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Character names with lowercase (cont'd) are parsed as action #97

Open rnkn opened 6 years ago

rnkn commented 6 years ago

Hi Piotr,

I've just noticed that a character name with a lowercase character parenthatical (on the same line) will be parsed as action, e.g.

JULIAN (cont'd)
If you'd rather avoid the math, the total is on page four.

...will be parsed as action, vs.

JULIAN (CONT'D)
If you'd rather avoid the math, the total is on page four.

...will be parsed as dialogue.

According to the Fountain spec the lowercase is permitted: https://fountain.io/syntax#section-character

Personally I find the lowercase more aesthetically pleasing. Your thoughts?

ifrost commented 6 years ago

Thanks! I'll have a look at this.

ifrost commented 6 years ago

As a workaround you can use forced characters for time being:

@JULIAN (cont'd)
If you'd rather avoid the math, the total is on page four.