Re: Limits on Flow Tags?

["Thomas Michanek" <thomas.michanek@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> What are the limits on flow tags? I. e., number of characters 
> permitted, and *which* characters? (Only UC? Only alphanumeric?)

These limits are not specified anywhere, but a little testing and
extrapolation of the information that is available yields the
following:
* All printable characters are allowed, i.e. any characters that
  you can enter through the keyboard, including the special
  notations like "\TM" and "\xHH".
* The tag is space- and case-sensitive.
* The number of allowed characters is very large, more than 100
  and probably at least 255.

> I would also be interested in the limits on other tags, incl. 
> autonumbering as well.

All format tags probably have the same limitations. There is no
technical reason for a paragraph tag to be more restricted than a
flow tag, for instance. When looking at MIF, tags are stored in
the same way, so they should be implemented uniformly.

> I have a vague memory of a useful discussion (by Fred Ridder?) 
> regarding the limits on tags for autonumbering and thought I had 
> saved it, but can't find it now.

You probably refer to the "series label" for autonumbering series.
This is actually documented:
"A series label consists of any single printable character
 followed by a colon".

See above for "printable".


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