Org reader: allow changing emphasis syntax

The characters allowed before and after emphasis can be configured via
`#+pandoc-emphasis-pre` and `#+pandoc-emphasis-post`, respectively. This
allows to change which strings are recognized as emphasized text on a
per-document or even per-paragraph basis. The allowed characters must be
given as (Haskell) string.

    #+pandoc-emphasis-pre: "-\t ('\"{"
    #+pandoc-emphasis-post: "-\t\n .,:!?;'\")}["

If the argument cannot be read as a string, the default value is
restored.

Closes: #4378

3 files changed, 39 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Inlines.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Inlines.hs
index 670f8ace0..3a12f38d0 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Inlines.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Inlines.hs
@@ -603,6 +603,8 @@ updatePositions :: PandocMonad m
                 => Char
                 -> OrgParser m Char
 updatePositions c = do
+  st <- getState
+  let emphasisPreChars = orgStateEmphasisPreChars st
   when (c `elem` emphasisPreChars) updateLastPreCharPos
   when (c `elem` emphasisForbiddenBorderChars) updateLastForbiddenCharPos
   return c
@@ -681,8 +683,10 @@ emphasisEnd c = try $ do
   updateLastStrPos
   popInlineCharStack
   return c
- where acceptablePostChars =
-           surroundingEmphasisChar >>= \x -> oneOf (x ++ emphasisPostChars)
+ where
+  acceptablePostChars = do
+    emphasisPostChars <- orgStateEmphasisPostChars <$> getState
+    surroundingEmphasisChar >>= \x -> oneOf (x ++ emphasisPostChars)
 
 mathStart :: PandocMonad m => Char -> OrgParser m Char
 mathStart c = try $
@@ -734,14 +738,6 @@ many1TillNOrLessNewlines n p end = try $
 -- here (see, e.g., the Emacs Lisp variable `org-emphasis-regexp-components`
 -- for details).
 
--- | Chars allowed to occur before emphasis (spaces and newlines are ok, too)
-emphasisPreChars :: [Char]
-emphasisPreChars = "-\t ('\"{"
-
--- | Chars allowed at after emphasis
-emphasisPostChars :: [Char]
-emphasisPostChars = "-\t\n .,:!?;'\")}["
-
 -- | Chars not allowed at the (inner) border of emphasis
 emphasisForbiddenBorderChars :: [Char]
 emphasisForbiddenBorderChars = "\t\n\r "
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Meta.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Meta.hs
index 0a690028d..6ad403fd8 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Meta.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Meta.hs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Builder (Blocks, Inlines)
 import qualified Text.Pandoc.Builder as B
 import Text.Pandoc.Class (PandocMonad)
 import Text.Pandoc.Definition
+import Text.Pandoc.Shared (safeRead)
 
 import Control.Monad (mzero, void, when)
 import Data.Char (toLower)
@@ -154,6 +155,8 @@ optionLine = try $ do
     "seq_todo" -> todoSequence >>= updateState . registerTodoSequence
     "typ_todo" -> todoSequence >>= updateState . registerTodoSequence
     "macro"    -> macroDefinition >>= updateState . registerMacro
+    "pandoc-emphasis-pre" -> emphChars >>= updateState . setEmphasisPreChar
+    "pandoc-emphasis-post" -> emphChars >>= updateState . setEmphasisPostChar
     _          -> mzero
 
 addLinkFormat :: Monad m => String
@@ -184,6 +187,25 @@ parseFormat = try $ replacePlain <|> replaceUrl <|> justAppend
    rest            = manyTill anyChar         (eof <|> () <$ oneOf "\n\r")
    tillSpecifier c = manyTill (noneOf "\n\r") (try $ string ('%':c:""))
 
+setEmphasisPreChar :: Maybe [Char] -> OrgParserState -> OrgParserState
+setEmphasisPreChar csMb st =
+  let preChars = case csMb of
+                   Nothing -> orgStateEmphasisPreChars defaultOrgParserState
+                   Just cs -> cs
+  in st { orgStateEmphasisPreChars = preChars }
+
+setEmphasisPostChar :: Maybe [Char] -> OrgParserState -> OrgParserState
+setEmphasisPostChar csMb st =
+  let postChars = case csMb of
+                   Nothing -> orgStateEmphasisPostChars defaultOrgParserState
+                   Just cs -> cs
+  in st { orgStateEmphasisPostChars = postChars }
+
+emphChars :: Monad m => OrgParser m (Maybe [Char])
+emphChars = do
+  skipSpaces
+  safeRead <$> anyLine
+
 inlinesTillNewline :: PandocMonad m => OrgParser m (F Inlines)
 inlinesTillNewline = do
   updateLastPreCharPos
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/ParserState.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/ParserState.hs
index e2acce5bf..6316766fa 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/ParserState.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/ParserState.hs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Define the Org-mode parser state.
 -}
 module Text.Pandoc.Readers.Org.ParserState
   ( OrgParserState (..)
+  , defaultOrgParserState
   , OrgParserLocal (..)
   , OrgNoteRecord
   , HasReaderOptions (..)
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ type TodoSequence = [TodoMarker]
 data OrgParserState = OrgParserState
   { orgStateAnchorIds            :: [String]
   , orgStateEmphasisCharStack    :: [Char]
+  , orgStateEmphasisPreChars     :: [Char] -- ^ Chars allowed to occur before
+                                           -- emphasis; spaces and newlines are
+                                           -- always ok in addition to what is
+                                           -- specified here.
+  , orgStateEmphasisPostChars    :: [Char] -- ^ Chars allowed at after emphasis
   , orgStateEmphasisNewlines     :: Maybe Int
   , orgStateExportSettings       :: ExportSettings
   , orgStateHeaderMap            :: M.Map Inlines String
@@ -124,7 +130,9 @@ data OrgParserState = OrgParserState
   , orgMacros                    :: M.Map Text Macro
   }
 
-data OrgParserLocal = OrgParserLocal { orgLocalQuoteContext :: QuoteContext }
+data OrgParserLocal = OrgParserLocal
+  { orgLocalQuoteContext :: QuoteContext
+  }
 
 instance Default OrgParserLocal where
   def = OrgParserLocal NoQuote
@@ -168,6 +176,8 @@ instance Default OrgParserState where
 defaultOrgParserState :: OrgParserState
 defaultOrgParserState = OrgParserState
   { orgStateAnchorIds = []
+  , orgStateEmphasisPreChars = "-\t ('\"{"
+  , orgStateEmphasisPostChars  = "-\t\n .,:!?;'\")}["
   , orgStateEmphasisCharStack = []
   , orgStateEmphasisNewlines = Nothing
   , orgStateExportSettings = def