* Since your situation, is one like this: "This is not a bug. - .... :: *is* description list syntax"--i.e. you are grep-ing for what Emacs Org-Mode is seeing as a "description list"; and, this is "by design"
e.g.: * Lord of the Rings - Elijah Wood :: He plays Frodo - Sean Astin :: He plays Sam, Frodo's friend. I still remember him very well from his role as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies. ** In such a case: I reiterate my earlier suggestion--and my opinion is one should always strive to do it this way too--its POSIX compliant--its easier to read and you won't run into inconsistencies in your code: Suggest you do it this way instead: Use "POSIX character classes" like [:blank:] whenever possible--so in this case you could try to do something like this (you'd have to test it yourself--if you're still interested--again my environment throws no error exceptions): ** In your shell: export BLANK="[[:blank:]]" ** Then load your Emacs OrgMode buffer as you did before; and, try something like this instead: * [[shell:cat ~/tmp | grep "asdf :"]] * [[shell:cat ~/tmp | grep "asdf ::"]] * [[shell:cat ~/tmp | grep "asdf$BLANK::$BLANK]] --again, this all worked for me--but they all worked for me before too while yours failed ** Say, anyone no how to do something like this: export PIPE="|" * [[shell:cat ~/tmp $PIPE grep "asdf ::"]] ---I mean, does anyone know how to use some other character or whatever instead of "|" within the "[[...]]"?---I often find myself wanting to insert a pipe in there and then put the whole thing in an OrgTable cell--but we all know "|" is the cell divider in OrgMode ** Or does anyone know how to easily change the OrgTable cell barrier to a key other than "|"? (then I could freely use the "|" in an OrgTable cell) On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes: > > >> Count me confused - although the OP is talking about unnumbered lists, > >> his example only has headlines and numbered lists. Is the link broken > >> when in the headline or only when it's an unnumbered list item? > > > > IIUC, the OP is using unnumbered lists with an asterisk bullet. Hence, > > the problem is probably limited to unnumbered lists, not headlines. > > > > Ahhhh (light dawns...) > > Thanks! > > -- > Nick > > > >
