Remove newline function/interaction

Question

Is it possible to make it so that LaTeX will ignore newlines in the source? e.g. it shouldn't do anything to the output if I use an empty line.

I like to keep my source fairly spaced out for easier reading, but that becomes fairly difficult since an empty line forces a new paragraph.

placing % at the beginning of any blank line that shouldn't mark a paragraph break is the usual method. see New-lines in tex source. What are the rules? for a discussion, and in particular the comment with links. — barbara beeton, Dec 22 '16 at 14:47
You could use \catcode13=10 and then you have to use \par to indicate paragraphs. But this could possibly mess up other things, so I don't recommend it. — Pieter van Oostrum, Dec 22 '16 at 15:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 22 '16 at 14:47

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if you use comment sign between lines latex will interpret it as a single paragraph.

example:

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

dakhfsdlkfjdhsflgkjhfglksjdhfglkjdfshgldfkjghdflkgjhdflghk
%
dfkhdlskfjghldsfkjghdlsfkjghdklsfghldfksjg

\end{document}

answered Dec 22 '16 at 14:47

Elad Den

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Thanks, that works. Any way to make this default? – Rizhiy Dec 22 '16 at 14:51

Remove newline function/interaction

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