Revised 2005 proposal for meta-data

[Michel Fortin]

Le 2006-12-31 à 5:01, Andrea Censi a écrit :


> Ideally the list of characters that MIGHT be escaped should be the

> same in every part of the document, while some characters MUST be

> escaped in certain parts.


Well, that's what I had in mind too. Having different lists of  
escapable characters depending on the context makes things harder,  
both for the implementer and for the user.


> For example:

>     {title=my\}title}     <= this } MUST  be escaped

>     {title="my}title"}    <= no need to escape } inside quotes

>     {title="my\}title"}    <= but it MIGHT be escaped to give the same

> result (consistency)


Exactly what I had in mind. You could also add:

     {t}: title=my}title     <= no need to escape '}' here.


Michel Fortin
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