Hi folks, this is a question about org(mode) development itself. It is magic to me how you do this. ;) And I would like to learn it because I do write kind of an org parser in Python.
Here is a nested code-in-verbatim text. This =is ~code~ in verbatim= text. Exporting this to html (via org-html-export-as-html) This <code>is ~code~ in verbatim</code> text. Awsome! :D The point is myself I'm able to identify code or verbatim with regex including three catch groups for the content before, between and after the inline markers. for verbatim: "(^|[ .,;:\-?!({\"'])=(.*?)=([ .,;:\-?!)}\"']|$)" for code: "(^|[ .,;:\-?!({\"'])~(.*?)~([ .,;:\-?!)}\"']|$)" But they don't work together. In the example above I need to use the verbatim regex first to make it right. If I would use the code regex first it wouldn't work because it would find the ~code~ but without knowing that it is surrounded by ~verbatim~. I don't know what my users inputs to my software: verbatim in code or code in verbatim. So I have to figure out which regex to use first. How does org solve this problem? I don't need a full working solution but just an idea. One approach in my mind is to run both regex separate and then compare the results "somehow": Verbatim: ['This', ' ', 'is ~code~ in verbatim', ' ', 'text.'] Code : ['This =is', ' ', 'code', ' ', 'in verbatim= text.'] "Somehow"! Another approach in my mind is to do something I would call nested regex. Constructing a regex pattern looking for verbatim with code in it. And the other way around of course.