From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bug: org-mode interprets * as a headline in text between #+BEGIN_.. and #+END_...
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2016 11:36:37 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wphkqigq.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87y420lmgr.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr
Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
> Hello,
>
> Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Is the "* on column 0 is a headline" convention a consequence of the
>> dependence on outline.el? Or is it just historical baggage? I cannot
>> remember the grammar rules, but I'm wondering if the parser could be
>> made to say "not a headline" in this situation, and if so, what the
>> consequences might be (particularly, the bad consequences).
>>
>> I'm not sure whether Nicolas has actually explained this situation in
>> the past, but, with gmane non compos mentis, I did not attempt to find
>> an earlier discussion.
>
> This is inherent on how the syntax is defined, and how the parser is
> implemented. As an outliner, the main syntactic element in an Org
> document is the headline. Everything else has a lower priority.
> Therefore, a block will not be parsed before a headline.
>
> The good side of headlines being top level elements is that parsing
> (without cache) only needs to start from the closest headline above. If
> blocks could be parsed before headlines, parsing should start from the
> beginning of the document every time.
>
Thank you. I appreciate both your patience and your explanations.
--
Nick
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-10-07 15:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-06 20:28 Bug: org-mode interprets * as a headline in text between #+BEGIN_.. and #+END_ David Talmage
2016-10-06 21:13 ` John Hendy
2016-10-06 22:05 ` Nick Dokos
2016-10-07 6:09 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-07 13:55 ` David Talmage
2016-10-07 22:20 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-10-07 15:36 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
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