one-sentence-per-line

To format a Quarto manuscript with one sentence per line, run the formatter on your project's index.qmd. It adjusts line breaks so each sentence starts on its own line, which simplifies diffs and collaborative editing while preserving your document's content and structure.

One sentence per line formatting in markdown helps version control by making line-level diffs correspond to sentence-level changes. This makes collaborative editing cleaner, as modifications to individual sentences appear as distinct line changes rather than large reformatted text blocks.

Yes, the one-sentence-per-line formatter preserves YAML frontmatter, code blocks, math blocks, and figure or table captions. It detects and respects these protected zones, adjusting line breaks only in the standard manuscript text outside of them.

The formatter's primary scope is the project's index.qmd file, but it is ideal for academic manuscripts and similar markdown-based documents used in collaborative editing. It enforces consistent sentence-level formatting across these markdown documents.

The best way to simplify diffs when collaboratively editing a manuscript is to enforce one-sentence-per-line formatting. By placing each sentence on its own line, text changes map directly to line changes, making version control history much easier to review.

When reformatting index.qmd, math blocks and captions are detected as protected zones and left untouched. The formatter strictly preserves these elements while adjusting line breaks only in the standard manuscript text.