@@ -439,7 +439,10 @@ inlineToMarkdown _ (Math DisplayMath str) =
439439 return $ "$$" <> text str <> "$$"
440440inlineToMarkdown _ (TeX str) = return $ text str
441441inlineToMarkdown _ (HtmlInline str) = return $ text str
442−inlineToMarkdown _ (LineBreak) = return $ " " <> cr
442+inlineToMarkdown opts (LineBreak) = return $
443+ if writerStrictMarkdown opts
444+ then " " <> cr
445+ else "\\" <> cr
443446inlineToMarkdown _ Space = return space
444447inlineToMarkdown opts (Cite (c:cs) lst)
445448 | writerCiteMethod opts == Citeproc = inlineListToMarkdown opts lst