanswered questions.

    – Keks Dose
    Nov 17 '17 at 14:56




    1




    1





    @KeksDose a question is only on the unanswered list if it has no upvoted answer

    – clemens
    Nov 17 '17 at 15:22





    @KeksDose a question is only on the unanswered list if it has no upvoted answer

    – clemens
    Nov 17 '17 at 15:22













    I'm recieving this error seemingly with longer conversations. Do you know how to fix this? Package inputenc Error: Unicode char ‍ (U+200D) (inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX. See the inputenc package documentation for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.204 end{verbatim}

    – Greg
    Nov 17 '17 at 15:22







    I'm recieving this error seemingly with longer conversations. Do you know how to fix this? Package inputenc Error: Unicode char ‍ (U+200D) (inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX. See the inputenc package documentation for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... l.204 end{verbatim}

    – Greg
    Nov 17 '17 at 15:22















    Wait, this actually doesn't work, because it means that the text flows off the page for some reason?

    – Greg
    Nov 17 '17 at 15:31





    Wait, this actually doesn't work, because it means that the text flows off the page for some reason?

    – Greg
    Nov 17 '17 at 15:31











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