This plugin will try to convert line breaks inside paragraphs(p tag) into html <br> tags.

How to install

Add the following configuration into your book.json file.

{
    "plugins": ["lb2br"]
}

Type gitbook install to install this plugin

Use gitbook pdf path_to_your_book mybook.pdf to generate a pdf book.

How it works

Take the following 2 sentences for example:

this is line one this is line two.

These 2 lines will be put into 2 lines in github issues page(as well as in MWeb editor). The converted html code will be

<p>this is line one<br>
this is line two.</p>

However, gitbook uses standard markdown syntax, these two lines will be put into one line. The converted html code in gitbook will be

<p>this is line one
this is line two.</p>

In order to separate them into 2 lines, you either add 2 spaces at the end of the first line or you add a blank row between the 2 lines. This is quite inconvenient.

This plugin will convert line breaks inside p tags into html <br> tag, the same as github issues page does.

Issues

I don't know how to enable plugins in gitbook editor, such that i can preview the results directly in gitbook editor. If you know, please raise an issue :) Thanks.