[GH-ISSUE #455] Prefer backslash over two spaces for line breaks #2226

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opened 2026-03-07 20:05:44 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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Originally created by @thernstig on GitHub (Nov 3, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/issues/455

Most editors and code review tools often highlight trailing white-space as a "fault". Either marking them red or similar.

Since commonmark supports both two spaces or a backslash to render a line-break, could this tool add a rule to only recommend backslash, due to the above mentioned reasons?

# Two spaces
test  
test

# Backslash
test\
test

Resource: https://commonmark.org/help/tutorial/03-paragraphs.html

Originally created by @thernstig on GitHub (Nov 3, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/issues/455 Most editors and code review tools often highlight trailing white-space as a "fault". Either marking them red or similar. Since commonmark supports both two spaces or a backslash to render a line-break, could this tool add a rule to only recommend backslash, due to the above mentioned reasons? ```markdown # Two spaces test test # Backslash test\ test ``` Resource: https://commonmark.org/help/tutorial/03-paragraphs.html

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@DavidAnson commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2021):

Yes, probably like: line-break-style and spaces/backslash/consistent

@DavidAnson commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2021): Yes, probably like: line-break-style and spaces/backslash/consistent

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@thernstig commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2021):

And I think backslash should be default, or consistent. Due to backslash helping with the trailing white-space issue. But I assume that would be a breaking change.

@thernstig commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2021): And I think backslash should be default, or consistent. Due to backslash helping with the trailing white-space issue. But I assume that would be a breaking change.

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@DavidAnson commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2021):

Right, in rules where "consistent" is an option, it is the default.

@DavidAnson commented on GitHub (Nov 4, 2021): Right, in rules where "consistent" is an option, it is the default.