Just to be clear, I don't use *@comment*;I I do sometimes use *@c/@* to 
comment out lines and I assumed that the same restrictions would apply to 
them.

On Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 8:51:53 AM UTC-4 Thomas Passin wrote:

> On Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 5:41:51 AM UTC-4 Edward K. Ream wrote:
>
>
> - @comment, @delims, @encoding, @pagewidth and @tabwidth directives should 
> only appear *only *in @<file> nodes.
>
>
> I strongly object to this one. I write files all the time that use @c and 
> @pagewidth directives  even though they are not @files. Usually I expect to 
> execute them using CTRL-b. Sometimes they are text files that use 
> @pagewidth to help with readability. Sometimes I copy an @file to make 
> changes and disable the original version by turning it into an @@file.
>
> Sometimes I search for an old outline, maybe several years old, that has 
> these now-forbidden directives in the wrong places. I'm not going to 
> remember to check if the outline violates the new rules and then have to 
> figure out how to rescue everything. I will just be thinking about the one 
> @file I am interesting. If I make a change and save the outline, I don't 
> want all the other @files to suddenly change or become unwritable.
>
> Perhaps you could share the new requirements with us and we could have a 
> discussion about them.
>

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