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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Cc: Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: c47b535bb origin/main org-element: Remove dependency on ‘org-emphasis-regexp-components’
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 21:53:16 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h7c89rqr.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zgq02ueq.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr>

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Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:

>> +Sometimes, Org mode has difficulties recognising markup.  It usually
>> +happens when markup marker symbols are present inside verbatim or code
>> +blocks:
>
> I disagree with the wording. Org mode has no difficulties recognizing
> markup nor does it parses text incorrectly. This is similar to the well
> known surprise:
>
>   #+begin_example
>   * something
>   #+end_example
>
> Here, we are simply fooled by the fontification process.
>
> Otherwise, the patch looks good to me.

I updated the patch. If you have no objections on the new wording, I
will push it to main.

>> +                   ;; Verify that we are at the right object.
>> +                   (let ((object (save-excursion
>> +                                   (save-match-data
>> +                                     (goto-char (match-beginning 2))
>> +                                     (org-element-context)))))
>> +                     (and (memq (org-element-type object)
>> +                                '(bold italic verbatim code strike-through))
>> +                          (eq (match-beginning 2)
>> +                              (org-element-property :begin object))))))
>
> I sympathize with the idea. As long as fontification does not rely on
> the parser, we will face issues like the one at stake. So, ultimately,
> Org will hopefully move in that direction.
>
> However, I'm not convinced making such local changes is going to help us
> in the long run. It may be more fruitful to think this evolution
> globally, as it involves a fair bit of rewriting of the fontification
> process. For example, it may only be necessary to parse the part of the
> Org document being fontified only once, and then apply all fontification
> functions to the resulting tree rather than have each of them calling
> the parser, like the above.
>
> In any case, I think fontification deserves a dedicated thread, in
> addition to some love.

Ok. I will create a new discussion thread on fontification.

Best,
Ihor


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From a1a497a80578669ef1e96700aa592aadd8d0d7ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Message-Id: <a1a497a80578669ef1e96700aa592aadd8d0d7ec.1637329857.git.yantar92@gmail.com>
From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 19:27:56 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] org-manual.org: Clarify how to handle markup ambiguity

* doc/org-manual.org (Emphasis and Monospace): Advice users to insert
zero width space when Org does not parse emphasized text correctly.
---
 doc/org-manual.org | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index a38dbec4a..9615209a1 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -10818,6 +10818,17 @@ ** Emphasis and Monospace
 ~org-fontify-emphasized-text~ to ~nil~.  To narrow down the list of
 available markup syntax, you can customize ~org-emphasis-alist~.
 
+=*=, =/=, =_=, ===, and =~= symbols inside =verbatim= or ~code~ can
+sometimes produce unexpected markup.  For example,
+
+#+begin_example
+/The whole line is supposed to be marked italic, but the following
+~user/?variable~ contains italics =/= marker and confuses Org parser/.
+#+end_example
+
+You can use zero width space to help Org sorting out the ambiguity.
+See [[*Escape Character]] for more details.
+
 ** Subscripts and Superscripts
 :PROPERTIES:
 :DESCRIPTION: Simple syntax for raising/lowering text.
-- 
2.32.0


  reply	other threads:[~2021-11-19 14:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-15  0:53 c47b535bb origin/main org-element: Remove dependency on ‘org-emphasis-regexp-components’ Ihor Radchenko
2021-11-15  9:56 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-11-15 15:20   ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-11-15 16:25     ` Max Nikulin
2021-11-16  7:43       ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-11-16 21:56         ` Samuel Wales
2021-11-16 22:16           ` Samuel Wales
2021-11-17 16:44         ` Max Nikulin
2021-11-17 22:44           ` Samuel Wales
2021-11-18 12:25           ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-11-18 12:35             ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-11-18 12:55               ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-11-19  8:18                 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-11-19 11:38                   ` [PATCH] " Ihor Radchenko
2021-11-19 12:37                     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-11-19 13:53                       ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2021-11-20 18:25                         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-11-21  9:28                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-11-22 18:44                             ` Nicolas Goaziou
2021-11-23 14:28                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-11-27 12:16                             ` org parser and priorities of inline elements Max Nikulin
2021-11-27 19:02                               ` Nicolas Goaziou
2023-07-17 11:51                               ` Org markup and non-ASCII punctuation (was: org parser and priorities of inline elements) Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-18  0:03                                 ` Tom Gillespie
2023-07-18  5:07                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-18  5:40                                     ` Tom Gillespie
2023-07-18  9:45                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-11-19 16:34             ` c47b535bb origin/main org-element: Remove dependency on ‘org-emphasis-regexp-components’ Max Nikulin
2021-11-20 12:02         ` Max Nikulin
2021-11-21 10:01           ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-11-21 16:36             ` Max Nikulin
2021-11-23 17:05             ` [PATCH] org.el: Warning for unsupported markers in `org-set-emphasis-alist' Max Nikulin
2022-11-04  6:53               ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-11-04 12:31                 ` Max Nikulin
2022-11-05  8:21                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-02 10:53                     ` [PATCH v5] " Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-06 15:11                       ` Max Nikulin
2023-02-06 16:49                       ` Max Nikulin
2023-02-07 10:47                         ` Should we obsolete org-emphasis-alist? (was: [PATCH v5] org.el: Warning for unsupported markers in `org-set-emphasis-alist') Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-07 12:22                           ` Timothy
2023-02-09 12:11                           ` Max Nikulin

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