defining a user-friendly MUI_WELCOMEPAGE_TEXT

Why does putting it all on one line compile:
!define MUI_WELCOMEPAGE_TEXT "line 1 \n\nline3\nline 5\nline 6\n\nline 8\n\nline 9\n"

but laying it out "neatly" doesn't:
!define MUI_WELCOMEPAGE_TEXT "line 1 \n\n" \
"line3\n" \
"line 5\n" \
"line 6\n\n" \
"line 8\n\n" \
"line 9\n"
I know I'm doing something stupid - but can't find anything in documentation to help me fix it.

You need to use code like follows:

!define MUI_WELCOMEPAGE_TEXT "line 1 \n\n \

line3\n \

line 5\n \

line 6\n\n \

line 8\n\n \

line 9\n"

Thanks, but

I did try that but lost the leading spaces on the lines I want to be indented. But putting the \n at the start rather than the end of the line works:

code:-------

!define MUI_WELCOMEPAGE_TEXT "line 1 \n \
\n line3 text with leading spaces \
\n line 5 text with leading spaces \
etc.

Thanks