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From: John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
Cc: org-mode-email <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>,
	Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: org-cite styles don't allow * in them
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2022 07:30:26 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ51EToaf4Xca4t7N7rNOMcWU4E_3w6yPymtBrHfisYhAkeXgQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 12:17 AM Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> wrote:

> "Bruce D'Arcus" <bdarcus@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 5:07 PM John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I was looking into using latex commands as styles in org-cite, e.g.
> >>
> >> [cite/citet:@key]. That example works fine, but [cite/citet*:@key] is
> not allowed. Could that be allowed?
> >
> > I have no insight into the restriction, but I hope it can be removed.
>
> I do like the proposal in general, but I can see a potential issue for
> users. Constructs like "word*:" can be recognised as a valid bold
> emphasis ending. For example:
>
> >>> Some *bold emphasis with reference [cite/citet*:@key] will end
> >>> at "citet*", but not here*.
>

That is a fair point, and also an issue with links that have * in them
(which is also already allowed). I can't say it has ever been reported as
an issue though.

>
> Note that inserting zero-width space will not only be awkward here, but
> also breaks parser: e.g. [cite/cite<zwspace>t:@key] is not currently
> recognised as a citation.


A less awkward solution (IMO) would be to use an entity like ⋆.  It is
straightforward to add that to the org-element-citation-prefix-re. Then I
see something like this.

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I don't know how difficult it would be to improve the emphasis handling, it
seems like the start/end markers should not cross some element boundaries.


>
> Best,
> Ihor
>

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-04-07 11:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-04-03 21:06 org-cite styles don't allow * in them John Kitchin
2022-04-05 15:56 ` Bruce D'Arcus
2022-04-05 16:11   ` John Kitchin
2022-04-05 17:41     ` Bruce D'Arcus
2022-04-07  4:17   ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-04-07 11:30     ` John Kitchin [this message]
2022-04-16 16:29       ` Bruce D'Arcus
2022-04-17  8:42         ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-04-17 12:14           ` John Kitchin
2022-04-17 13:18             ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-04-17 14:24               ` John Kitchin
2022-04-18  9:09                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-04-18 10:25                   ` Bruce D'Arcus
2022-04-19  2:59                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-04-21  8:06     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2022-04-21 10:09       ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-04-21 11:28         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2022-04-21 13:40           ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-04-22 12:42       ` Bruce D'Arcus
2022-04-22 13:30         ` John Kitchin
2022-05-22 15:51       ` Bruce D'Arcus

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