Re: [Boost-users] really dumb question about quickbook

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] really dumb question about quickbook
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-04-21 11:10:27

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> From: Boost-users [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Daniel James via Boost-users
> Sent: 21 April 2017 11:22
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> Cc: Daniel James
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] really dumb question about quickbook
> 
> On 21 April 2017 at 10:24, Paul A. Bristow via Boost-users
> <boost-users_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >
> > Or so it seems?
> >
> > I'd bet on an errant space *before* a [section...] or [endsect]
> >
> > (Been there, done that - more than once).
> >
> > (Even after labelling with a comment after each [endsect[ to help avoid mismatches. (Been there, done that too).
> >
> > [section:some some_section]
> >
> > section stuff ...
> >
> > [endsect]  [/section:some some_section]
> 
> You might have missed it, but I'm working on a 'strict' mode that
> increases error checks which might help here. It also wouldn't be too
> hard to let you add an id to 'endsect', and check that it matches the
> initial 'section', e.g. the would be an error:
> 
>     [section:some Something]
> 
>     [endsect:something]

I think perhaps that I'd prefer to use the id rather than full title:

[endsect:some]

otherwise a longer title like

[section:some Further info on Something Complicated]
...
[endsect: Further info on Something Complicated]  

would be a bit more to type, if more informative?

(IMO the id should have been/should be compulsory).

>From an writing point of view, it would be easiest to be able to copy and paste the whole item

[section:some Further info on Something Complicated]

and edit to

[endsect:some Further info on Something Complicated]

Or even easier just prefix with end like this

[endsection:some Further info on Something Complicated]
 
> Is that a feature you'd want? It would be a backwards compatible
> extension, so I could backdate it for older document versions (i.e.
> not just [quickbook 1.7]).

Yes please - that is how it should have been to start with!

Paul

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