[Users] Bug in the gemtext documentation?

[Michael Lazar]

On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 1:03 PM Stephane Bortzmeyer
<stephane at sources.org> wrote:
>
> <gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/gemtext.gmi> says:
>
> =>https://example.com A cool website
>
> But the specification <gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/specification.gmi> says:
>
> =>[<whitespace>]<URL>[<whitespace><USER-FRIENDLY LINK NAME>]
> ...
> * <whitespace> is any non-zero number of consecutive spaces or tabs
>
> So, this link is illegal, no?

Immediately below that line in the spec:

"Square brackets indicate that the enclosed content is optional."

So while <whitespace> itself can't be empty, the token can be omitted
which allows for link lines of the form

=><URL>[<whitespace><USER-FRIENDLY LINK NAME>]

- Michael