What's wrong with LaTeX on Physics Forums?

[WolfOfTheSteps]

I can't get LaTeX to newline on these forums. The following code produces the LaTeX output shown below:

This\ is\ the\ first\ line \\
This\ is\ the\ second\ line \\




This\ is\ the\ first\ line \\
This\ is\ the\ second\ line \\



Isn't "\\" the newline command? Why isn't it working?

[hage567]

I think it needs to be [/tex] at the end not [\tex]. Just a guess, not sure if that's the problem.

[WolfOfTheSteps]

No, unfortunately that's not the problem. :(

[arildno]

newline doesn't work at PF (nor does the equation reference system, for that matter)
You have to make separate tex-lines instead.