# helpers.py

def render_attributes(attributes):
    """
    Renders attributes in the format: [key=value].
    
    :param attributes: Dictionary of attributes.
    :return: Rendered attribute string.
    """
    return "".join([f"[{key}={value}]" for key, value in attributes.items()])


def combine_elements(elements):
    """
    Combines the rendered content of multiple AsciiDoc elements.
    
    :param elements: List of AsciiDocElement objects.
    :return: Combined rendered string.
    """
    return "\n\n".join([element.render() for element in elements])


def sanitize_text(text):
    """
    Sanitizes input text to ensure it adheres to AsciiDoc's conventions and doesn't break the output.
    For instance, this function can handle escaping special characters. (This is a stub for demonstration and should be extended as necessary.)
    
    :param text: Raw input text.
    :return: Sanitized text.
    """
    # A very basic example. In practice, this might need to handle more cases.
    return text.replace("[", "\[").replace("]", "\]")

def attributes_to_string(attributes):
    """
    Convert a dictionary of attributes into a string representation 
    suitable for AsciiDoc.
    
    :param attributes: A dictionary of attributes.
    :return: A string representation of attributes.
    """
    return ",".join([f"{key}={value}" for key, value in attributes.items()])

def wrap_in_delimiters(text, delimiter):
    """
    Wrap the given text in the specified delimiters.
    
    :param text: The text to wrap.
    :param delimiter: The delimiter to wrap the text in.
    :return: The wrapped text.
    """
    return f"{delimiter}{text}{delimiter}"

def add_newlines(text, count=1):
    """
    Append a specified number of newline characters to the text.
    
    :param text: The text to which newline(s) should be appended.
    :param count: The number of newline characters to append.
    :return: The text appended with newline(s).
    """
    return text + "\n" * count