pyyaml

import yaml class folded_unicode(unicode): pass class literal_unicode(unicode): pass def folded_unicode_representer(dumper, data): return dumper.represent_scalar(u’tag:yaml.org,2002:str’, data, style=”>”) def literal_unicode_representer(dumper, data): return dumper.represent_scalar(u’tag:yaml.org,2002:str’, data, style=”|”) yaml.add_representer(folded_unicode, folded_unicode_representer) yaml.add_representer(literal_unicode, literal_unicode_representer) data = { ‘literal’:literal_unicode( u’by hjw ___\n’ ‘ __ /.-.\\\n’ ‘ / )_____________\\\\ Y\n’ ‘ /_ /=== == === === =\\ _\\_\n’ ‘( /)=== == === === == Y … Read more

Falling in love with @lbt’s approach, I got this code: import yaml def str_presenter(dumper, data): if len(data.splitlines()) > 1: # check for multiline string return dumper.represent_scalar(‘tag:yaml.org,2002:str’, data, style=”|”) return dumper.represent_scalar(‘tag:yaml.org,2002:str’, data) yaml.add_representer(str, str_presenter) # to use with safe_dump: yaml.representer.SafeRepresenter.add_representer(str, str_presenter) It makes every multiline string be a block literal. I was trying to avoid the … Read more