From 7b930fffc08ee848c1e5c681d80bec01e7a7fc6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brett Saviano <bsaviano@intersystems.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2023 10:42:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #266

---
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 1 +
 server/src/utils/functions.ts | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index be78bb5..6fd3fb5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## [2.3.2] - 2023-XX-XX
 - Fix issue [#265](https://github.com/intersystems/language-server/issues/265): Support HTML spans in intellisense from class descriptions
+- Fix issue [#266](https://github.com/intersystems/language-server/issues/266): Preserve empty HTML spans in intellisense from class descriptions
 
 ## [2.3.1] - 2023-03-02
 - Fix issue [#77](https://github.com/intersystems/language-server/issues/77): Incorrect 'Class/Routine/Include file does not exist' Diagnostics after namespace switch
diff --git a/server/src/utils/functions.ts b/server/src/utils/functions.ts
index 25398dd..9d31739 100644
--- a/server/src/utils/functions.ts
+++ b/server/src/utils/functions.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ import parameterTypes = require("../documentation/parameterTypes.json");
 
 // Initialize turndown and tune it for Documatic HTML
 const TurndownService = require('turndown-ext').default;
-const turndown = new TurndownService({codeBlockStyle: "fenced"});
+const turndown = new TurndownService({
+	codeBlockStyle: "fenced",
+	blankReplacement: (content, node: HTMLElement) => node.nodeName == 'SPAN' ? node.outerHTML : ''
+});
 turndown.remove("style");
 turndown.keep(["span", "table", "tr", "td"]);
 turndown.addRule("pre",{