Single Line Break in Latex to Single Line Break in Text?

Asked Feb 10 '20 at 03:31

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This definitely seems like an answered question somewhere, but how can I make a single line break in the latex source code correspond to a line break in the text?

For example, I'd like

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Sentence 1
Sentence 2
\end{document}

to produce

as opposed to

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Sentence 1

Sentence 2
\end{document}

with the extra line break.

asked Feb 10 '20 at 03:31

km142646

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Welcome to tex.sx. I haven't tried it with LaTeX, but the command \obeylines is a TeX primitive intended for this purpose. – barbara beeton Feb 10 '20 at 03:51
@barbara Can I adjust that to work for math-environment-type code that uses linebreaks, like writing matrices? – km142646 Feb 10 '20 at 04:54
@KevinMoy What's the problem with typing \\ at the end of matrix rows? – egreg Feb 10 '20 at 10:26
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@KevinMoy -- It seems you may not be very familiar with LaTeX, in particular the difference in treatment between text and math, and especially the concept of display vs. in-text math. It might be helpful to refer to some basic documentation; here are two questions with copious information: What are good learning resources for a LaTeX beginner? , List of books written in LaTeX with the source available. – barbara beeton Feb 10 '20 at 14:07
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@KevinMoy -- \obeylines is intended specifically for use with text. It is particularly useful for formatting poetry and verbatim blocks. If you want help with math, your question should say so. – barbara beeton Feb 10 '20 at 14:09
@egreg that worked fine, thanks. – km142646 Feb 11 '20 at 00:03
@barbarabeeton that second comment was all I really was asking for. Thanks for your help. – km142646 Feb 11 '20 at 00:04

Single Line Break in Latex to Single Line Break in Text?

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