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Line breaks

In Obsidian a single newline is a line break, unless "Strict line breaks" is on. ope reads that setting from .obsidian/app.json (strictLineBreaks).

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A single newline
is a line break,
as in Obsidian.

A blank line starts a new paragraph.

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A newline is a line break

With strict line breaks, or with -O line_breaks=soft, lines of one paragraph are joined:

Markdown

A single newline
is a line break,
as in Obsidian.

A blank line starts a new paragraph.

PDF

Lines joined into one paragraph

Option Effect
-O line_breaks=hard A newline is always a line break.
-O line_breaks=soft A newline is a space. A line break needs two trailing spaces or a backslash.