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To: Richard Lawrence <richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu>
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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,

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Nicolas Goaziou