FAQ - Why do all the paragraphs in my answer run together?

(Answer) (Category) Chip's Challenge FAQ : (Category) Contributing to this FAQ :
Why do all the paragraphs in my answer run together?
Yeah, Faq-O-Matic's formatting is a little screwy. If you are formatting your text as "Natural text" (the default):

To create a line break, you actually need to type in "return" TWICE. In other words type in the following (ignore the indentation):
  -This is line #1.
  
  -This is line #2.
To get:

-This is line #1.
-This is line #2.

To create a paragraph break, you actaully need to type in "return" 3 TIMES:
  -This is paragraph #1.
  
  
  -This is paragraph #2.
result:

-This is paragraph #1.

-This is paragraph #2.

Alternatively, you can always just format your text as "Monospaced text", which would give you WYSIWYG editing, so to speak. But of course, what you see might not be as, well, "natural" I guess. : ) [It will appear in a monospaced font.]
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