Joel de Guzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes. Simple markups cannot contain any other form of quickbook markup.
Even backslash escapes to prevent closing the simple markup? I find that counterintuitive. > David Abrahams wrote: >> http://tinyurl.com/yxbt6p#quickbook.syntax.phrase.simple_formatting >> (tools/quickbook/doc/html/quickbook/syntax/phrase.html) >> >> has a list of rules for simple formatting. I think it's missing a >> rule that says space or punctuation must precede the opening >> delimiter. > > No. Allowing that permits adjacent inline markup as shown above. That's already allowed because all those delimiters are punctuation. If space or punctuation wasn't required before the opening delimiter, / foo/ would parse as emphasized, but it doesn't. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Boost-docs mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe and other administrative requests: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-docs
