Unexpected gap after inclusion

[jbn-illinois-edu]

DokuWiki version: Release 2024-02-06b "Kaos"
include plugin version: 2023-09-22

What I'm trying to achieve: include the referenced wiki page as if I had copy/pasted the referenced page markup into the target page; no indication that what the user reads is an inclusion.

Issue: I'm seeing a gap after each inclusion despite turning off every configuration preference I noticed that I thought might generate such a gap:

• plugin»include»noheader
• plugin»include»showfooter
• plugin»include»showpermalink
• plugin»include»showdate
• plugin»include»showmdate
• plugin»include»showuser
• plugin»include»showcomments
• plugin»include»showlinkbacks
• plugin»include»showtags
• plugin»include»showeditbtn
• plugin»include»doindent
• plugin»include»title
• plugin»include»parlink
• plugin»include»readmore

I've also tried using &include in the inclusion markup.

It doesn't seem to make any difference if my target page markup has a gap in it like the following 3 lines:

{{page>timespan-no-past&inline}}

Only timespans without the word "ago" are accepted in this requirement.

or no gap like the following 2 lines:

{{page>timespan-no-past&inline}}
Only timespans without the word "ago" are accepted in this requirement.

or no gap line the following line:

{{page>timespan-no-past&inline}} Only timespans without the word "ago" are accepted in this requirement.

I always get a larger-than-paragraph sized gap after the last paragraph of text in the timespan-no-past page. timespan-no-past is all text:

Future timespans (meaning now + a timespan) such as “2 hours 3 minutes from now” indicate the current time plus 2 hours and 3 minutes.