[PYTHON DOC-SIG] Re: Q: Structured Text markup doesn't span lines

[Jim Fulton]

Paul Everitt wrote:
> 
> If I start emphasis with a * and end it several lines later, it doesn't
> get translated.  Even worse:
> 
>    Example Text -- Say this is some glossary-type list that is
>                    fairly heavily indented.  This can cause *strange
>                    things* to happen when you M-q to re-fill.
> 
> In the above, strange things is not in italics after StructuredText is
> run.  It is hard to control the break if you have more than one word in
> italics, as M-q may put a break in for you.

Hm.  This limitation was intentional.  At the time I implemented this, I
didn't trust the rule for recognizing character tabs to span multiple
lines.  It would probably be safe to extend the search to the entire
paragraph, however.


Jim

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