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Re: [PATCH] Re: Description list with " :: " in the tag.
From: |
Tom Alexander |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Re: Description list with " :: " in the tag. |
Date: |
Tue, 19 Sep 2023 20:09:34 -0400 |
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Cyrus-JMAP/3.9.0-alpha0-761-gece9e40c48-fm-20230913.001-gece9e40c |
Sorry for the delay, I've been busy in the IRLs. I've updated the patch to
reflect that the parser grabs the text before the last " :: " and then parses
it as objects. The new patch is attached.
--
Tom Alexander
On Thu, Sep 14, 2023, at 7:24 AM, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> "Tom Alexander" <tom@fizz.buzz> writes:
>
>> I've written a patch (attached) with my proposed wording changes to
>> the documentation, should I be starting another thread or does
>> dropping it here work best?
>
> You can just modify subject with [PATCH], as I did.
>
>> ... I do not have commit access so I'd need
>> someone with such authority to do the last bit.
>
> Sure.
>
>> + =TAG-TEXT= is one of more objects from the standard set so long as
>> + they do not contain a newline character, until the last occurrence
>> + of the substring =" :: "= (two colons surrounded by whitespace,
>> + without the quotes).
>
> It does not fully represent what is going on - Org parser is top-down
> and does not parse objects before it is done parsing the descriptive
> list item. So,
>
> - *foo :: bar* does not actually contain bold markup
>
> Rather it is "* foo" tag + "bar* does not actually contain bold markup"
> description.
>
> What happens is that the parser splits the first line of the item by the
> last " :: " and only then proceeds with parsing the tag and description
> using standard set of objects:
>
> - <....> :: <text not containing :: >
>
> --
> Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
> Org mode contributor,
> Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
> Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
> or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
0001-org-syntax.org-Fix-definition-of-description-list-ta.patch
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