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Re: Description list with " :: " in the tag.
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Tom Alexander |
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Re: Description list with " :: " in the tag. |
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Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:05:25 -0400 |
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Thanks!
--
Tom Alexander
On Sat, Sep 9, 2023, at 5:06 AM, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> "Tom Alexander" <tom@fizz.buzz> writes:
>
>> Emacs version: 29.1
>> Org-mode version: 163bafb43dcc2bc94a2c7ccaa77d3d1dd488f1af
>>
>> Found a conflict between the documentation and the parser behavior. The
>> org-mode documentation[1] for description list items says that TAG '[...]
>> does not contain the substring " :: "'
>>
>> Using this sample document, I have created a plain list item with a tag that
>> contains that substring by wrapping it in a verbatim block:
>> ```
>> - =foo :: bar= :: baz
>> ```
>> (item
>> ...
>> ((1 0 "- " nil nil "=foo :: bar=" 23))
>> ...
>> It seems that "TAG-TEXT" is not just text but it can include objects and
>> those objects can include the substring " :: ".
>
> It is simpler.
> Everything after the bullet and before the last " :: " is considered as
> tag. Everything after the last " :: " is description.
> Then, tag and description are parsed, allowing objects inside.
>
> org-syntax document is inaccurate here - it says that the _first_ " :: "
> is used as tag:description delimiter, not the _last_.
>
> I do not see any benefit changing the current parser. So, we probably
> need to update org-syntax document instead.
>
> --
> Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
> Org mode contributor,
> Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
> Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
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- Description list with " :: " in the tag., Tom Alexander, 2023/09/08
- Re: Description list with " :: " in the tag., Max Nikulin, 2023/09/08
- Re: Description list with " :: " in the tag., Ihor Radchenko, 2023/09/09
- Re: Description list with " :: " in the tag., Max Nikulin, 2023/09/10
- Re: Description list with " :: " in the tag.,
Tom Alexander <=
- Re: Description list with " :: " in the tag., Tom Alexander, 2023/09/13
- [PATCH] Re: Description list with " :: " in the tag., Ihor Radchenko, 2023/09/14
- [PATCH] Re: Description list with " :: " in the tag., Ihor Radchenko, 2023/09/14
- Re: [PATCH] Re: Description list with " :: " in the tag., Tom Alexander, 2023/09/19
- Re: [PATCH] Re: Description list with " :: " in the tag., Ihor Radchenko, 2023/09/20