From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: verbatim and apostrophes Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 12:23:18 +0100 Message-ID: <87fvmewhy1.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: <874n43gpu3.fsf@gmail.com> <87zjlvfao6.fsf@gmail.com> <87fvmy44wt.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38634) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WQEak-0000sV-RS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 07:23:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WQEaf-0007qO-Cl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 07:23:26 -0400 Received: from rs249.mailgun.us ([209.61.151.249]:35369) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WQEaf-0007qK-5p for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2014 07:23:21 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Alan Schmitt's message of "Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:07:17 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Alan Schmitt Cc: Nick Dokos , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Alan, Alan Schmitt writes: > A suggestion could be to allow any text inside the markers, except for > the marker itself which would need to be escaped. Escaping could take > the form of doubling the marker: > > ~"foo bar"~ --> "foo bar" > ~"foo ~~ bar"~ --> "foo ~ bar" > > As I've not thought this through, I'm pretty sure someone will find a > huge flaw in this suggestion. Well, the huge flaw will never be obvious with such solutions... because the flaw is precisely this: it hides huge flaws. (Do not bother parsing the above, I'm not sure myself.) FWIW here is my gut reaction: I'm not a fan (euphemism) of escaping here, I feel like it adds little value while bumping complexity too much. But exploring it might be worth it, if someone wants to try! -- Bastien