Org reader: support `\n` export option

The `\n` export option turns all newlines in the text into hard
linebreaks.

Closes #3950

4 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/ExportSettings.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/ExportSettings.hs
index 11f0972d5..36258aeba 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/ExportSettings.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/ExportSettings.hs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ exportSetting = choice
   , booleanSetting "-" (\val es -> es { exportSpecialStrings = val })
   , ignoredSetting ":"
   , ignoredSetting "<"
-  , ignoredSetting "\\n"
+  , booleanSetting "\\n" (\val es -> es { exportPreserveBreaks = val })
   , archivedTreeSetting "arch" (\val es -> es { exportArchivedTrees = val })
   , booleanSetting "author" (\val es -> es { exportWithAuthor = val })
   , ignoredSetting "c"
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Inlines.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Inlines.hs
index c5b1ccc52..39f4dc926 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Inlines.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Inlines.hs
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ endline = try $ do
   decEmphasisNewlinesCount
   guard =<< newlinesCountWithinLimits
   updateLastPreCharPos
-  returnF B.softbreak
+  useHardBreaks <- exportPreserveBreaks . orgStateExportSettings <$> getState
+  returnF (if useHardBreaks then B.linebreak else B.softbreak)
 
 
 --
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/ParserState.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/ParserState.hs
index fc98213fb..0349f7617 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/ParserState.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/ParserState.hs
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ data ExportSettings = ExportSettings
   , exportEmphasizedText   :: Bool -- ^ Parse emphasized text
   , exportHeadlineLevels   :: Int
   -- ^ Maximum depth of headlines, deeper headlines are convert to list
+  , exportPreserveBreaks   :: Bool -- ^ Whether to preserve linebreaks
   , exportSmartQuotes      :: Bool -- ^ Parse quotes smartly
   , exportSpecialStrings   :: Bool -- ^ Parse ellipses and dashes smartly
   , exportSubSuperscripts  :: Bool -- ^ TeX-like syntax for sub- and superscripts
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ defaultExportSettings = ExportSettings
   , exportDrawers = Left ["LOGBOOK"]
   , exportEmphasizedText = True
   , exportHeadlineLevels = 3
+  , exportPreserveBreaks = False
   , exportSmartQuotes = False
   , exportSpecialStrings = True
   , exportSubSuperscripts = True
diff --git a/test/Tests/Readers/Org.hs b/test/Tests/Readers/Org.hs
index 0a91d9357..b714c0792 100644
--- a/test/Tests/Readers/Org.hs
+++ b/test/Tests/Readers/Org.hs
@@ -773,6 +773,13 @@ tests =
                         , para "top-level section 2" ]
                       ]
 
+          , "preserve linebreaks as hard breaks" =:
+              T.unlines [ "#+OPTIONS: \\n:t"
+                        , "first"
+                        , "second"
+                        ] =?>
+              para ("first" <> linebreak <> "second")
+
           , "disable author export" =:
               T.unlines [ "#+OPTIONS: author:nil"
                         , "#+AUTHOR: ShyGuy"