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I have list of file names in a multicol environment. I can use sort commands on them when needed e.g. (sort -u).

I would like to temporarily make LaTeX recognize a single-newline (\n) as a new line. Normally LaTeX recognizes only two newlines (\n\n) as a new line.

The purpose is to get a nice list of file names without using a tabular environment. Multicols automatically determines the ideal height of the list based on the count of items and number of columns.

Code

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{multicol}

\begin{document}
\begin{multicols}{2}
JPEG
JPEG2000
PDF
PNG
PPM
TIFF
XBM
ZIP
\end{multicols}
\end{document}

Current Output

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Desired Output

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    Try \obeylines. If you don't like it, try \obeycr.
    – Mark
    Apr 15, 2015 at 9:26
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    \obeylines is the answer, which makes a newline a paragraph break (which is also what a blank line signifies: not a newline)
    – David Carlisle
    Apr 15, 2015 at 9:37

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Try \obeylines. 

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{multicol}

\begin{document}
\begin{multicols}{2}
\obeylines
JPEG
JPEG2000
PDF
PNG
PPM
TIFF
XBM
ZIP
\end{multicols}
\end{document}

enter image description here

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    Please, remove the mention to \obeycr that isn't relevant.
    – egreg
    Apr 15, 2015 at 11:10
  • @egreg Why is \obeycr not relevant? It seems to me that it could be if I were using a carriage return, no? (by the way, \obeylines is what I used of course)
    – Jonathan Komar
    Apr 15, 2015 at 11:13
  • @macmadness86 \obeycr should be used only in connection with tables (but it's better not using it).
    – egreg
    Apr 15, 2015 at 11:19
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    Surely \obeycr is relevant. What if you don't want a paragraph indent at the start of each line?
    – Mark
    Apr 16, 2015 at 18:30

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