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==The Third Alternative: Paragraph-like line breaks==
Single newlines are treated as paragraph breaks or paragraph-like (lists, table rows) markups endings except in preformatted blocks where they are taken literally. Two (or more) consecutive newlines are treated as a single paragraph break. To force a line break, use a separate markup (like {{{\\}}}). To force a paragraph break, use a separate markup (like {{{\\\}}}).
Newlines after forced breaks breaks are ignored. Forced line breaks and paragraph breaks can be used in lists and tables. They do not start a new item or row.
===Advantages===
* Compatible with most well-written wiki articles (here, WikiPedia, etc.)
* In sync with the behavior of most modern word processors. The enter key generates a pilcrow. Lotus WordPro (formerly AmiPro), WordPerfect, OpenOffice and the default template in Microsoft Word 2007 render pilcrows as paragraphs (with an obvious space between the lines).
* Compatible with most modern mechanical typewriters.
* Allows for semantically-rich lists and tables.
* Easy to parse.
* The user cannot override the page layout by using more newlines (only with forced breaks). Forced breaks allows for error-free freedom (the users know what it will do).
* The text is the important thing. Presentation is secondary. Newlines have a semantic meaning. The user does not have to worry about how good the text looks.
* Allows for users to use two or more newlines in the source text without worrying about the presentation.
* Very easy to clean-up spurious newlines and forced breaks.
* Comfortable for copywriters who can use them to structure the source.
* Can be easily converted to blog-style new lines when needed,
* Leaves the web designer in control of spacing and layout.
* Makes it easy to change the layout without editing every page in a wiki.
* Does not require the user to be experienced in typography or arts,
* Keeps the paragraphs and line breaks as separate ideas,
* Could make copy and paste easier on some platforms.
* Allows posting text with wrapped lines without the need of additional reformatting,
* Makes users familiar with word processing best practices
* Doesn't suggest one and only one formatting.
* Encourages use of other markup, which makes it easier to style the page and to process the sources automatically.
* Users have no limited way to express
===Disadvantages===
* Requires a line wrapping editor or text area.
* The rule is simpler for basic tasks but more complex for advanced tasks (forced breaks).
* The behavoir of newlines paragraph-like markups (lists, tables) is different than in normal text.
* The distinction between a line break and a paragraph break is not obvious in the default template of Microsoft Word 2003 and earlier versions.
* Could break some ill-formatted articles.
* Harder to use in texts that require lots of line breaks (like poetry).
* Not mainstream in current Wiki engines. [New|NotNew] in the Wiki universe.
* Could make the source text harder to scan and find relevant fragments,
* Could generate extra paragraph breaks with copy and paste on some platforms.
* Requires a huge change in the Creole specification.
* Requires enclosing pasted code, ascii-art, poems and addresses into additional markup (or using forced line break),
* Frustrates users (at first) that are not familiar to this behavior.
* Users need to learn the markup for the elements they want to use, instead of approximating them with line breaks and indentation,
* Users can be surprised with the effect if they create their first wiki page without ever looking at and editing existing wiki pages,
* SPAM looks like ventilated SPAM.
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