OurBigBook ignores most single newlines present in your source code. This allows authors to write much more readable OurBigBook Markup source.
This removal includes things like:
- argument newlines between arguments removal
- when the newline is surrounded by one or two block macros, for example:is the same as:
This quote:\Q[My quote]is very cool
because quotation is a block macro.This quote: \Q[My quote] is very cool
- argument leading and trailing newline removal
The exception is when the newline is placed between two inline macros, where it generates an explicit line break. This is particularly useful for poetry, for example:and produces HTML like:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
which renders as:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Roses are red<br>Violets are blue
Double newlines generate paragraphs, and triple newlines are forbidden except in literal arguments.