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    That's going against everything TeX stands for... You may not realise it, but the fact that an EOL character in the input file doesn't result in a new line in the output file is really handy, if only for code formatting. If you really want to type your text that way, why not use a word processor instead? Commented Jan 11, 2014 at 11:37
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    You can use \par to obtain a new paragraph. It is different from \newline or \\ which produce a line break (by the way, there is a \linebreak command, to break the line and justify the line before). Commented Jan 11, 2014 at 13:00
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    There is always \begin{verbatim} Commented Jan 11, 2014 at 14:33
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    I would really like to know why you need this. If you're typing regular text, you probably shouldn't be deciding where newlines go. If it's code, use verbatim. Commented Jan 11, 2014 at 18:17
  • Probably see also plain tex - Is there a counterpart/antidote for \obeylines? - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange Commented May 19, 2022 at 13:38