Text Formatting ⇒ Package for automatic interpretation of linebreak

[ptrcao]

Manually typing \\ for every line is not an option.

Is there a package that will interpret every instance of ENTER as a line break, so that every time I ENTER down on my keyboard it will be interpreted as \\ ? (Not in math mode, just in normal text mode).

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

you can switch it on by

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\obeylines

Stefan

[ptrcao]

Thanks Stef. Does it work in a begin/end environment? What if I only need it in sections of my document, how do I turn it off and on as needed, so it selectively applies to sections?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

\obeylines works within environments and is local to that. That means, if you use it within an environment, it has no effect after that environment has ended.

You can limit the scope of this command also by \begingroup ... \endgroup or by cury braces { ... }.

Also,

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\begin{obeylines}
...
\end{obeylines}

would be a way.

These are general ways for local declarations.

Stefan

[ptrcao]

\obeylines works within environments and is local to that. That means, if you use it within an environment, it has no effect after that environment has ended.

You can limit the scope of this command also by \begingroup ... \endgroup or by cury braces { ... }.

Also,

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\begin{obeylines}
...
\end{obeylines}

would be a way.

These are general ways for local declarations.

Stefan

Thanks again Stef, very good explanation - your answer was comprehensive and concise.

[cellocgw]

Just a warning: when \obeylines is active, some tools in \table or \tabular will fail. In particular, \hline won't work due to some conflict with defined line endings.