User Manual UDO: !\

Use long source document lines.

Type & position:

special character, preamble & main part

Syntax:

!\

Description:

When a UDO source document line ends with !\, UDO will add the following line content to this line. So you can concatenate multiple real source document lines into one logical source document line. You can use these long souce document lines in any place of a UDO source document, eve e.g. in macros and definitions.

A possible usage of this is, to divide the content of a table cell into multiple lines to enhance the readability of the UDO source document.

Please note: If !\ is not at the very end of a line, it will be ignored and output as normal text.

Exists since:

Version 6.5.4

Example:

Before:

!begin_table [c|c] !hline
short text left !! short text right
short text left !! !\
Here you see a rather long text which is difficult to read in the editor, !\
if it has to be kept in a long line. Please keep in mind,  !\
that text in table cells must not exceed a length of (!const [1000]) characters.
!end_table

Afterwards:

short text left	short text right
short text left	Here you see a rather long text which is difficult to read in the editor, if it has to be kept in a long line. Please keep in mind, that text in table cells must not exceed a length of 1000 characters.