Tightening the rules for literal `[` and `]` chars in link ids
Jacob Rus
jrus at hcs.harvard.edu
Mon Sep 25 17:48:44 EDT 2006
Michel Fortin wrote:
> That's why I think it'd be better to solve this while still allowing
> nested brackets.
>
> The other reason for supporting nested brackets is that they are already
> supported for the content of the link, which is often the same as the
> definition name. How unnatural would this be if you had to :
>
> In [his [distorted] view][], this isn't something to worry about.
>
> [his \[own\] view]: http://something.com/
What's wrong with just forcing users to write:
In [his [distorted] view][hisview], this isn't something to worry
about.
[hisview]: http://something.com
I really don't get the advantage of having absurd reference names.
-Jacob
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