Re: Are section names case-sensitive?

[jkn]

I presume you have a typo somewhere in what you write? It's a bit hard to tell...

I haven't checked, but - why would you expect section names to be case-insensitive? ISTM they should be case-sensitive

On Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 5:06:26 PM UTC+1 hjans...@gmail.com wrote:

If I use the section names `<< Config >>` for class definition, and `<< config >>` for object instantiation, the python file will not be written. If I change the latter to `<< konfig >>` it works ... Are section names case-sensitive? And if so, why? 

[Edward K. Ream]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 11:06 AM H J <hjans...@gmail.com> wrote:

If I use the section names `<< Config >>` for class definition, and `<< config >>` for object instantiation, the python file will not be written. If I change the latter to `<< konfig >>` it works ... Are section names case-sensitive? And if so, why?  

Thanks for this question. You've found a hole in Leo's documentation.

Not only are section names case insensitive, but blanks and tabs are ignored. But in your example, Config is not the same as konfig.

You can see for yourself with a Leonine script:

print(

<<hi>>

)

with a child node whose headline is <<  H   i    >> and whose body is just 'hi'.

HTH.

Edward

[H J]

@jkn You're correct: typo, my bad! (sorry). The question is:

Are section names case-INsensitive? And if so, why?

[Edward K. Ream]

On Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 5:30:24 AM UTC-5 Edward K. Ream wrote:

> Thanks for this question. You've found a hole in Leo's documentation.

I have just created Leo issue #4815. Thanks for helping improve Leo!

Edward