This template transforms line breaks into <br /> tags. It is very similar to the {{poem}} template, except that it does not invoke the <poem> MediaWiki extension. It may or may not be substituted.
Usage
Manuscript:
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{subst:Break lines|Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit
litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem,
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,
Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.}}</syntaxhighlight>
HTML generated:
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris<br />Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit<br />litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto<br />vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram;<br />multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem,<br />inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,<br />Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
Effect:
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram; multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem, inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum, Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
If the |doublets=p parameter is given, double line breaks will be parsed as <p>, otherwise as <br /><br />.
{{Blockquote}} variant for use with poems, song lyrics, and other things that would otherwise require the use of <poem> tags or frequent formatting elements (such as <syntaxhighlight lang="html" class="" style="" inline="1"> </syntaxhighlight>); requires substitution
{{Blockquote}} variant for use with poems, song lyrics, and other things that would otherwise require the use of <poem> tags or frequent formatting elements (such as <syntaxhighlight lang="html" class="" style="" inline="1"> </syntaxhighlight>); does not require substitution
Designed to format poetry simply and reliably; it differs from {{Poem quote}} in two significant ways: it does not add spacing around the poem that sets it apart as “block quote”, and it automatically provides hanging indentation when lines are so long that they wrap
