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Re: [O] comments after paragraph remove newline


From: Nicolas Goaziou
Subject: Re: [O] comments after paragraph remove newline
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:50:48 +0100

Samuel Wales <address@hidden> writes:

> On 2/10/13, Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Blank lines below an element belong to that element, by definition. So,
>> obviously, just add a blank line between "comments" and "# test" and it
>> will not be removed.
>
> You are saying that the comments get removed with the blank line
> because the blank line is considered part of the comments?

Is silence following music still music? ;)

Blank lines belong to the "comments" element, but are not commented
themselves.

> In my case, the proposed solution changes the meaning of the comment.
> For example:
>
> ===
> a
> b
> c
> d
> # e
> # f
>
> new paragraph
> ===
>
> If you make e and f a new paragraph, it is intended to be a new
> paragraph and no longer refers to the previous paragraph.
>
> I don't know the code, but is it possible that, instead of attaching
> blank lines to elements, blank lines can be an element on their own?

It's not a matter of "where to store it", but "what to do with it".

> Would that allow the needed flexibility and also add orthogonality for
> other purposes?

I don't think we need it. I have pushed a patch for that. Note that now,
blank lines before the comment and after it will accumulate.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou



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