Bracket span and superscript syntax

Bracket span and superscript syntax

[Lyndon Drake]

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Hi,

If I try to do superscripts inside a bracketed span, it doesn't get 
recognised as a superscript:

[^20^]{lang=en-GB}

But if I do it the other way around it seems to work:

^[20]{lang=en-GB}^

I feel like the first example is still valid though and wondered if it is 
intentionally not recognised because it's ambiguous in some way?

Best,
Lyndon

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Re: Bracket span and superscript syntax

[Albert Krewinkel]

Lyndon Drake <isenguard-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> If I try to do superscripts inside a bracketed span, it doesn't get
> recognised as a superscript:
>
> [^20^]{lang=en-GB}
>
> But if I do it the other way around it seems to work:
>
> ^[20]{lang=en-GB}^
>
> I feel like the first example is still valid though and wondered if it
> is intentionally not recognised because it's ambiguous in some way?

This happens because `[^20^]` can also define a footnote:

```
text[^20^]

[^20^]: my footnote
```

Note that the commonmark_x reader gives the expected result. Add a space
after the opening bracket to get the same behavior in pandoc's Markdown.


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Re: Bracket span and superscript syntax

[John MacFarlane]

Another approach would be to do

^[20]^

[20]: link


Albert Krewinkel <albert+pandoc-9EawChwDxG8hFhg+JK9F0w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Lyndon Drake <isenguard-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
>> If I try to do superscripts inside a bracketed span, it doesn't get
>> recognised as a superscript:
>>
>> [^20^]{lang=en-GB}
>>
>> But if I do it the other way around it seems to work:
>>
>> ^[20]{lang=en-GB}^
>>
>> I feel like the first example is still valid though and wondered if it
>> is intentionally not recognised because it's ambiguous in some way?
>
> This happens because `[^20^]` can also define a footnote:
>
> ```
> text[^20^]
>
> [^20^]: my footnote
> ```
>
> Note that the commonmark_x reader gives the expected result. Add a space
> after the opening bracket to get the same behavior in pandoc's Markdown.
>
>
> -- 
> Albert Krewinkel
> GPG: 8eed e3e2 e8c5 6f18 81fe  e836 388d c0b2 1f63 1124
>
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Re: Bracket span and superscript syntax

[Lyndon Drake]

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Ah ok, that's a good point about the footnotes. I do wonder if the 
{}afterwards might disambiguate it as a bracketed span though.

On Sunday, 24 April 2022 at 21:12:57 UTC+12 Albert Krewinkel wrote:

>
> Lyndon Drake <isen...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
> > If I try to do superscripts inside a bracketed span, it doesn't get
> > recognised as a superscript:
> >
> > [^20^]{lang=en-GB}
> >
> > But if I do it the other way around it seems to work:
> >
> > ^[20]{lang=en-GB}^
> >
> > I feel like the first example is still valid though and wondered if it
> > is intentionally not recognised because it's ambiguous in some way?
>
> This happens because `[^20^]` can also define a footnote:
>
> ```
> text[^20^]
>
> [^20^]: my footnote
> ```
>
> Note that the commonmark_x reader gives the expected result. Add a space
> after the opening bracket to get the same behavior in pandoc's Markdown.
>
>
> -- 
> Albert Krewinkel
> GPG: 8eed e3e2 e8c5 6f18 81fe e836 388d c0b2 1f63 1124
>

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