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From: Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] org-export: Remove zero-width space escapes during export
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 23:38:56 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tbp5b2$du2$1@ciao.gmane.io> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87v8rkav2x.fsf@localhost>

On 26/07/2022 19:59, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> 
> This is a bug. While escape symbols do not affect export in most common
> scenarios, your report is adding yet another case when zero-width space
> is actually altering the export result.

I agree is zero-width space used as an escape character is too 
intrusive. It adds stray line breakpoints, it may be unwanted during 
copy&paste of text, especially if such text is code or a command.

> I am attaching a tentative patch that will make Org export remove
> zero-width spaces when those spaces actually separate the object
> boundaries.
> 
> Any objections?

I think, you broke a valid use case when zero width space allows to wrap 
objects in the case of narrow page

[[unicorn-1.jpg]]​[[unicorn-2.jpg]]​[[unicorn-3.jpg]]​[[unicorn-4.jpg]]

It was briefly discussed, see
https://list.orgmode.org/874k7qboaq.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr/
Nicolas Goaziou. Re: Org-syntax: Intra-word markup. Fri, 03 Dec 2021 
00:05:33 +0100

> The idea was indeed inspired by Markdown.
> However, Markdown is different - **bold** is the official syntax to
> indicate bold markup.

Or by asciidoc 
https://list.orgmode.org/1ef0e093-c165-2a5f-954d-6a33b64c8ee9@mailbox.org/

> +        (setq processed-string
> +              (replace-regexp-in-string "\\`​" "" string))
> +        (setq processed-string
> +              (replace-regexp-in-string "​\\'" "" processed-string))

Please, use \u200B instead of the invisible character.
info "(elisp) Non-ASCII Characters in Strings"
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Non_002dASCII-in-Strings.html



  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-07-26 17:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-19  5:32 How to force markup without spaces cinsky
2012-11-19  7:11 ` Vladimir Lomov
2012-11-19 10:06   ` Seong-Kook Shin
2012-11-19 14:40     ` Suvayu Ali
2012-12-13 21:26       ` Bastien
2022-07-25 17:50         ` K
2022-07-25 18:27         ` K
2022-07-25 19:02           ` K
2022-07-26  1:26             ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-07-26  2:23               ` Max Nikulin
2022-07-26  4:26                 ` K K
2022-07-26  6:30                   ` Max Nikulin
2022-07-26 12:59                   ` [PATCH] org-export: Remove zero-width space escapes during export Ihor Radchenko
2022-07-26 14:25                     ` Timothy
2022-07-26 15:27                       ` András Simonyi
2022-07-26 16:38                     ` Max Nikulin [this message]
2022-07-27  3:30                     ` Max Nikulin
2022-07-28 13:17                     ` [PATCH] Add new entity \-- serving as markup separator/escape symbol Ihor Radchenko
2022-07-28 15:34                       ` Max Nikulin
2022-07-29  1:43                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-07-29  2:50                           ` Max Nikulin
2022-07-29  9:06                             ` [PATCH v2] " Ihor Radchenko
2022-07-30  0:22                               ` Samuel Wales
2022-07-30  4:12                                 ` Samuel Wales
2022-07-30  6:49                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-07-30 15:44                                   ` Max Nikulin
2022-07-28 22:20                       ` [PATCH] " Tim Cross
2022-07-29  0:32                       ` Juan Manuel Macías
2022-07-29  5:49                       ` tomas

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