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doc:linebreaks_and_spaces [2026/04/04 19:00] – [Linebreaks and spaces] Simon Grantdoc:linebreaks_and_spaces [2026/04/04 19:01] (current) – [Be careful about blank lines] Simon Grant
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-In HTML, the line breaks and paragraph breaks are coded explicitly, so it doesn't matter how you actually set out the text in your file. It's very different in all lightweight markup languages, and this is one of the main causes of not getting the page to show as you intend. So here is what we hope is most useful for editing our wiki pages.+In HTML, the line breaks and paragraph breaks are coded explicitly, so it doesn't matter how you actually set out the text in your file. It's quite different in all lightweight markup languages, and this is one of the main causes of not getting the page to show as you intend. So here is what we hope is most useful for editing our wiki pages.
  
 ===== Be careful about blank lines ===== ===== Be careful about blank lines =====
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 * both should have blank lines after them * both should have blank lines after them
 * Blank lines are needed before Markdown-syntax headings: no harm in having them before and after headings in any case * Blank lines are needed before Markdown-syntax headings: no harm in having them before and after headings in any case
 +* Paragraphs need a blank line between them.
  
 ===== Blank spaces ===== ===== Blank spaces =====
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