Re: [O] * [[shell:cat ~/tmp | grep "asdf :: "]] does not work.

[Nicolas Goaziou]

Hello,

Josef Atmin <address@hidden> writes:

>> when a shell command in an unnumbered list includes '::', it is not 
>> recognized as a shell
>> command anymore.
>> 
>> To reproduce the bug, paste the following two lines in file 'tmp'
>> 
>>   asdf :: asdf
>>   asdf :: qwer
>> 
>> and add the following shell commands to an org file
>> 
>>    * [[shell:cat ~/tmp | grep "asdf :"]]
>>    * [[shell:cat ~/tmp | grep "asdf ::"]]
>>    * [[shell:cat ~/tmp | grep "asdf :: "]]
>> 
>> If you klick on them you will probably find that the first two work while 
>> the last one
>> does not, presumably because it is interpreted as a description list entry.
>> Interestingly, if you use a numbered list
>> 
>>    1. [[shell:cat ~/tmp | grep "asdf :"]]
>>    2. [[shell:cat ~/tmp | grep "asdf ::"]]
>>    3. [[shell:cat ~/tmp | grep "asdf :: "]]
>> 
>> then all three work.

This is not a bug. - .... :: *is* description list syntax, no matter how
you look at it. You can easily work around this, e.g., by starting the
link on the next line.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou