What is the purpose of \\ in org-add-note?

What is the purpose of \\ in org-add-note?

[Karthik Chikmagalur]

When I add a note to an entry (from Org agenda, say), it adds a \\ at
the end of the note line heading. Example:

- Note taken on [2021-03-01 Mon 20:44] \\
  Done. Check =ffmpeg-dispatch-load= and =ffmpeg-dispatch-save=.
  
The addition of this suffix is hardcoded in `org-store-log-note'. What
is its purpose?

Karthik

Re: What is the purpose of \\ in org-add-note?

[Suhail Singh]

Karthik Chikmagalur <karthikchikmagalur@gmail.com> writes:

> When I add a note to an entry (from Org agenda, say), it adds a \\ at
> the end of the note line heading.
>
> What is its purpose?

It ensures a line break (say, when the document is exported). From the
[[info:org#Paragraphs][org#Paragraphs]] section in the manual:

#+begin_quote
Paragraphs are separated by at least one empty line.  If you need to
enforce a line break within a paragraph, use ‘\\’ at the end of a line.
#+end_quote

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Suhail

Re: What is the purpose of \\ in org-add-note?

[Karthik Chikmagalur]

> It ensures a line break (say, when the document is exported). From the
> [[info:org#Paragraphs][org#Paragraphs]] section in the manual:
>
> #+begin_quote
> Paragraphs are separated by at least one empty line.  If you need to
> enforce a line break within a paragraph, use ‘\\’ at the end of a line.
> #+end_quote

Good to know, thank you.

Karthik

Re: What is the purpose of \\ in org-add-note?

[tomas]

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On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 07:01:53PM -0700, Karthik Chikmagalur wrote:
> > It ensures a line break (say, when the document is exported). From the
> > [[info:org#Paragraphs][org#Paragraphs]] section in the manual:
> >
> > #+begin_quote
> > Paragraphs are separated by at least one empty line.  If you need to
> > enforce a line break within a paragraph, use ‘\\’ at the end of a line.
> > #+end_quote
> 
> Good to know, thank you.

It is stolen from LaTeX, see,e.g. [1].

(it was difficult to find a ref which is *not* stackoverflow
and its ilk, sigh)

Cheers

[1] http://www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_101.html#SEC101
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t

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