From 0d5293273472526742a5e61f4efb06972b3146a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ralph Thesen <mail@redimp.de>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 12:44:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: In mermaid blocks replace \n with <br/>

- Makes writing diagrams more convenient
- Matches how github flavored markdown handles mermaid blocks
- This was brought up in #140
---
 otterwiki/renderer.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/otterwiki/renderer.py b/otterwiki/renderer.py
index b9af7f5..79dbbdd 100644
--- a/otterwiki/renderer.py
+++ b/otterwiki/renderer.py
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ def block_code(self, code, info=None):
             html = "".join(
                 ["\\[{}\\]".format(line) for line in code.strip().splitlines()]
             )
+            # replace \n with <br/> for convinient diagram writing (and match the github syntax)
+            code = code.replace("\\n","<br/>")
             return '\n<pre class="mermaid">{}</pre>\n'.format(
                 code.strip()
             )