how should I escape double underscores?

Question

I would like a component name that begins and ends with two underscore characters, for example:  __init__

It appears that double underscore causes a mid height dot to be rendered or underlines the word if enclosed in single quotes.

Here's a demo:

@startuml

package "test" {
    [alpha]
    [_bravo_]
    [__charlie__]
    ["__delta__"]
    [\__echo__]
    [\_\_foxtrot\_\_]
    [_\_golf__]
    [_\_hotel\__]
    [__ india __]
    ['__juliet__']
}

@enduml
 

Any ideas how to escape the double underscores?

Thank you

Answer 1

It's caused by the creole parser. Rather than using escapes, we decide to disable some creole features in some situations like the one you mention.

So we have made a beta version here that fix this issue:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13064071/plantuml.jar

This will be included in next official release.

Comments

Thank you, the beta version works!