Re: What is the purpose of \\ in org-add-note?

[tomas]

On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 07:01:53PM -0700, Karthik Chikmagalur wrote:
> > It ensures a line break (say, when the document is exported). From the
> > [[info:org#Paragraphs][org#Paragraphs]] section in the manual:
> >
> > #+begin_quote
> > Paragraphs are separated by at least one empty line.  If you need to
> > enforce a line break within a paragraph, use ‘\\’ at the end of a line.
> > #+end_quote
> 
> Good to know, thank you.

It is stolen from LaTeX, see,e.g. [1].

(it was difficult to find a ref which is *not* stackoverflow
and its ilk, sigh)

Cheers

[1] http://www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_101.html#SEC101
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