Add ability to ignore ASCII art (#45)

README.md

@@ -134,3 +134,4 @@ Options:
 - `prog_name`: _(Optional, default: same as `command`)_ The name to display for the command.
 - `depth`: _(Optional, default: `0`)_ Offset to add when generating headers.
 - `style`: _(Optional, default: `plain`)_ Style for the options section. The possible choices are `plain` and `table`.
+- `remove_ascii_art`: _(Optional, default: `False`)_ When docstrings begin with the escape character `\b`, all text will be ignored until the next blank line is encountered.

mkdocs_click/_docs.py

@@ -14,13 +14,17 @@ def make_command_docs(
     command: click.BaseCommand,
     depth: int = 0,
     style: str = "plain",
+    remove_ascii_art: bool = False,
     has_attr_list: bool = False,
 ) -> Iterator[str]:
     """Create the Markdown lines for a command and its sub-commands."""
     for line in _recursively_make_command_docs(
-        prog_name, command, depth=depth, style=style, has_attr_list=has_attr_list
+        prog_name, command, depth=depth, style=style, remove_ascii_art=remove_ascii_art, has_attr_list=has_attr_list
     ):
-        yield line.replace("\b", "")
+        if line.strip() == "\b":
+            continue
+
+        yield line
 
 
 def _recursively_make_command_docs(
@@ -29,13 +33,14 @@ def _recursively_make_command_docs(
     parent: click.Context = None,
     depth: int = 0,
     style: str = "plain",
+    remove_ascii_art: bool = False,
     has_attr_list: bool = False,
 ) -> Iterator[str]:
     """Create the raw Markdown lines for a command and its sub-commands."""
     ctx = click.Context(cast(click.Command, command), info_name=prog_name, parent=parent)
 
     yield from _make_title(ctx, depth, has_attr_list=has_attr_list)
-    yield from _make_description(ctx)
+    yield from _make_description(ctx, remove_ascii_art=remove_ascii_art)
     yield from _make_usage(ctx)
     yield from _make_options(ctx, style)
 
@@ -103,12 +108,26 @@ def _make_title_full_command_path(ctx: click.Context, depth: int) -> Iterator[st
     yield ""
 
 
-def _make_description(ctx: click.Context) -> Iterator[str]:
+def _make_description(ctx: click.Context, remove_ascii_art: bool = False) -> Iterator[str]:
     """Create markdown lines based on the command's own description."""
     help_string = ctx.command.help or ctx.command.short_help
 
     if help_string:
-        yield from help_string.splitlines()
+        if remove_ascii_art:
+            skipped_ascii_art = True
+            for i, line in enumerate(help_string.splitlines()):
+                if skipped_ascii_art is False:
+                    if not line.strip():
+                        skipped_ascii_art = True
+                        continue
+                elif i == 0 and line.strip() == "\b":
+                    skipped_ascii_art = False
+
+                if skipped_ascii_art:
+                    yield line
+        else:
+            yield from help_string.splitlines()
+
         yield ""
 
 

mkdocs_click/_extension.py

@@ -23,13 +23,19 @@ def replace_command_docs(has_attr_list: bool = False, **options: Any) -> Iterato
     prog_name = options.get("prog_name", None)
     depth = int(options.get("depth", 0))
     style = options.get("style", "plain")
+    remove_ascii_art = options.get("remove_ascii_art", False)
 
     command_obj = load_command(module, command)
 
     prog_name = prog_name or command_obj.name or command
 
     return make_command_docs(
-        prog_name=prog_name, command=command_obj, depth=depth, style=style, has_attr_list=has_attr_list
+        prog_name=prog_name,
+        command=command_obj,
+        depth=depth,
+        style=style,
+        remove_ascii_art=remove_ascii_art,
+        has_attr_list=has_attr_list,
     )
 
 

tests/test_docs.py

@@ -16,6 +16,31 @@ def hello():
     """Hello, world!"""
 
 
+@click.command()
+@click.option("-d", "--debug", help="Include debug output")
+def hello_escape_marker():
+    """
+    \b
+    Hello, world!
+    """
+
+
+@click.command()
+@click.option("-d", "--debug", help="Include debug output")
+def hello_ascii_art():
+    """
+    \b
+      ______  __       __    ______  __  ___
+     /      ||  |     |  |  /      ||  |/  /
+    |  ,----'|  |     |  | |  ,----'|  '  /
+    |  |     |  |     |  | |  |     |    <
+    |  `----.|  `----.|  | |  `----.|  .  \\
+     \\______||_______||__|  \\______||__|\\__\\
+
+    Hello, world!
+    """
+
+
 HELLO_EXPECTED = dedent(
     """
     # hello
@@ -60,6 +85,16 @@ def test_style_invalid():
         list(make_command_docs("hello", hello, style="invalid"))
 
 
+def test_basic_escape_marker():
+    output = "\n".join(make_command_docs("hello", hello_escape_marker))
+    assert output == HELLO_EXPECTED
+
+
+def test_basic_ascii_art():
+    output = "\n".join(make_command_docs("hello", hello_ascii_art, remove_ascii_art=True))
+    assert output == HELLO_EXPECTED
+
+
 @click.command()
 @click.option("-d", "--debug", help="Include debug output")
 @click.option("--choice", type=click.Choice(["foo", "bar"]), default="foo")