Formatting within code sections

epicyon-profile.css

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     --header-bg-color: #282c37;
     --main-bg-color: #282c37;
     --post-bg-color: #282c37;
+    --code-color: lightblue;
     --column-left-color: #282c37;
     --link-bg-color: #282c37;
     --dropdown-fg-color: #dddddd;
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@
     --quote-font-size-mobile: 120%;
     --quote-font-size-tiny: 60%;
     --line-spacing: 180%;
+    --code-spacing: 100%;
     --line-spacing-newswire: 120%;
     --newswire-item-moderated-color: white;
     --newswire-date-moderated-color: white;
@@ -248,6 +250,12 @@ body, html {
     image-rendering: var(--rendering);
 }
 
+code {
+    color: var(--code-color);
+    white-space: pre;
+    line-height: var(--code-spacing);
+}
+
 audio {
     width: 100%;
 }

markdown.py

@@ -335,7 +335,10 @@ def markdown_to_html(markdown: str) -> str:
     }
     for line in lines_list:
         if ctr > 0:
-            html_str += '<br>\n'
+            if not code_section:
+                html_str += '<br>\n'
+            else:
+                html_str += '\n'
 
         # avoid code sections
         if not code_section: