title: Carriage Returns in Markdown Section of IPython Notebook
body: <p>Is there a way to execute carriage returns in a markdown section of an IPython notebook so that when executed the text remains on separate lines (as displayed when typing), rather than combining all text into a single block of text?</p>
  
  <p>Below is my input (and how it displays while typing), followed by the resulting output when the markdown section is executed.</p>
  
  <p>Input:</p>
  
  <pre><code>XXXX [carriage return]
  YYYY [carriage return]
  ZZZZ [carriage return]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>XXXX YYYY ZZZZ
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am able to create paragraphs by typing text, [carriage return], [space], text, [carriage return] (see below), but I am unable to display consecutive individual lines of text without some placeholder on the line between each line of text.</p>
  
  <p>Input:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Paragraph 1 [carriage return] [space]
  
  Paragraph 2 [carriage return] [space]
  
  Paragraph 3  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Paragraph 1
  
  Paragraph 2
  
  Paragraph 3
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Am I missing something easy?</p>