Eliminate blank lines in doc output

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1

OK I know this is a relatively minor thing but it does irritate me. When I define documentation that has a list, there is a blank line between list items. This can take up a bit of space especially for long lists. Example:

julia> @doc """
       - 1st line
       - 2nd line
       - 3rd line
       """ z = 7

help?> z
search: z zip zero zeros set_zero_subnormals get_zero_subnormals LOST_Z count_zeros leading_zeros trailing_zeros size sizeof iszero sizehint! LazyString Csize_t

    •  1st line

    •  2nd line

    •  3rd line

Is there a way to format the output to eliminate the blank lines? That is, have the list look like:

    •  1st line
    •  2nd line
    •  3rd line

It should be noted that the blank lines are being inserted when the docstring is outputted. the docstring itself does not have any blank lines:

julia> print(@doc z)
  * 1st line
  * 2nd line
  * 3rd line

Note: I know I can use triple backticks to get an output without blank lines but that outputs everything in blue which does not look great for a list.

2

The blank lines can be eliminated by defining a markdown extension via string interpolation.

3

Unfortunately interpolation is not the answer since the interpolated string still gets parsed by the Markdown parser and blank lines are inserted.

4

Could you instead use \endash<tab> to replace the minus sign in lists:

@doc """
       – 1st line\\\n
       – 2nd line\\\n
       – 3rd line
       """ z = 7

Result in the REPL:

help?> z
search: z zip zero zeros ZeroPivotException set_zero_subnormals get_zero_subnormals count_zeros    

  – 1st line
  – 2nd line
  – 3rd line
5

Thanks for the info. It was the “\” I was missing.