how to word wrap?

[Lighthouse]

Hi,

in the script.rpy file I have something like:
j "Greetings! ( press the space-bar to continue )"

How can I force a new line for: ( press the space-bar to continue )"

Thanks and kind regards

[Lighthouse]

Hi,

in the script.rpy file I have something like:
j "Greetings! ( press the space-bar to continue )"
j is a Character.
How can I force a new line for: ( press the space-bar to continue )"

Thanks and kind regards

[Sugar-Junkie]

Maybe j "Greetings! {p}( press the space-bar to continue )" ? It does create a paragraph break, but it pauses between both lines, unsure if that's how you want it to go.

[Imperf3kt]

You could add a hard linebreak with \n

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    j "Greetings!\n( press the space-bar to continue )"

I believe triple quoted strings also work (but I haven't tested this)
These will format the text however you enter it.

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    j _("""Greetings!
( press the space-bar to continue )""")

Edited to fix an error in original post

[Lighthouse]

Thanks to Sugar-Junkie and Imperf3kt,
as a beginner I appreciate your help very much. Both {p} and \N do not work. They give no error but fail in giving out two lines at the same time. I asked chatGPT3.5 which suggested [br] which results in errors. Also using 'vpunch' or using a variable did not work.
$ text_to_display = "wort1 wort2\nwort3"
e " {text_to_display}
It is very well possible that I made errors, but such a simple need should not require such an effort. Finally, on second try triple quotes worked with the following formating:
j """
This is a multi-line say statement.
It allows you to display text over multiple lines
without the need for explicit line breaks.
"""
Thanks again
Lighthouse

PS out of topic, how do I insert an logo/avatar in my profile?

[Ocelot]

it is \n not \N (capitalization matter)

For the future, it is nessesary to specify what "does not work" means. Does it crashes without giving any errors? Does it give you an error? Does it work, but output is not what you want? If so, what did you get, and what did you expect? Or maybe it does give you what you want, but with some side effects, that makes it unuseable?

[Imperf3kt]

Oops, that's my mistake. I always confuse whether I'm supposed to capitalize that or not

[Lighthouse]

For the benefit of all I may add that within a triple quotes say statement one can force a linebreak by using \n.