two backslashes create a single backslash as expected on my end:
julia> "no backslashes
some text"
"no backslashes\nsome text"
julia> "two backslashes\\
some text"
"two backslashes\\\nsome text"
two backslashes create a single backslash as expected on my end:
julia> "no backslashes
some text"
"no backslashes\nsome text"
julia> "two backslashes\\
some text"
"two backslashes\\\nsome text"