template.html
views.py
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h3>Without linebreaks filter:</h3>
{{ mytext }}
<h3>With linebreaks filter:</h3>
{{ mytext|linebreaks }}
<p>Right-click in this frame and check out the frame source to see the added HTML elements.</p>
<p>In views.py you can see what the mytext variable looks like.</p>
</body>
</html>
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template import loader
def testing(request):
template = loader.get_template('template.html')
context = {
'mytext': 'Hello\nmy name is Leo.\n\nI am a student.',
}
return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))