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Re: [BUG] [BUG] inconsistent behavior when reading multiple tags [9.4.6


From: Timothy
Subject: Re: [BUG] [BUG] inconsistent behavior when reading multiple tags [9.4.6 (9.4.6-g366444 @ /home/n/.emacs.d/straight/build/org/)]
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:08:59 +0800
User-agent: mu4e 1.6.5; emacs 28.0.50

Hi Allen,

> The question here is, which behavior do we want?  My philosphy is that
> programs shouldn’t try to silently re-interpret the user’s intentions.
> For example, if I accidentally mistyped the tag “green_blue” as
> “green-blue”, I don’t want Org to “helpfully” split one tag into two
> tags “green:blue”.  I may not realize the data corruption until too
> late.
>
> If we want the other behavior (invalid tag characters can separate
> tags), then it’s also a simple matter of changing crm-separator wherever
> only tags are completed to recognize all invalid tag characters.
>
> There’s also the option to only allow “:” and “,” as separators.
>
> Whichever behavior we choose, I don’t think it’s worth making it customizable.

Reading your thoughts I’m inclined to agree, perhaps it’s best if we settle on a
set of “sensible” separation characters, document them, and leave it at that.

NoWayman, what do you think of that?

All the best,
Timothy

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