I needed to have multi line titles exported in all formats consistently and
that's when I need to use '\\' mid-line.

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Kaushal Modi
On Sep 27, 2014 5:16 PM, "Nicolas Goaziou" <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu> writes:
>
> > Does anyone know why the behavior of "\\" is presently restricted to
> > appearing at the end of the line in a paragraph?
>
> I certainly can see a good reason for it, although I don't know if it is
> the historical one.
>
> Org syntax is primarily intended for Org documents. When in an _Org_
> buffer, what would be the meaning of a line break in the middle of
> a line?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou
>