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From: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How to disable description lists?
Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 21:31:29 +0200
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To: Markus Berlin <ecce.berlin@googlemail.com>
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Hello,

Markus Berlin <ecce.berlin@googlemail.com> writes:

> is there a simple way to disable the description list syntax in a
> document?  That is, how can I prevent emacs from interpreting '::' as
> a description list separator (in a given document)?

No.

> The background is that I often use '::' or '::=' in my text

::= shouldn't define a description list. Could you post an ECM where it does?

The real separators are [space]::[space] and [space]::[end-of-line],
not :: by itself.

Regards,

-- Nicolas Goaziou