About line continuation
This page illustrates how you can continue lines using
\ and
\\. The instructions on
Text Formatting Rules say:
- Use blank lines as separators
- Use \ (backslash) at the end of a line to join the next line to the current one
- Use \\ (two backslashes) at the end of a line to force a line break
Let us now give a few examples (the text in the left column shows the markup, and the right column shows how it is rendered).
Example of using \
In this example we pretend that you are writing a list item with a lot of text. Here’s what you will get if you don’t use line continuation:
* This list item has so
much text that you wrote it
on several lines
| much text that you wrote it
on several lines
|
This is how it should be done:
* This list item has so \
much text that you wrote it \
on several lines
| - This list item has so much text that you wrote it on several lines
|
Example of using \\
In this example you want to have a newline without leaving the list item. Here’s what you will get if you use
\:
* The next sentence should \
be on a line of its own. \
On a line of its own.
| - The next sentence should be on a line of its own. On a line of its own.
|
This is how it should be done:
* The next sentence should \
be on a line of its own. \\
On a line of its own.
| - The next sentence should be on a line of its own.
On a line of its own.
|