Paragraphs and Line Breaks

[Andy Fragen]

If you want to insert a <br /> the syntax is to use a double space then
return. Will this not work for you?

-- 
Andy Fragen

On Mon, Jul 4, 2005, Angie Ahl said:


>"When you do want to insert a <br /> break tag using Markdown, you end 

>a line with two or more spaces, then type return.

>Yes, this takes a tad more effort to create a <br />, but a simplistic 

>“every line break is a <br />” rule wouldn’t work for Markdown."

>

>Just thought I'd make a suggestion here.

>My old markup has the rule of \n{2,} means end para start the next one. 

>single \n means line break.

>

>Has worked perfectly for years. So much so that I'm going to hack my 

>copy of markdown to make it work that way... hope you don't mind John.

>

>If you process the paras first then it works beautifully.

>I know it's probably too late for markdown as people will have already 

>got used to it.

>

>Angie

>

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