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Re: [O] [PATCH] Resolve regexp ambiguity for item headers
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Nick Dokos |
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Re: [O] [PATCH] Resolve regexp ambiguity for item headers |
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Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:14:52 -0400 |
Bastien <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Nicolas,
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> Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> writes:
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> > There's room from improvement, though: I find strange that "**** " is
> > a valid empty headline while "****" isn't.
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> This I find natural.
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> The prefix for headlines includes the whitespace, so the whitespace
> is needed for empty headlines too. Also, people might want to use
> lines matching "^*+$" (to separate paragraphs or whatever.)
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> 2 cts of course,
>
The trouble of course is that the space is almost invisible, so it leads
to hair-pulling: "why the (&^&^$%&bleep*(^()*^* doesn't this work?"
OTOH, if it happens to you once, you tend to remember it for ever after :-)
I see your 2¢ and lower you to 1.5¢,
Nick
- [O] [PATCH] Resolve regexp ambiguity for item headers, Mats Kindahl, 2012/09/10
- Re: [O] [PATCH] Resolve regexp ambiguity for item headers, Nicolas Goaziou, 2012/09/10
- Re: [O] [PATCH] Resolve regexp ambiguity for item headers, Mats Kindahl, 2012/09/10
- Re: [O] [PATCH] Resolve regexp ambiguity for item headers, Nicolas Goaziou, 2012/09/12
- Re: [O] [PATCH] Resolve regexp ambiguity for item headers, Bastien, 2012/09/19
- Re: [O] [PATCH] Resolve regexp ambiguity for item headers, Mats Kindahl, 2012/09/19
- Re: [O] [PATCH] Resolve regexp ambiguity for item headers, Nicolas Goaziou, 2012/09/19
- Re: [O] [PATCH] Resolve regexp ambiguity for item headers, Bastien, 2012/09/19
- Re: [O] [PATCH] Resolve regexp ambiguity for item headers,
Nick Dokos <=
- Re: [O] [PATCH] Resolve regexp ambiguity for item headers, Bastien, 2012/09/21