Allow Semicolons in Timeline Titles, Sections, Periods, and Events

packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/timeline/parser/timeline.jison

@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@
 \#[^\n]*                /* skip comments */
 
 "timeline"               return 'timeline';
-"title"\s[^#\n;]+       return 'title';
+"title"\s[^#\n]+       return 'title';
 accTitle\s*":"\s*                                               { this.begin("acc_title");return 'acc_title'; }
 <acc_title>(?!\n|;|#)*[^\n]*                                    { this.popState(); return "acc_title_value"; }
 accDescr\s*":"\s*                                               { this.begin("acc_descr");return 'acc_descr'; }
 <acc_descr>(?!\n|;|#)*[^\n]*                                    { this.popState(); return "acc_descr_value"; }
 accDescr\s*"{"\s*                                { this.begin("acc_descr_multiline");}
 <acc_descr_multiline>[\}]                       { this.popState(); }
 <acc_descr_multiline>[^\}]*                     return "acc_descr_multiline_value";
-"section"\s[^#:\n;]+    return 'section';
+"section"\s[^#:\n]+    return 'section';
 
 // event starting with "==>" keyword
-":"\s[^#:\n;]+        return 'event';
-[^#:\n;]+               return 'period';
+":"\s[^#:\n]+        return 'event';
+[^#:\n]+               return 'period';
 
 
 <<EOF>>                 return 'EOF';

packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/timeline/timeline.spec.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { parser as timeline } from './parser/timeline.jison';
 import * as timelineDB from './timelineDb.js';
+import * as commonDb from '../common/commonDb.js';
 import { setLogLevel } from '../../diagram-api/diagramAPI.js';
 
 describe('when parsing a timeline ', function () {
@@ -98,5 +99,20 @@ describe('when parsing a timeline ', function () {
         }
       });
     });
+
+    it('TL-6 should handle a title, section, task, and events with semicolons', function () {
+      let str = `timeline
+      title ;my;title;
+      section ;a;bc-123;
+      ;ta;sk1;: ;ev;ent1; : ;ev;ent2; : ;ev;ent3;
+   `;
+      timeline.parse(str);
+      expect(commonDb.getDiagramTitle()).equal(';my;title;');
+      expect(timelineDB.getSections()).to.deep.equal([';a;bc-123;']);
+      expect(timelineDB.getTasks()[0].task).equal(';ta;sk1;');
+      expect(timelineDB.getTasks()[0].events[0]).equal(';ev;ent1; ');
+      expect(timelineDB.getTasks()[0].events[1]).equal(';ev;ent2; ');
+      expect(timelineDB.getTasks()[0].events[2]).equal(';ev;ent3;');
+    });
   });
 });