Re: [RFC] Quoting property names in tag/property matches [Was: [BUG?] Matching tags: & operator no more implicit between tags and special property]

[Ihor Radchenko]

Jens Schmidt <jschmidt4gnu@vodafonemail.de> writes:

>> IOW, backslash quotes everything except whitespace, which by definition
>> cannot be part of a property name.
>> 
>> Will start on this, but with tests and documentation this might take
>> some time.
>
> Here comes a first patch ... please check.

Thanks!

>  #+begin_example
> -+-long-and-twisted-property-name-="foo"
> +\-long\=and\\twisted\:property\.name\*="foo"
>  #+end_example

This actually feels rather cubersome.
I am now wondering if we could instead do something like
"-long=and\twisted:property.name*"="foo"
Then, we will just have to quote the " itself, not all
non-alphanumerics.

Although, using " might be tricky.
  

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