Re: [O] TODO type problem on speedbar and imenu.

[Carsten Dominik]

On Aug 24, 2011, at 4:18 PM, Bastien wrote:

> Hi Nicolas,
> 
> Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> I don't mind providing a commit for this, but the list wasn't
>> exhaustive. I'd rather have a set of rules which would be part of the
>> Org format specification.
> 
> Agreed.
> 
>> What about : allow mixing tabs and spaces only when indenting or
>> filling. One or more spaces everywhere[1] else.

Hi Nicolas

Org currently also uses \t before the tags, when it aligns them.

- Carsten

> 
> If you feel confident this is flexible enough, please go ahead.
> We only need to make sure that a task like
> 
> * TODO Task       
>           ^^^^^^ <= unintentional mixed tabs/spaces
> 
> is okay.  In other words: enforce a set of rules, but in a way
> that will not surprise users if they accidently hit spaces or tabs
> in position like the end of a line.
> 
>> An heading regexp would then be:
>> 
>> "^\\*\\+\\( +TODO\\)?\\( +\\[#.\\]\\)?\\( +.*?\\)?\\([ 
>> \t]+\\(:[[:alnum:address@hidden:\\)\\)?[ \t]*$"
>> 
>> Note the use of [ \t]+ to fill the tags to the right. Also note that
>> regexp means "^***" is a valid regexp (which isn't the case actually).
> 
> Yes, I think keeping "^***" as a valid regexp is a good idea.
> 
>> [1] As for every rule, some exceptions: check-boxes cookies and
>> counters, which can be sticked to respectively the headline text and the
>> check-box.
> 
> Okay.
> 
> Thanks for looking again into this when you have some time!
> 
> -- 
> Bastien
> 

- Carsten