From d5a48dd362189825517cf6d183deec092d74720e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Dumas <nobodys@business.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2023 09:59:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] lexIdent is the problem for sure

---
 states.go | 22 ++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/states.go b/states.go
index d52ad4e..37bf875 100644
--- a/states.go
+++ b/states.go
@@ -29,22 +29,16 @@ func isBlockRef(s string) bool {
 func lexIdent(l *Lexer) stateFn {
 	for {
 		L := l.L.Named("lexIdent")
-		if isCloseLink(l.input[l.GetPos():]) {
-			L.Debug("found CloseLink")
-			l.emit(LexIdent)
-			return lexCloseLink
-		}
 		s := l.input[l.GetPos():]
-		r := l.next()
-		L = l.L.With(
-			zap.String("rune", string(r)),
-		)
 		L.Debug("stepping through lexIdent")
-		if r == '\\' { // i think this will handle escape characters?
+		if s[0] == '\\' { // i think this will handle escape characters?
 			break
 		}
-
 		switch {
+		case isCloseLink(s):
+			L.Debug("found CloseLink")
+			l.emit(LexIdent)
+			return lexCloseLink
 		case isBlockRef(s):
 			L.Debug("found BlockRef")
 			l.emit(LexIdent)
@@ -57,8 +51,12 @@ func lexIdent(l *Lexer) stateFn {
 			L.Debug("found Heading")
 			l.emit(LexIdent)
 			return lexHeading
-
 		}
+		r := l.next()
+		L = l.L.With(
+			zap.String("rune", string(r)),
+		)
+
 	}
 	return l.errorf("malformed link")
 }