[docutils:feature-requests] #56 :key:value not caught as badly formed option, but rather taken as an argument

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**[feature-requests:#56] :key:value not caught as badly formed option, but rather taken as an argument**

**Status:** pending
**Group:** Default
**Created:** Fri Oct 13, 2017 09:44 AM UTC by Robin Shannon
**Last Updated:** Tue Oct 17, 2017 01:53 PM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


If your mistype your reST directive like this:

.. directive:: argument
    :key:value (note the lack of a space between ":" and "v")
    
docutils interprests this as a directive with two arguments (argument, :key:value) instead on one argument and an option key value pair. It seems like it would be nice if there was a check for the final argument given (if more than one argument is given) along the lines of:

 _emptystr, key, _emptystr, value = re.split(r"^\:(.*?)\:(.*?)", arg)
            if key in self.option_spec and key not in self.options:
                RAISE WARNING
    


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