Re: Corner case: Bullet list item starting with number with period

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

If pandoc renders this differently than Emacs interprets it in
org-mode, then it can be considered a bug and should be reported
on the tracker.

"krulis....-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org" <krulis.tomas.tk-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Recently I have hit upon a corner case which (I guess) wasnt probably 
> thought off. If you have bullet list item like so:
>
> ```{org}
> - 11. and 12. 09. meeting
> ```
>
> converting to pandoc AST yields (ran in Try pandoc):
>
> ```{native}
> [BulletList [[OrderedList (1,DefaultStyle,DefaultDelim) [[Plain [Str 
> "and",Space,Str "12.",Space,Str "09.",Space,Str "meeting"]]]]]] 
> ```
>
> removing first number.
>
> Running this:
>
> ```{org}
> - 11. 09. meeting
> ```
>
> removes even more:
>
> ```{native}
> [BulletList [[OrderedList (1,DefaultStyle,DefaultDelim) [[OrderedList 
> (1,DefaultStyle,DefaultDelim) [[Plain [Str "meeting"]]]]]]]] 
> ```
>
> Meaning removes all numbers, whitespace, periods until alphabetic letters.
>
> Markdown conversion acts a little differently -- anything that seems as a 
> start of ordered list is interpreted as such:
>
> ```{md}
> - 11. 09. meeting
> ```
>
> produces:
>
> ```{native}
> [BulletList [[OrderedList (11,Decimal,Period) [[OrderedList 
> (9,Decimal,Period) [[Plain [Str "meeting"]]]]]]]] 
> ```
>
> and 
>
> ```{md}
> - 11. and 12. 09. meeting
> ```
>
> produces:
>
> ```{native} 
> [BulletList [[OrderedList (11,Decimal,Period) [[Plain [Str "and",Space,Str 
> "12.",Space,Str "09.",Space,Str "meeting"]]]]]]
> ```
>
> I guess that pandoc is making a pretty sensible assumption that all those 
> numbers ending with period are starting new ordered list from different 
> number than 1. But that breaks when using dates in start of a bullet list 
> item.
>
> As far as I know pandoc doesnt have a "date" element, and I also think it 
> doesnt need one.
>
> As proposed solution I think that another check in readers should be made 
> that all text after bullet mark should be considered regular text, until a 
> linebreak; or 2 linebreaks with text starting in column 2 (for items 
> spanning more than one paragraph).
>
> I have hit upon this when converting Org mode to docx, in where the first 
> number is actually left off totally, so:
>
> ```{org}
> - 11. and 12. 09. meeting
> ```
>
> results in:
>
> ```{docx}
> - and 12. 09. meeting
> ```
>
> Which in my opinion is bug in all instances. If it would render ordered 
> list in bullet list (as it should with):
>
> ```{native} 
> [BulletList [[OrderedList (11,Decimal,Period) [[Plain [Str "and",Space,Str 
> "12.",Space,Str "09.",Space,Str "meeting"]]]]]]
> ```
>
> it would be easier to notice, at least.
>
> Can this corner case be resolved better? Should I make this a github issue?
>
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