feat(filters): Catch English dates as exception to sentence filter

sile-typesetter · Aug 22, 2024 · 3b222aa · 3b222aa
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diff --git a/pandoc-filters/sentence_lines.lua b/pandoc-filters/sentence_lines.lua
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ end
 
 local function is_en_exception (previous, next)
    if tr_non_terminal[previous] then return true end
+   -- Dates (reverse from most common order, but other way harder to match without negatives)
+   if previous:match("A%.?D%.$") and next:match("^%d") then return true end
+   if previous:match("B%.?C%.$") and next:match("^%d") then return true end
+   if previous:match("C%.?E%.$") and next:match("^%d") then return true end
+   if previous:match("B%.?C%.?E%.$") and next:match("^%d") then return true end
    -- Verse refs, e.g. Gen. 16
    if previous:match("^%u%P+%.$") and next:match("^%d") then return true end
 end