Question

How to prevent that "\t" is in a legend interpreted as <tab>?

I want to write the filename including directory into a legend. And this can have a \t :-)

@startuml
legend
| <b>json2puml | <b>v1.1.5.15\n |
| Generated at | 25.03.2022 11:26:41 |
| Input List File | data\\ttspec\\inputlist.json |
| Definition Option | default |
end legend
@enduml

Answer 1

A possible workaround is using `/` instead, as:

Answer 2

It does seem to be a bug, as you would expect \\t to work, but it doesn't.

Here's a workaround using a "zero-width space" unicode character:

@startuml
legend
| <b>json2puml | <b>v1.1.5.15\n |
| Generated at | 25.03.2022 11:26:41 |
| Input List File | data\\<U+200B>ttspec\\inputlist.json |
| Definition Option | default |
end legend
@enduml

Comments

Nice trick with the unicode char, I will give it a try.

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Oh by the way, same problem is in header and footer.

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the same problem is in notes as well