Ihor Radchenko <[email protected]> writes:

> Andros Fenollosa <[email protected]> writes:

>> My change is surgical; it corrects the regex. Furthermore, it doesn't 
>> eliminate the current functionality but rather opens up the possibility 
>> of empty titles. It doesn't break compatibility.
>
> It eliminates the possibility to have
> ***
> without triggering a new heading.
> Not a big deal, but potentially breaking for existing documents that
> happen to rely on current syntax.
> I used "***" (triple) intentionally, because it looks like separator
> used in some books.
(...)
> I generally agree that not requiring trailing space would be cleaner,
> but, unless there is broader interest, I am not going to risk breaking
> existing Org files.

+1

I wouldn't use "***" as separator in an Org file myself, but it
regularly crops up in texts from other people that I handle in Org
files, so the change would actually break stuff.

Regards,
Christian

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