I think that the docstring system is looking for a normal string, not a string with any string macro. You can get around this by using the `@doc` macro directly, i.e. @doc R""" My docstring $a+\alpha$ """ -> function myfunc() end
works fine. On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 7:51:27 PM UTC-4, Marius Millea wrote: > > My docstrings often contain Latex so they have $ and \ characters in them, > so I'd like to not have to escape them manually every time. I'm trying to > do so by defining an R_str macro, but it seems to prevent the docstring > from attaching to its function. Is there a way to achieve this? > > macro R_str(s) > s > end > > R""" > My docstring $a+\alpha$ > """ > function myfunc() > end > > >?myfunc > No documentation found. > > > > Thanks. >