[emacs-wiki-discuss] Re: Strike-through markup in emacs-wiki

[Paul Lussier]

Michael Olson <address@hidden> writes:

> drkm <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>   How will this work with:
>>
>>     ... check your ~/.emacs.el and your ~/.gnus.el ...
>>
>>     ... in the named directories ~dir1 and ~dir2 (see the
>>     [[Zsh]] page) ...
>
> It should work fine.  If a space is just before the next '~' (as in
> " ~dir2"), it won't be marked up as strike-through.

What happens when that entire line *should* be strike-through, though?


     ... ~check your ~/.emacs.el and your ~/.gnus.el ...~

where does strike-through begin/end on that line?  if you're saying
the string "space followed by a ~" delimits the beginning/ending of
strike-through, then the above line gets marked as:

     ... <st>check your </st>/.emacs.el and your <st>/.gnus.el ...</st>

When what you really want is:

     ... <st>check your ~/.emacs.el and your ~/.gnus.el ...</st>

I second the use of "~~" of some other combination.  ~ is just too
frequently used, and I think it'll lead to a lot of confusion.

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Seeya,
Paul