From d6fc41fe05326706ea685abd7a586fe873839449 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Nisble <patrick.nisble@extoll.de>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:37:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] extend possible in-/output

---
 rplugin/python3/mrpy/yaml.py | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rplugin/python3/mrpy/yaml.py b/rplugin/python3/mrpy/yaml.py
index 3853c30..ba60c97 100644
--- a/rplugin/python3/mrpy/yaml.py
+++ b/rplugin/python3/mrpy/yaml.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def dump_scalar(entry: hints.JSONDataScalar) -> str:
             return f"{entry}\n"
 
 
-def dump(obj: dict[str, hints.JSONDataScalar | list[hints.JSONDataScalar]]) -> str:
+def dump(obj: hints.JSONDataMap) -> str:
     ret = ""
     for key, value in obj.items():
         ret += key
@@ -26,11 +26,32 @@ def dump(obj: dict[str, hints.JSONDataScalar | list[hints.JSONDataScalar]]) -> s
         match value:
             case []:
                 ret += " []\n"
+            case {}:
+                ret += " {}\n"
+            case "":
+                ret += ' ""\n'
             case list() as entries:
                 ret += "\n"
                 for entry in entries:
-                    ret += f"  - {dump_scalar(entry)}"
+                    match entry:
+                        case dict():
+                            subdump = dump(entry)
+                            ret += "\n".join("  " + l for l in subdump.splitlines())
+                        case list():
+                            pass
+                        case _:
+                            ret += f"  - {dump_scalar(entry)}"
+            case dict() as substruct:
+                ret += "\n"
+                subdump = dump(substruct)
+                ret += "\n".join("  " + l for l in subdump.splitlines()) + "\n"
 
+            case str() as mlstring if key == "markdown_content":
+                if mlstring.strip() == "" or dump_scalar(mlstring).strip() == "null":
+                    ret += ' ""\n'
+                else:
+                    indented = "\n".join(("  " + l) for l in dump_scalar(mlstring).splitlines())
+                    ret += f" >\n{indented}\n"
             case entry:
                 ret += f" {dump_scalar(entry)}"
 
@@ -56,6 +77,10 @@ def load(content: str) -> hints.JSONData:
     ...     key10:
     ...       - str
     ...       - "str"
+    ...     key11: >
+    ...       * a
+    ...       * b:
+    ...           * c
     ... '''
     >>> yaml_parsed = load(yaml)
     >>> compare = {
@@ -69,8 +94,8 @@ def load(content: str) -> hints.JSONData:
     ...     'key8': False,
     ...     'key9': [1, 23.2],
     ...     'key10': ['str', 'str'],
+    ...     'key11': "* a\\n* b:\\n    * c",
     ... }
-
     >>> {k: yaml_parsed.get(k, None) for k in compare if compare[k] != yaml_parsed[k]}
     {}
     """
@@ -78,20 +103,34 @@ def load(content: str) -> hints.JSONData:
     ret = {}
     key = None
     value = None
-    for line in sub(r":[\s\n]*", ":\n  ", dedent(content).strip()).splitlines():
-        if line.endswith(":"):
+    mlstring = False
+    for line in sub(r"(:( >)?)[\s\n]*", r"\1\n  ", dedent(content).strip()).splitlines():
+        if line.startswith("#") or line.strip() == "---":
+            continue
+        elif line.endswith(":"):
             if key:
                 ret[key] = value
                 value = None
+            mlstring = False
 
             key = line.removesuffix(":")
-        elif line.startswith("  -"):
+        elif line.endswith(": >"):
+            if key:
+                ret[key] = value
+                value = None
+            mlstring = True
+
+            key = line.removesuffix(": >")
+        elif line.startswith("  -") and not mlstring:
             value = value or []
             try:
                 parsed = loads(line.removeprefix("  -").strip())
             except:
                 parsed = loads('"' + line.removeprefix("  -").strip() + '"')
             value.append(parsed)
+        elif line.startswith("  ") and mlstring:
+            value = value or ""
+            value += line.removeprefix("  ") + "\n"
         else:
             try:
                 value = loads(line.strip())