From 834ea6288121d71a1b11ce081ec5f2f3c1693b6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chong Yidong Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:52:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] + Disqualification of aberrent topics in allout.el --- etc/NEWS | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index f2a6b5cb10e..0e19f64720f 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -2051,6 +2051,21 @@ asterisk - for instance, the comment close of some languages (eg, c's "*/" or mathematica's "*)") - at the beginning of line are no longer are interpreted as level 1 topics in those modes. (Yay!) +*** Many or most commonly occuring "accidental" topics are disqualified. +Text that looks like low-depth topics is no longer mistaken for them unless +the depth of the first subsequent topic-seeming text greater depth is only +one level deeper. + +For example, pasting some text with a bunch of leading asterisks into a +topic that's followed by a level 3 or deeper topic will not cause the +pasted text to be mistaken for outline structure. Likewise for any text +added that looks like any level 2 or 3 topics. + +This settles an old issue where typed or pasted text needed to be carefully +reviewed, and sometimes doctored, to avoid accidentally disrupting the +outline structure. Now that should be generally unnecessary, as the most +prone-to-occur accidents are disqualified. + *** Many substantial fixes and refinements, including: - repaired regexp-quoting of custom header prefixes, so any literals -- 2.39.2