The reason I switched to using this {{{NEWLINE}}} macro is that I wanted
consistent results wherever I used it for any kind of export.

Example:

-----
#+TITLE: First Line of Title // Second Line of Title
-----

Above works for only latex > pdf exports.
HTML export of above keeps the `//` characters verbatim.

So I did the below:

-----
#+MACRO: NEWLINE @@latex:\\@@ @@html:<br>@@
#+TITLE: First Line of Title {{{NEWLINE}}} Second Line of Title
-----

The above solution looks clean to me, but now that doesn't work for ascii
exports as I don't know what to put in between "@@ascii:@@" to get a
newline in ascii exports.


Interesting thing is that `//` work fine at the end of the lines.
If I have the below:

-----
Some text in org file on first line //
Some text in org file on second line //
Some text in org file on third line
-----

.. then the pdf, html, ascii exports interpret `//` as a newline character.

For consistency, now I use:

-----
Some text in org file on first line {{{NEWLINE}}}
Some text in org file on second line {{{NEWLINE}}}
Some text in org file on third line
-----

I am just waiting to know the magic characters for ascii exports that can
give me newlines by using the above macro. Then I don't have to worry
whether I am using `//` at the end of the line or in the middle of a line.

The end result would be:

-----
#+MACRO: NEWLINE @@latex:\\@@ @@html:<br>@@
@@ascii:NEWLINE_CHARACTERS_FOR_ASCII_EXPORT@@
#+TITLE: First Line of Title {{{NEWLINE}}} Second Line of Title
Some text in org file on first line {{{NEWLINE}}}
Some text in org file on second line {{{NEWLINE}}}
Some text in org file on third line
-----







--
Kaushal Modi

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Richard Lawrence <
richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Hi Kaushal,
>
> I am forwarding your message to the Org mode list; you only sent it to
> me and Nicolas...
>
> Kaushal <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I came across
> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2014-09/msg00466.html
> > through this emacs SE page:
> >
> http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/255/new-line-in-title-of-an-org-mode-exported-html-document
> >
> > The question I had asked on stackexchange was: How to export a mid-line
> > newline consistently in all formats.
>
> In paragraphs, all you need to do is end a line with "\\" to force a
> line break.  This works for LaTeX, HTML, and plain text export, at least.
>
> This doesn't work in other kinds of syntax, like headlines, but you may
> not need it there.
>
> > But I couldn't figure out how to convey a newline character when
> exporting
> > to plain text (ascii).
> >
> > I tried,
> >
> > #+MACRO: NEWLINE @@latex:\\@@ @@html:<br>@@ @@ascii:\n@@
> >
> > But that simply puts out "\n" verbatim in the exported txt file.
>
> I don't know the answer to this specific issue---you might need to
> create a custom export filter---but hopefully you can just use "\\"
> instead of a macro like this.
>
> Do you need to enforce line breaks *outside of* a paragraph in plain
> text export?  If so, what case are you worried about specifically?
>
> Best,
> Richard
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