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From: "Tom Alexander" <tom@fizz.buzz>
To: "Ihor Radchenko" <yantar92@posteo.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Description list with " :: " in the tag.
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:05:25 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <08d768a7-ac07-45cc-addf-3e406b3560ce@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wmwz7m1u.fsf@localhost>

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>,
> or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2023-09-11 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-08 17:25 Description list with " :: " in the tag Tom Alexander
2023-09-09  3:15 ` Max Nikulin
2023-09-09  9:06 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-10  4:22   ` Max Nikulin
2023-09-11 16:05   ` Tom Alexander [this message]
2023-09-13 22:52     ` Tom Alexander
2023-09-14 11:24       ` [PATCH] " Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-20  0:09         ` Tom Alexander
2023-09-20  9:00           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-14 11:25       ` Ihor Radchenko

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