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